Farming Nobility

I wouldn't say it takes hours to get to the farming place... I guess what lugh is trying to say here is, if you're gonna farm, you gotta do it right.

I think it would be best for beginners to go for the original method. It may be less productive on a per-reset basis, but it's easier to set up and it does work.

I have no doubt that anyone who'd got some experience under their belt could easily run lugh 's method. As I have now beaten the Battle of Trafalgar four times while not even following what some on the net say is optimum strategy, I think I'm up for that one. A couple of weeks ago, I wouldn't have been. The big difficulty, as has already been said, lies in getting the infantry unit ashore alive and then having him live long enough under that coastal gun to be in movement phase again. Once you have that sorted out, you're good. Then again, you can afford to sacrifice your entire naval strike force to this end, since winning the naval battle isn't the aim of the game any more.

Dayum, son. How long did setup take?

Since I posted an hour ago I got Dumo from 6 and 0% to 7 nobility 

now he has a thorny crown 

Yes that was the same for me, except that I still have Sidney and Nelson and Napoleon is one hex to the west, so I get all four farms. Wish I knew how to screenshot it on my phone. My infantry landed with 75% health and the coastal forts on the north shore of the Delta are both destroyed.

My strategy was to harass Napoleon when he comes west in order to slow him down. I did this with Sidney and one other ship. Just keep them in place for a couple turns to give Napoleon a target and he'll go for it. That delays him long enough to keep him from covering the farm on the middle quasi-island. But don't keep with him for too long cuz you may need Sidney to help with the naval battle towards the end.

At the same time, I gathered my naval units and assaulted the French fleet in close formation. You have to hold off attacking anything with your easternmost ship and move him west to gather with your fleet. When they are gathered, resist the urge to move all ships their max distance unless you can do it while keeping your formation. You really should attack in unison, not piecemeal. Make sure your infantry is behind the bulk of the fleet until the coast is clear (literally) to land them. This strategy also involves avoiding Brueys in the port of Alexandria. He will stay in the port and leave you alone except when a ship passes close enough for him to strike.

Ok, I think I figured how to upload this screenshot to this site from my mobile phone, but I dont if this will work or not.
If it does, this the beginning of my turn (12th round). Using the strategy outlined above.
After looking at it extensively, don't see how one could gain 5 farms in one move from the tile to the west, where the coastal fort used to be, without figuring out how to take out the line infantry in the way (far east of Cairo) without taking one of the farms first and also taking into account Napoleon possibly causing problems. That's too much for me for now. This is enough since it is definitely possible while the other...?


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