Why even take over other zones?

[Rhastas]

Is it just me that don´t see why I need other zones. the trade between zones is sad and the fact that I need to start up a new city and new tech tree in every zone is kinda enoying.
And the fact that the mules can take one item back and forth at the time. its just a pain in the a.. to move stuff. I got a large town in the start zone. So is there a way to either take the zones and just remove the borders so you can build on and make it even bigger and also unlock all the talents insted of being locked to so few.
I am kinda the type that makes one big thing and tries to get all talents points in all my games. So kinda wish I was able to do it here.
Otherwise I do like the game.
ps dyslexic so don´t mind the spelling erroes

[HiGenX]

Each region will be better suited for certain talent points. Like the region i'm in now i'm not farming at all, I have rich mines so i went with that talent and the trade talents. This allowed me to easily feed my population. The next region i'm going into has rich farm land so i'll be going with those talents.

[Rhastas]

Originally posted by HiGenX:

Each region will be better suited for certain talent points. Like the region i'm in now i'm not farming at all, I have rich mines so i went with that talent and the trade talents. This allowed me to easily feed my population. The next region i'm going into has rich farm land so i'll be going with those talents.

I know. But why? you can get all you want in just one zone with the trade talents. there is nothing pusing you to take other zones. and if you take other zones you have to build up a big city again and then you can with mules move 10 of one item around with is nothing in late game when you have 70-150 people in your city the start city. I just sems weird for me.

[black-cherub]

more army?

[Gandalf the brown]

Currently there is no point in obtaining different land, since the AI doesn't even scale. (Unless you enjoy micro managing several different towns) You're capped at 7 units regardless of how much land you own. Trading is also busted, you can obtain everything you need through trade. (It's early access maybe later on there will be more use for multiple towns).

[Farradin]

Gotta agree. Every region has the same resources with just minor differences. It's a weird design. It's just feels like you are starting a new game if you take another region.

[Magnus Aurelius, Bright Lord]

trade between zone is sad indeed, I hate it. But there is a very good reason to take over other regions if you play on relax mode ( meaning, you dont need an army) and it is to add more villages. You can make a farming village, you can make a forest village, you can make a sprawling city in the middle, etc etc.

Its a city building game, the point is to build cities and villages.

[ArmedGhost-]

Originally posted by Rhastas:

Is it just me that don´t see why I need other zones. the trade between zones is sad and the fact that I need to start up a new city and new tech tree in every zone is kinda enoying.
And the fact that the mules can take one item back and forth at the time. its just a pain in the a.. to move stuff. I got a large town in the start zone. So is there a way to either take the zones and just remove the borders so you can build on and make it even bigger and also unlock all the talents insted of being locked to so few.
I am kinda the type that makes one big thing and tries to get all talents points in all my games. So kinda wish I was able to do it here.
Otherwise I do like the game.
ps dyslexic so don´t mind the spelling erroes

I get what you're saying. At first I thought the game would take a Rise of Nations approach allowing players to build certain buildings to expand their territory instead of having to manually claim different regions. Haven't actually gotten to the point of claiming another region then building, so can't really speak on it.

From my understanding, when building a new city in another region, you can specify the kind of town it is (mining, farming, military etc) so each region has it's own specialty and funciton.

Not 100% against having to claim region by region, but just thought our territory expanded on it's own based on the size of the city like in Rise of Nations. However, as the game functions, each region has it's own supplies and local economy, so it makes more sense to have regions separated like they are now.

[Killpo1]

I think right now one of the big things is the incomplete Development / Policies / Production area of the game. It seems with the way they're going you can specialize zones very heavily once stuff like that gets implemented.

For example a zone with Rich Deer becomes crazy if you go into traps and Advanced Skinning.

[Eltoron]

Originally posted by Rhastas:

Originally posted by HiGenX:

Each region will be better suited for certain talent points. Like the region i'm in now i'm not farming at all, I have rich mines so i went with that talent and the trade talents. This allowed me to easily feed my population. The next region i'm going into has rich farm land so i'll be going with those talents.

I know. But why? you can get all you want in just one zone with the trade talents. there is nothing pusing you to take other zones. and if you take other zones you have to build up a big city again and then you can with mules move 10 of one item around with is nothing in late game when you have 70-150 people in your city the start city. I just sems weird for me.

Yep. Trade is broken right now. (IMHO) With second trade perk and current prices you don't need anything else.

[Gandalf the brown]

Originally posted by Eltoron:

Originally posted by Rhastas:

I know. But why? you can get all you want in just one zone with the trade talents. there is nothing pusing you to take other zones. and if you take other zones you have to build up a big city again and then you can with mules move 10 of one item around with is nothing in late game when you have 70-150 people in your city the start city. I just sems weird for me.

Yep. Trade is broken right now. (IMHO) With second trade perk and current prices you don't need anything else.

Even without the perk, you get enough tier 2-3 houses + Any unlimited resource and you'll never go broke. I have like 230 people and over 100k cash. With just my starting zone.

[Eltoron]

Originally posted by Farradin:

Gotta agree. Every region has the same resources with just minor differences. It's a weird design. It's just feels like you are starting a new game if you take another region.

Actually difference is important. Unlimited iron for your blacksmith and armourers, or rich berries+animals make things different. I'm gonna try my next run on rich iron + berries with sheeps for clothing and without "get everything you want" trade perk.

[Eltoron]

Originally posted by Gandalf the brown:

I have like 230 people and over 100k cash. With just my starting zone.

And you don't have second trade perk, right?

[VDmitry]

1. Consider more regions as an option. They are not mandatory to settle.
2. Another region has its own strengths. For example you may lack iron and get it from there. Or you lack fertility in your region. Of course you can trade for missing stuff. The question is still what is more efficient.
3. More regions = more Manors = more Retinue. Not sure about Influence.
4. No matter if the other region is the same as one you have already you can get double resources (more meat, iron etc). After all the single region resources are limited and if you grow population (for more troops) it makes sense to gather resources from other regions too.

[Paddy]

The fact that you have to start again is what i enjoy the most. Do you not realise how easy it would be if we could just carry resources over to each region? It would get boring. It means that every region starts off with small and humble beginnings in which you build up. Also the whole point of this game is to conquer the map, eventually when there are in game Ai Lords this will be a gamechanger

[Gandalf the brown]

Originally posted by Eltoron:

Originally posted by Gandalf the brown:

I have like 230 people and over 100k cash. With just my starting zone.

And you don't have second trade perk, right?

No i ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up early and didn't have the points to go into the trade perks, but if i did i'd be sitting on way more cash.