Quote Originally Posted by Slaists View Post
well, that's how it went for my Brits as well. i was ablet to generate only about 5-7 K gold per turn well into 1720-ies. it did go up very fast from there on.

and, no, the game does not favor blitzers now. the more provinces one has the lower is the tax %: this can be countered by wealth increasing techs and building developments, but those do not become available until quite late in the game. if one blitzes and conquers undeveloped/undevelopable provinces fast, one runs the risk of going into bankruptcy because tax income shrinks...
Um, the mechanics DO favor blitzing. The ai refuses to make peace for more than 2 turns, which means that you are forced to exterminate your enemies. I reduced Prussia to one territory, and still they would not keep peace. Besides, what would you rather do as Austria, take over East Prussia and rake in 2400 gold a turn, or try to develop trade fleets and pray that no one with a navy blockades you?

Central Europe doesn't have too many undeveloped towns/cities, so blitzing is a favored strategy... I prefer to turtle, but the AI just doesn't know when to call it quits.