Have been playing a few campaigns as the Danes. It's very easy to build a network of trade with longboats or other ships. However, the second I start to put multiple ships into a single section of water, the friggin' English are all over me. Call it envy or what have you, but am I doomed to a fragile economy? I can never seem to hunt the buggers down to clear the oceans.

I just started a new campaign and I'm ready to start building my fleet again - hopefully to build up my keep/castle/etc in a province to create more powerful warships that can wipe 'em off the map.

My plan is to get some of the high income Baltic states and then build a fleet and start a trade chain all the way down to Spain.

Any suggestions would be welcome.