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[KingTizz]

This game has the honour of destroying my social life, not once, but twice


One of my favorite games of all time, and that music is still in my head even though i havn't played it for a year or so.



A few tips etc:

1) Only ever build one harbour / warehouse per island or things get really, really confused.

2) only ever have 2 large ships, 3 at a push.

3) Waterways are good for short-cuts on the same island, but never connect 2 islands with one, it can slow the transportation of goods down considerably.

4) In a couple of levels its best to move your goods off your main islands a quickly as possible, so build some boats and a self sufficiant new islands asap.


I could probably do a walkthrough from memory but its not really that difficult, the hardest bit is learning the ways to maximise your gold / stone etc

*edit*
you can send good to a specific location, but it doesn't work so well with over seas transports. Have all the warehouses except the one you want the goods at stop accepting them, then have them removed from everywhere else. handy for having all your coal / iron etc in one place.

How to make soldiers?
I have swords and shields, but still no one takes them.

[BioX]

you have to make beer to make soldiers

(they have to be in the same HQ/Storehouse to make soldiers)

[Eagle of Fire]

Wrong, you need to have a sword and a shield to be able to make soldiers. I don't know exactly what beer does and it could very well add to the % draft rate but they are not absolutly needed.

[BeefontheBone]

IIRC the beer improves their morale and hence their combat performance - it gets distributed to the garrisons by your carriers. To make the soldiers you have to tell them to take up arms, but I can't remember how exactly.

[BioX]

@ Eagle of Fire & BeefontheBone

nope your wrong, maby you are talking about settlers 3
but in 2 you need beer to make te soldiers,
and golden coins to improve your soldiers

[BeefontheBone]

It's quite likely I was thinking of the later versions, although in 4 the alcohol is given to priests, so it must be 3. I've not played S2 for a long time.

[Eagle of Fire]

Sorry, but I was really talking about Settlers 1 and 2. I always build my beer factory last and I never got any problem getting soldiers. Also, in the early missions you don't have beer in your inventory and yet you can create as many soldiers as you like, so I still think it's not necessary.

[Christian IV]

:bye: :bye: :bye:
Oh My, another great game series that I had sort of
ignored before, these Staedler, Settler games look
amazing, This one, SII, Veni Vedi Vici, looks particularly
good and researching around the web many seem to say
they like it better than the later versions. It is similar
it seems to 1602 Anno Domini, and some others, like
Knights and Merchants, what a treat. Thanks Kosta and
all....time to start planning where to start. No manuals
around that i could find, but some good FAQs i think.

Originally posted by Filipsan@Apr 21 2005, 06:57 PM
How can i use normal boats (a have some of them in lvl 3) - i know that they are in some way related to fishery, but i don't know how exactly..

Normal boats are usualy used across the sea if the land next to your land is short than yoz can use the boats for transpotr the goods! U can only transport goods and nothing else k: