Hmmm noticing one thing is always the same in AoW4

[Jimib4158]

Ok...i play only a sandbox mode, i know their are campaigns,sorry those little linked scenarios dont interest me

So every-time I roll a world, there is always an independent city close by......just one, what gives, not a big deal but variety would be nice :/

[Arcanum Elite]

there is always an independant city nearby that is the same race as you... this is basically supposed to be the first free city you vassal and your intended to use your whispering stone on.

[Jimib4158]

Ahhh okies, yeah i dont vassel it i annex it

[F.O.A.M]

Originally posted by Jimib4158:

Ahhh okies, yeah i dont vassel it i annex it

that just sounds like a waste of time and troops. put a stone on it and wait 10 turns and you get a free town with free buildings

[jephrey64]

Originally posted by Moffatt:

Originally posted by Jimib4158:

Ahhh okies, yeah i dont vassel it i annex it

that just sounds like a waste of time and troops. put a stone on it and wait 10 turns and you get a free town with free buildings

It *can* be worth it, depending on your strategy. Generally a bad idea, yes, but it will give you city #2 slightly faster. And if you have something very specific you're going to do with it, it could be worthwhile. Like racing for the nearest human opponent with two stacks of armies.

[Jimib4158]

hmmm annex is only 4 turns, and the town is yours

[Seedy]

Originally posted by Arcanum Elite:

there is always an independant city nearby that is the same race as you... this is basically supposed to be the first free city you vassal and your intended to use your whispering stone on.

In my game the race was different and the alignment was different on the first free city I met. But I started underground in a cave with only a water route out of it... still haven't seen any other dwarves.

[Jimib4158]

Originally posted by jephrey64:

Originally posted by Moffatt:

that just sounds like a waste of time and troops. put a stone on it and wait 10 turns and you get a free town with free buildings

It *can* be worth it, depending on your strategy. Generally a bad idea, yes, but it will give you city #2 slightly faster. And if you have something very specific you're going to do with it, it could be worthwhile. Like racing for the nearest human opponent with two stacks of armies.

yeah that was always my strat in AoW 3, run for the next AI actual major power, you could nap their capital and they surrendered to you, really cool :)

Wow tho in this version i put in far distance to major AI powers, and they REALLY took me serious, much more then AoW 3....they actually are far away.

WoW yeah early on i was a active AoW 3 , multi PvP player, but so much changed in AoW 3 multi, i doubt the same people are there?

[Arcanum Elite]

Originally posted by Seedy:

Originally posted by Arcanum Elite:

there is always an independant city nearby that is the same race as you... this is basically supposed to be the first free city you vassal and your intended to use your whispering stone on.

In my game the race was different and the alignment was different on the first free city I met. But I started underground in a cave with only a water route out of it... still haven't seen any other dwarves.

in every game ive played so far the closest free city to me was always the same race as me (this is probably because anyone with more than 75% of your population can cast spells on your race so giving you a free second city means your more likely to have more than 75% of the total population of your race)