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terje439 -> RE: A rather large, happy clean shaved Austrians attempt for European Supremacy. (5/2/2009 4:53:35 PM)
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Update
So far things have gone ok. No more, no less.
I won the war against France (we started the game at war) too soon, this gave France 300 points to spend on upgrades, and me 3 colonies. A poor deal for me.
However when the game started everyone was terrified of France and ganged up on her, which has resulted in France now having some -200 glory points and is not really the monster we all feared she would be.
Another side effect of my victory against France was that I got in the lead in terms of glory points, this does however not really reflect the true situation, not by a longshot.
As of today my income is lacking in every aspect, the most serious one being money. I am barely breaking even, and can only afford ONE supply center. I'm frantically building banks, however this is moving along slowly, as Austrians take their time to build stuff. So if my opponents had any idea as to my real situation, they would team up on me now (I do however expect Russia and Preussia to DoW me any turn now, and this will pull in their allies, Turkey and Spain as well. Britain is allied with almost everyone, so I expect that they would team up with the others and attack me.)
A good example as to how poor my economy is: when feudal troops are levied, I have to delete them as I cannot afford to have any more troops on the map [X(].
And although I am ahead in glory points, Britain and Preussia are catching up rather fast, and as of nwo, these two nations are the ones that will battle it out for victory. Preussia is not too bad, she is a main land power and can be teamed up against, Britain on the other hand is worse. After a brief war between France and Britain, huge parts of the French fleet went submerged, and are now lost forever, so even with an alliance of Spain, Sweden, Russia, France and Preussia I think that British supremacy on the sea is secured. [sm=Christo_pull_hair.gif]
And I do not have any naval vessels, so I cannot invade Britain no matter what [:@]
Although my armies contain some 250.000 troops I am worried about my neighbours, Preussia can probably field just as many troops as me, Turkey is reported to have some 650.000 troops, and Russia is unknown, but I bet they have more troops than me.
I will probably start to make myself some protectorates or even completely liberate some area soon. This has to be done due to waste, and due to the fact that I believed Wurzburg+Salzburg to be a kingdom of its own, not to be part of the Papacy. That added way too many provinces to my empire, and adds to the waste I am experiencing.
At the moment my situation is such that any wars must be avoided at all costs, and being the glory point leader I have a hard time making alliances. This places me between a rock and a hard place in oh so many ways. The only ones I could maybe form an alliance with is France and Sweden, and that would have to target Preussia. However that does not really help me alot. Sure it will lower Preussian glory, but what I need is a big victory against an opponent with alot of colonies for me to claim, as this would greatly boost my monetary production.
Lastly, anyone reading this? Anyone have any ideas, suggestions, wants etc they would like to share?
Terje
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