Is there a way to build army units? couse i allways have really small armies of like 2-4000 soldiers....
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Not per se. You mobilize troops when you want to fight, and let them go back to the land when you're done. However, you can increase the number of troops you can mobilize by increasing the income of the land, by either getting a better steward (or king with a high steward rating) or by improving it with buildings.
though if you are at war and have money in your coffers, you can get events about mercenary companies for hire
Thanks
Thanks alot for the replies. Couse i have been playing cyprus,and i wanted to conquer the muslim/pagan countries, but when i mobilize i seem to get 4600 troops,but they get 90.000
But anyway yet again thanks
Thanks alot for the replies. Couse i have been playing cyprus,and i wanted to conquer the muslim/pagan countries, but when i mobilize i seem to get 4600 troops,but they get 90.000
But anyway yet again thanks
back then, they didn't have standing armies. So you would raise your populace in times of war.
As Cyprus, you are going to need to look for the opportunities to expand .. like when Egypt falls apart, and you can pick off some of the newly independent counts.
If you have prestige to grab some claims in Byzantine territory, that could also be a way to expand, once the vassals start leaving, left and right.
As Cyprus, you are going to need to look for the opportunities to expand .. like when Egypt falls apart, and you can pick off some of the newly independent counts.
If you have prestige to grab some claims in Byzantine territory, that could also be a way to expand, once the vassals start leaving, left and right.
The amount of troops you get for mobilization is directly tied to the wealth of your provinces. So wealthier provinces => more troops.
Generally, as a relatively small duchy like Cyprus it would be advisable to pick off wealthy, weak independent states (preferably counties or very, very poor/pillaged duchies) in order to expand and enrichen your domain.
Also, if you become larger and are still under the sway of Constantinople, you have a very real shot at becoming Byzantine Emperor: Thanks to Elective Inheritance, the largest/most prestigious vassal in the Empire will inherit once the ruling emperor dies.
Generally, as a relatively small duchy like Cyprus it would be advisable to pick off wealthy, weak independent states (preferably counties or very, very poor/pillaged duchies) in order to expand and enrichen your domain.
Also, if you become larger and are still under the sway of Constantinople, you have a very real shot at becoming Byzantine Emperor: Thanks to Elective Inheritance, the largest/most prestigious vassal in the Empire will inherit once the ruling emperor dies.
I've never played as a Byzantine vassal before. Help me out with a hypothetical question quickly. Say you're a Duke or whatever, and your guy gets elected as Emperor. If you keep elective law and somebody outside your dynasty is elected Emperor after your man dies, will your dynasty go back to ruling the Duchy it owned before taking the throne, or is it game over?
IIRC as long as a family-member holds a title within in the Byzantine Empire you will continue playing.
What Veld says is correct, but for a more direct reply: when you become emperor of Byz, you also get to keep the duchy/count-level titles you had before (and get all the Emperor of Byzantiums personal stuff). You should grant at least some of those to some dynasty member, who will then hopefully be the most powerful vassal and thus your heir. When you die, he will then be the new emperor etc. If you don't grant any land to dynasty members, but keep it all for your emperor, and don't have any other branches of the dynasty as your vassals, all your previous duchy and count titles will also go to the next Emperor of Byzantium.