If in total non-combat mode, how do you...

[CatPerson]

...expand into other territories? No combat, no bandits etc. I get the influence/rep or something concepts but I mean how does one get 1000 influence (repeatedly?) when I have no combat. I got 250 for a stone church but building more churches didn't help. I'm probably just missing something/being an early-stage idiot. So if there's a path towards this when you have no combat on, would anyone care to tell me what it is?

Or a related question would be - is there much point to expanding if doing non-combat, in the first place? In other city builders I'd often try to fill the maps/high population and all of that. Maybe that's not a probable/desirable goal in this one? :)

[Francisco]

Originally posted by CatPerson:

...expand into other territories? No combat, no bandits etc. I get the influence/rep or something concepts but I mean how does one get 1000 influence (repeatedly?) when I have no combat. I got 250 for a stone church but building more churches didn't help. I'm probably just missing something/being an early-stage idiot. So if there's a path towards this when you have no combat on, would anyone care to tell me what it is?

Or a related question would be - is there much point to expanding if doing non-combat, in the first place? In other city builders I'd often try to fill the maps/high population and all of that. Maybe that's not a probable/desirable goal in this one? :)

Use the tax policy that donates food

[Karsh]

build manor , tithe tax gives influence .
and normal tax gives you gold to settle in the regions

[CatPerson]

The Manor requires you to upgrade to a certain high village point it seems? eg, forcing one to have all those buildings/resources or buy/trade etc. That's the only way?

Hm.

Edit: not saying that's a bad thing, just used to having more options re: expansion paths or what I might want to choose to build/advance. I'll live. :)