LockeAndKey
Recruit
I booted this mod up, tried to recruit some Persian youths, and instantly ran out of denars because they cost 10 times the normal amount. I was ambushed by escaped helots and my tiny band of three warriors (including myself) succumbed to their attacks. When I escaped a bit later, I decided to start very slowly and carefully building up wealth with trade guild quests. The first one was to deliver some goods to a tavern over in Greece, so I started hoofing it. I barely made it to the town in time despite having no delays and traveling at 5.3 speed due to having a party of one. If the delivery had been in Italy, I never would've made it in time.
Now, I understand that the mod is in an eternal alpha state and it can be expected that a lot of things won't function, so I'm not here to whine about it. What I'm here for is to ask how do you actually win in this mod. Do you just accept regular defeats until you build up enough XP to be able to take on small armies by yourself? Is there some trick to making loads of cash? Are recruits much cheaper in some parts of the world than others, or are there other ways of building an army that work better? Or is this mod condemned to forever be the tale of one guy wandering around fighting hopeless battles with his really nice looking Greek armor?
Follow-up question: If this mod has reached a state where you can play and win, how long does it take? The mod seems to have taken the approach of adding in every single city-state who was historically involved in the war rather than sticking to 3-4 cities per faction. Does that make the mod impossibly long to play, or does it just mean that NPCs capture a lot of cities or what?
Now, I understand that the mod is in an eternal alpha state and it can be expected that a lot of things won't function, so I'm not here to whine about it. What I'm here for is to ask how do you actually win in this mod. Do you just accept regular defeats until you build up enough XP to be able to take on small armies by yourself? Is there some trick to making loads of cash? Are recruits much cheaper in some parts of the world than others, or are there other ways of building an army that work better? Or is this mod condemned to forever be the tale of one guy wandering around fighting hopeless battles with his really nice looking Greek armor?
Follow-up question: If this mod has reached a state where you can play and win, how long does it take? The mod seems to have taken the approach of adding in every single city-state who was historically involved in the war rather than sticking to 3-4 cities per faction. Does that make the mod impossibly long to play, or does it just mean that NPCs capture a lot of cities or what?