Helping your colonial protectorate, and yourself

[AussieGiant]

Thanks fo the help and advise guy's.

In my campaign the 13 Colonies are being driven back by the Cherokee and the US which appeared after they lost a province to the Cherokee.

They have been reduced to 2 or 3 provinces at the moment. I certainly am not expecting anything more than their remaining provinces when I take the territories required.

If I get more I'd be really surprised.

[oz_wwjd]

protectorate colonies seem to stink at defending themselves though,it seems as GB I always end up having to re-take at least 4 provinces from the rampaging Cherokee.

[Zarky]

I haven't had problems with 13 Colonies or New Spain, but for me it seems to be impossible to defend Louisiana as France, they get steamrolled by Iroquois, Cherokee and Pueblos before I can complete the mission.

[Razor1952]

Im doing Spain 1732 at present and using New Spain as an ? exploit. I need to only take Curacao to complete that mission but have slated that for 1799.


VH/n world domination.

New Spain gets

- every tech as soon as I get it
-I built a school in texas with the plan that the ai in New Spain should be able to research(relatively) quicker than me as difficulty was set on vh. yet to confirm this, but new Spain has upgraded school to Classical Uni.

-New Spain has numerous trade fleets and seems to have no $ issues upgrading everything as I give the techs, completing the mission would mean getting those nodes immediately they were vacated.

- I also give occasional conquered countries (like Tunis) which are hard to control and get little money. I also assume the VH gives the ai repression bonuses.

- some would say that I should complete the mission because of the rich provinces of New Spain, but possibly as the ai on VH get $ bonuses then 50% of this bonus may be more than I would net otherwise( though I suspect not)

_ New Spain has also taken California and threatens the french in Lousianna and the Dutch in Florida(I swapped Flanders and Florida for Dutch Guyana at turn 1).

-possibly giving away a few useless countries will lessen the diplomatic empire penalty.

[lobo76]

I am playing as GB, and am wonder how rich they are. they lost a city (Philadelphia, I think) to Iroquois, so I went and got it back. But as I had no money to rebuilt it, I sold it back to 13P for 3000g. It's going to be mine when I finish the mission anyway. :P

Anyway, US just started war of succession, so they will probably take that city. Then I will conquer it again, and see if I can again sell it for 3000g. :D