#Medieval 2 teutonic order upgrade

Poland and Denmark offered an alliance with me so those borders are secured. The highest he has rewarded me was 13000 and he had exterminated at least 3-4 settlements. If you exterminate all pagans in his way, he'll reward you heavily so its best to use him to capture as many Lithuanian lands as possible. THe more lands he captures, he'll reward you even more. THe more victories you win, the more he'll reward you. He does not need to be the leading general, he simply needs to be a part of your crusading army. Later on a crusading Noble will arrive from England and he brings with him levy spearmen, dismounted feudal knights and feudal knights so its best to take him with you on your rampage across Lithuania. Visby, an island northwest should also be taken as well as it is a requirement for the Hanseactic League and will provide a good trading outpost.

#Medieval 2 teutonic order upgrade

In fact you should wait near the castle until the Lithuanians upgrade it into a stone castle in which you can then take it the next turn. It is advisable to take your two catapults and Mangonels and available troops from the south to take out Palanga as quickly as possible before moving on. You start off at war with the Lithuanians who have only one castle, Palanga, so taking it would cripple the Lithuanian war machine, forcing them to stick with miltia type units until they can get another castle. Marienburg is your capital and is advanced so it should be left as it is. Marienburg and Dunaburg should be left as castles in order to provide some security for the future.

The best option would be to refinance the empire by converting some castles into a city. The two towns to the north do not produce much and will take time to advance thus funds are limited. The Teutons start off with 4 castles and 4 cities. They also do not require any high religion to recruit which is a problem with the Teutons so Priests are needed in order to recruit their best units. The Teutons have a powerful spearmen known as the Order spearmen which make up for this weakeness and should be used as a early backbone. Thus you need to rely heavily on Order spearmen, seige weapons, and merc light cavalry to compensate and fight the Lithuanians in siege battles in which their cavalry cannot run away. The Teutons rely heavily on heavy infantry and cavalry so war against the eastern factions can be troublesome as the best missile troop they have are the Livonian Auxillaries which come later. Thus, they rely on generals with the leader chosen by them and do not have any sons or princesses. The Teutons are an interesting faction because they are not a true kingdom in any sense.