I concur with the remarks about currently indestructible buildings; it makes them obstacles more than perks. Bridges especially could get some attention, as it feels weird to lock this T2 infrastructure behind the T3 builder guild (in regions with an impediment that can only be removed through bridg...

As far as I can tell (keep in mind I have no certainty), it seems like: Each nation has its own set of objectives though in uneven quantities (Tanais has seven, Cyrene has 13 IIRC, and so on); Larger nations seem to have alternative sets triggering according to their relations/ongoing wars (that one...

These are the maximum quantities of the given resources your nation can shoulder in its current state; if you hover over them, the tooltip will tell you that above such numbers, "one fourth of the extra will be lost each turn". :)

Cavalry can have uses, especially the rare provincial ones with mountainmen perk. While it may not benefit from the flanking green slots you can see in plains or hills, the defender will benefit from a huge defensive perk in mountains; if you're on offense and despite their low combat abilities, ski...

Sadly, all you can do is either declare war, either keep sending gifts until you get past 25 in relationships so they stop raiding. It's especially annoying when they end up having objectives in your territories; combined to the decay over turns in relations, it may turn out quite costly!

Several extra provinces open up and become available over time, such as Voronesa or Sarmatia Orientalis indeed near Tanais' starting province, or Kazakia/Aralia Occidentalis & Orientalis to the east (near Sogdiana/Massagatae starting province), Polonia Meridionalis/Prusia farther west on the way...

I do hope that we can return for one final massive patch for Empires once Kingdoms is released and operating smoothly. So do we (at least I) hope - there are only a few hiccups left to fix. I can only wish you for Kingdoms to succeed, although considering the timesetting I'll stick with Empires; th...

The region of Uxia has marble, with several hills around; they are prime candidates for expert stonecutters (same thing applies anywhere noble gardens can be found, and around it). If you get the opportunity, you could also build ceramics works nearby, fed by that marble for a slight culture gain (5...

I've tried focussing on building cultural buildings (particularly religious) to speed up conversion, I've tried putting every spare pop into culture, I've tried every combination of both of those. I've tried invading neighbours to get more population to fight it, and nothing has worked. What am I m...

Bombax wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 12:25 pmI can't see any option to 'assign your own hotkey' on the Options screen.

Actually, ingame the key mapping doesn't allow changing the regional decisions' key. Bit of a surprise, I thought I had assigned that one myself!

Actually, you can't - the iranian armored cavalry, supposed to be Bactriana's provincial unit, cannot be recruited. It's an issue that's already been reported in the tech support sub-forum with a solution proposed by a player, however the bug persists on the stable branch.

You can assign your own hotkey to it under the options (the cog icon at the top left of your screen), by default regional decisions are assigned to the R key. Never noticed it missing, it's even weirder if it's consistent despite un/re-installing it!

The only case in which I ran into such a situation was when obtaining a victory against overwhelming numbers: the Persian DLC is especially handy to reproduce it. When more than a hundred squads invade a region in which I win an ordinary 8v8 or the like, their troops ignore ordinary rules and just k...

IIRC everything is reverted to their original owner, as if you agreed to an ordinary peace treaty. Handy if you're on the losing side, still it's a chance to occur - never a certainty!

Offer gifts to Thracia until relations are over 25, or insult nations at war with them. Since they're a client state there won't be any possibility to negotiate a cooperation agreement, relations will keep deteriorating over time so you'll have to rinse & repeat after a while!

In my opinion, insult is a very strong mechanic of getting a relationship for free and must be nerfed. It is; befriending the top dogs is easy as they're always at war. You get 5 points with any nation at war with the target of your insult, and lose as many with your target's allies (as in alliance...

Isn't it due to relations? In the post you linked, I can see several client states; even hardcoded objectives won't trigger as long as your relations are above 50. I don't know Sarmatia's objectives, but playing Emporia I wouldn't get Massilia if I still were friendly towards them.

1) I haven't been getting it for a long time Objectives. That's normal, all nations have an initial definite set of objectives, their numbers varying (Emporia has 12, Tanais has 6, and so on). Extra objectives can only be acquired through abysmal relations with immediate neighbours, usually being s...

If the assumption was that the army should be the value as in the supply of buildings, then the value of the supply of buildings should be increased 5 times to match the value of the supply usage of the army. There's no such assumption there though, right? The preserved foodstore is indeed worth on...

1. [...] My navy won the battle easily, and the Persian army, continued on it's way to Pella. Do navies not retreat when beaten? If so, this seems a strange choice, as it renders blockades impossible. They usually do retreat, however be it at sea or inland, armies far outnumbering their opponent ig...