TATW Strategy Guide (Economy, Building, Military, Defence, Expansion, Traits)

**jản** · May 06, 2009, 10:04 AM

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'THIRD AGE - TOTAL WAR'
-- a general Strategy Guide for the tactical Campaign Map --
---- for TATW and all other M2TW games too of course ----

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Introduction You always wanted to beat the game on VH/VH but you've been kicked ass
after turn 20. Or have you beaten the game on VH/VH and want to share
some of your strategies. Than you are totally right here!

This thread is for everybody who wants to improve the efficiency of his faction
during the tactical phase of the game. it is concerning important topics
like building a stable economy and army, organizing your recruitment and defense
and plan and execute a safe expansion of your kingdom.
the basis for the strategies and tactics are:

a total clean vanilla game version (without any additional submods, strat changes ...)
gameplay on VH/VH and with no unnecessary military rush tactics
no cheating (at all - that means no toggle_fow, character_reset ...)
only global/general strategies and tactics (not for each single faction)
don't link to any sub-mods or strat fixes, that will make changes in the game

>> this is for everybody that wants to play the game like the TATW dev's released it

everybody is invited to post collected strategy tipps here, that can be added in this
first post in the fitting section below. but please don't just post one tiny tipp. just
collect them and post them together - or at least update your post.

███ i hope we will gather a proper strategy guide that can help everybody in a way! ███

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Directory
> ECONOMY / TRADE / MONEY / DIPLOMACY

> BUILDING

> MILITARY

> DEFENCE

> EXPANSION

> TRAITS / RETINUES

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Secrets of TATW For Secrets and Special Options that TATW (and M2TW + mods) have to offer go here:

>>> twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?p=6635098 <<<

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ECONOMY / TRADE / MONEY / DIPLOMACY
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conclude trade rights to other factions
alliances with all good factions if you are playing the "good" should be considered and vice versa

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to get alliances you should think of some different facts:

> the reputation and other stats of your faction leader effecting the negotiations
> the diplomacy rank of your diplomat
> the relation to the faction
> than your faction_standings (from the descr_strat.txt) effect the chance of successful negotiations

Ways to try to get alliances:

> the easiest way is to trade a (or in some cases two) settlement(s) against an alliance
(no matter what settlement - could be even far far away)
(but the longer the campaign is running already, the settlement has to be a bigger one - no village )
(by the way - it is no bad idea to conquer back settlement and give them to its original owner)

> than money is a good argument - again it depends how far you are in your campaign.
but for me it always worked with about 20.000+ mixed with map-informations or other stuff you have to offer

> i don't know if this is true but offering to attack an enemy faction does never help your
negotiations - on the contrary - it seems to have bad effect on your reputation the same way as
rejected negotiations (opportunism seems to be a bad thing in middle earth - it is something that humans do and humans are really bad )

Diplomacy Tipps (thanks to Withwnar)
don't walk through anyone's land unless you have Military Access
fight the enemies of those you wish to impress
improving relations with a faction will/can? also improve those with their allies
executing prisoners lowers your global standing, releasing them raises it (I think)
offer them gifts - Map Info costs you nothing
Tributes - 1000 per turn for 10 turns can work well, if you're really trying to get on someone's good side, if you can afford it

Generally, your relationship with any faction drops over time. It's a matter of making sure that you don't
do anything to make it drop faster and occasionally doing things to bump it up. Gifting money and regions
work wonders but it will steadily drop back down if you do nothing further.

One thing I found that's good to know: if you're trying to swap a region for, say, an Alliance, and they won't
buy it then give them the region as a gift. Then propose an Alliance (in the same session). They're so pleased
with you for giving them that region that they'll be more than happy to agree (hopefully). Of course, if they then
refuse then you've 'wasted' that region.

Management
keep the corruption low and the population raise high by building cultural buildings and keeping a low distance to your capital
(maybe change your capitol to the actual center of your whole kingdom)
get rid of useless garrisons
raise taxes - ''set all towns to highest tax level (but the tax symbol should not be red) unless you
want to encourage growth of the the settlement.'' (thanks to Tharros)
''selling map information is also a good way to get some money in early game.'' (thanks to Kaas)
(getting money by doing a good and fair diplomacy in a whole is a way to get money. but be aware
of extort the other faction, because that could lower their relation to you and your global reputation as well.)

always try to put a general (with the right traits) in your settlements because
mostly he increases the trade income or at least the public order and happiness
to keep the trade cash flow make sure your trading partners are have enough economic wealth for that
> always support your allies but help them with defending their lands against enemy invasion and
maybe conquer back settlements from the enemy which you can give them as a gift afterwards
(for big cities that will give them an economic boost in some cases)

conquer enemy or rebel settlements to sack them AND sell buildings that you don't need
(you earn money for pulling down buildings)
>>> if you don't really need that settlement you can sell all sell-able buildings and than exchange
for money, alliances, ceasefires, map-informations, military access and so on

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BUILDING
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Buildings that should be build and why:

roads // (increases trade amount AND military and trading-ways traveling range)
''build roads everywhere first. You are going to be moving a lot of armies so they are extremely important and not very expensive.'' (thanks to Tharros)
farms // (no great direct financial effect - but more immigration is a result - that means more tax income)
mines // (where possible)
ports/harbors // (when faction and settlement supports that)
markets // (only slight income-increase but population growth the results higher tax income)
settlement upgrades // (increasing population and tax income)
(''Hovering your mouse over the population number in the building scroll will show how much
population has to increase before you can upgrade.'' - thanks to MadTiest)
''use the settlement details scroll to see the effects of buildings (grey/transparent icons)'' (thanks to MadTiest)

Buildings that maybe don't need to be build and why:

Markets/Ports/Harbors // (some of them only increase the income very slightly of about 30 to 100 a round) but:

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You should build at least a market and a port in every settlement, because trade goes two ways. you can't just look at the initial income of the settlement that you are building trade in. You also have to consider the income boost from trade later on in your other settlements because of your investment in trade in that particular settlement. you should check the 'settlement info tab' for that. (thanks to Mystific)
Blacksmiths // (upgrades available only for very few units)
Tower Upgrades // only build them where they are needed (borders, capitals ...)
Guilds // depends on your goals/strategy - because they cost 1000+
Inns/Taverns and brothels because they can cause bad traits for governors that administrate the settlement

Culture growth instructions:

the following things help to increase the culture that is needed for unit recruitment:

> culture raising buildings (town hall, town watch, theaters, brothels, inns, school, university or eqiuvalents)
> borders to own countries
> developed street between settlement
> developed sea trading routes
> markets
> harbors/ports and merchants wharf
> available settlement upgrades (wall-upgrade) must be build

> a general/family member in the settlement
> low corruption
> low taxes
> high population growth
> over 100% public order & happiness
> good health
> available education buildings
> some troops (minimum full free upkeep-unit-slot)
> no enemy troops in this settlement or ship at your port
> no enemy spies in your settlement (put own spies in that city) or around it

List of Culture Requirements to recruit units:

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MILITARY
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always plan your battles if it is possible - use spies and watchtowers to observe incoming enemies and
setup a special army for them (dont just build the best cavalry to face a whole stack of pikes - even simple
spear militia can do a great job on very expensive late cavalry)
''don't try to built the most advanced barracks everywhere, just in a few military centers near the frontlines'' (thanks to MadTiest)
built recruitment buildings only where you need them (on stategic important points or near a enemy border)
''if you need your army in another location it might be cheaper to disband the army and built a new one
where you need it (if it takes 7-8 turns to move)'' (thanks to MadTiest)
(use Mercenaries too if possible instead of traveling far distances)

use your faction leader and his successor in battles to make use of their special traits
(that increases the chance of winning, prevent own units from early withdraw, causes experience points
and a good reputation when winning a battle)

sometimes ransom is a way to get good money but causes related traits to the concerning general and
your faction leader
withdraw can save important troops
''When you are starting a campaign of military conquest, keep in mind that you'll lose units in the battles
and that you might have to leave some units in the conquered settlements to defend it or keep the public
order and happiness up.'' (thanks to MadTiest)
use spy's to open gates (the more spies in an enemy settlement the higher the chance that tey open the gates during an attack)

try to starve out an enemy settlement during a siege - because it lowers the amount of soldiers in a unit
or maybe they just surrender without fighting after a few turns (8 on citadells and so on) (thanks to Archaon)
> you even can leave the siege and siege the settlement again right after to starve them out for another few turns

conflate your single units to make space for new units in your garrison (drag&drop or just press <M>)
use the land-surface as an advantage for your troops in battle -- some units have advantages in forests,
archers are good at shooting from a higher position
use spies and assassins to eliminate enemy generals during a invasion (called by Sauron on one of your cities)
to to make the units rebel and disappear without even fight against them

