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9, 9, 9!? Wow, that's a crazy good monarch. I haven't seen anything like that in my demo thus far.
canadiancreed said:
Full naval, Colonial Ventures, Almost full narrowminded, a very-well timed 6 star colonial advisor (1.20 col/y), the fact half the colonies you see on those screenshots were simply "grabbed" from enemies (very nice EU3 mechanic), and that of course many are not colonies but annexed indian nations, and finally, well, the fact quite a few of these provinces, by 1585, were still not full fledged colonial cities quite yet.
You inspired me to try England myself. What I can't understand is how you could manage to get so little BB. I'm in the end of the century, took nothing from France, took all of Scotland except the capital and annexed all of Ireland except the southernmost country, and got around 20 BB, and even with the pope under my "command" and a great king it will be some time before I can wage war much now... My research goes slow as a turtle too... Which makes this tale even more impressive!
I last checked in on Friday when you were preparing to square off against the Burgundians. I return to find you as ruler of a huge continent-spanning Empire. 
Dear God that is... awe-inspiring! Who now dares refuse to go to bended knee at the name of England?
Awesome AAR.
A little request, if I may: more screens for those of us who don't have EUIII yet!
A little request, if I may: more screens for those of us who don't have EUIII yet!
Very nice progress. You said you would focus on "colonial" ventures after you conquered Western Europe. Now you have conquered the America's more or less. I can imagine India and Africa can be subdued in the coming century. So what to do then?
Nikolai said:
Well its very important to avoid military annexations, Nikolai. By using diploannexation in the British isles, you will not take more than 1 BB per province. That literally goes away after a year. Unless you get lucky with "core" events, which happened to me at a few points, diplomacy is superior to war in that regards. However, its also OK to get some BB, as having none, well, is basically wasting the natural loss. At various points ive been in the teens for BB, and only pushed 20 when i diploannexed Burgundy. But I find it goes away amazingly fast compared to EU2.
As for tech: Yes, I had that problem early on. Lately I lead the tech in everything, but in the first 50 years it wasnt the case. It wasnt until I captured Zatecatas and the Aztec gold that the tech money really started flowing in. I had no on-hand-cash troubles mind you, since i could always mint 10% with National Bank, but that didnt quite help with the tech either.
Hang in there, get a good colonial empire and a same-culture CoT, and the problems will go away.
canadiancreed said:Take out the only ones left; Europe herself
Yeah... that sound like a good idea!
Alerias: ...For even as a child, she knew it was the will of God that she would rule with His blessing, and that none, could ever challenge such authority.
awesome ! !
awesome ! !
First of all, great AAR. I'm having a similar experience with England in my game now. Basically, once you deal with France there's almost no challenge. I currently have almost a monopoly on colonization of the New World, 90% of Europe is under my control, and I'm currently marching east with a goal of reaching the Pacific the long way (to India so far). All this in 1650.
Great AAR, Alerias!
Thank you for taking your time to report and share your strategy and wisdom on how you are doing in your game as England. Quite informative and entertaining at the same time.
Thank you for taking your time to report and share your strategy and wisdom on how you are doing in your game as England. Quite informative and entertaining at the same time.
First time poster here, and this is my first time ever playing any of the EU games.
Love the AAR, I'm kind of using it as a "strategy guide" for my own venture as England.
The problem I'm having is with the very first opening months of the campaign. How do you prevent losing Gascogne and the army that starts there? I've started and re-started many times, and the first thing I get is the 28,000-strong French army that starts in Toulouse automatically moves to Gascogne and beats the snot out of my meager 14,000-strong army there. I've tried boosting the army with mercenaries - even got it up to 22,000 before the battle started - and I've put Warwick in charge every time, but I still get the snot beat out of me. I've stood and fought several times, but every time I end up losing and the army retreats toward Toulouse. After they get beat, their morale is so low the only thing I can do with them is evacuate them and refit them back in England. I've tried marching them up to Brittany but it seems they can't recover their morale quick enough after losing in Gascogne and they just keep dwindling away to nothing.
I've considered pulling my navy down there right off the bat, staging my own little Dunkirk before the battle starts and then coming back for it later, but I'd like to know how other people have dealt with this problem. Should I just write Gascogne off in the opening, evacuate the army and come back for it later?
Love the AAR, I'm kind of using it as a "strategy guide" for my own venture as England.
The problem I'm having is with the very first opening months of the campaign. How do you prevent losing Gascogne and the army that starts there? I've started and re-started many times, and the first thing I get is the 28,000-strong French army that starts in Toulouse automatically moves to Gascogne and beats the snot out of my meager 14,000-strong army there. I've tried boosting the army with mercenaries - even got it up to 22,000 before the battle started - and I've put Warwick in charge every time, but I still get the snot beat out of me. I've stood and fought several times, but every time I end up losing and the army retreats toward Toulouse. After they get beat, their morale is so low the only thing I can do with them is evacuate them and refit them back in England. I've tried marching them up to Brittany but it seems they can't recover their morale quick enough after losing in Gascogne and they just keep dwindling away to nothing.
I've considered pulling my navy down there right off the bat, staging my own little Dunkirk before the battle starts and then coming back for it later, but I'd like to know how other people have dealt with this problem. Should I just write Gascogne off in the opening, evacuate the army and come back for it later?