I Need Help...

[McNulty]

And another quick question: Is there any way to attack the Papal States without all of Catholic Europe (including many of my own people) from rising against me! Because how else am I am going to finish this complete domination campaign?

[McNulty]

Also, what is the point of the Compass, if you can't build better ships until the advent of gunpowder?

[Ludens]

And another quick question: Is there any way to attack the Papal States without all of Catholic Europe (including many of my own people) from rising against me! Because how else am I am going to finish this complete domination campaign?

Simple: wait until the last to take it. If you do it earlier, the Pope will keep re-emering with stronger armies, so it is usually best to leave it until last.

Also, what is the point of the Compass, if you can't build better ships until the advent of gunpowder?

I think it gives you access to the Caravel, a deep water ship.

[Ciaran]

No, the caravel isn´t available until High era starts, I´m not sure, but I think that with the compass invented you can build the second shipbuilder level, though it won´t give you any benefits until the beginning of the High era.

[McNulty]

Hello, me again.
I'm having trouble with the Jihad. I'm playing as a Moslem nation but I can't get my Jihad started. I click on the marker, but unlike when I wanted a Crusade started, none of the other areas have highlighted. What am I doing wrong?

[Martok]

Hello, me again.
I'm having trouble with the Jihad. I'm playing as a Moslem nation but I can't get my Jihad started. I click on the marker, but unlike when I wanted a Crusade started, none of the other areas have highlighted. What am I doing wrong?

Unlike Crusades, Jihads can only be used to retake territory you once possessed. In other words, you first have to lose a province, and then you can send a Jihad there to reclaim it.

Although I personally do not use it, there is a way to get around this limitation. You can invade a province--you don't even need to take the castle--and then retreat after one year, allowing the former owner to reclaim it. You may then lanuch a Jihad to that province, since the game will consider you to have "owned" it, even though it was for only a turn.