Noob questions

**Isotopesam** · February 21, 2008, 03:40 AM

I just started on M2TW and I do have a couple of questions that I hope someone can clear up for me.

Questions:

1. Is there any advantage of carrying a priest in your army? Seen couple of medieval movies where priests bless the army before battle. Thought it might be applicable here. What about taking a priest along on a crusade?

2. Do I use a merchant on one resource or keep moving him around?

3. At the early stages of campaign, I have alot of cities that are auto managed due to the lack of generals. Is that ok?

Thanks

**-Traiano-** · February 21, 2008, 04:37 AM

Originally Posted by Isotopesam

I just started on M2TW and I do have a couple of questions that I hope someone can clear up for me.

Questions:

1. Is there any advantage of carrying a priest in your army? Seen couple of medieval movies where priests bless the army before battle. Thought it might be applicable here. What about taking a priest along on a crusade?

2. Do I use a merchant on one resource or keep moving him around?

3. At the early stages of campaign, I have alot of cities that are auto managed due to the lack of generals. Is that ok?

Thanks

1) No, Priest are good onli to keep them where do you need to get people converted to your religion!! for example if in Jerusalem's province do you have 70% islam (you see that in settlement's details window) well you take there a couple of good priest and you build churches, the two things toghether will convert population faster!! And to train good priest it's in your interest because when pope will die there will be papal elections and if you have good priest in the council you'll have more possibilities to have your man nominated pope!!

2) Merchants have to stay on the resources, click on them then click on the resource, they will get to the resource and confirm you with short vocal message that they are opening commercial way..then leave them there till death...

3) No, always manage yourself cities!! don't let AI to manage your businnes. when you chose the faction before starting campaign, toghether with the unlimited time option you also have the option "manage all settlements" well click that always before you start playing campaign...

**Isotopesam** · February 21, 2008, 04:54 AM

Thanks.

Pretty sure I selected that option before starting. To train troops and construct building, you do need to have a general in the city, right?

**Pyrebound** · February 21, 2008, 05:13 AM

Not if you select the manage all cities option either from the start of the campaign or from game options. That way youll always be in charge of the settlements.

**TzuDevil** · February 23, 2008, 12:52 PM

About Merchants.... make sure you find the best resources for them to sit on. This can be done by selecting your Merchant the holding the cursor over different resources, which displays the value. This is important as you only have a limited number of Merchants, and resources vary from 10 florins per turn to over 1000 florins per turn depending on the skill of your merchant.

Cheers!

PS The best resources in the game are in Timbuktu... especially because your Merchant is safe from other Merchants.

**malcolm mcdowell** · February 23, 2008, 01:13 PM

if you put merchants in an army and then put the army over a resource, do the merchants trade that resource (is it the same as building a fort over it?)?

**Astorax** · February 23, 2008, 05:07 PM

They will trade the resource just like building a fort but, apparently, if you leave an army on its own for too long its loyalty will drop and it will eventually rebel. If that happens you lose your merchants as well.