I'm looking to get the Medieval Schlieffen and And Stay out achievements.
My plan is to play at the Nomadic Khazars in 769 and basically conquer the world - I'll leave a few holdings in Northwest Europe and Southern Europe for ships as I presume the Aztecs can conquer islands.
My first question is what religion I should switch to (when it gets to be appropriate)
1) Stay Tengri - good enough
2) Orthodox - I think I'll be able to excommunicate whoever I want since I will have the only Kingdom....or would my sub-clans also get their own patriarch?
3) Catholic - Presuming I push the claims of an anti-pope and end up with a vassalized papacy I can definitely excommunicate anyone...but I would need to leave Rome to the Pope. Also, all those sweet, sweet Holy Orders
4) Zoroastrian - what good are all those genius daughters you end up with from your endless concubines if your son can't marry them?
Also, should I enable Jade Dragon? If I do I'll need to leave the eastern portion of the map alone until I get a fairly large army...and then go conquer China.
Part of the appeal of Nomads is that if I conquer the world significantly before the Aztecs/Mongols show up Nomads require much less micrcomanagement - fewer vassals, fewer revolts (after you burn everything), and less stuff to build as you conquer land.
Any other thoughts?
My plan is to play at the Nomadic Khazars in 769 and basically conquer the world - I'll leave a few holdings in Northwest Europe and Southern Europe for ships as I presume the Aztecs can conquer islands.
My first question is what religion I should switch to (when it gets to be appropriate)
1) Stay Tengri - good enough
2) Orthodox - I think I'll be able to excommunicate whoever I want since I will have the only Kingdom....or would my sub-clans also get their own patriarch?
3) Catholic - Presuming I push the claims of an anti-pope and end up with a vassalized papacy I can definitely excommunicate anyone...but I would need to leave Rome to the Pope. Also, all those sweet, sweet Holy Orders
4) Zoroastrian - what good are all those genius daughters you end up with from your endless concubines if your son can't marry them?
Also, should I enable Jade Dragon? If I do I'll need to leave the eastern portion of the map alone until I get a fairly large army...and then go conquer China.
Part of the appeal of Nomads is that if I conquer the world significantly before the Aztecs/Mongols show up Nomads require much less micrcomanagement - fewer vassals, fewer revolts (after you burn everything), and less stuff to build as you conquer land.
Any other thoughts?