The year is 1516. All of Mesoamerica is finally united under Aztec rule (2 provinces left to core) and it's time to pick my first (and only) idea group. I sincirely expect to abandon this game the moment Spain beats me in the "First Contact War", but before that happens, what would you reccommend as the first idea group?
Quest for the New Eastern World seems like an obvious choice, but I've also been considering one of the military ideas. I could maybe make it to military tech 5 (currently I'm 3/3/4) before the Spainards arrive. Would Quality Aztecs lvl 5 have any chance against Spain? I can field an army of 26k men and have 24k manpower. With an income of around 10/month, I could probably afford a few extra mercenaries. I'm not 100% sure if it's going to be Spain or Castille, as so far the only floating houses on the horizon have been Castillian, but that was almost two decades ago.
Also, lack of neighbours is begginig to be a problem as I have no source of prestige left and power projection has been at 0 for quite some time now.
Any advice is welcome. It's ironman, so if I fail there is no coming back and I don't think I want to try again from scratch.
Quest for the New Eastern World seems like an obvious choice, but I've also been considering one of the military ideas. I could maybe make it to military tech 5 (currently I'm 3/3/4) before the Spainards arrive. Would Quality Aztecs lvl 5 have any chance against Spain? I can field an army of 26k men and have 24k manpower. With an income of around 10/month, I could probably afford a few extra mercenaries. I'm not 100% sure if it's going to be Spain or Castille, as so far the only floating houses on the horizon have been Castillian, but that was almost two decades ago.
Also, lack of neighbours is begginig to be a problem as I have no source of prestige left and power projection has been at 0 for quite some time now.
Any advice is welcome. It's ironman, so if I fail there is no coming back and I don't think I want to try again from scratch.
