Interesting starts post-Dharma?

[fletcherreed]

Does anyone have any suggestions for interesting nations to start as once Dharma is released? Obviously nations in/near India or colonizers that will want to setup trade companies there, but if you could name specific countries and the campaign goals that would be awesome.

 

[Lepaso]

Battle Pope; with new pope government mechanic(s?), crusade your way to India. first target: Ottomans. Second target: Jerusalem. Oh wait, conversion/religion has been gutted, so you're the humanitarian Pope bringing tolerance and friendship. Tolerate your way to India, same path.

 

[The_Meme_Man]

Indian nation, go colonial, no unification of the subcontinent.

 

[FleetingRain]

Battle Pope; with new pope government mechanic(s?), crusade your way to India. first target: Ottomans. Second target: Jerusalem. Oh wait, conversion/religion has been gutted, so you're the humanitarian Pope bringing tolerance and friendship. Tolerate your way to India, same path.

lmao I totally forgot this. Can't wait to be a tolerant Theocracy because of reasons.

 

[Bouchart]

Merchant republics could be interesting. Maybe Novgorod?

 

[Dakka]

lmao I totally forgot this. Can't wait to be a tolerant Theocracy because of reasons.

Oh come on guys, be nice. The Teutonic Order was famous for its tolerance of other religions....
Or rather, lack of. RIP Deus Vult
But in answer to OP, Timmy->Mughals looks laughably overpowered. You can always do that and get your first WC

 

[RMS Oceanic]

Afghanistan looks like it's in the best position for the "Conquer India by 1550" achievement, so that sounds fun.

 

[Ironside121]

I’m giving Venice a go, gonna see how the new mechanics help out MRs.

After that probably a Netherlands campaign as Holland, colonising the East Indies now that we can pull trade from Malacca to the Cape, so I can have a nice relaxing money making campaign.

 

[MrNewVegas]

Battle Pope; with new pope government mechanic(s?), crusade your way to India. first target: Ottomans. Second target: Jerusalem. Oh wait, conversion/religion has been gutted, so you're the humanitarian Pope bringing tolerance and friendship. Tolerate your way to India, same path.

Annex Pope as Circassia, release and play as the pope, the Papal States now has tribal government type, become Protestant horde Pope

 

[KaiserWilhelmI]

Byzantium.

 

[DarthDanMan]

Release and play as that Cossack nation Zaphorsie (spelling) and then form Poland with them to get a possible 113 Cav Combat Ability?

 

[Rabid]

Release and play as that Cossack nation Zaphorsie (spelling) and then form Poland with them to get a possible 113 Cav Combat Ability?

Cossack Poland is definitely something I want to do at some point, it sounds like a lot of fun.

 

[KaiserJohan]

Sirhind is a real beast. Uniting Nepal is fun aswell.

 

[Mortheim]

Sirhind is a real beast. Uniting Nepal is fun aswell.

You didn't even upgrade their ideas!

Does anyone have any suggestions for interesting nations to start as once Dharma is released? Obviously nations in/near India or colonizers that will want to setup trade companies there, but if you could name specific countries and the campaign goals that would be awesome.

Russia with new missions for sweet-sweet 6-6-5 Yermak.
Then - Timmies for Mughals.
Orissa - for fun in India.
Then Persia and Netherlands in no particular order.

 

[Oldpara]

Hamburg Bunte Kuh with new "purchase land in India" mechanism

 

[Mortheim]

Also, Novgorod has cool missions for conquering Hanseatic cities :3 Might as well try it out.

 

[raikaria]

Kilwa might be interesting. Go Plutocracy Reform and then the one that Plutocracy unlocks; and because you're in Africa; set up Trade Companies in Asia and bring the trade to the Cape/Zanzibar.

Indian Ocean? Please; Swahili Sea.

 

[earlofbrigand]

Netherlands, England, Portugal etc for the new centre of trade mechanics

 

[TenshiN]

Japan. Just because Japan is always fun

 

[RMS Oceanic]

Japan. Just because Japan is always fun

Corollary: Oda is the Funnest