Impression from the days gone by of the FATW

**czePowerslave** · January 24, 2012, 05:46 AM

Hola folks,

first of all let me give you a kudos for job being done with this mod. Really nice, great n great. Nows, I used to play this a while back when I had my RTW madness era, which seems to be reoccuring much like my cold every year.

Since I always fancied playing the Gondor boys with shields and shiny helmets, that was my obvious pick. Well, what troubles me - never ever was I able to raise even some cash to garrison at least some city or maintain more then garrison at the Osgiliath. Is there some catch to getting some coin while keeping at least some population growth? Also why does Rohan always declared war on me after few turns? ^^

I want to get back to playing this but im quite unsure to risk this again and failing even after few turns with no hope to defend anything.

Cheers
-R

**Aradan** · January 24, 2012, 06:22 AM

Capturing Minas Ithil and Emyn Arnen should do wonders for your treasury and population.

**czePowerslave** · January 24, 2012, 07:19 AM

Anything in terms of build up?

**Aradan** · January 25, 2012, 06:38 AM

It's been a long time since I played a campaign on TNS!

Well, population means both taxes and troops, so start with farms. Ports are also a good option. Upgrade barracks only in your eastern regions at first (MA already starts with good capabilities), and use the more peaceful parts of the kingdom for money-making.

I hope someone with more recent experience can give you better advice. There was a guide on RK somewhere around the forums...

**Thangaror** · January 25, 2012, 11:41 AM

Try to unit your fleets at first, you can repel some of Harad's attacks and delay the naval blockade for two or three turns. Due to the superior Haradrian navy (though I actually managed to hold them back in some campaigns) ports are actually not a good idea to built.
So farms and markets should be built first.

**Aikanár** · January 25, 2012, 01:02 PM

Get Emyn Arnen and Minas Ithil in the first 3-4 turns. Then nearly all your financial troubles are gone.
Ah, and you can as well disband all your ships. Admittedly you can't protect your ports no more, but you save a LOT of mony, upkeep for ships is very expensive.
Sure thing, the blockades will reduce you trade income, but they'll never block all ports.

Edit: here's the guide Aradan was taking about.

**Thangaror** · January 25, 2012, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by Aikanár

Ah, and you can as well disband all your ships. Admittedly you can't protect your ports no more, but you save a LOT of mony, upkeep for ships is very expensive.
Sure thing, the blockades will reduce you trade income, but they'll never block all ports.

Well, they don't need to. If they block Linhir and Pelargir sea trade is prohibited completely. MT is too far away from Dol Amroth IIRC.
Nevertheless, you shouldn't abandon all ships and but keep one at MT and one at Dol Amroth for transportation. They can be really useful.

**Aikanár** · January 25, 2012, 01:42 PM

Sure they can

There are a lot of nice bits of strategy, especially when it comes to quick transports combined with blockading the fords and bridges.
It all comes down to the approach one is taking. When I'm playing FA:TW I'm always more reading and enjoying the flair and am only advancing fast in the first 10 turns.
Get to the fords of Poros, geht Minas Ithil and then take your time.
I used to love to culture (religion) convert neighboring regions and take them later. Well, well, some old fashioned M-e dreamer here, but I really liked a slow pace in FA:TW, totally different from other M-e Mods.

**Spike** · January 25, 2012, 05:22 PM

it matters in the very start, gather everything near Minas Tirith, and assault Minas Ithil IMMEDIATELY, there should be no economic problem afterwards.