Ottoman Strategies....

[LordOfBlood]

Now, i finished the game with Japan, at 1904, Annexxed Siam, Brunei, Korea, Some parts of China, but Britain, Russi, DoW'ed me, and furiously i exited the game..

Before starting a new game with Japan, i want to try my favorite loser country, Ottomans. I start after i have enough advices.

So please, can you give a piece of strategy, advice, or anything, how to became a Great Power again, and reaching old borders...

Thanks for help.

 

[Orm]

Now, i finished the game with Japan, at 1904, Annexxed Siam, Brunei, Korea, Some parts of China, but Britain, Russi, DoW'ed me, and furiously i exited the game..

You probably got a lot of badboy-points from annexing all those countries. Badboy is a hidden value that determines how much other countries want to declare war on you. To avoid getting so much badboy-points you should always annex uncivilized nations in 2 steps, first take as much territory as you can except the capital and humiliate them, then in a second war take the capital. That way the annexation will only give you a total of 1 badboy point instead of 1 point per province if you annex directly.

 

[LordOfBlood]

How can i learn badboy?

 

[unmerged(20628)]

Now, i finished the game with Japan, at 1904, Annexxed Siam, Brunei, Korea, Some parts of China, but Britain, Russi, DoW'ed me, and furiously i exited the game..

Before starting a new game with Japan, i want to try my favorite loser country, Ottomans. I start after i have enough advices.

So please, can you give a piece of strategy, advice, or anything, how to became a Great Power again, and reaching old borders...

Thanks for help.

1. Russia is your biggest enemy

2. Always watch out for those Russians

3. Remember to defend the mountain border against Russia at all costs

 

[unmerged(25947)]

How can i learn badboy?

Press F12 for console and type badboy

However it's not a strict value in where countries will DoW on you if you have that and that many points.

 

[unmerged(81390)]

For OE, you'll want to expand against the uncivs on your borders, but don't hurry! Unless they've gone bancrupt, someone else is picking on them or there's absulotely nothing else to do, you don't gain anything by attacking.

 

[Cinéad IV]

Watch Russia. If you get bored, then watch Russia. Did I mention that you should be watching Russia?

Otherwise, unite the Arabian Peninsula under your banners and if you can put up enough of a fight against the Russians, see if you can't take land from them in the Caucasus. Take enough, and you can create a buffer Georgia/Armenia. Or keep them to yourself.

 

[unmerged(81390)]

Don't bother industrializing the non-national culture states in the Balkan, you've got many other states fit for industrialization!