I must really suck. What did I miss?

[Eonblue]

So playing my first game, have a small little militia taking care of brigands, hired some mercenaries, upgrading my buildings about to hit large town looking forward to building my manor (I was assuming small village was after large town?), everyone is happy...then suddenly, I have been defeated.

I exhausted the mining node for iron fairly early so while i was able to make some weapons and armor, I never got nearly big enough to compete in battle as only through mercenaries could I even deal with the 18 stacks of brigands roaming about. The one save scum i tried to get a new territory, I was obliterated. I know its early access so maybe there was a glitch or maybe I played totally wrong somewhere. Any ideas?

[Ulfhedknar]

Id like to field this one: Because this game sucks

[danmak27]

Originally posted by Ulfhedknar:

Id like to field this one: Because this game sucks

Why the hate? Had a bad day?
Is it because you found out that the programmer wasn't the one that sang with a female voice in the game?

[HiGenX]

play to the strengths of the region

If you start off with no rich iron then see what you do have an abundance of and setup an economy to sell some of that while buying what you are lacking in order to build your military. Or take over a region with rich iron mines and then use the town point to make it unlimited.

[HiGenX]

A simple one you can do on almost any region is making and selling wood items like shields and wood parts, you can replant the trees.

[Gorf2010]

You may have missed the warning in the (top left?). You have a certain time to muster your troops

[Eonblue]

I love the game, i dont think it sucks at all, its what i have been waiting for. I know its EA so just trying to figure it out.

So starting a new game, i think my last one may have been on a hard difficulty by mistake or simply bugged. A few things, from last game, 1. Rivals started claiming territories right away, I did see the warning but my 'gifted weapons' were not nearly enough...i had like two stacks of 10 while the enemy had stacks of 36 with weapons. also, I could never build a manor, it was always locked telling me a need a small village...not realizing thats the first upgrade now in my second game i can build it early early. I do think i spread myself too thin as well and tried to do a little of everything rather than focus on perks of the region

[HiGenX]

Originally posted by Eonblue:

I love the game, i dont think it sucks at all, its what i have been waiting for. I know its EA so just trying to figure it out.

So starting a new game, i think my last one may have been on a hard difficulty by mistake or simply bugged. A few things, from last game, 1. Rivals started claiming territories right away, I did see the warning but my 'gifted weapons' were not nearly enough. also, I could never build a manor, it was always locked telling me a need a small village...not realizing thats the first upgrade now in my second game i can build it early early. I do think i spread myself too thin as well and tried to do a little of everything rather than focus on perks of the region

When he starts to make a claim challenge him, then click on the map and select him and tell him you will pay for him to remove his claims (it doesn't charge you anything at this time) and he will always choose peace.

[Eonblue]

Very cool, thanks HiGenx

[Anthracite]

The AI baron is a bit too enthusiastic at the moment, slowing him down is in the works.