England... Tradition or Liberty? any guide for BNW?

[Iraneaus]

Hello,

I would like your opinion. I am trying England, aiming for a dom/dip win. But I can't seem to decide to go with tradition or to go with liberty. I know that Exploration is a no brainer and/or Patronage.

What is your experience? What do you think should be the right path?

Maybe it will be better to raze and found your cities or have 4 big cities and puppet the rest?

Thank you!

 

[joshua43214]

Since you are heading up to Navigation, Tradition makes the most sense since all the Science techs are on the way. Just make 3 or 4 nice tall cities.

I have given up on Liberty almost altogether, especially for domination. Liberty works best with early domination, but all its benefits are late game - all you do with Liberty now is struggle for happiness and gold.

 

[Iraneaus]

Thank you very much for your response. What do you mean by the techs are in the way?

 

[Resipsa]

Its really map dependent, you can go either way and be successful on Deity.

Thank you very much for your response. What do you mean by the techs are in the way?

All of your science techs are at the top of the tech tree where Navigation is at

 

[budweiser]

I had a really good game, but it was a coastal salt start so...

Anyway, 2 or 3 tall, tradition. NC to EDU or MC, then on the Industrial. Spy to catch up and then attack mid-renaissance, early industrial.