"Most of these tips are based on Expert level, as this is the only level
iv been playing for about a year.
1. King, once you have at least 1 Monarch send your king to attack as much as
possible. This will increase his influence, the more influence he has the more
loyal your provines and armies will be. Once you have 6-7 influence (Crowns)
leave him.
Also most allies will stay allied to you if they have to choose between two
factions.
2. Build a sea empire ASAP. When attacking provinces always take the ones that
have access to the sea. Build a ship port and a merchant. The best ones to take
are Scandinavia, Livonia, Lithuania and Novgorod. Once you have a ship in every
sea, your income on very high tax will be between 1500 - 2000 florins PER TURN
in each province! Most other provinces will average 300-1000.
When you start getting 2000-4000 florines a turn it is easy to develop 4-5
provinces, and like other people have said to specilise in a certain area.
If you are england take france ASAP and simply build your sea empire. Do the
opposite with france. Just keep germany and spain happy.
On expert, spain will always win the Almohads so you do not need to worry. (Iv
been playing on expert for at least a year now and they always win :) )
By 1200 i usually have over 100,000 florins. <-- this is when i start on eaily
period.
3. Super powers
Providing you have your sea empire. Simply build 2-3 full armies and land them
in a section that is most vunrable. There are two stratigies from now. You can
COMP STOMP and move through each province and destroy most buildings. Every
province will retreat as they will not face 2-3 armies.
The super power army will now start sending its main forces back to meet your
new force. There force is now split. You can either meet them at a point you
have taken, or build a sea port and move your troops out and attack at another
point.
Golden horde. These are easy, make sure you have most of russia taken as the
Rebles will join the Hord. When they attack your provinces abandon them. You
loose 7-8 provinces but there forces will be streched, they will have small
arimes in most and it is easy to attack.
3. Assasins. Only assasinate people in provinces that do not have Watch Tower or
Border fort. 99% will always win.
Train 1 assasin up to level 4-5 and keep him! Just simply use him to assasinate
the Pope when ever he ****** you off.
5. When attacking always have lots of pesants. only 200-400 is needed to secure
most provinces. As long as you have plenty of pesants, keep adding them to a
province until they are above 100% loyal.
6. When you start to have alot of provinces always build, a Keep, a Church, Port
and Merchant and Border fort. Then simply dont develop it any further. Use these
to produce vast amounts of pesants, then simply send them to a province where
they are needed.
If it gets attacked and lost you have not lost alot :)
7. Bishops, Inquisitors etc once you start attacking provinces outside the
Catholic area send them in 3-4 will convert most Muslin and pagan loyalty within
10 turns to 90% Catholic. You now need far less troops to secure the province
from rebles.
Short on an army? Send Bishops, inquisitors etc into 2-3 muslim provices. Once
the catholic faith is at 80% send any army in and attack them, as long as you
own it for one turn, then the Muslins attack the province. If the province is
not 100% loyal they will rebel and the forces will be yours.
The more of one faith a province is, the more troops will be needed to quell it
if you are another faith.
Hope it helps" - Redheat
