economy help!!

**Empire** · December 07, 2006, 11:53 PM

im playing as the macedonian,

but, when i got started all my cities income is negative 1500-2000, im losing money every turn!!

anyone knows how to get the economy going?

**Foot** · December 08, 2006, 01:22 AM

basically, you can either disband your armies and build your economy up to a point where you can support an army, or you can use your starting forces to expand your kingdom and weaken your enemies.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=72052

gives a good guide for the makedonians. I hope its useful.

Foot

**Steistas** · December 08, 2006, 02:52 AM

I wouldn't suggest disbanding armies, to many enemies around, expand expand expand. That's the way I make money.

**_TheChevalier_** · December 08, 2006, 05:05 AM

In my campaign Sab'yn is surrounded by rebel cities and conquered them blitzing, for Macedon I would also blitz, use your armies

**Andy P** · December 08, 2006, 05:19 AM

It must obviously depend on your faction. See my thread about Baktria. I have been fortunate perhaps that the rebels on my Eastern borders have been quiet, and the Selukids to the West seem to have their eyes on other things at the moment so I have had time to develop the very rich mine deposits in my territories.

I am very wealthy at the moment and I am using that wealth to build up my military infrastructure, barracks etc, and soon I will be in am position to start recruiting some strong forces to allow me to go on the rampage.

I am playing on m/m settings in this first campaign to allow me to get to grips with the mod, I would imagine that on harder settings the rebels and my Selukid neighbours will not be so passive.

**Steistas** · December 08, 2006, 10:00 AM

Thats why I am saying attack, usualy starting army is strong enough to take one to towns/citys, and that will help with economics, because I have tried before to disband army ( I was playing with Casse) and what do you think happened? Rebels came after me aaaaaaaaaand I lost everything. that was in 0.74, don't know yet how it will be in 0.8

**Leão magno** · December 08, 2006, 10:39 AM

Same opinion and the same experience with Carthage!!!! I discovered that after taking three cities, the rate that rebels would appear was diminished, so attack, attack and attack