So this is my first Civ game...
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dalgo
Emperor
Go to the Revolution Advisor screen (F3) and click on 'Start Revolution'.
However before you can do that your global rebel sentiment has to be 50% or more, it is also displayed on the Revolution Advisor screen. This global value bears no relationship to the individual colony rebel sentiment values and is based on your total population.
However before you can do that your global rebel sentiment has to be 50% or more, it is also displayed on the Revolution Advisor screen. This global value bears no relationship to the individual colony rebel sentiment values and is based on your total population.
dalgo
Emperor
Your global rebel sentiment is based on liberty bells per turn divided by your total population so you can increase it either by producing more bells or reducing your population. Assuming you don't want to kill off your valuable colonists, the answer is to employ more statesmen, especially elder statesmen, and build newspapers.
If you have a large population and few colonies you might not have space for any more statesmen. In this case build some small 'legislative' colonies with three statesmen in the town hall and a single farmer to feed them, and build a printing press there.
If you have a large population and few colonies you might not have space for any more statesmen. In this case build some small 'legislative' colonies with three statesmen in the town hall and a single farmer to feed them, and build a printing press there.
dalgo
Emperor
You can actually do a calculation to see if you are producing enough bells. You calculate your maximum possible rebel sentiment as follows:
Rebel sentiment = bells per turn x 25 / total population.
Your overall rebel sentiment will trend towards this value over time. It won't happen straight away but you can see how close you are to reaching the 50% mark. You can add up your bells per turn from the Domestic Advisor, while your total population is 'All Units' minus 'No Profession' from your Military Advisor.
There is a downside to this of course - as your rebel sentiment increases the King gets worried and adds more units to the Royal Expeditionary Force. In the end it turns into a race between the two of you. You are trying to gather enough rebel sentiment to declare independence and the King is trying to produce enough military units to scare you off.
Rebel sentiment = bells per turn x 25 / total population.
Your overall rebel sentiment will trend towards this value over time. It won't happen straight away but you can see how close you are to reaching the 50% mark. You can add up your bells per turn from the Domestic Advisor, while your total population is 'All Units' minus 'No Profession' from your Military Advisor.
There is a downside to this of course - as your rebel sentiment increases the King gets worried and adds more units to the Royal Expeditionary Force. In the end it turns into a race between the two of you. You are trying to gather enough rebel sentiment to declare independence and the King is trying to produce enough military units to scare you off.
dalgo
Emperor
If you choose the 'Native Rights' freedom when you declare independence then Indian tribes that you have defensive pacts with will automatically declare war on the English. That said - they won't be much use unless you sold them plenty of guns before the war. Even then they only offer minimal help, you pretty much have to rely on your own military.
Still you will have learned a lot that you can put into practice for the next game.
Still you will have learned a lot that you can put into practice for the next game.
dalgo
Emperor
No there is not.
dalgo
Emperor
The Pioneer improves the land around your colony by building farms, mines etc. This adds to the productivity of the workers in your colony. A Farmer will get more food from a farm etc. The action icon for the Pioneer tells you just what gains can be made. For instance if the Pioneer is on a forest the 'build a farm' icon will indicate something like +3 food, +3 tobacco, -7 wood, -4 fur etc
dalgo
Emperor
From another thread I have just learned that this is now possible with the patch. Have a vet working in your colony and the student graduation options will now include veteran soldier.
dalgo
Emperor
Correct, and a student in the school of course. You also need to have enough gold available to pay his fees when he graduates.
dalgo
Emperor
Just be thankful it doesn't drop below zero, in which case he'd be dead. Yes combat does result in injury and the soldier has to rest up a few turns to recover. This will be helped if he has a surgeon in attendence.
Cristobal Colon
Chieftain
Also please consider that there is no synchronization between the health bar update and the little combat animation (if you asked for the animation).
The outcome of the combat and health bar update is immediately calculated whereas the animation of course takes a little time.
Probably a (minor) bug.
dalgo
Emperor
You win by defeating the REF, if time runs out the King declares himself the winner 
However the patch does help a lot - one of the changes is that when you declare independence the clock is reset and you are given 100 turns to win.
However the patch does help a lot - one of the changes is that when you declare independence the clock is reset and you are given 100 turns to win.
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