Colonists

[Francisco Montana]

I'm playing my Swedish campaing and I'm still at -1.00 colonists per year. I can't touch Lapland or Greenland (and would love to.)

Every chance I get on the sliders I push it towards Free Market. But that's slow going as you know.

What can I do to get colonists? I, of course, took the National Bank as my first NI. It's going to be a while before I get another. But when I do, who much does the Colonial Adventures NI add? Again, I'm at -1.00 per year now and will keep pushing the Free Market slider over to increase it that way.

Anything else I can do?

TYIA

[John I Tzimisces]

Quest for the New World and Colonial Ventures will give you a nice colonist bonus (it will overcome the base penalty). I'm assuming you're playing ID yeah?

[Francisco Montana]

Oh, yea. I should mention that in the future. Playing ID.

And thanks. So basically, the Swedes (and others like them) can't do much colonizing until quite a ways down the road.

No biggy. I'll just go snatch Portuagal's until I can make my own!

[Kanaric]

If you have colonial ventures and a total of 4 (or 5) ideas you will get the colonists as well.

that and both QFTNW and Colonial Ventures will give +9 colonists.

If you have an empire with 50+ territories and have colonies in america or oceana you gain an additional +2.

[Francisco Montana]

If you have colonial ventures and a total of 4 (or 5) ideas you will get the colonists as well.

You know, I've noticed that all the AI factions have 2 or 3 (I think maybe some even have 4, can't remember) NIs. I only have the one still. Even piddley little nations with one territory already have more than I do. I've kept my Govt and Production spending consistently the highest with Naval and Land second. I haven't needed stability (because of my anti-semetic policies...sorry! lol) and I haven't invested much in Trade because I've focused on Production so much.

I guess my point is I just don't see how they are ahead of me in NIs.

Any ideas?

[Spart]

Well, the one province nations usually should be ahead, since they don't get the penalties. The more land you own, the more you'll have to pay for tech. And you seem to have lots of big, relatively poor provinces.
Doesn't matter that much really, you'll catch up when your empire develops. Anyways, the tech cost mechanism makes sure you don't fall too far behind. Once you start getting colonies, you can blitz your techs pretty fast.

[Francisco Montana]

Yea. Thanks for the reassurances. I started a couple of one province games yesterday and noticed that they do, indeed, have an advantage when it comes to development. So it made me feel better.

As an EU3 n00b I was just affraid I was doing something drastically wrong. Frankly, from reading alot of the responses to the new patch over at the paradox forums I'm quickly realizing I'm much less a n00b then some who've been playing the game eons longer than I!

[lila-laune-bär]

Being Narrowminded gives a nice colonist bonus.

[Carach]

and there are advisors too of course

[Spart]

But the advisors don't give more colonists after the first patch, right? They just improve the colonist chance a little. Don't know about mods though..