Desolate regions

[Chaoslink]

So I've noticed some desolate regions becoming working settlements again. Never seen anything allowing me to do this nor anything in the encyclopedia thing on it either. Curious if anyone knows how (and maybe where you learned it). I could use the trade resource in that region but can't seem to get the area.

[Potato Soup]

You use your armies to move to the settlement and you right click it with your army selected like your attacking it and the option will come up to colonize it for a huge price of gold.

[[GNU] Bob]

i'm standing in front of one with my army right now and the mouse is a cross (when i hover it over the desolated settlement) and won't allow me to click it. (neither right nor left)

[Chaoslink]

My god is this an old post. I was not only confused when I read your comment, but also when I realized it was my own thread. Then I got even more confused as I didn't know even what I was talking about.

So um... Are you playing an expansion of any sort?

[[GNU] Bob]

yes i do have desert kingdoms, and sorry for digging up the old thread but i only just got the game today.
but i solved it already myself, the problem was the stance my troops had taken, you need "no stance" to be able to colonize a desolated settlement.

[Teh_Diplomat]

Alright so a few questions.

Which faction are you playing as: Only certain factions can actually settle.

Secondly, how much money is currently in your treasury? To re-colonize a razed settlement it costs nearly 10K; however, from personal experience it's usually around 6-8K.

Are you playing with any mods, and if so, which ones?

Edit: And the answer was stance, well then...

[[GNU] Bob]

yes i am quite confused with this game. i played MTW, RTW, M2TW and ETW so far, and this game is quite the change compared to the ones i used to play (and still play in matters of RTW and ETW). It doesn't really feel like total war anymore. So far every tw was an upgrade to the previous one but this is a total change.
This game is quite a shock so far and i'm not sure yet if i like it or not, but i definitely give it a chance, i think i just need to get used to it, so i don't want to be xenophobic :)

btw no mods & playing lakhmids

[Teh_Diplomat]

Lahkmids are the equivalent to Numidia in Rome TW. Underpowered units to start, precarious position, and then the Sassanids to your right. By all means, if you're enjoying it, then stick it out as very few people have completed a Lahkmid campaign.

But to be clear, the Lahkmids as a faction, and their campaign is an outlier - the exception, in Attila TW, and not the norm.


If you're looking for distinct, but an interesting campaign I would suggest the Aksumites, or Himyarites, also from the Desert DLC factions. The Tanukhids are really fun during their battles, and battles can be enjoyable - or terribly frustrating, if errors are made.

[[GNU] Bob]

i am not just talking about things unique to this very faction but the whole gameplay, interface, campaignmap etc.
i think i gotta look for a tutorial on youtube first :D