Originally Posted by
Shoebopp
1. Not sure what you mean by reliability, please elaborate
2. Sharp characters will continue to advance in schooling (None -> Cultured -> Erudite), up to an extreme degree if they are also Uncharismatic and Languorous (Erudite -> Scholastic -> Pedantic), up until the age of 28. However, a character will always enjoy the probability of gaining advanced schooling-related traits and ancilliaries at any age. Dumping a character into the best school in your empire as soon as they turn 16 up until they turn 28 is the most "efficient". Any more schooling still helps but not as intensely as the first 12 years. If your character is a voracious learner (gains good levels in Public Speaking, Philosophy, or Politician...) and skilled social networker (gains Historian, Librarian, Inventor...), you can even end his education early. Keep an eye on characters that may progress beyond Erudite. Though these "bookworm" traits probably have an even better trigger for advanced schooling traits, they come with a heft influence and hitpoints malus. Future generals will NOT enjoy these
3. There's plenty of anecdotal evidence supporting your claim, but no official standpoint though
4. Each faction's Basilike Patris may have slightly different requirements. The one for most Diadochi factions generally require the royal_core hidden resource and one of hellen1 or hellen2. Check the export_descr_buildings.txt for full details.
5. Although most EBII team members claim that, once built, a BP permanently uses up 1 of the 3 allowed slots, my gameplay experiences say otherwise. You CAN destroy one of your more inconvenient BPs and build one elsewhere, but you must do so carefully due to the following mechanics:
- You can always have one BP at any empire size, up to 2 with 13 or more regions, and up to 3 with 26 or more regions.
- Clicking on the BP in the building browser will "reserve" one of the 3 allowed BPs. If you cancel the BP, or lose the settlement before it's completed, that "reserved" BP slot is lost forever. That means you would be limited to 2 BPs at 26 regions! If you mess up one more time, you will need 26 regions just to build one BP! Don't even think about what happens if you cancel a BP then.
So, if you want to relocate a BP, destroy the old one at any time, choose a new location, and camp a highly loyal and powerful army next to that settlement. Make sure the settlement is very stable public order-wise as well. Keep that army there until the BP is complete. You must take NO chances.
6. Probably not. There are settlements with royal_core north of Baktria - it's probably the Sakan starting capital. However, there are NO hellen1 or hellen2 provinces that far north. That's why the Baktrian mission to capture Chach and Bukhark mention that "no Hellen has gone here before".