How Best to Enjoy the Vassal Mechanism

[Solver]

It isn't such a great review .

It's been decided that it's going to be posted tomorrow .

[DrSpike]

Do you mean your review is crap or that the review is great and the game is crap?

[Solver]

I mean that my review, in itself, isn't that great. Not crap, but I myself feel it's not that great either.

As for the game, I'll comment later .

[Son of David]

Originally posted by yin26

By the way, you can also tell them what to research under the "Let's talk about something else" screen. Under the right parity, of course, this could *really* help you out.

Ahh! - that sounds VERY interesting.

Warlords still not released in my country.

[Simplicity]

Originally posted by yin26

They are overall quite responsive in the early phase of being your vassal. I've found, though, that too many demands eventually start to run you into less and less success, particularly if you are not continuing to grow in power yourself. They are guaranteed trading partners, however, though this is only really helpful if you help/allow them to become advanced enough (which is its own risk because they will trade with others and will, if possible, break away from you if you are getting hammered in another war). By the way, you can also tell them what to research under the "Let's talk about something else" screen. Under the right parity, of course, this could *really* help you out.

THAT is a juicey bit of info that would have taken me a while to discover! Thanks!

[Will9]

Well I stoped growth and Egypt grew to 50% of my population. Why can't we be vassals.

[Solver]

They need to have 50% of your population AND land.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Solver
I mean that my review, in itself, isn't that great.

Wow, way to sell yourself.

What you mean is that due to time constraints you were unable to fully reflect all the features of the game, and thus to an extent your review can be deemed to not fully do the game justice.

See, it's easy.

[Solver]

I'm a modest person

[DrSpike]

Wont get any disagreement here.

[yin26]

Originally posted by Simplicity
THAT is a juicey bit of info that would have taken me a while to discover! Thanks!

You're welcome. I'm surprised that info wasn't released earlier (or if it was, I missed it). I suspect that as players learn the delicate art of having a vassal, we might (almost certainly will) see entire strategies set around them.

By the way, I read an advance copy of Solver's review. Don't let his modesty fool you. If you've been impressed by his reviews in the past, you won't be disappointed. I, for one, always seem to learn something from his reviews...and this one was no exception.

[Solver]

Yin, what you read wasn't the full version, I added more text after that .

[yin26]

Excellent! Looking forward to it!

[Solver]

[Gibsie]

So can you run through your vassals' lands and pillages all his gear if you feel like it?