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Hmm, maybe i'm playing an older version then, I remember aragon being there, but not catalunya.
Not near the most impressive colonial empire, I know, but this is the first game where I played mainly a trader and coloniser. In previous games whenever I colonised I did in times when I had a ton of infamy to burn, or to retard the expansion of rival empires overseas. To my surprise the trade/colonial game is quite engaging on its own. I have five merchants in almost all the European CoTs (Burgundy keeps embargoing me so I keep losing my placed merchants in Antwerpen) and CoTs of my own in Havana and Muskogee. Shawnee has been quite the annoying impediment - in Miscmods it's a horde, and it had proved quite effective in curbing my North American expansion in the early years. Just ate a whole bunch of its provinces in the last war though, and it's not very long for this world.
I had planned to switch out of the theocracy as soon as possible, but I only realised fifty years into the game that the only way to switch out of the theocracy is absolute monarchy at gov. tech 27.
o It hasn't been so bad though, and because of the limit on the innovative/narrowminded slider I've discovered the benefits of narrowmindedness. Previously I would always go for innovative, and as soon as possible.Interesting things on the world map: Kingdom of God in Italy, and the Jalayirids not only surviving but thriving, with steppe nomad Persia as its vassal. Also Sardinia-Piedmont. The shape of Poland is annoying, as is blobbly Korea yet again. I've played maybe five or six games, and Korea almost always blobs, which doesn't seem right.
My tariff efficiency suffers badly from my lack of big ships - at the moment I think it stands at 20% or so. I've been building big ships whenever I have extra cash, but I've also been colonizing a lot. I did save up to move my capital to NA, but then I realised that I would have to abandon the HRE to do that. I would, since I basically have no stakes in the Old World, but I don't want to lose the -10% tech cost Imperial Integrity gives me. Should I just suck it up and keep building big ships, or should I just leave the HRE and shift my capital overseas?
Another question: Why is Bremen called Bremen, when it's an OPM centered on Stade and has no cores on Bremen proper? What real-life entity was it supposed to represent?
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I've always wondered why it doesn't at very least have a core on Bremen itself as well.
Bohemia: Circa November 5th, 1501. The slider is slightly on quantity as it takes time moving it back.
no. no. just. no...
the player just shouldnt create an AI-like Bohemia, this isnt right...
the player just shouldnt create an AI-like Bohemia, this isnt right...
The Archbishophric of Bremen, 1591.
Not near the most impressive colonial empire, I know, but this is the first game where I played mainly a trader and coloniser. In previous games whenever I colonised I did in times when I had a ton of infamy to burn, or to retard the expansion of rival empires overseas. To my surprise the trade/colonial game is quite engaging on its own. I have five merchants in almost all the European CoTs (Burgundy keeps embargoing me so I keep losing my placed merchants in Antwerpen) and CoTs of my own in Havana and Muskogee. Shawnee has been quite the annoying impediment - in Miscmods it's a horde, and it had proved quite effective in curbing my North American expansion in the early years. Just ate a whole bunch of its provinces in the last war though, and it's not very long for this world.
I had planned to switch out of the theocracy as soon as possible, but I only realised fifty years into the game that the only way to switch out of the theocracy is absolute monarchy at gov. tech 27.
Interesting things on the world map: Kingdom of God in Italy, and the Jalayirids not only surviving but thriving, with steppe nomad Persia as its vassal. Also Sardinia-Piedmont. The shape of Poland is annoying, as is blobbly Korea yet again. I've played maybe five or six games, and Korea almost always blobs, which doesn't seem right.
My tariff efficiency suffers badly from my lack of big ships - at the moment I think it stands at 20% or so. I've been building big ships whenever I have extra cash, but I've also been colonizing a lot. I did save up to move my capital to NA, but then I realised that I would have to abandon the HRE to do that. I would, since I basically have no stakes in the Old World, but I don't want to lose the -10% tech cost Imperial Integrity gives me. Should I just suck it up and keep building big ships, or should I just leave the HRE and shift my capital overseas?
Another question: Why is Bremen called Bremen, when it's an OPM centered on Stade and has no cores on Bremen proper? What real-life entity was it supposed to represent?
What happened to Great Britain?
the new Roman Empire (playing as Italy)
this is as of 1715. I'm about to smack the Ming around a bit
Got sick and turned green?
My guess is they got inherited by some green country, like Ireland??
My current game with Persia:
But just as always it gets boring around 1650-1700. And yes, I am allied with Russia
But just as always it gets boring around 1650-1700. And yes, I am allied with Russia
The Ottoman Empire, circa 1655.
All of Europe is mine, save London and Lisbon+1. Have to root out a bunch of colonies to address those, unless they make it easy for me and move their capitols like Holland did. Everyone else in Europe is a vassal, and most are Sunni, as are a few countries in India. I have personal unions with Morocco, Tunisia, Hedjaz, Sokoto, Ak Koyunlu, and Khorasan. I inherited Yemen and Oman the last time my monarch died.
Just switched to Absolute Monarchy, since the holy wars are now over. That actually reduced my slider timer to 25 years! It was well over 40 under Administrative Monarchy.
I never westernized. I never got far enough behind in tech to be able to. I was tech leader by 1600, and now have a substantial lead. Disappointed that I'll never get the Indian Trade Route and Company, but my income is enormous as it is, those would make it absurd.
Go go Mercantilism!
All of Europe is mine, save London and Lisbon+1. Have to root out a bunch of colonies to address those, unless they make it easy for me and move their capitols like Holland did. Everyone else in Europe is a vassal, and most are Sunni, as are a few countries in India. I have personal unions with Morocco, Tunisia, Hedjaz, Sokoto, Ak Koyunlu, and Khorasan. I inherited Yemen and Oman the last time my monarch died.
Just switched to Absolute Monarchy, since the holy wars are now over. That actually reduced my slider timer to 25 years! It was well over 40 under Administrative Monarchy.
I never westernized. I never got far enough behind in tech to be able to. I was tech leader by 1600, and now have a substantial lead. Disappointed that I'll never get the Indian Trade Route and Company, but my income is enormous as it is, those would make it absurd.
Go go Mercantilism!
He mentioned playing Miscmods. It has a scenario in it that fractures the British Isles into Scotland, Druidic Wales, Druidic Northumberland, Lancashire, Druidic Cornwall, and England. It looks like Lancashire won the brawl.
Bremen is the City of Bremen, Stade was the site of the Archbishopric of Bremen. It's confusing, I know.
the monopolies or the cots? then it cant be done
Well, the CoTs. Free trade gives exceptional bonuses to trading in foreign CoTs, ie ones without your provinces in their trading zone.