Victoria EUTS

[Marshal Murat]

I just got that (along with the Europa Universialis II, Hearts of Iron, Two Kings, and Northern Kings, and the EUII Asian Expansion)

Anyone got any tips for Victoria on how to get a nation started, and any other suggestions for the rest of the games.

[dessa14]

vicky, just play belgium, nice and easy..., pick it up real quick, otherwise head over to paradoxplaza.com and get tips from vets like me...

[lancelot]

Vicky took me a long time but its worth the wait..

Tips.

I find researching industrial techs before others helps followed by commercials.

When you have a surplus of machine parts, upgrade factories even if you dont have people to fill the slots. This bumps your efficiency output waaayy up. (I dont know why 5 people in a 50 man factory is better that 5 people in a 5 man factory but it works... )

Try and stake claims in places like the pacific island chains. You can wrangle a fortune out of the USA in an exchange deal!

[Marshal Murat]

Are there no airplanes!!!??

[dessa14]

well think about, only in world war one did planes play a part, and then it was pretty minor.
yes you can make planes but its just a luxury good.

[Rosacrux redux]

Vicky... oh, Vicky... so many hours spend on that biatch...

lol, whatever. here are some tips:

- beware of the addiction. This game is extremely complicated (you'll need plenty of time to learn the basics and much, much more to actually master it) but when you get the hang of it, it's extremely addictive. Can suck up loads of your social/family/professional life time before you even know it

- After you understood that, go over at paradoxplaza.com. They got heaps of good reading material (scattered in many forum topics, of course) and you can get a good idea of how to proceed.

- Pick a country that is easy to play (but not necessarily to win) with. I'd recommend Belgium or Sweden. Stay away from UK, Russia, US, Prussia in the beginning - far too complicated - and stay away from minors as to survive and thrive with them takes more than beginners skill.

- Try to stake claims in Africa (fairly easy access for Belgium) and the pacific (fairly profitable later on)

- Go for machine parts tech asap - you need it. If you play with Belgium, the industrial potential is very, very good, but you'll need to act fast and try to get a lead.

- Your first war (after the initial confrontation) should be against Holland (again). A general note about wars: Alliances, alliances, alliances. Being allied to the UK, maybe France and Prussia when facing Holland as Belgium, renders you completely invulnerable, no matter what alliances they got.

- Try to learn the basic game mechanics by fiddling around a lot. You may sink your country in the first game, but later you'll manage to bring them to glory.

- The most interesting countries to play with (for my playing style, at least) are Prussia, Italy (those two have the best "unification events") Japan (good potential, if you can industrialize soon - veeeery slow start though) China (a backwards giant becoming #1 is quite a challenge) Russia (huge potential, humangous problems at start, very difficult to cope with and gaining a tech lead is very challenging with Russia).