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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Jun 3, 2018 10:00:43 GMT
I am currently playing as the Ottoman Empire in 1798 conquest. Based on my experience, this can be another good 3* conquest. Here, we see the 3 most important developments:  1st is the initial movements. The French & the HRE begin battle immediately. This is your chance to expand Northwards into the HRE's less defended rear. However, the HRE isn't stupid & sends some troops to beat you back. Moreover, the British Mediterranean fleet has decided to target your rear, sailing to land troops to capture Athens. Your move: Defend against the HRE's attacks & quickly take over their nearby 3 cities. Use your navy & the Greek port to fend off the Brits. The most important thing is killing the troop transports. Also, use your Turkish troops to infiltrate the Russian territory to capture the nearby lvl 1 city. 2nd, the Italian states will awake & Russia follows soon after. Send resources to get the Papal States (known as "Italy" in the game) to work with the French attack the Naples states & Sardinia. They'll successfully knock out the Coalition forces. Meanwhile, you have to make a choice: Continue sustaining a costly naval defence of your naval influence at sea or destroy the Greek port to prevent it's capture. Your move: Destroy the Greek port (you'll never achieve quick victory over the powerful Brits anyways). Dig in by the 3 recently captured HRE cities & repell the combined Coalition counterattack (especially the Russians). Remember that nearby undefended lvl 1 Russian city? Take it, build a factory by it & entrench there. Some of the Russians & their gens will travel to die at your hands there. 3rd is the global developments in the war. Denmark-Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sardinia & the Naples States would've been defeated, France & her Western allies are being pushed back, & Nelson's fleet continue to sail in your part of the Mediterranean. Your move: Slowly but steadily invade the HRE, & assist your allies if possible. Once the Russian counterattack on your isolated city has ceased, quickly take over the Russian cities bordering the Black Sea. DO NOT advance Northwards as the Russians will spam cav from Moscow to harass you. Also, kill the Russian navy gen using arty as you will not like him to bombard your forces. Before I forget, pray that the French Mediterranean fleet will destroy Nelson's fleet. And that's all I can help you with. Hope you have an easier time as the Ottoman Empire in 1798. If worse comes to worse, you'll see your self conducting "Trench Warfare" & slowly making progress like what I'm doing now. |
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Post by Saltin on Jun 3, 2018 11:35:58 GMT
Goody, I have yet to play a 3 stars country yet so this may be a useful starting Ottoman conquest.
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Post by Mountbatten on Jun 3, 2018 22:16:47 GMT
Another tip: Declare war on Sardinia on round 2. This will cause the French fleet and Lannes to attack them, causing Nelson to run over there and reinforce them. The French will kill them both and be at full strength to fight Naples.
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Post by Mountbatten on Jun 3, 2018 22:41:12 GMT
 This is how things are looking so far. I was sieging Vienna for a while as the Romans were being incredibly annoying by spawning John and infantry units just as I was about to capture it. I really like the idea of going behind Russian lines and taking the level 1 city, both cavalry general's attacked and got wrecked which will make conquering Russia much easier. I wish I delayed their entry into the war a bit more though, they presented some problems. |
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Post by Mountbatten on Jun 4, 2018 3:03:00 GMT
 I met massive resistance after taking Vienna. The Russians attacked from the east and north along with the Prussians. I was forced on the defensive until round 20 when they left their back line exposed. I was able to use Forced March to get rifleman behind enemy lines and started capturing cities like Warsaw. Big mistake for the Prussians, as France and the Netherlands were hammering the West side and eventually broke through. It was a big mop up job for me as I had no help in facing Russia and Sweden had become a powerhouse. As you can see, I won that battle and have a foothold in Sweden. France and Spain took Ireland from Britain and I am aiding their advance on London. Shouldn't be too much longer, I predict a round 55 finish. |
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Post by Mountbatten on Jun 4, 2018 3:28:13 GMT
 Perfect prediction. I cannot fathom how 55 turns with 160 kills and 61 cities is not an S rank. Wth Easytech. |
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Post by The Light Bringer on Jun 4, 2018 7:37:32 GMT
I find ottoman's easier than France, haven't finished either, just tried first 15 rounds for both
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Post by The Light Bringer on Jun 4, 2018 7:39:14 GMT
Perfect prediction. I cannot fathom how 55 turns with 160 kills and 61 cities is not an S rank. Wth Easytech. You need 140k I think for S rank, with 3* countries I find it hard to get no matter what you do, 1&2* is quite easy to get S rank |
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Post by Saltin on Jun 4, 2018 7:40:02 GMT
At least you finished it, I couldnt finish mine at all after like 160 turns, it was still a huge stalemate and at that point gave up on it. I ignored diplomacy, that was a mistake.
