Road the British Empire!
Ok, since alot of people hav been asking for a guide for great britain, ill try and assist by posting some tips that i learnt through my campaign with great britain. So far, i still haven't finished by campaign, but i only hav a dozen or so turns left. For the most part though, i have won. Im earning more than 100000 per turn and i could max that to probably 400000+, and im not being sarcastic. I hav already conquered all of india and just started a campaign against persia. I also have nearly all of the holdings in the american theater, except for central america. In europe, i just have east and west prussia.- im getting tired of writing now, i still hav alot more to say, so ill be posting more tips later. be sure to give me some rep, hope this helps
Anyway,ill stop ranting and go back to the guide. One great thing about starting off with great britain is that ur not prone to attack from other nations. This gives u a significant advantage, since you'll need a while before u can actually gain some backbone and become an intimidating force in the game. My recommendation is that you should focus on developing farms immediately. however, U can go about researching whatever technology u want as long as u try to balance out things. Since i mentioned to focus on farms, u might want to start researching certain agriculture technologies right away, yet thats not necessary. For example, i started researching military techs and that didnt really affect my productivity. but i did quickly switch to getting technolgies so that i could upgrade my farms. Another important thing to remember is that u shouldn't spend more money than u make. It might be tempting to upgrade the buildings in ur capital, yet you should hold off til u start making some decnt cash. try just spending on the essential.
-oh and another things is to immediately do away with ur army in england, the upkeeps just prevent u from growing. However, u should knock out ur general or line infantry, im just talking about milita and etc. U should also focus on building trading ports immediately, just try to keep at least one naval base. establishing trading ports in africa and in the east is also important. so try and build some indiaman ships every few turns or so. i usually build them in bulk and send them out immediately. protecting these routes arent so important just make sure u have at least one ship guarding ur fleet. i usually head to africa immediately, since the ivory trade is always good for making profit.
Another factor that directly affects the amount u make is ur ministers. a great thing in the game is being able to switch out ur ministers. dont go crazy though unless ur ministers really suck, give some time for u ministers to build up on useful traits. buildings such as textile factories are useful in adding to region wealth, so try to build them when possible, giving in mind u dont have to spend all your money on them. avoiding conflict in also important, so dont try and fight over trade routes until later in the game. Now, here comes diplomacy, which can either be a great help or pain in the ass. usually, it a great help. forging alliances with strong nations on the europe mainland can be a great advantage since they can fight ur wars for u. i kinda feel ashamed since i formt alliances with every god dam nation, then when one went to war with another or i declared war, everyone would be at war. u should also establish trade with these nations. now i know that some nations usually refuse u when making offers. in such case i usually present them with state gifts until their friendly to me. however dont go spending all ur money on expensive gift, i usually give them fine china, since ur rep with them goes up the same eithier way.
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Originally Posted by Mechstra
