Yes...THAT Tenedos.
I am finding this to be a nuisance to do. The advice I've read is to keep my housing off the high plateau, and to avoid building - well - anything there.
The problem with this arrangement is it leaves a very small amount of room. Further, with the constant invasions from Troy (and, eventually, others deciding I'm weak - thanks Hector! - and themselves joining in), I do not have enough rabble to satisfy the need for foot soldiers in the area. There also just doesn't seem to be enough tax income, and I can't just sit and watch for a year either; Ares comes along and destroys my piers, a few elite houses (there goes any Horsemen I can get before Hector's arrival), and so on.
I've determined that the main objective for me is to get the Perseus-summoning goals done before it's time to summon him; this also means a gradual import of armor (to get to 32), and a lot of reliance on my foot soldiers and taxation of their Townhouses. Only one neighbourhood of Townhouses therefore doesn't do the trick. I need to put a second one somewhere, and my Elite housing has to stay on the lower plateau. Further, I'm thinking of building my sanctuary to Hephaestus on the upper land between invasions and town (Athena I have not decided on yet, but the former is needed for Perseus and I stupidly chose this colony first, so I am starved for Sculpture for the thing since Wood and Marble I can import, but not Bronze). I'm also considering whether I should just surrender to Troy the first time they come in - it makes me a vassal, but do they go away or do they continue to send troops in an attempt to ouster you? I'm aware losing a battle while already a vassal ends the game. I'm also considering putting the Palace in a six tile thick wall...and Towers dotted on the outside of it as a final defence.
This is sure one nasty scenario. I know if I can pass this test, the mission is mine.
Cyclone
I am finding this to be a nuisance to do. The advice I've read is to keep my housing off the high plateau, and to avoid building - well - anything there.
The problem with this arrangement is it leaves a very small amount of room. Further, with the constant invasions from Troy (and, eventually, others deciding I'm weak - thanks Hector! - and themselves joining in), I do not have enough rabble to satisfy the need for foot soldiers in the area. There also just doesn't seem to be enough tax income, and I can't just sit and watch for a year either; Ares comes along and destroys my piers, a few elite houses (there goes any Horsemen I can get before Hector's arrival), and so on.
I've determined that the main objective for me is to get the Perseus-summoning goals done before it's time to summon him; this also means a gradual import of armor (to get to 32), and a lot of reliance on my foot soldiers and taxation of their Townhouses. Only one neighbourhood of Townhouses therefore doesn't do the trick. I need to put a second one somewhere, and my Elite housing has to stay on the lower plateau. Further, I'm thinking of building my sanctuary to Hephaestus on the upper land between invasions and town (Athena I have not decided on yet, but the former is needed for Perseus and I stupidly chose this colony first, so I am starved for Sculpture for the thing since Wood and Marble I can import, but not Bronze). I'm also considering whether I should just surrender to Troy the first time they come in - it makes me a vassal, but do they go away or do they continue to send troops in an attempt to ouster you? I'm aware losing a battle while already a vassal ends the game. I'm also considering putting the Palace in a six tile thick wall...and Towers dotted on the outside of it as a final defence.
This is sure one nasty scenario. I know if I can pass this test, the mission is mine.
Cyclone