can ONE settlement survive?

[Peter]

My goal in my new campaign shall be too see if one settlement can survive whitout getting Bancrupt,Conquered,Rebelling etc. Is it even possible?

I know you all wondering what the hell you want "1" settlement for.Well i want to give myself a real challenge whitout the usual world conquering that allways ends up in a victory sooner or later anyway.

Now on too the point!

My first thought must be what faction i want too play as and that can be a crucial choice
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Greeks-They start out with the island of (Rhodes++) which gives you 40% navaltrade
Pros- heavy seabased trade and good income,No rebels on the island and no devastation can emerge.

Cons- the port can be blocked by any faction which puts the city in a desperate time,the wonder effect wears of, no land based trade.
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Egypt-Another island (Salamis+++) the island has no wonder but it has a mine and some bigger landmass then Rhodes to dispose some unwanted generals and their crappy traits. Although the island depends on its seatrade it can survive using the mine and farm income for a while.
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Brutii-(Croton+++½)This is a mainland settlement but it is rarely attacked and have both land and sea trade possibilities. And a mine! but if you play as an other faction then brutii you would find yourself in big trouble running this settlement. Due to the other roman families and Greek/Macedon fleets floating around.


I think both Brutii and Egypt is the best choice for a faction example, Brutii have high skilled governors due to the senates councills officess or whatever it is which gives high influence and the people likes that. The egypt has many temples to boost both happiness and health in the city.


Feel free to fill in some other settlements/factions and thoughts,tips that may help in my management battle.

tnx // Peter

[{nF}remix]

Well you could position on rhodes just have a massive cheaply build navy witht he best exp possible, to ward of any boats/invasions, have a lone diplomat to make alliances and trade.

[Hanno the Navigator]

Carthage - the city on Sardinia has good access to trade, lots of land and they have good defensive units (no elephants possible here tho). However, in the beginning, this city will be besieged by the Julii, and there are scant trade goods available.

[Outlawstar15a2]

you can try what is the crimea region of scythia good trade with the pontics and greeks and the narrow land strip means its easy to bottleneck.

[Peter]

Yes very nice choices! Hanno / Outlaw

What about Asturica on the hispania region? it has access to both land and minor sea trade and got a mine for some extra income. It got good defensive position due to the chokepoint ahead of the settlement and some ambush possibilitis I think it even got a bridge to the south of the city for some extra forward defense if i got the money for it.

// Peter

[Sylver]

You might be able to survive a while, but against a concentrated attack by an enemy who can outproduce you, things might get tough.

[Peter]

i got that scenario covered in my defense protocol

[CaptainCernick]

You'll have to kill of all the unnecessary units and family members, because one city won't be able to sustain them.

[Conanpwnage34]

also if the few family members that you do have get taken out your in trouble.

[Arcaliea]

Any island will work because the AI is too stupid to attack islands most of the time.

Rhodes is probably the best option.

[Redfoot]

Any island will work because the AI is too stupid to attack islands most of the time.

Rhodes is probably the best option.

Sadly this is true.. AI does not like invading Islands, let alone well defended towns. It would take like 3 full stacks of AI to all siege at once (which never happens) for them to make an impact. I can't recall ever losing a settlement with better than Wooden Walls as defense.

[Captian Marcus Cornelius]

i doing this right now as the greeks holding only athens , but the macadoians are colse to chrusing me right now so i think i may have to seize that long island by athens i forgot what is name is .....

[Scar Face]

Sadly this is true.. AI does not like invading Islands, let alone well defended towns. It would take like 3 full stacks of AI to all siege at once (which never happens) for them to make an impact. I can't recall ever losing a settlement with better than Wooden Walls as defense.

Have you played Roma? I lost nicelops or something just last night on like the 4th turn. Lost a major battle only killing 500 then they killed the remeneants in the city >.< Don't worry I made the pay after around 3 other major defeats XD

[Holger Danske]

Try Byzantium Hold the strait and build massive walls and train good archers.. use cretan archers..

[Faust]

You have to admit, Holger's idea sounds catchy :rolleyes. *Avid Constantinople fan retreats to shadows*

[Peter]

yes byzantium.. it has a good sea trade but it is very exposed and often attacked. But your idea with archers is good although i couldent afford it if the unit numbers werent reduced.

[mike^_^]

I don't know if you'd be able to stay alive for very long

I tried something like this with the germans, only it was about 2 or 3 provinces, basically I disbanded everything except 1 medium size army and all my family members (cept the catamites and drunks) and migrated to scandanavia. my plan was to build up those 2 cities to full tier, then come swooping down on europe with massive armies of hungry barbarians lookin for some civilized slave girls ( i modded the units to 0 upkeep ) it worked for awhile - I stayed up there for about 100 years building up those two cities and hitting end turn , then my entire family died and the game ended.

Good luck though

[Darkragnar]

I don't know if you'd be able to stay alive for very long

I tried something like this with the germans, only it was about 2 or 3 provinces, basically I disbanded everything except 1 medium size army and all my family members (cept the catamites and drunks) and migrated to scandanavia. my plan was to build up those 2 cities to full tier, then come swooping down on europe with massive armies of hungry barbarians lookin for some civilized slave girls ( i modded the units to 0 upkeep ) it worked for awhile - I stayed up there for about 100 years building up those two cities and hitting end turn , then my entire family died and the game ended.

Good luck though

hahaha Rofl, hope your game doesnt have a political message :tooth: ! takeing over scandinavia with drunk's and catamite's! and wont it be expected that ur family die off, half of your family were impotent and the other half drunk all the time to make any babies.

[Holger Danske]

Well thats makes it cooler.. Kind a Troy like .... But If you whant to survive you have to use a city that can generate huge incomes! Perhaps Antioch?

[geoff741]

In all my games, the rebel island up the top of the map doesnt ever get taken over, i'm egypt atm, and own the entire south and east side, and its still owned by the rebels

its also an island

also, if you just built nothing but ships you could sink invaders before they get to you, its how I protect my islands. brutii and macedonia tries to take them every few turns, but my first level ships who have three gold chevrons each turn them away every time without any problems. but what happens when you only have 2-3 family members and they dont breed?