I am new to this game Total War. I got it last week because before I didn't think these types of games are fun to play, but I got it after I heard that Total war is a great game. I got both Empire and Napoleon total war games but I am only playing Napoleon for now. I must say is fun to play but I still have to get used to tactics and how to make great army without losing money. I need some tips on how to play this game, most of all what is the best way to make money but at the same time keep your people from rioting. I know lowering taxes helps but after a while that doesn't work anymore. Any tips would be great or a link where these tactics are explained. I want to play as Prussia so any tips on how to play with Prussia would be great there.
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need some tips on how to play this game
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Re: need some tips on how to play this game
In the beginning you will have to concentrate on building up your economy. That means building trade ships and sending them to trade nodes as well as building up your infrastructure (roads, factories, trade ports, etc.). You will probably have to make do with a relatively small army until your economy generates enough income for you both support a large military and still have enough money left to expand your economy. Try not to get bogged down in too many wars while you're still working on your economy.
In most of my games, this economic build-up phase takes about 2 years. After that your economy will do swimmingly, and before long you'll make more money than you can actually spend.
P.S. Prussia is the nation I usually play as, so I can attest to the effectiveness of this strategy.
P.S. #2: Right in the first turn of the campaign you can make an extra 15,000 bucks through careful diplomacy. Offer military access to all neighboring nations. Minor nations will usually be willing to pay about 1k, large nations such as France up to 2k or more. Don't ally with Russia and Austria until the game gives you the mission to do so or you'll miss the reward (1k extra per alliance). When you do ally them, ask for payment of 1k,to which they'll usually agree.
Also try to sell some technologies to minor nations such as Hessen and Oldenburg. Initially focus your research on economic technologies. Oh, and after a year or so, do lower taxes one notch. At first this will slightly reduce your income, but in the long run this will give a large boost to the economic growth of your regions.
Last edited by antred; December 21, 2011 at 01:03 PM.
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Re: need some tips on how to play this game
well my friend since i got a game same time as you, i am still learning how to play it. I also play with Prussia and I don't know how to trade with my ships. I have two trade ships built and I have admirals for them, I also have trade agreements with some nations, mainly UK, but I don't know how to trade. They say click on a ship or a dock and than click on an anchor where you want to trade, but I see no anchor, anyone who could help with this, on how to trade with ships in the game.
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Re: need some tips on how to play this game
Have a look at the piece of ocean north west of the UK. See those little yellow circles at the edges of the map? That's where you need to send your trade ships. There are more of these trade nodes in the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and off the coast of Portugal, by the way.
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Re: need some tips on how to play this game
For Prussia i take a different approach.
From first turn i focus on techs get cannister shot and the first couple of bayonete upgrades completed and i produce a full stack consisting on 1 general 4 basic cavalry 3 heavy cannons 4 lighter cannons and 8 line infantry.
I also ensure my city's have a basic fort and each one is held by 2 line infantry 3 militia this stretches your income but i like to get right into the thick of it.
Ill take polish town to link my own 2 then i head into sweden and knock them out quickly.
Once you control there land you can focus your income on increasing your infrastructure and you also have 1 large standing army in place with some experience.
From there i normally push upto the French border taking out the smaller German states and i ensure i have trade with England and france.
Once thats done and i have the defense force's in place my tactics differ from game to game.
Normally i spend 2-3 turns just moving the army into a good ambush position and i build a second stack to match the first.
Then i send my cavalry into enemy land to find a large army ( 1 for each stack ) and i lure them into the ambush where your enemy has no time to deploy i just position heavy cannon on 1 side light on the other cavalry ahead of them half my infantry behind the other half with the cannons and watch there stack get slaughtered by cannister shot while my cavalry charges into there head and infantry charge into there backs.
If done well you'll take slim losses but remove the enemies 2 closest armies on the border so you can quickly invade any 2 regions you like and take both then just spend a few turns letting them throw there men at your new city's while you crush them ( i tend to leave 1/2 infantry in the fort deploy the other half plus cavalry and cannons on a hill outside to provide flanking fire and deal huge damage as they advance.
Then its just rinse and repeat lure them in ambush,advance,defend over and over and once ive taken 6-8 city's ill produce a 3rd stack put it on a ship and i send it out to india a fully provisioned Prussian army will tear through there armies and once you've got fire by rank its all over you have better cannons better infantry all they've really got is melee infantry Which isnt much good charging into fire by rank and cannister shot .
I am the shadow, and the smoke in your eyes I am the ghost, that hides in the night.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France,
we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender.
" The dark is generous.
Its first gift is concealment: our true faces lie in the dark beneath our skins, our true hearts remain shadowed deeper still. But the greatest concealment lies not in protecting our secret truths, but in hiding from the truths of others.
The dark protects us from what we dare not know.
