1.03 game-play praise. Some good words for CA for a change.

[AussieGiant]

I'm in a GB Prestige campaign on H/M

It's been excellent. Only now in 1776 have I passed Prussia in prestige. They have been in number 1 spot for about 40 years.

I own most of continental USA, the British Isles and two provinces in North Africa but I'm missing Hindustan and Gibraltar.

In 1772 I landed my first force in India against a Muhgal empire that has reduced Maratha to one province and Mysore to 3. It's a hell of a fight moving inland at the moment.

Prussia went crazy at the beginning and I've been chasing the prestige ever since. Keeping trade going has been a great experience as other nations have declared war on eac other and due to blockading I've been drastically effected. I had a period of 3 to 4 years going bankrupt with London nearly revolting as a result.

A Prestige campaign forces you to balance your approach in order to stay competitive and you simply can't focus on the military aspect.

I've been pumping allies and other nations with technology in order to ensure no one nation gets such a prestige lead that I can't win. That meant as Sweden got on top of Russia I had to go all out handing them tech to make sure they didn't disappear. Likewise I did the same with Austria who were being hammered by Prussia, but now I've gone too far. With all the tech Austria has come back hard and Prussia is disappearing rapidly between themselves and Sweden to the north.

Prussia has 2nd Rates floating around and I've lost a few naval engagements against them...excellent.

Likewise the naval tactics have been improved quite a lot.

I'm currently pushing on Hindustan and will make a lightning raid to take Gibraltar from Spain right at the end of the game because Spain turned into a trading partner I can't afford to lose.

The macro war economic decisions have been really really good.

The latest development was in 1774. Austria and Sweden have been huge trade partners, but because they suddenly met each other on the Russian steps they then declared war on each other and I had to choose sides. I lost Sweden as a trade partner which was 10000 per turn!! I've not managed to get it back

I recovered by investing heavily in the domestic economy.