legowarrior
Chieftain
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2010
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- 53
You don't have to worry about keeping neighbors happy in SP, the AI already has plenty of happiness from its bonuses, an extra 4 isn't going to make much difference.
I also tend to play very wide when I play the Dutch. The UA lends itself to acquiring additional happiness (if you choose to trade for luxes instead of gold) which can sustain larger empires. Combined with polders, if you can manage to obtain some social policies or wonders to offset all the unhappiness, the Dutch are one of the few civs that support both a tall and wide empire, which makes them really powerful, IMO.
Not much has been said about the Sea Beggar, but it is probably my second favorite naval UU (nothing beats the SotL). Starts with ridiculous promotions and allows you to leech even more gold from attacking cities. Sure, you'll take damage since it is a close combat ship, but it starts with supply(?) which allows you to heal outside your territory and continue the assault.
LOL, when I said keep them happy, I don't mean with the population, but with me, so that they are less likely to cause me trouble. I really used poor wording there.