Missions

[unmerged(1717)]

Hi,
thanks to all the people who responded to my last enquiry.
This one is about missions. In the GC you get asked to
achieve missions. Some seem a bit ambitious for the first
5 years.
The question is can you ignore them and go you own way?
I know it will cost points but I'd rather have a good game
than worry about victory points.
Thanks

Peter

 

[unmerged(496)]

I don't know if you are talking about the DYNAMIC MISSIONS, but you can disable this option in the Victory settings at the start of the scenario.
I hope this helps you

 

[Dark Knight]

If you don't want to play with the in-game missions (which is a good idea), just disable the 'dynamic missions' option at the start of a game and then neglect to select any missions for yourself.

 

[BiB]

Disable them. U can also ignore them in the game when they're on but it'll cost u VPs.

 

[unmerged(548)]

I say keep em on, but choose your missions yourself, and choose them wiesly.

 

[BiB]

That way it got very easy IMO. Easy VPs which the AI didn't pick up on. I played one long game and I had hundreds more VP in the mission category than any other country. All I did was hold Tyrol all the time

 

[unmerged(548)]

It's the only way to win in VP against Spain without having to be aggressive and annex provinces left and right.

IOW shure you don't need it to play, but not having it on limits your options to victory.

 

[BiB]

Maybe if u play quite a minor country with no easy access to colonisation or so but quite sizeable countries with access to colonisation are quite easy to beat Spain with IMO without missions. U don't even have to fight them. I once raced England for example easily to victory without them and without ever fighting on the Continent. And Portugal. And Holland. Fracne and Russia was just too easy But if u play Scotland, Prussia, even Poland or so, then it can be handy, I guess.

I don't play to win though and those missions are just pissing me off so I turn them off