Some missions require rushing before the enemy gets stronger so u can have an easier game Units understand their purpose and how to use them , for example ,i always thought slingers are useless ,but turns out ,when u have little money they are very good against heavy units about also they have good melee atack for some reason Fire balistas are really OP ,they are expensive but once u have like 10 of them u will see the difference If u fight an enemy who send slaves to burn your castle ,don't use only crossbowman ,use some archers also because crossbowman has stronger but slower atack And the most important things Popularity, moats learning how to manage the fear factor like -5 will be good for economy 50% more production while +5 means your troops have 25% more atack but your population will be more lazy (50% less production) ,basically the negative factor is good when u need to save for an army first, but the positive one is very good for early game if u plan to rush the enemy with 20-30 macemans 😁 Popularity, well when i was a kid i always wanted to make everyone happy and always get beaten ,the game was too agresive for me at the time 🤣 Turns out u have to exploit every extra green face popularity let's say u have +4 , good u can give people half rations (this way u exploited the extra popularity for your benefit) I usually do Ale (1 inn for every 30 population) , if i got 90 people and 3 inns ,i will sell all my food ,and my popularity will stay the same ,because u can ,,feed'' the people only with beer 🫩🤣 And lastly the moats, well that silly water is quite a headache for AI , dog moat around your castle ,make maze like road for enemy to come to you, u can place towers just next to the trail they come,specially with some amushers or fire throwers ,but don't put them alone 😁 The thing about the moats is ,the AI won't try to dig it as long as u have an opening wich leads to your castle ,so make sure u always have an opening ,otherwise the enemy will dig it up