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DEFENCE
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''always use the free upkeep allowed in your settlements'' - maybe disband useless units in regions
that are not in danger (thanks to MadTiest)
(Walls, Wall Upgrades, Settlement Upgrades and Tourney Fields increases the free upkeep value!)

build a lot of watchtowers when possible - especially near your borders to foreign regions and in
"foggy" areas (to see the enemy moves - maybe in your direction)

put a good mixtures of especially missile infantry, pikemen and sword/axe infantry with shields in
your settlements to defend them (maybe some cavalry to attack them outside of the walls, but
don't leave your settlement through the front gate!!!)

try to put a general in a settlement before a siege (they keep the troop morale up and some of
them have special defense traits / retinues)

kill rebels in your regions because they decrease public order and happiness

( > during a siege battle always make sure your towers are shooting )
( (even if there are no flags on the top of them, you can ensure shooting towers: )
( a stopped unit on a wall activates the direct tower to the left AND the right of them )

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EXPANSION
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take only rebel settlements at the beginning

be sure to have military access to allied territory which you are crossing because your relations will suffer
dramatically otherwise (read at top of this thread how to get alliances, which are required for military access)

prevent war with neutral/friendly factions as long as possible
(or even cease fire to factions you are in war with to not provoke strike backs)

try to expand in save directions (to allies, coasts, mountains, water, rivers, map-borders)

sacking settlements can get you good money but will decreases tax income in further turns and
lower the generals/faction leaders stats when doing it every time

use spies to first explore rebel and enemy territory before you go to conquer them (to plan your army setup and to avoid to meet an enemy accidentally)
and put spies in enemy settlements to decrease public order and happiness

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TRAITS / RETINUES
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you should watch your generals traits and retinues and place them right in your settlements
traits for tax and trade-increase and for reduced building costs should be places right inside settlements
traits that decrease tax and trade income should be put outside settlements
different actions result different traits and retinues

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some of the retinues are transferable!! (drag&drop)
(go here for a short description for that)

Traits/Retinues short guide:

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**Fev** · May 06, 2009, 10:16 AM

Wait, how can I drag retinues? And what effect does that have?

**jản** · May 06, 2009, 10:26 AM

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Wait, how can I drag retinues? And what effect does that have?

that are mostly objects or persons.

go to the royal military acedemy's retinue page to view
all retinues of all factions. there is a category "Transferable".

if a general of yours have a transferable retinue than put him
in one garrison or settlement together with another general
and simply drag&drop that retinue.

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**MadTiest** · May 06, 2009, 10:29 AM

I'm mentioned

Good idea, some people seem to buy M2TW just for TATW so I'm sure a lot of people will find this useful.

A few other things I already mentioned but might as well repeat here:
-Ballistas can be very useful for defenece. When enemy units are on the wall, try to pin them down with your infantry and fire ballista bolts into the crowd.
-Use the settlement details scroll to see the effects of buildings (grey/transparant icons)
-Flank the enemy, every TW player knows about flanking but completely new players might not: Once enemy units are engaged in combat with your units, attack them with different units (preferably cavalry) from the sides or rear. This will often result in the enemies routing. Leave room for these units to escape, otherwise they might fight to the death.
-Hovering your mouse over the population number in the building scroll will show how much population has to increase before you can upgrade.
-When you are starting a campaign of military conquest, keep in mind that you'll lose units in the battles, and might have to leave some units in the conquered settlements. So you might want to bring at least a full stack, otherwise your conquests will be halted by the need to bring in reinforcements. You can also sent spies ahead to see what culture the settlement you're going to conquer has so you'll know whether or not you'll be albe to replenish your army at the settlement.

EDIT

these facts are updated in the first post of this threat.
but please respect that this threat is only for strategies
on the tactical campaign map - not for battle tactics.

jan

**Kaas** · May 06, 2009, 11:29 AM

selling map information is also a good way to get some money in early game.

Originally Posted by MadTiest

-Hovering your mouse over the population number in the building scroll will show how much population has to increase before you can upgrade.

I believe this is also showed by hovering your mouse over the population increase in the building scroll

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these facts are updated in the first post of this threat.

**grumpygoat** · May 06, 2009, 12:26 PM

@jan I know it's something really minor, but i think you've mixed two terms. Military tactics, the art of organizing an army, are the techniques for using weapons or military units in combination for engaging and defeating an enemy in battle. (wikipedia), that means the battle map (flanking etc.)

Strategy would be the term you want to use in your first post, it would refer to the campaign map, to know what troops to recruit and where to recruit them, what buildings to build and how to spend your money. Strategy is different from tactics. In military terms, tactics is concerned with the conduct of an engagement while strategy is concerned with how different engagements are linked. In other words, how a battle is fought is a matter of tactics: whether it should be fought at all is a matter of strategy (wikipedia).

Just saying this because you got me confused when you told Mad not to speak about the battle map, when this thread was supposed to be a tactic guide thread

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**Lap** · May 06, 2009, 06:21 PM

All this information seems to be entirely independent of Third Age. Only very few tips were relevant. Some things like the suggestion to make a trade monopoly don't really even apply to Third Age.

I think you'll waste too much time reinventing the wheel by making a general strategy guide. There are tons of articles for MTW2 that you could just copy here. I'd focus on things specific to Third Age.

**sjworthington** · December 25, 2010, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by Lap

All this information seems to be entirely independent of Third Age. Only very few tips were relevant. Some things like the suggestion to make a trade monopoly don't really even apply to Third Age.

I think you'll waste too much time reinventing the wheel by making a general strategy guide. There are tons of articles for MTW2 that you could just copy here. I'd focus on things specific to Third Age.

I half agree with you. I think ALL the information needs to be about Third Age but the game definitely needs a strategy guide.

I have tried all the races and powers, at all levels and for some reason can't even build a full stack of troops. Not one. The money/manpower supply is laughable so much so that I've given up playing for the time being. The most troops I have ever been able to afford is 3/4 stack (Gondor) and that gets overwhelmed by Orcs. If I could manually play the battles it wouldn't be so bad but the mod is so bugged it just CTD's so I can only autoresolve. The money/economic system seems completely arbitrary, one minute i'm showing a massive profit and the next I'm deep in the red...

Now I somehow may have accidentally found a loophole that means I am playing on 'unproductive pauper' level but to my mind the costs are way too high for units, manpower/growth is also way to low (a fact that never seems to trouble your enemies) and as soon as you neccesarily need to move troops out of towns from your starting quota unrest occurs. It makes it impossible to play. When someone mentioned 'a full stack' in a previous post I nearly laughed. Personally, I think the Elves & Dwarves should be immune from unrest. It never happened in Tolkien (apart from one notable example in Gondolin) as they have an unswerving faith in loyalty & duty and should only concern Men & Orcs (whom, it is known, fall far too easily into shadow).

(also the 'manage everything' AI seems desperate to throw you into civil chaos)

If anyone has any advice or has heard this before please help... the game is beautiful but at the moment completely unplayable for me..

**Lagbug** · January 01, 2011, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by sjworthington

I have tried all the races and powers, at all levels and for some reason can't even build a full stack of troops. Not one. The money/manpower supply is laughable so much so that I've given up playing for the time being.

Gondor is an expensive faction, especially cavalry. Are you sure you have fiddled with tax levels?. You should also consider expanding early on with rebel settlements to gain territorries and taxes. Build an infastructure of roads,mines,harbors, markets where they are most profitable early on. Start building your units once you have a defined goal in mind. If you build them little by little you will loose on upkeeps. Have you read the guide? Follow the tips in economy, some are quite useful. The AI has a script that boosts its economy, growth, order and other stuff due to the fact that your opponents don't have a human brain to give any real strategic fight. Thats why they aren't bothered much with money, growth, etc.

**brasswire** · January 10, 2011, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by sjworthington

I have tried all the races and powers, at all levels and for some reason can't even build a full stack of troops. Not one. The money/manpower supply is laughable so much so that I've given up playing for the time being. The most troops I have ever been able to afford is 3/4 stack (Gondor) and that gets overwhelmed by Orcs. If I could manually play the battles it wouldn't be so bad but the mod is so bugged it just CTD's so I can only autoresolve. The money/economic system seems completely arbitrary, one minute i'm showing a massive profit and the next I'm deep in the red...

