About tycoon mode...

[The Traveler]

I only "own" the free trial and it has a Tycoon mode (demo) /demo, in the demo/. Anyway, I need to buy the respective dLC to unlock not just the Base game?
Maybe stupid question. Also i just wait for the next sale and tycoon mode feels so relaxing.

[SWS]

Correct. Tycoon mode was added as part of the Knights of the Mediterranean DLC, so that's the one you need to play it fully.

Buying the Base Game will not include it (and is probably not even needed for it at all). Complicated, I know :D

Originally posted by TheHarbinger:

Also i just wait for the next sale and tycoon mode feels so relaxing.

There might be a sale for Steam Strategy Fest starting next monday, lets see.

I like the game mode too, only wish the AI was slightly less relaxing on the maximum difficulty setting. They never buy the economic packages, it seems...

[The Traveler]

Originally posted by SWS:

Correct. Tycoon mode was added as part of the Knights of the Mediterranean DLC, so that's the one you need to play it fully.

Buying the Base Game will not include it (and is probably not even needed for it at all). Complicated, I know :D

So, you mean it's enough if I get that DLC it will unlock tycoon?

Originally posted by SWS:

Originally posted by TheHarbinger:

Also i just wait for the next sale and tycoon mode feels so relaxing.

There might be a sale for Steam Strategy Fest starting next monday, lets see.

I like the game mode too, only wish the AI was slightly less relaxing on the maximum difficulty setting. They never buy the economic packages, it seems...

And how popular this mode on multiplayer? I mostly suck against other players in standard Skirmish mode. :D
Also thanks for the heads up!

[SWS]

Originally posted by TheHarbinger:

So, you mean it's enough if I get that DLC it will unlock tycoon?

I haven't tried it. But yes, I think that will be enough :)

And btw the full version of Tycoon is essentially that you have more options for how it plays (timeout, or until reaching a certain score, some toggles and all difficultiy settings)

Originally posted by TheHarbinger:

And how popular this mode on multiplayer? I mostly suck against other players in standard Skirmish mode. :D
Also thanks for the heads up!

I rarely play multiplayer, but I don't think tycoon is played online much. MP players are usually more into ordinary Supremacy or Treaty modes that have been in the game since the old versions.

Depending on your skill level, it might not be a big problem with the AI, it's not horrible, but yeah I personally would like if it got buffed a bit :) But for relaxing eco focussed play it works well. :D

[LAYNE-X]

Originally posted by SWS:

Correct. Tycoon mode was added as part of the Knights of the Mediterranean DLC, so that's the one you need to play it fully.

Buying the Base Game will not include it (and is probably not even needed for it at all). Complicated, I know :D

Originally posted by TheHarbinger:

Also i just wait for the next sale and tycoon mode feels so relaxing.

There might be a sale for Steam Strategy Fest starting next monday, lets see.

I like the game mode too, only wish the AI was slightly less relaxing on the maximum difficulty setting. They never buy the economic packages, it seems...

I wanna clarify, did I understand correctly that if I did not buy this DLC(Knights of the Mediterranean), I cannot get these 5 achievements associated with this DLC?

[Eric The Red]

Originally posted by TheHarbinger:

And how popular this mode on multiplayer?

Tycoon Mode rarely gets hosted from what I have seen.

[SWS]

Originally posted by LAYNE-X:

I wanna clarify, did I understand correctly that if I did not buy this DLC(Knights of the Mediterranean), I cannot get these 5 achievements associated with this DLC?

I can't test that. But you can easily test it - there is a limited version of Tycoon mode available without owning the DLC. If you play in that and build 3 additional Town Centers additionally to your starting TC, do you get that achievement? Maybe delete one TC and rebuild if you don't get a total TC limit of 4. If you set startnig resources to a high value, it can be tested within a few minutes.
If the achievement does not already appear during the game, make sure to end the match by resigning (or winning) before quitting to be sure it gets counted.

But generally, I believe every DLC (except the USA) has some achievements for which you need to own that DLC.