doesn't some of the dread traits from when you slaughter prisoners give authority as well?

i do remember authority coming with a trait that had Dread as well. but im not sure whether or not it was from prisoner execution. it may have been from something else.

i'll have to check up on that.

maybe there needs to be a section on how to increase all the.....what ever you call the stats a general has.

like command (quite and obvious one)
loyalty (marry him off)
piety (have a priest run around with him, or have him build high level churches)
chivalry/dread (slaughter/free prisoners

and what ever the other one is i can't think of.

yea add how you improve each one. but also benefits of each. such as higher authority gives you more power in forcing terms in diplomacy etc..

Does it? Never knew that.

quote FortePenance

Shadowking, i think I love you.

Sorry guys/girls (to be politicaly correct) but a big ole school project came up so the faq is on hold till then:( again sorry but keep the conversation going this is great stuff and its all going into the faq

ok, will do.

i'm quite looking foreward to this.

Nice thread, seems like your FAQ will be worth reading, keep up the good work

And I learned a new thing, the one about the authority to force your terms in diplomacy

Yeah no need to hurry, just be sure to have it published before the Empire: total war comes out because noone will look at it lol

ok the FAQ is back on track thanks for the tips and/or topics

now to start playing some more so i can find a few things out.

How about adding unit rosters per faction, tell about how do they work, each unit's strengths weaknesses, etc?

i'd say that would probably be included.

here's something how about someone can help me with,when it comes to fighting the timurids and the mongols, WEll for me I just take care of timurids the way I take care of other units except for they're elephants for which I have my methods. but the mongols have me stuped so far I can only win in bridge battles and sieges but I guess thats the trick. cause of darn horse archers

Yup, city and bridge battles are the way to go while fighting the Mongols. Just leave a stack or 2 at bridges near your city/castle (Antioch is a good example if you convert it into a castle), and they'll just waste their armies against you.

quote FortePenance

Shadowking, i think I love you.

Uhm... I hace really really REALLY BAD NEWS. My computer crashed out of nowhere so I cant the game anymore but whats worse is that it got flatened that means 16 pages of faq were lost . And I dont have anytime to rewrite all of that data what with all the school work i've been given (literally 5 text books and over 20 pages of work a night) So if I get the chance to rewrite it... It wont be for another while maybe not even before empire. again i'm real sorry i'm doing my best to recover that data that may have somehow surived the flatening of my pc(maybe a backup) but the situation isnt looking up... sorry this happened again i'm sorry i'm doing everything I can