Problems with game

Superjew

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Ok, its been about 2 years since I played it when it first came out, but I had some pretty big problems with it and was wondering if these had been fixxed.

The original colonization was MUCH easier to play and win, but I found some very limiting factors in the new one.

The first problem is my biggest for when it comes to building an army and what not.

The Foreign powers give me diddly for things like Cigars, Rum, all the high end trade items. My best bet to make money in the new world is to have a colony specializing in each manufactured good and silver, and trade with the old world at their eventually high taxes. Indians give you decent return for the first couple trades, but eventually they refuse to buy from you at a worthwhile price.

Small complaint, but no fountain of Youth hurts my early game.

The Sound Track is nowhere near as good as the Originals. Is there a mod for the old soundtrack into the new game?



I shelved the game for the last 2 years because I thought it was seriously lacking for anyone who played the original, has anyone found these problems to still be persistent 2 years later?
 
Well, a patch has (kinda) fixed the issue about the ridiculous size of the King's Expeditionary Force.

As for the fountain of youth, it was put back in the AOD2 Mod.
 
The Foreign powers give me diddly for things like Cigars, Rum, all the high end trade items. My best bet to make money in the new world is to have a colony specializing in each manufactured good and silver, and trade with the old world at their eventually high taxes. Indians give you decent return for the first couple trades, but eventually they refuse to buy from you at a worthwhile price.

I find it best to develop industries and trade with Europe until the tax rate gets out of hand and then trade with the natives. Each of the 8 tribes has a decent amount of gold available, especially the Aztecs and the Incas (and more gold on larger maps). They always pay well for guns and horses but will also offer you a better deal than Europe for your manufactured goods provided you vary the products you sell. ie once a tribe has all the cigars it wants switch to rum etc or hawk your cigars to a different tribe.

The advantage of trading with native villages is you don't have to pay tax. Sooner or later they do run out of cash though so it's back to Europe for your trade ships.
 
Any idea on how I can get the awesome soundtrack from the original Colonization on here?
 
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