Paradox Interactive games

[Olav]

Ashurdan, I would have built refineries, as Portugal would benefit a lot from it due to the trade bonus. Since you own so many CoTs, you could increase your income from them with refineries. Be sure to get monopolies in the CoTs (trade tech 3). Then go for infra tech 5, which gives you the possibility to promote mayors to governors. Then you can mint some of your valuable income from the trade without gaining so much inflation.

Increase the income from your colonial CoTs by placing trade posts in provinces with valuable goods (sugar, tobacco etc). Colonize the provinces with gold.

You should definitely spend some ducats on tax collectors, but not in your colonies with low base tax value (I avoid BTV of 3 and lower).

 

[Ashurdan]

Ashurdan, I would have built refineries, as Portugal would benefit a lot from it due to the trade bonus. Since you own so many CoTs, you could increase your income from them with refineries. Be sure to get monopolies in the CoTs (trade tech 3). Then go for infra tech 5, which gives you the possibility to promote mayors to governors. Then you can mint some of your valuable income from the trade without gaining so much inflation.

Increase the income from your colonial CoTs by placing trade posts in provinces with valuable goods (sugar, tobacco etc). Colonize the provinces with gold.

You should definitely spend some ducats on tax collectors, but not in your colonies with low base tax value (I avoid BTV of 3 and lower).

Okay so I built a couple factories, 1 infrastructure 1 trade, I have about 600 florins left and I make about 150 a year in jan... What should I do now? Upgrade some tax collectors? And should I colonize next? I still have brazil and many carribean islands but the 2 places in california look nice, especially the one with gold, and I was thinking of going after the cotton in southern US. If I go south US should I declare and annex the pagans? Even if I don't should I go after Central america? Any advise is greatly appreciated

Ash

PS What do I do with Macao? I can't get to it by sea to get reinforcements there and it always rebels, is it worth it trying to keep it or is the investment higher then the return?

 

[Olav]

Yes, upgrading TCs is a good idea; that and upgrading governors. The more governors you have the faster your inflation will decrease. The cotton provinces are quite rich, so you might want to colonize those yes. Going after the Aztecs is a very good idea, as their gold will come in handy. Note that if your monthly gold income is more than 40% of your total monthly income you will get gold inflation, which will increase your inflation much faster.

If you have a CoT in Macao, try to hold on to it. If not, it migth me good to let it go. Depends on its strategic value. If you have a lot of islands in Indonesia, Macao is probably not so valuable.

 

[Ashurdan]

What if I have nothing in indonesia?

 

[Olav]

Then I would try to hold on to Macao. The port access might become handy if you decide to expand in the area.

 

[cardgame]

Ideas for HOI2 AARs:

- Be Ireland. Side with the Axis and conquer Great Britain.

- Be Russia. Ignore Europe/Strike a deal with Germany and conquer all Asia, including the Middle East, for yourself.

- Be Japan. Invade the US before 1939. Win.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Ideas for HOI2 AARs:

- Be Ireland. Side with the Axis and conquer Great Britain.

- Be Russia. Ignore Europe/Strike a deal with Germany and conquer all Asia, including the Middle East, for yourself.

- Be Japan. Invade the US before 1939. Win.

Done...done....and done.

I havent done an AAR for any of those, but I have won the game with all of those scenarios.

 

[Jos Ballenbak]

I want a historically accurate Mount & Blade game: no more Rhodoks or Nords, but joining King Richard of England or battling in the 100 years war.

 

[cardgame]

download Europe 1200 mod?

Britain 1080?

Britain At War?

 

[Jos Ballenbak]

Don't they just change the names???

 

[cardgame]

Not if you do it right

 

[Jos Ballenbak]

ARGH!!!

I though I did..... Back to the directory files I guess!

 

[Justo]

Ideas for HOI2 AARs:

- Be Ireland. Side with the Axis and conquer Great Britain.

- Be Russia. Ignore Europe/Strike a deal with Germany and conquer all Asia, including the Middle East, for yourself.

- Be Japan. Invade the US before 1939. Win.

- Be Japan. Invade the SU while bogged down in China and in the Pacific against the US.

 

[Jos Ballenbak]

Ideas for HOI2 AARs:

- Be Ireland. Side with the Axis and conquer Great Britain.

- Be Russia. Ignore Europe/Strike a deal with Germany and conquer all Asia, including the Middle East, for yourself.

- Be Japan. Invade the US before 1939. Win.

Be albania and survive...

 

[Maniacal]

Conquer Italy as Ethiopia.

 

[Tee Kay]

Conquer the world as Tibet.

 

[Luckymoose]

My suggestion would be to conquer the world as Cuba starting with the USA in 1938.

 

[cardgame]

Preferrably feasible things.

 

[Luckymoose]

Preferrably feasible things.

Entirely feasible. The US AI doesn't build anything hardly until pearl harbor.

 

[LightSpectra]

Capture Moscow as Liberia.