Now I somehow may have accidentally found a loophole that means I am playing on 'unproductive pauper' level but to my mind the costs are way too high for units, manpower/growth is also way to low (a fact that never seems to trouble your enemies) and as soon as you neccesarily need to move troops out of towns from your starting quota unrest occurs. It makes it impossible to play. When someone mentioned 'a full stack' in a previous post I nearly laughed...

If anyone has any advice or has heard this before please help... the game is beautiful but at the moment completely unplayable for me..

Well I don't know why you can't play the battles. It's not a problem with the mod itself as evidenced by the large number of people on this forum who are able to play it without any problems (myself included). There must be an issue relating to your specific install and/or setup.

I can understand some of your pain if you're forced to auto-resolve all the time. The auto-resolve is a harsh mistress. I know that I win battles all the time (sometimes by a large margin) in the open field, that I would have been crushed had I auto-resolved them. You may want to consider playing the Dwarves as they are seemingly built to exploit the auto-resolve calculator.

As for money/unrest, some basic advice that seems to work for me:
- make sure you are taking advantage of free upkeep in your settlements. If a unit has a dark gray background while sitting in your settlement, then it has free upkeep, if it doesn't, then it is costing you money every single turn.
- make sure every town can produce militia. In order to get free upkeep, the settlement has to be capable of actually building the unit in question. So if you want to station a militia unit there for free, the town has to have a militia building. This extends to every unit type. If you plan to station archers at a fort to defend it, then it will be worth it to build a Bowyer there so you can get free upkeep for them.
- make trade agreements with everyone you aren't at war with.
- build roads basically everywhere.
- don't build any buildings you don't need. don't produce units that cost you money in places you don't need..
- if a settlement doesn't have a governor, set it to Growth build. This will lower taxes and keep the people happy.
- feel free to demolish any buildings you don't want/need. You'll get a bit of money back for them.
- make sure you do your missions. They can get you a decent amount of free money/units.
- capture any rebel settlements you think you can take.
- pay attention to culture. If you take over a settlement and it is low in your faction's culture, build a culture increasing building right away.

**Bloodly** · May 16, 2011, 10:00 AM

Roads(normal Dirt roads. Paved roads are always worth building) are something of a trap early. You want them, yes, but not immediately. Eventually trade income via roads and markets will become massive via trade agreements, and the movement is a help, but for many places farms will get you the most immediate income. Watch the Settlement Details pane as you put various buildings in. See where you're getting the most cash and build accordingly.

Also, remember that Generals are NEVER counted as free upkeep. Get them out there fighting and have them earn their pay! Generals cost a lot to maintain, after all.

**zax** · May 16, 2011, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by Bloodly

Also, remember that Generals are NEVER counted as free upkeep. Get them out there fighting and have them earn their pay! Generals cost a lot to maintain, after all.

But even the lamest general increase tax revenue, even more when he gains proper traits and skills. Now little trick: Send your Gen to battle to get him chivalry stars (Noble in battle) occupy city (Firm ruler), develope somewhat those skills, than send him to undeveloped city set taxes to low and start building (remembering to switch to highest taxes one turn before building finishes) an develope skills like Noble in rule and justice sense.
Now the trick: Game can show only 10 chivalry stars but your Gen can get more. Something like 12 chivalry points give 3 points in population growth. (7 or 8 chivalry give 2 points in population growth)

Traits/Skills of depicted general:
Loyal beyond question +3 Respect
Noble in Battle +2 Respect
Noble Ruler +5 Respect
Obediently Active +1 Respect
Serves Justice +3 Respect
=
equals 14 Respect

**Archaon** · May 06, 2009, 09:04 PM

1) use spy's to open gates and to swing the assault in your favor.

2) try to starve out the settlement as it lowers their numbers if they attack OR it can save a battle if they submit.

3) VnVs that increase tax income should be placed in high population settlements, ones that raise trade income should be placed in settlements that have many resources, ones that raise law should be moved to new conquered settlements, ones that raise hapiness should be placed in the middle of your kingdom to enable low garrisons.

4) archers are more valuable in defensive battles as they can sit on walls and hit the enemy on approach and lower moral causing quick rout, and in field they can sit behind a line of infantry (who are in defensive stance) and cause the same effect plus your line will not pursue routing units (on defensive stance) giving archers the chance to hit them again, and agian if they choose to return. when archers are out of ammo they are effective in flanking manouvers.
In TA:TW archers have good range, lots of ammo, and high secondary attack.

