ERE legendary campaign tips?

[Phobos]

First time trying this on Legendary and I got obliterated. I heard somewhere that you make your life easier by abandoning most provinces save Egypt and live off its yield, is that true? Also what tips would you give me to survive? Thanks in advance!

[Teh_Diplomat]

The strategy of letting your settlement's fall into enemy hands, is a wise one, provided you deconstruct the buildings as well to recoup a portion of their value.

The ERE's faction trait of: +5% interest on treasury at end of turn is what is going to allow you rebuild your empire and create doom stacks from Aegyptus.

The faction trait will allow you to make 5K with 100'000 in your treasury; but it's entirely possible to make 10K on interest alone, within several turns of the campaign.

[Hat8]

Holding everything is very easy compared to doing so as the WRE. Focus development on a core area and use everything else as expendable space to sacrifice and retake as a buffer. You can slowly expand that developed core as the provinces get large enough garrisons and a large enough population of Christian's.

Giving up everything will mean having to retake it all from more powerful enemies.

Just keep a couple of navies to protect Anatolia

[Teh_Diplomat]

Originally posted by Matt66:

Holding everything is very easy compared to doing so as the WRE. Focus development on a core area and use everything else as expendable space to sacrifice and retake as a buffer. You can slowly expand that developed core as the provinces get large enough garrisons and a large enough population of Christian's.

Giving up everything will mean having to retake it all from more powerful enemies.

Just keep a couple of navies to protect Anatolia

The irony is, I never lost a settlement, and in fact expanded as the WRE, eventually into Scandinavia.

Where as the ERE, I didn't abandon the settlements, I simply let them fall by fighting out the battle to wear down the enemies. Within 14 turns (not even 4 years in-game) was pushing two stacks of the best recruits I could afford into Sassanid territory.

[Hat8]

The sassanids must be destroyed quickly for this to be an easy game.

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How does one deal with public order on legendary? minus 8 public order is quite alot.

[Valder]

You don't really need to abanon any settlements as ERE. Just deal Visigoths asap by weakening them in defensive battle. You can beat them with starting army stack + town garrison.

Originally posted by nosuchname:

How does one deal with public order on legendary? minus 8 public order is quite alot.

Just let rebellion happen. When people go to rebellion, you get positive PO. With romans, its pretty easy to defend