See title. Granted I’d have some large leaps but the only colonizer currently is Castille (most nations have two idea groups currently).
Here’s a wild idea: colonize South America as Byzantine?
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Just curious...but why? Byzantium has nothing to gain from colonizing South America. Unless you want the gold, but that would take a loong time. There are easier sources of gold.
Eventually I’ll form the Roman Empire so having more presence in the America’s is kinda a cherry on top. Like hey look I’m King if the world AND I own South America too.
Colonizing through Arabia to the Spice Islands will probably give you a more direct benefit. Take all the trade through India if you can conquer it.
South America mostly only leads to Genoa and English Channel.. which you'll probably be targeting over India for your primary goal. So it's not exactly a bad idea.. but it's harder to achieve.
South America mostly only leads to Genoa and English Channel.. which you'll probably be targeting over India for your primary goal. So it's not exactly a bad idea.. but it's harder to achieve.
If you know how to form the Roman Empire, you know you can, if you wish, also own all of the Americas, without creating a single colony.
It's not worth it this late, even if you only want to colonize Indonesia and Oceania. In your position you are better off conquering towards India and the Zanzibar region.
It depends whether how far you are in the game itself - if others can colonise for you it's probably better that way. On the other hand I once did a Byzantine exodus run where I fled to Northern America, became number one GP (if that would've existed back than). It was a very interesting and enjoying run.
Gold is actually better if disconnected from your home node if built correctly. Since you can tariff at over 100% rate to magically multiply your CNs gold income while letting the CN keep half as well.
Kind of needs econ explo to really utilize well though, and is not as strong due to depletion changes
Kind of needs econ explo to really utilize well though, and is not as strong due to depletion changes