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Post by The Light Bringer on Jun 4, 2018 7:42:52 GMT
At least you finished it, I couldnt finish mine at all after like 160 turns, it was still a huge stalemate and at that point gave up on it. I ignored diplomacy, that was a mistake. Diplomacy is a huge change here |
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Post by Mountbatten on Jun 4, 2018 11:02:28 GMT
At least you finished it, I couldnt finish mine at all after like 160 turns, it was still a huge stalemate and at that point gave up on it. I ignored diplomacy, that was a mistake. I didn't use any diplomacy besides a few 100 coin donations to some of my smaller allies. Too expensive as 3* countries to do actual diplomacy. I think delaying Russia one time was all I did. |
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Post by andrei on Jun 4, 2018 16:33:22 GMT
I defeat Russia by turn 33-35 but allies are too stupid to stop going to the East. So it takes 25 more turns to kill GB.
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Post by Saltin on Jun 4, 2018 21:08:51 GMT
At least you finished it, I couldnt finish mine at all after like 160 turns, it was still a huge stalemate and at that point gave up on it. I ignored diplomacy, that was a mistake. I didn't use any diplomacy besides a few 100 coin donations to some of my smaller allies. Too expensive as 3* countries to do actual diplomacy. I think delaying Russia one time was all I did. Then I am not sure what went wrong, I busted the HRE np and my navy general owned and annihilated the entire group of British navy fleet that was near Greece (there is a semi-exploit on how to do this). Russia at some point spawned like 7 or 8 generals and sent them in a single group all heading to a single town of mine, it was a massive zerg fest costing me a huge number of turns and casualties to keep under control. In the mean time all of France troops (after initially doing a terrific job) decided to leave their home towns in the western front practically buttnacked and with no defense: Easy picking for the brits who quickly became a superpower. I might have won anyways but honestly at that point I just got tired of it since I couldn't get a good rating on that conquest anyways. I think I will try Russia next for the 3 stars country 1798 . |
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Post by Mountbatten on Jun 4, 2018 21:39:18 GMT
I didn't use any diplomacy besides a few 100 coin donations to some of my smaller allies. Too expensive as 3* countries to do actual diplomacy. I think delaying Russia one time was all I did. Then I am not sure what went wrong, I busted the HRE np and my navy general owned and annihilated the entire group of British navy fleet that was near Greece (there is a semi-exploit on how to do this). Russia at some point spawned like 7 or 8 generals and sent them in a single group all heading to a single town of mine, it was as massive zerg fest costing me a huge number of turns and casualties to keep under control. In the mean time all of France troops (after initially doing a terrific job) decided to leave their home towns in the western front practically buttnacked and with no defense: Easy picking for the brits who quickly became a superpower. I might have won anyways but honestly at that point I just got tired of it since I couldn't get a good rating on that conquest anyways. I think I will try Russia next for the 3 stars country 1798 . Interesting, I got zerged by Russia but it was very spread out. Bagration, Yermolov, Tormasov, and all types of infantry generals kept spawning. Bolivar on elite light infantry with an ambulance equipped fought a lot of those guys around Warsaw and Minsk. Russia was my first completed conquest but I only got a B on it so I didn't get to claim the reward. That was why I played Ottoman in the first place. 1798 3* countries are not fun at all lol. I miss the days of EW4 where France was a good pick in every era. Ah, back to my Ottoman conquest; Spain was able to limit Britain's power by having literally 20 infantry units and 4 generals sailing up to Ireland. They forced Britain to spend considerable resources to defend and still managed to take all 3 cities there. By the time I got to London, Britain was already half dead. |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Jun 5, 2018 15:52:40 GMT
I didn't use any diplomacy besides a few 100 coin donations to some of my smaller allies. Too expensive as 3* countries to do actual diplomacy. I think delaying Russia one time was all I did. Then I am not sure what went wrong, I busted the HRE np and my navy general owned and annihilated the entire group of British navy fleet that was near Greece (there is a semi-exploit on how to do this). Russia at some point spawned like 7 or 8 generals and sent them in a single group all heading to a single town of mine, it was a massive zerg fest costing me a huge number of turns and casualties to keep under control. In the mean time all of France troops (after initially doing a terrific job) decided to leave their home towns in the western front practically buttnacked and with no defense: Easy picking for the brits who quickly became a superpower. I might have won anyways but honestly at that point I just got tired of it since I couldn't get a good rating on that conquest anyways. I think I will try Russia next for the 3 stars country 1798 . Huh, I finished my first "serious" conquest (one that I play to the very end instead of giving up early on) with Ottoman Empire 1798 at 141 turns with 526 kills & a B rank. It's possible you got VERY unlucky or you expanded too fast & were the only 1 fighting on Eastern European soil. Or maybe the Russian thought of you as a great threat that required gen spamming. I took about 7 gens, but they were quite spread out. 1 navy gen, 2 cav gens at the lvl 1 Russian city trap, the others came one by one towards Clujnapoca (which was the furthest I expanded my Northeast border). The other Russians were engaged by allied French, Dutch, Spanish & Danish-Norwegian forces in Central Europe. |
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