The one thing that is irritating me is that, as Venice, for some reason I can't attack Pisa but I can attack Genoa. Build the different red buildings in order to unlock the better troops, and make. I just recently watched some videos on the different units in Rome 2 and how they are used and how to get a good army comp for certain tasks. I haven't been paying much attention to the +trade value buildings, since I don't understand how they work and I've been too busy trying to take trade post slots before someone else does. I love the Total War series, but have never really taken the time to really get good.

Since the ROR is X/6, generally speaking they are a good investment up until about 600 gold (more, in practice, due to the bonuses to trade zone and capital connection.) Once the slots start filling up or it becomes increasingly expensive, I will spend my money upgrading the warehouse at the capital to get a bigger retinue (I did the calculations and it seems best to upgrade the mansion's warehouse and its other buildings before touching anything in the cities militarily.If it would help anyone, I'd be glad to post the build order I've constructed from my calculations.) Of course, an eort is made to qualify the analysis and ndings accordingly. A signicant measure of speculative analysis is inevitable and desirable. My strategy thus far has been to build trade posts as much as possible early game the money I can get from them will pay off mercenaries. vi War by Other Means: Building Complete and Balanced COIN Capabilities the study on which it is based have sought to venture new, if unproven, ideas to enrich debate and prompt innovation.

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