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Date Posted: 13:46:36 08/18/03 Mon
Author: Elf
Subject: Years 1553 and 1552

Hi team. Here are my suggestions after completeing these 2 years for the second time:

Make sure you earn a profit each year so that PR does not begin to fall. Continue with the salary/gift technique to keep KR increasing. If you can get a Ptah blessing for pottery, then use some to start evolving houses and sell the max (1500). The extra db from pottery sale is really needed because you need to buy expensive chariots. Comply with the request for sandstone in JUN 1553 – it increases KR by 4.

Now military becomes important. In addition to getting 20 bonus points for each victorious military campaign, trade routes close if you are defeated and you will be severely limited for the rest of the game. First of all we must be victorious in Gaza (troop request in SEP 1553).

I experimented a bit with this and found that an academy made no difference. In both cases (with and without an academy) 8 charioteers were victorious with 3 coming back, and 16 were victorious with 14 coming back. So don’t build the expensive academy, but import as many chariots as you can. The more troops you send the fewer get killed and you will need to import fewer chariots to replace them.

Victory generates a gift of 400 beer which should be accepted as there is no penalty for acceptance nor benefit for refusal.

There is extortion from Qaadesh in FEB 1552 (4 chariots). If this is not complied with KR will decrease 3, so comply if you can.

The crime wave in MAY 1552 is only a minor annoyance, just build police stations to ensure no hard earned dbs get thieved. By the way, the location in which the criminals are generated is random. So if they caused problems go back and replay, they will most likely appear someplace else.

Again, try to send as many troops as possible to Jericho (request AUG 1552). 16 charioteers were successful with 12 returning (same with and without an academy).

Use pottery and beer to evolve house and keep PR increasing.

Money will be tight because of the need to import those expensive chariots but Ptah will help a lot if you can get the blessing. Again try not to have too much extra profit so you don’t pay too much tribute.

Regards,
Elf

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