I've already played the Mughals, so here are some tips:
- You don't get any historical conquistadores or explorers, so pray for random ones or pump your money in land research until you can explore with all armies. Sea exploration can wait.
- You have a couple or really good monarchs along the line, so make sure you squeeze them to the last drop of good leadership your country can get. From the mid XVIIth century till the end, your monarchs are pretty crappy.
- Your national provinces are a little tricky. I mean, the native provinces that surround your starting provinces are national provinces, so when a country starts colonizing them, you get CBs.
I normally waited for them to fully expand the colony to a city, and then captured it.
- When you're able, go for Persia, and later for the Mamluks, as you have a free CB because they're Shi'ite. Take advantage of the few, but rather good, generals you get.
- Try to have your trade and infraestructure techs as high as possible, because you'll get a helluva lot of money from them, as you should own plenty of Spices and Chinaware provinces.
- Diplomacy: Stick to the muslims, as they're the ones that bother you. Other countries are just too expensive to turn them friendlier to you.
Mysore and Hiderabad can be easily diploanexed early on (at least I managed to do so). Later on, it gets harder to diploanex, as your monarchs diplo values tend to be rather low. Pray for a "Good Minister" event, as you have some years to try your luck on diploanexing.
- Colonization: As soon as you get a port, bump as much money as you can into sea techs, in order to be able to build a shipyard. Then, start colonizing like crazy the rich provinces that surround you.
Well, I can't remember anything more at the moment.
Bye, The Larch.
