Any tips on playing KH?

[Rilder]

Take Crete. Eventually, unless I'm totally whack, you will be able to build Toxotai Kretikoi, the best archers in the Mediterranean, and it's a good island for generating some much needed money... plus, if the going gets too hot, you can always fall back on your two islands which will always provide you with an alternative if you are beaten on the mainland. I'm a fan of expanding to Sicily quickly, to mix it up a bit, and taking Byzantion.. try alternatives!

I dunno if its later up the tech tree but so far ive been unable to build Keretikoi archers in krete yet in my Koinon game...

[Brightblade]

It should definitely be a level 5 MIC. I'm just not sure which government type produces them. Teleklos have an idea?

[Rilder]

It should definitely be a level 5 MIC. I'm just not sure which government type produces them. Teleklos have an idea?

that'd prob be the reason, krete isn't exactly focused on army recruitment like Athenai, Sparte and Rhodos are.

[Avicenna]

Krete should have a level I MIC (in .74 terms) which means it's one of the most military oriented hellenic province.

Reason being, the legendary Lycurgus of Sparta who made it the famous soldier-state it was a while before this time period got his inspiration from Crete. The Minoans were pretty powerful, it took the eruption of a nearby volcano to ruin them. Even in the Minotaur legend, king Mido of Crete received tribute from the Greeks.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

It does have a homeland resource icon, so a type1 govt can be built there. More from the dorian nature and close ties to sparta than anything else.

The Cretan archers are buildable at a faction MIC level 4 in Kydonia. I just conquered it, built a type1 gov, then built my MIC's up and at level 4 I got them. Not sure what the problem is here?

[Rilder]

Nothing just mindless pondering. Rawr

[Alkiviadis]

Can anyone tell me why the Rhodes had a financial bleeding?I am playing with 0.81 and i have financial problems there...
This problems seems to appears in Thermon too...
Why happend this?
My cities right now are Athens,Sparta,Kydonia,Rhodes,Thermon,Demetrias,Pella...
The year is 259 B.C.I remember that in previous campaigns (0.8) i didn't have this problems...Right now i have only 1 full stack army because of this financial bleeding, so my campaign have a very slow progress...
For the other factions i turn out the FoW and i see that Casse after a decade have the half island and by now invate to Scotland.Also very good expansion have the lousitans (4-5 Regions),and the dawrfs as Quirinus said in his AAR seems to expand from Black Sea to Adriatic sea!
I see a lot of interest things happends in this campaign,but what i do make wrong with financial?

[Elminster12]

Can anyone tell me why the Rhodes had a financial bleeding?I am playing with 0.81 and i have financial problems there...
This problems seems to appears in Thermon too...
Why happend this?
My cities right now are Athens,Sparta,Kydonia,Rhodes,Thermon,Demetrias,Pella...
The year is 259 B.C.I remember that in previous campaigns (0.8) i didn't have this problems...Right now i have only 1 full stack army because of this financial bleeding, so my campaign have a very slow progress...
For the other factions i turn out the FoW and i see that Casse after a decade have the half island and by now invate to Scotland.Also very good expansion have the lousitans (4-5 Regions),and the dawrfs as Quirinus said in his AAR seems to expand from Black Sea to Adriatic sea!
I see a lot of interest things happends in this campaign,but what i do make wrong with financial?

It's because Rhodes has way more people in it in comparison to your other cities. My guess is because the Rhodians, unlike their mainland brethren, haven't been in near constant war for centuries(so there's a lot more of them). Military upkeep is divided up based on population(I believe a city that has 37% of your empire's total population shoulders 37% of your military upkeep.) Plus, Rhodos, unlike Athens, doesn't have the benefits of mines, and thus only brings in sea trade(albeit very lucrative sea trade.) The number you see isn't the city's profits, but the net profits after upkeep...

[antisocialmunky]

Also:

Take the capitol of Epeiros after you give the Maks the boot. They have a Level 4 MIC and you can crank out all your standard factional units and all their buildings are compatable with KH. Also, the Romans and the Epeirotes are usually at war so you can get some brownie points from them. They seem to be too busy fighting the rebels around Getai to respond timely enough.

Also, you don't have to take Krete early on IMHO, you have good slingers with the same range and more ammo and more men for a bargain compared to Kretans. They're still good but slingers can be trained all across Greece at a level 3 MIC..

[Alkiviadis]

Thanks a lot

[Brightblade]

Yes indeed but slingers are cheesey :) It's more fun to have Cretan arrrshers, Spartan hoplites, etc.. :) Plus, it's an island and a good trade source.

[antisocialmunky]

Here's a question:

Are Spartans available in every Homeland type area with a Type 1 or can they only be recruited in Sparta and Krete?

[Rilder]

Here's a question:

Are Spartans available in every Homeland type area with a Type 1 or can they only be recruited in Sparta and Krete?

Just Sparta.

[Constantine the Great]

Korinthos should be your top priority. If you can take that and hold Athens, you've basically won.

[Thaatu]

Play with general camera and fight in the front line. Gets your blood pumping.