Trade tech is top priority if you play merchant republic, otherwise useless (unless you have jade dragon or horse lords and play a country on the silk road)Ĭity/temple infrastructure is less important than castle (only affects vassal holdings) if you're playing muslim, temples are more important (on par with castles) if you play merchant republic, cities are most important (castles 2nd most since you can also hold castles without penalty)įortification is less important after the first few levels (some higher level buildings require level 1 or 2 walls, so you have to unlock those at least) for everyone else it's usually a waste of money to build shipyards - better use ships of vassals (very expensive upkeep)Įconomic: castle infrastructure is always good to get as feudal (unlock higher versions of caste buildings) construction is useful if you play with reapers due (unlock hospital) Ships aren't really important unless you play norse (culture) or germanic (religion) - they need ships for raiding. Otherwise makes sense to bosst the tech for your most numerous troop type (heavy inf for feudals, light inf for tribals, cavalry for hordes)

speeds up warfare a lot if you have superior siege tech Military: military organnization for more retinues (if you have legacy of rome DLC) otherwise less useful until later when your armies get large and you can make good use of the higher supply limit getting it to level 4 is a high priority if you have defensive pagans as neighbors (removes their huge attrition bonus completely) For the other techs, it would depend on what culture I'm playing so I know which military units to concentrate on. If I'm not playing muslim or MR, I tend to ignore the town/church/trade techs.įor military, I invest it all on military organization (supply limit + retinue bonuses) and siege. I spend my economic tech points mostly on construction and castles. If you play females a lot, you might want to upgrade tolerance as well so you can get absolute cognatic succession. If you are going for imperial administration as an empire, you should also upgrade your majesty tech. The reason I don't upgrade my tech frequently in the beginning is because you can't send your spymaster to steal tech when your tech is higher than everyone else.Īfter 200 years, my own tech levels would be pretty close to Constatinople due to passive tech gain. In the meantime, my spymaster is sitting in Constantinople (occasionally moving to Damascus/Cairo/Rome to avoid epidemics).

If I plan on attacking any pagans, I would also invest in military organization (attrition). Then I just sit on my tech points for 150-200 years while occasionally investing in construction (hospitals) and castle infrastructure (castle walls + towns). I typically play the 769 start so not sure if this will apply to you.įirst thing I do is to invest in legalism so I can pass some centralization laws.

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