How to play Raven?

[Bennoni]

I've been trying everything I can with the Raven Clan, and seemingly I don't get it.
Obviously they are money based, but if I go into trade/harbor early people starve within a second. It all comes down to the fact that you can't eat money. So I figured I have to ensure a stable economy first, which is almost impossible.

Their 200 and 500 fame bonuses are a joke if you can't even generate food.
The last idea I had, get the trade bonus for cheaper market prices asap, but still this is extremely inconvenient to play.

I just finished a conquest mission, surprisingly I won, but the during the whole game my people were starving, unhappy, until the end I didn't even had money and there was not a second to think on attacking either with warchief or mercenaries.

I can see how they can make a viable ally in teamgames, but solo this clan is just a joke.
What do you think about that?

[Bennoni]

Haha I see. I read around a bit, and everbody seems to see it like that xD
But I have found a very nice video of extreme conquest which were really helpful.

The top 2 solutions that made the difference were:
1) build 2 warriors right after you have wood and food income and clear as much as possible, instead of saving for Warchief, let them fight til death in order to save food
2) prioritize scouting and get Rangers and Journeyman asap to deal with popularity

With that I was able to finally beat each remaining conquest mission on first try, and almost without starving. Still a very weak clan compared to the others. I also hope they rework the mercenaries once again, the community offered awesome ideas.

Here's the mentioned video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiYLGqvRK58&list=PLTkJWSMIekBaIkGOsKJIO9fAHkm2yVrT5&index=10

[Bennoni]

Yes I know, nevertheless it helped me tremendously.
It was on normal difficulty, but before taken playstyle changes it felt like extreme^^ (as stated only with Raven)