Tell me how did you manage that, I'm having trouble conquering the rest of Europe: everybody except Mongolia, Aztecs and timurids are at war with me.
I'm one city away from conquering Rome ( will that shut the pope up btw ? or is there any other way to assassinate the **** ? He called a crusade onto one of my cities and all of Christendom turned on me because of that **** )
Half the world is owned by me and Hungary is the main opponent, owning cities form eastern Europe all the way into turkey.
Can you give me a few hints on msn or xfire or whatever as I'm trouble progressing in my game.
If i remember correctly (I had only just started playing TW last week after nearly a year, the Pope never actually dies as such, if you conquer rome a "puppet" Pope is put there, then occasionally the papal states faction emerges again around that area, much like the Mongols, if you destroy their territory, they go nomadic and periodically re-establish a territory as their own.
In regards to that screenshot I posted, It was more for dramatic effect, as I'd given myself about 9 billion credits, LOL, I just wanted to see some epic armies, without having to empty all my cities as well
On a more realistic note, If I am playing as england or any other Catholic faction, I tend not to expand in central europe, as not to upset the pope. I build ships and take my armies south to Africa and Egypt and start there. There are plenty more lucrative trade items there, and I don't know if its just me, but any merchants I train in those countries always seem to have a good financial skill. Also build mines and also send a merchant to them, they make good money even from a poorly skilled merchant. Money is the key to success in this game.
Also, if you send your priests etc to africa/egypt etc and get those preaching around there, your standing within the papal elections will greatly improve, allowing you to request crusades on none catholic states, you can get some good experienced armies by doing crusades.
Oh and if you haven't already, increase the number of turns, as the default turn number forces you to rush and expand too quickly. If you do this you can expand more slowly, building up a good solid and established set of territories in which to strike from
Hope this helps..
