I've always played longer games on bigger worlds in all the civs. It always leads to massive amounts of management.
E:TW has reached the point where I'm making 40k profit a turn, and also my fleet of first rates is awesome.
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I've always played longer games on bigger worlds in all the civs. It always leads to massive amounts of management.
E:TW has reached the point where I'm making 40k profit a turn, and also my fleet of first rates is awesome.
once you are making money in ETW you can forget everything and just build armies to dominate europe & india, then the navy just to protect the trade posts.
In reality the naval game is worth very little. In my last game as russia, the first time I built a navy was for "Operation: Liberty" to bring liberty to the americas
I wiped out the foreign navies by taking their home ports.
Then built one fleet to finish them off. I've only built a quality fleet now to defend my indiamen now russia declared war, but it turns out they haven't really got any ships any way...
Well they start out without any ports so need crimea, before the ones up by archangelansk develope.
Ah. That'd do it...
Yes it is a pain, playing Russia you have to make the land grab for crimea for an easy port, or ignore the naval side of things until you need a boat to transport armies to the new world, UK and other islands.
I'm not sure I understand.
How come you aren't playing as Great Britain?
Been there done that. It is too easy to take out France.
Wait until they are embroiled in a war and have their armies facing Austria/Prussia then just waltz in and bonus.
I didn't even consider that, I just knew I needed their NA territory to secure the 13 colonies...
You can knock out France and Spain quite easily, then the colonies in the new world will form new factions which is a great limit for them. Though the trouble is trying to keep Paris and Madrid as they will both revoult against your rule even with excempting them from tax. So be prepared to loose two armies to sit in the capitols for quite a while.
I did play one game where Hannover wiped out France, which was really surreal.
I didn't have any trouble with paris that i recall.
Madrid I think I might still have an army sat there. Probably unnecessarily by now.
As Britian I wanted to ally with portugal and march up through the penisular with line infantry supported by a light infantry and a squad of green jackets, though alas that wasn't to happen. Portugal got squished and by the time I had researched riflement France & Spain weren't in Europe...
Oh dear.
Portugal still exist in mine.
They're just sat doing nothing except killing their own peasants...
Sounds like a plan...
*snort*
I think I'll go into maritime trade quicker next time. build up the economy faster.
I always think this then end up with a war and forget to protect my fleets...
ah...
Could go someway to explain why I tend to ignore them and leave the new world till the end, don't need no boats that way.
I might try that next.
I went for simultaneous invasions of India and North America.
It left me quite stretched at first. Then I had to get the economy in gear to support the troops.
What a Noob! Only fight one war at a time, unless it invovles a minor nation and/or the barberry states (or the phony war as I call it)
Well it worked out ok so far...
Invasion of Russia successful.
Expect Sweden to attack me next, or possibly the united provinces.
For some reason I can't successfully defeat a particular army in mexico.
Re fought it half a dozen times and always ends in defeat for me, not used to this. Every where else just throwing troops over the walls has worked. got a feeling their general must have stupid high morale.
So I'm importing my first artillery battery from London. 3x24lb howitzers and 3x24lb foot cannon. That'll teach the buggers.
As long as you have the range for it. Have you tried just seiging them?
I keep playing wiht random settings and ended up playing Japan vs. Ethiopia , small world with 2 islands, Japan + 2 city states on the one and Ethiopia and 2 city states on another.
We both had 1 militaristic city state on each island and mine was slightly smaller.
So we built up unaware of each other's presence, my attacking of barbarians got me an ally with my city states, one of which just kept spawing military units for me which was nice. We built up unaware of each other until I sent frigates to find Ethiopia.
By which point my economy was generating so much money i could just focus on producing production rather than gold. Lots of luxuries gave me a very happy poppulation so had a number of golden ages which helped me. I ended up running out of buildings and wonders to build so had periods of just pure research in my four cities to the point where my technology rating was brilliant. This coupled with my gold output ment that I could buy the other two states off to become allies, so then I had another civ spawining military units for me :). I then built the UN a vote was called and I won :)
I hadn't planned it, but Tokoyo was my only city without at least 1 wonder to its name and that was that, a little disapointing by my first game without a war...
I'd hope I have the range :eek:
Only used artillery in the quick battles as it slows the shanksmare psuedoblitzkreig.
Seiging leads to them sallying. same problem.
I've butchered armies with a fraction of the enemy IDK why this one is giving me so much trouble.
When I had a 1vs1 small civ5 game I can't remember who I was but I know the Americans wouldn't stop attacking me...
From what I recall, with my foot artillery placed as far forwards as possible (obviously depending on map) you can take out the nearest wall of the fort, anything behind that is out of range.
I suppose that'll do. Then I can stand around taunting them till they're in Howitzer range then push some cavalry through the breach.
That's what I do, make a breach, they then either line up behind it or just infront (some times the AI does wierd things) then I charge a wedge of horse through them. Supported by foot to shoot them if the charge fails. (Though hopefully the charge will be enough to break them).
While they are distracted by the frontal attack, I send a company over a side wall to take the flag (or two) Grenadiers or Guards are good for that.
Not how I usually do it but we'll see how it goes...
The suicide squad, at the least starts to take down the 2m inute counter and depending how well occupied the fort is it can add support fire to the rear of the enemy foot.
Though obviously, if the fort is full then you wouldn't want to do that...
I usually do that while all the others are fighting on the battlements.
If theres cavalry I'll throw them into the nearest building to deal with the pesky horsemen first, then jump on the flag.
Yup yup :) Buildings are brilliant vs horse.
I just wish the E:TW map was bigger, or if not bigger had more provinces, like split France into 5 regions or something rather than the one.
Needs more Africa to invade...
If you like E:TW but prefer Empire building to battle sims try Europa Universalis IV. It is amaze and incredibly addictive. Spans from the year 1444 to 1821.
I've got 1 and 3 (chronicles) but haven't played 3 yet.
Really want to play Crusader Kings 2 though.
I'm rather fond of the battles, just not used to losing anymore.
I think I've seen the Japanese equivalent of europa played, its very complicated looking.
IV is bestest! The economy system is much easier to get the hang of and isn't based on arcane mysteries from the dawn of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfshade
I will bear that in mind if I ever have any money and it coincides with a steamy sale.
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Oh also, GameSpy is closing so if you use them (or more over your game does) then no more multiplayer action. This could be patched unless you know it is a THQ game like DoW I or II...
gamespy?
You might remember seeing this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...icial_Logo.png
Quote:
In April 2014, Glu announced that it would shut down the legacy GameSpy servers on May 31, 2014, so its developers could focus on work for Glu's own services. Games which still use GameSpy will no longer offer online functionality or multiplayer services after the shutdown. While some publishers have planned to migrate GameSpy-equipped games to other platforms (such as Steamworks or in-house services), some publishers, such as Nintendo (who used the GameSpy servers as the basis of its Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection platform for DS and Wii games) will not, particularly due to the age of the affected games
oh that.
Back in those pre steam days I only ever played direct connection LAN games.