Same logic works for Eastern Empire too. Disband most troops. Send the generals in Jerusalem and Jordan down to Petra with 2 extra units. Recruit a diplomat in the city bordering the west. Raise taxes every where to maximum. Move the diplomat near Hatra toward the city itself. End turn. There's a bit of RNG here, but the wester empire consistently sends an army within range of the diplomat we recruited. Set up the tribute offer, then request every city that leaves the offer as "very generous". That leaves us with 30 settlements. So we capture Petra. Dismantle a bunch of buildings to get some cash, then move the diplomat to Hatra, repeat the diplomacy trick with the Sassanids. You will have to offer peace in the deal as well, or they will refuse
I didn't know how high the AI valued regular tribute (is it the same in M2 ?)... but once I have a solid economic base I can buy out much of a country's land through a worsening spiral. The AI usually builds much more troops than they can afford = they get broke. I buy one or a couple settlements : they have money so they'll make more troops, but have less income. Broke faster. And here I come again with an offer until they no longer accept to sell. At which point they are pathetically small. Making them addicted to my money.
2:12 "Obviously, you can't delete your emperor."
Praetorian guard: "You can't what?"
In imperial Rome that hadn't been patched yet
Constantine: *draws his sword
they had been effectively dealt with ever since Milvian bridge in 312 AD
Playing this game for the first time was one of the best feelings I ever got as a kid
Can confirm does work on Remastered.
wow nice!!
and now u can also declare war on the eastern empire and it will auto cancel the tribute! so u got everything for free!
Same logic works for Eastern Empire too.
Disband most troops.
Send the generals in Jerusalem and Jordan down to Petra with 2 extra units.
Recruit a diplomat in the city bordering the west.
Raise taxes every where to maximum.
Move the diplomat near Hatra toward the city itself.
End turn.
There's a bit of RNG here, but the wester empire consistently sends an army within range of the diplomat we recruited.
Set up the tribute offer, then request every city that leaves the offer as "very generous".
That leaves us with 30 settlements.
So we capture Petra.
Dismantle a bunch of buildings to get some cash, then move the diplomat to Hatra, repeat the diplomacy trick with the Sassanids. You will have to offer peace in the deal as well, or they will refuse
That's fucking hillarious! XD
Nice, this restoration will be the shortest lived restoration of all time 🤣Shorter than even Aurelian's or Justinian's.
Woah. Mind blown away. Woah. Bravo.
I didn't know how high the AI valued regular tribute (is it the same in M2 ?)... but once I have a solid economic base I can buy out much of a country's land through a worsening spiral.
The AI usually builds much more troops than they can afford = they get broke.
I buy one or a couple settlements : they have money so they'll make more troops, but have less income. Broke faster.
And here I come again with an offer until they no longer accept to sell. At which point they are pathetically small.
Making them addicted to my money.
That's pretty cool
What a fucking trick 😮😮
historically accurate as well
Looool😂
Truly cheesing but nice to see
Yeah but continue playing and end turn
the pronunciation of the cities hurts my mind
Nice exploit………
You can ruin any game this way..but it is funny