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Post by Gone on Oct 28, 2019 0:15:19 GMT
Valid points. I’ve never tried it before, but those reasons indeed make Egypt easier. Try it. I just did it recently. I laughed at how easy it was. The only frustrating part is the naval invasion of the two italies. All of your allies do their part. Thankfully. This is one of the reasons why this is my favorite ET game. |
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Post by Cyrus the Great on Oct 28, 2019 0:47:04 GMT
Is there any new guides I should include and/or any changes on the difficulty of nations? I would rate Austria 1806 as “medium”. “Medium” because you can take 5 enemy countries out considerably fast, but also because you need to spam militia to make sure the cities stay unconquered . But holding them isn’t hard at all, just requires some micro-managing. After that, the conquest is very easy. You're gonna need good gens and tech for that, and some people don't have that yet. |
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Post by Gone on Oct 28, 2019 2:53:12 GMT
I would rate Austria 1806 as “medium”. “Medium” because you can take 5 enemy countries out considerably fast, but also because you need to spam militia to make sure the cities stay unconquered . But holding them isn’t hard at all, just requires some micro-managing. After that, the conquest is very easy. You're gonna need good gens and tech for that, and some people don't have that yet. Understood. |
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Post by Gone on Oct 29, 2019 21:27:06 GMT
Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus, I’ve heard that if you step into the territory of an enemy country that hasn’t entered the war yet, they enter the war earlier than usual. Is that true?
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Post by SolidLight on Oct 29, 2019 21:54:04 GMT
Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus, I’ve heard that if you step into the territory of an enemy country that hasn’t entered the war yet, they enter the war earlier than usual. Is that true? That advances the countdown by 2 turns instead of 1. It’s so that you can’t sneak attack a country from behind. |
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Post by Gone on Oct 30, 2019 0:24:46 GMT
These are my recommendations. However, I am a speedrunner rather than a noob so these could be different for everybody. However, some of these conquests even I have trouble beating and my generals are really strong. Great system you have. 1806: Very Easy: Netherlands, Spain, Sardinia Easy: Ottoman, Prussia, Poland, Austria, Medium: United Kingdom, France, Russia, Saxony, Sweden, Denmark, Egypt Hard: Morocco, Sicily, Italy, Rhine (debatably “Very Hard”) 1812: Very Easy: USA, Morocco, Bavaria Easy: Egypt, UK, Spain, Russia, Ottoman, Sweden, Denmark, Naples Medium: Algeria, Prussia, Poland, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Portugal Hard: Austria, France 1815: Very Easy: Algeria, Easy: Egypt, USA, Brazil, France, Ottoman, Naples, Bavaria, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, Morocco Medium: Canada, Mexico, Prussia, Italy, Hard: United Kingdom, Austria, Portugal, Russia Very Hard: Gran Columbia, Canada, Mexico, Tribal Union I believe that Britain is at its best in 1798. It’s not a very good beginner choice, but you can do a lot if you have great generals. You can send Paget with a strong artillery general and a third infantry general (If you have that third Infantry) to take Denmark out. Sail to Scandinavia and use Hood to escort your generals and weaken Bergen. Capture Bergen and use it as a base to defeat the Danish, then help against France. On the Iberian Peninsula fleet, you can put a strong Infantry general in one of the Highlanders waiting to land. Use your given admirals to weaken Sevilla, then use your Highlanders to capture it and gain a foothold in Spain. Afterwards, destroy Morillo's fleet and kill him. In the Mediterranean, put another strong Infantry general in one of the Highlanders and deploy him and the other Highlander in Greece. Wait until the Ottomans join. Meanwhile, send the fleet to kill Treville, Villeneuve and the corvette. Once the Ottomans join, use the fleet to weaken Athens, then use your general to capture it and gain a foothold in southeastern Europe. As for diplomacy, declare war on Italy in Turn 6 so that the Neapolitans will attack them instead of going into the sea and getting themselves killed. That’s the beginning. I believe that the conquest from then on is self-explanatory. |
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Post by Gone on Oct 30, 2019 0:27:22 GMT
Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus , I’ve heard that if you step into the territory of an enemy country that hasn’t entered the war yet, they enter the war earlier than usual. Is that true? That advances the countdown by 2 turns instead of 1. It’s so that you can’t sneak attack a country from behind. Interesting. However, that can be beneficial for your side sometimes. A country entering early without donations means that they start with fewer resources and are thus weaker than usual. If you can defeat that country quickly, the enemy will suffer a considerable loss. |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Oct 30, 2019 2:33:26 GMT
