Buying cities, armies, etc...

**CobraStallone** · March 12, 2011, 09:34 AM

I've noticed that the AI let's you buy too much stuff for little money. I've played about 4 or 5 campaigns and in most of them I had a very good economy and good reputations and the AI just let me buy too much stuff. Once as Venice I basically bought Greece in about 10 turns, some settlements for as little as 10,000 florins, and the byzantines didn't need the money either. Also it's quite annoying playing hotseat.
Perhaps this could be balanced in the next update? Is this the right forum for that kind of suggestion?

**Ferdiad** · March 12, 2011, 09:36 AM

Not sure how to balance it tbh, use self resraint.

**Dramatic Cat** · March 12, 2011, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by Ferdiad

Not sure how to balance it tbh, use self resraint.

lulz

**CobraStallone** · March 12, 2011, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by Ferdiad

Not sure how to balance it tbh, use self resraint.

Yeah that's what I do, the problem is in hotseat, my friends and I play with everyone leaving the room during someone's turn, so once the HRE bought 3 french cities in one turn, and it's kind of hard to draw the line between what's fair and what is abusing the game.

**Scorpius Centaurus** · March 12, 2011, 09:50 AM

After playing TATW where money is very tight and a real challenge no matter what faction you choose, it does seem like a breeze to make money in this game. I think the economy in SS needs to be neutered big time.

**Liandro** · March 12, 2011, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Scorpius Centaurus

After playing TATW where money is very tight and a real challenge no matter what faction you choose, it does seem like a breeze to make money in this game. I think the economy in SS needs to be neutered big time.

It's our fault we know how to make money? If money is coming along too easy to you, use BYG, otherwise the economy is fine. Maybe it was a little harder to make more in SS 6.1, but that's been so long now, I can scarcely remember.

**Scorpius Centaurus** · March 12, 2011, 07:07 PM

Hey, whatever floats your boat! It just happens that I prefer to be challenged in balancing between building up my economy and building my armies. If you like to play the game where there is no challenge, then that is on you.