Portugal
Is Portugal too easy? Too hard? I haven't seen any Portugal AARs.
I'm playing Portugal now (AHD about 1880), but am seriously thinking of abandoning the game. I am currently the #5 ranked Great Power, and have been as high as #4. But I have realized all along that the Great Power status is probably temporary, since it is mainly based on the prestige points I've collected from colonization.
Have colonized most of Africa & a couple of Pacific Island groups. But I just managed to tick off France by beating them in the race to build the Suez Canal. France DOW'd and wants one of my 4 European states. I find that I'm pretty much powerless to hold them off --- the economy is barely hanging on & I just can't afford to fight a protracted war with a superpower without going bankrupt.
Playing as underdog may be fun for awhile, in a limited sort of way, but I find it much more satisfying to be Prussia or Russia or Japan or USA where I can kick some serious butt & hardly anybody messes with me.
Is Portugal too easy? Too hard? I haven't seen any Portugal AARs.
I'm playing Portugal now (AHD about 1880), but am seriously thinking of abandoning the game. I am currently the #5 ranked Great Power, and have been as high as #4. But I have realized all along that the Great Power status is probably temporary, since it is mainly based on the prestige points I've collected from colonization.
Have colonized most of Africa & a couple of Pacific Island groups. But I just managed to tick off France by beating them in the race to build the Suez Canal. France DOW'd and wants one of my 4 European states. I find that I'm pretty much powerless to hold them off --- the economy is barely hanging on & I just can't afford to fight a protracted war with a superpower without going bankrupt.
Playing as underdog may be fun for awhile, in a limited sort of way, but I find it much more satisfying to be Prussia or Russia or Japan or USA where I can kick some serious butt & hardly anybody messes with me.