Where are the ideal places to start colinizing??

[Nicholas H.C]

Well my past game came up with diaster, i clonized more then I should of and I went broke and there were revolts hapening everywhere, I was just overwhelmed. So I want to know, what places are auctully worth colinizing? (Playing as Castille btw)

[Ojf]

When you colonise, do you just take the territory or work on it to take it a city?

[Nicholas H.C]

When you colonise, do you just take the territory or work on it to take it a city?

I take the territory and then wait till its a city

[Pious Agnost]

Brazil, definitely my favourite, the amount of money it makes you is huge, South Africa and South America in general aren't bad though

[Garnier]

I usually go for the carribean first, then mexico and then I conquer the incas. After that eventually you can go to India and from there to Japan and China which are very lucrative.

[John I Tzimisces]

I take the territory and then wait till its a city

That's a good way to end up owing a lot of loans if you're not careful (and risking bankruptcey). When you have unfinished colonies you pay a yearly colony upkeep (like 1.7 per colony? Something like that. Might have some modifying factors). If you have a lot of colonies this can really hurt your income. So, while it seems pricey, if you keep the number of colonies you make a little lower, and work to make them become cities faster, you can save a lot of your monthly income from being sucked away.

I'd imagine it's ok to take territories and wait if you have a lot of trade income, but just production and tax I think may be leaving your coffers a little bare.

[Ishoss]

Depends, are you playing with or without expansions? If ou're playing with, just take any place you can get and turn it into a city before you expand. If you're playing without, rush Brazil because there's 3 gold mines there.

[Lysander13]

Well my past game came up with diaster, i clonized more then I should of and I went broke and there were revolts hapening everywhere, I was just overwhelmed. So I want to know, what places are auctully worth colinizing? (Playing as Castille btw)

I usually go for the Carribean, Brazil, and South Africa ( to reach the Indian Ocean ) to start me off. Not necessarily in that order though. Rather depends on game circumstance and what nation I'm playing as. However if your Castille or Portugal for that matter, it is very easy to get a jump on everyone in colonizing. As either one you could have a bunch of self-sustained cities before anyone else even picks QFTNW as a NI. Trick is to not colonize more than your economy can handle. That is, if your playing IN or EU3:Complete. Since you went broke colonizing; I presume you are.

[Yoda Twin]

I always try to get yucanton and Mexico as well try to get the coast lines first, if you get the coast lines then no one else can colonize thats how I got all of south america one game as Spain

[Ishoss]

I always try to get yucanton and Mexico as well try to get the coast lines first, if you get the coast lines then no one else can colonize thats how I got all of south america one game as Spain

Yeah, but with expansions that's close to impossible. I once got all of N. America as England and all of S. America as Norway in vanilla, but in IN I would've been bankrupt before I got 1/10th of it

[Yoda Twin]

Nah I was playin 1whole world in on IN and just blitzed to get Americas b4 everyone else, do u know how hard it is to control though i spent at least 100 years in the game controlling the rebels and zealots, and non2e of the SA contries hav even appeared yet

[Ojf]

I can't remember which faction it is, they control Africa south of Gibraltar and they have a gold mine, in my Portugal campaign that single province was bringing me an extra +40gold a year I think

[Niles Crane]

Don't bother yourself with colonies. Just invade India. You will get a lot more money in the long term.

[vizi]

Don't bother yourself with colonies. Just invade India. You will get a lot more money in the long term.

Invade Mexico. And invade other nations colonies. Look for gold and charge!

[Niles Crane]

Invade Mexico. And invade other nations colonies. Look for gold and charge!

Keeping up colonies is the biggest waste of time and money though. It's impossible not to be greedy, especially when new areas become revealed to you in the Americas.

[vizi]

Colonies are expensive. Which is why I suggested just stealing them from other nations. You can convert the culture now with a colonist, as long as it is below 5000 population (I think?)

[★Bandiera Rossa☭]

I like to play as Norway and Conquer Greenland and North America With whole world mod I ended up conquering all of north and south America as well as Southeast Asia.

[Ishoss]

I like to play as Norway and Conquer Greenland and North America With whole world mod I ended up conquering all of north and south America as well as Southeast Asia.

Ah, yeah it's fun. But it always ends when those damned Ivans/Svenssons/Pedersens decide to stop your party.

Unless you crush them first.

[Dr. Oza]

money problems?

alt+21

"cash"

[Ishoss]

Disband armies + custom houses + workshops = cash = problem solved without cheats