EDIT

these facts are updated in the first post of this threat.

**Haerski** · May 15, 2009, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by jản

[*] raise taxes - ''set all towns to highest tax level (but the tax symbol should not be red) unless you want to
encourage growth of the the settlement.'' (thanks to Tharros)

I don't agree with that. I always set my tax levels low at beginning and begin to raise them only when needed because population growth is after all the most important thing to keep in mind. For me raising taxes is short term solution, but keeping population growth high breeds you lots of new fresh taxpayers and thus make your economy skyrocket when needed.

It also makes public order much higher which means you don't necessarily need as much garrisons in cities which are not vulnerable to enemy.

So keep taxes as low as your economy allows during peaceful times and only raise them under serious threat.

**Fulgrim88** · May 15, 2009, 01:55 PM

Well then, some TATW specific stuff:

The two main "religions" in this mod, good & evil require a quite different style of playing, as they're numbers and stats differ greatly;
- Good: Your advantage lies in morale and equipment, yet you build a lot slower and have a lot less units (half as much as the bad guys at best). Therefore DO NOT play offensive at the beginning, as they will bleed your armies dry on open field. You may be able to conquer some settlements, but you wont be able to hold them.
Plan every step, make heavy use of spies to look for gaps in the enemies masses. Strike there, fast and hard, to give them no chance to fetch your weakened army with another fullstack the turn after.

- Evil (Especially when playing Orc factions): Your advantage lies in numbers. Your morale sucks, and so do most of your units, so dont expect to win even 1:1 odds easily. The key is to build and sustain massive armies, that support each other. If your first strike fails, at least the second strike kills. DO NOT play defensive, as good will certainly crush you if given the time. Roam the Enemies lands, striking at smaller armies and weakly defended settlements. Your big time comes with the 2nd and 3rd baracks, which unlocks powerful units. Till then, keep your enemies distracted by constant attacks.

- Culture Recruitment: In TATW, you cant recruit units in cities/castles, until your specific influence (Followers of Melkor, Northmen, Elves a.s.o) is at least 25%. So keep in mind that you wont be able to refresh your troops right after conquering settlements in which your influence is too low.
You'll have to defend them with the weakened army till reinforcements arrive or the influence is high enough

- Culture Buildings: To get Influence (needed to recruit units), you may want to build special influence buildings in captured settlements. Look for x% Culture in the building description

**Withwnar** · May 16, 2009, 12:08 AM

That's a good overview Fulgrim. Just a small correction on the 25% culture before recruitment: Silvans can start recruiting at 10% and archers at 15%. I don't know about the other factions.

**Fulgrim88** · May 16, 2009, 01:52 AM

Originally Posted by Withwnar

That's a good overview Fulgrim. Just a small correction on the 25% culture before recruitment: Silvans can start recruiting at 10% and archers at 15%. I don't know about the other factions.

May be. I actually just looked into it in my dwarf campaign where it was 25% and my Gondor one where it was something >20 so i thought it would be that way for every faction.
If thats not the case, maybe we could post a list here with the actual %-score needed for the different factions

**Withwnar** · May 16, 2009, 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by Fulgrim88

maybe we could post a list here with the actual %-score needed for the different factions

The Royal Military Academy contains it but you can only see it for one unit at a time. It's under the Requires Condition column. eg. "region_religion numenorian 10".

There's a link to that site as a sticky in this forum, in case anyone missed it. Really good site.

Yeah, a list could be useful. You can also find out in-game by reading building descriptions (eg. via the building browser).

**jonny1364** · May 16, 2009, 02:43 AM

@ Jan + co

Great thread, and lots of useful info. Thanks for all your efforts. I'm downloading 1.1 now, so I'll have to start a new campaign, which will give me the chance to implement some of your tips!

I'm an experienced M2TW player, but your post has given me some fresh ideas. I'm sure the more inexperienced players will find ALL this info invaluable. Try and ignore the few "criticisms", and keep up the good work! Not only have you "re-invented the wheel", you've added some kick-ass chrome hub-caps as well

**axnsan** · May 16, 2009, 05:13 AM

a list of culture requirements, in brute form, taken directly from the game files.
if anyone has the patience to clean it up, feel free to do so
if you don't know the in game name of an unit on the list just ask

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