That advances the countdown by 2 turns instead of 1. It’s so that you can’t sneak attack a country from behind. Interesting. However, that can be beneficial for your side sometimes. A country entering early without donations means that they start with fewer resources and are thus weaker than usual. If you can defeat that country quickly, the enemy will suffer a considerable loss. Of course, if the enemy's cities are within striking range from the border, you may instead choose to amass troops at the border then declare war at your choice. Like playing as Armenia against Parthia during Augustus' Time. |
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Post by cardbattler on Oct 30, 2019 3:26:39 GMT
That advances the countdown by 2 turns instead of 1. It’s so that you can’t sneak attack a country from behind. Interesting. However, that can be beneficial for your side sometimes. A country entering early without donations means that they start with fewer resources and are thus weaker than usual. If you can defeat that country quickly, the enemy will suffer a considerable loss. There is a declare war button that you can use right away tho. And when you plan to use it the shrinking delay-turn-count does not matter to you anyway so it's not actually beneficial. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Oct 30, 2019 11:03:37 GMT
I just played as austria 1812. It honestly isn’t too bad. The initial start sucks but if you march your entire army to bavaria you can take them out really quickly, then proceed down south to italy
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Post by Cyrus the Great on Oct 30, 2019 20:36:54 GMT
I just played as austria 1812. It honestly isn’t too bad. The initial start sucks but if you march your entire army to bavaria you can take them out really quickly, then proceed down south to italy So then who's the hardest in 1812? |
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Post by Gone on Oct 30, 2019 21:22:37 GMT
I just played as austria 1812. It honestly isn’t too bad. The initial start sucks but if you march your entire army to bavaria you can take them out really quickly, then proceed down south to italy So then who's the hardest in 1812? Mexico, probably. Harder than Canada because you’re further from the Americans and you don’t have that cool militia to back you up. Plus, since the era heavily favors the French side, you will very likely have to sail to Europe and help against the French Alliance, which is likely winning against your allies. Not only is it annoying, it’s also very time-consuming. |
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Post by SolidLight on Oct 30, 2019 22:22:36 GMT
So then who's the hardest in 1812? Mexico, probably. Harder than Canada because you’re further from the Americans and you don’t have that cool militia to back you up. Plus, since the era heavily favors the French side, you will very likely have to sail to Europe and help against the French Alliance, which is likely winning against your allies. Not only is it annoying, it’s also very time-consuming. I just did mexico because I was bored. I obliterated USA in 10 turns with Lan and Ney and got to Europe very quickly since you can build a stable in Haiti and get there really quickly since Haiti is fairly close to Iberia. After crushing USA I went after Iroqouis since there was no better way to use the rest of the troops. I basically conquered Iroqouis for free and got filthy rich so that all my allies survived with donations, even Austria. So yeah, not that tough if you play aggressively. Also, dominion militia is just bad, they’re pretty much strictly worse than riflemen. EDIT: Oh, and I won in something like 40-50 turns, so Mexico isn’t that slow. |
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Post by Gone on Oct 30, 2019 23:26:49 GMT
I just played as austria 1812. It honestly isn’t too bad. The initial start sucks but if you march your entire army to bavaria you can take them out really quickly, then proceed down south to italy So then who's the hardest in 1812? Now I am genuinely confused. I thought about France, but you can take Spain, Portugal, Prussia, Sweden, Austria and Russia fairly quickly if you play the country right. North America is probably the worst part about it, but they can hold out if you constantly lend-lease them. Maybe Britain? The Ottomans are a pain and your units that are already in the mainland aren’t sufficient to mount an effective attack, forcing you to be opportunistic and pray that the French will weaken a Spanish city enough for you to seize it and use it as a base of operations. |
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Post by Friedrich “Fried Rice” Paulus on Oct 31, 2019 1:53:16 GMT
So then who's the hardest in 1812? Now I am genuinely confused. I thought about France, but you can take Spain, Portugal, Prussia, Sweden, Austria and Russia fairly quickly if you play the country right. North America is probably the worst part about it, but they can hold out if you constantly lend-lease them. Maybe Britain? The Ottomans are a pain and your units that are already in the mainland aren’t sufficient to mount an effective attack, forcing you to be opportunistic and pray that the French will weaken a Spanish city enough for you to seize it and use it as a base of operations. Britain is easy too. No real hard 1812 countries to be honest. The most unpleasant ones would probably be italy (eugene does not have a healing item so he is not enough to carry this conquest), algeria (not too hard but again a huge pain that is not as rewarding as it is in 1815), and portugal (awful start). None of these are even in the hard category |
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