Its second gift is comforting illusion: the ease of gentle dreams in night’s embrace, the beauty that imagination brings to what would repel in the day’s harsh light. But the greatest of its comforts is the illusion that dark is temporary: that every night brings a new day. Because it’s the day that is temporary.
Day is the illusion.
Its third gift is the light itself: as days are defined by the nights that divide them, as stars are defined by the infinite black through which they wheel, the dark embraces the light, and brings it forth from the center of its own self.
With each victory of the light, it is the dark that wins.
The dark is generous, and it is patient.
It is the dark that seeds cruelty into justice, that drips contempt into compassion, that poisons love with grains of doubt.
The dark can be patient, because the slightest drop of rain will cause those seeds to sprout.
The rain will come, and the seeds will sprout, for the dark is the soil in which they grow, and it is the clouds above them, and it waits behind the star that gives them light.
The dark’s patience is infinite.
Eventually, even stars burn out.
The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins.
It always wins because it is everywhere.
It is in the wood that burns in your hearth, and in the kettle on the fire; it is under your chair and under your table and under the sheets on your bed. Walk in the midday sun, and the dark is with you, attached to the soles of your feet.
The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.
The dark is generous and it is patient and it always wins – but in the heart of its strength lies its weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back.
Love is more than a candle.
Love can ignite the stars."
Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end.
You began the war.
I am going to end it! -
Re: need some tips on how to play this game
Wrong game, mate. This is Napoloen, not Empire.
Originally Posted by mesor
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Re: need some tips on how to play this game
Me and Bosnianlancer are friends he has both games Empire and Napoleon so the tips for both games are great , another question I have is, if I get a trade agreement with france will this do anything to my trade agreements with UK or other nations in the game.
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Re: need some tips on how to play this game
Not directly but if you have relations with 2 nations who are at war eventually you will have to take a side or it can sour both relationships.
I forgot which map was which but same basic tactic in both make a stack take out a "friend" build second stack then on with the ambush advance defend combo .
I am the shadow, and the smoke in your eyes I am the ghost, that hides in the night.
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France,
we shall fight on the seas and oceans,
we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches,
we shall fight on the landing grounds,
we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,
we shall fight in the hills;
we shall never surrender.
" The dark is generous.
Its first gift is concealment: our true faces lie in the dark beneath our skins, our true hearts remain shadowed deeper still. But the greatest concealment lies not in protecting our secret truths, but in hiding from the truths of others.
The dark protects us from what we dare not know.
Its second gift is comforting illusion: the ease of gentle dreams in night’s embrace, the beauty that imagination brings to what would repel in the day’s harsh light. But the greatest of its comforts is the illusion that dark is temporary: that every night brings a new day. Because it’s the day that is temporary.
Day is the illusion.
Its third gift is the light itself: as days are defined by the nights that divide them, as stars are defined by the infinite black through which they wheel, the dark embraces the light, and brings it forth from the center of its own self.
With each victory of the light, it is the dark that wins.
The dark is generous, and it is patient.
It is the dark that seeds cruelty into justice, that drips contempt into compassion, that poisons love with grains of doubt.
The dark can be patient, because the slightest drop of rain will cause those seeds to sprout.
The rain will come, and the seeds will sprout, for the dark is the soil in which they grow, and it is the clouds above them, and it waits behind the star that gives them light.
The dark’s patience is infinite.
Eventually, even stars burn out.
The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins.
It always wins because it is everywhere.
It is in the wood that burns in your hearth, and in the kettle on the fire; it is under your chair and under your table and under the sheets on your bed. Walk in the midday sun, and the dark is with you, attached to the soles of your feet.
The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.
The dark is generous and it is patient and it always wins – but in the heart of its strength lies its weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back.
Love is more than a candle.
Love can ignite the stars."
Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end.
You began the war.
I am going to end it! -
Re: need some tips on how to play this game
Also, be sure to have a few landwehr units in every region. They have a garrison bonus, making people "happier", so you can wait a little longer before lowering taxes.
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Re: need some tips on how to play this game
-In the campaign map, just focus on taking all of the minor countries that are next to you first. ( Sort of like unifying a german empire)
-After that then you will be strong enough invade france and take half of its land, if not all. (I decided to take all and restore the monarchy back to france under my control and kicked the republic back to that little island)
-If you take over all of france, then the austrians, whole of italy, and spain stands no chance agaisnt you. But do watch out for Britain and Russia. Russia may seem far away but if you manage to anger them enough, they can have about 2-3 stacks at the doors of berlin within a few turns, if you are not careful enough. And britain can be a pain in the ass if your not the type to leave good units guarding the coast.
-In battle, make line infantries you first priority if you are building your army from dust. Make cavalry second and cannons last. I find that cavalry beats both infantry and cannons and other cavalry if you have to patient to reserve them for the last moments. Whereas cannons serve as a nerve breaker, they do need alot of protection. Infantries are multipurpose, defeats both cavalries and infantries with ease, but only if they are in good morale and inspired.
