Quote Originally Posted by Lord Condormanius
I don't know about this. I am in turn 139 of my first campaign as the English (0.50 timescale). I am holding 11 regions, 5 of which I have only gained in the past ten years, mostly through diplomacy. I have had and lost, or given away, four others along the way. Only 2 factions have been eliminated. AI seems pretty good. I am getting attacked by large armies. I don't see myself gaining 24 more regions in the next 61 turns, but who knows. I like the 0.50 timescale. Plus the characters age correctly.
You know I really, really felt that way and I am still a little conflicted...

900 turns makes the game feel truely epic but I found that superpowers where starting to form (Denmark, Spain, Milan and the Turks) and I need to grow myself least I not have sufficient reasours to resist the others. The fighting was pretty extreme with the Dane's and dispite my capture of France and Denmark's homelands (then now occupy the Polish lands and have turned the Russains into a Vassel state). I am at war with everyone on my borders and I am the only large Catholic faction which has not been continously excommunicated. What I am trying to say is that I have not made a concious effort to expand outside of the British Isles and north coast of France (plus the Holy Land) but constant attacks have lead me to try and weaken or seek more easily securable borders with my enemies.

Money is sufficiently hard to come by so that things are never eay and there are never enough troops for every threat (thus the need to castrate one enemy before moving your troops on to deal with the next).

I am still not sure about the build times for the buildings, but I think increases them but x4 might help. BUt I am not sure how you can deal with the population growth which I am positive is by turn rather than year so you get very large cities and castles.

You will however spend a lot of turns not doing that much, just shuffling agents and troops around and adjusting your spending.

Sorry for going so off topic...