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  • Favorite European powers to play in Colonization

    (Of course, pick as many as apply).


    I like playing the Dutch and the Spanish.

    One of the reasons I like the Dutch because the Merchantman they get at the beginning is a real bonus. I don't have to save up and buy one later.

    I like the Spanish because often my relations with the Indians break down, so I have to get rid of them. The bonus they have (IIRC, they have a bonus when attacking indian villages) helps me a bit.

    Though I usually play the Dutch.

    What about you?
    52
    English
    26.92%
    14
    French
    9.62%
    5
    Spanish
    9.62%
    5
    Dutch
    46.15%
    24
    Obligatory banana
    7.69%
    4
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  • #2
    Playing the French accords with my peaceful nature (in any Civ-type game, I virtually never attack until I'm attacked first). I must admit that it doesn't seem to really help in Colonization, as the natives start raiding sooner or later anyway.

    The Spanish are probably the easiest to play, because you can start clearing out those pesky natives right away. The money you get from wiping out villages probably is as much as the Dutch get from their commerce advantage.

    In practice, I play all four nations alternately. I play so sporadically that it takes years to cycle through all of them.
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    • #3
      I usually play the dutch, because you can make lots of
      money with that trade bonus.

      haven't played the spanish that much...
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      • #4
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        • #5
          Spanish ( ) or English, which appeals to me getting every colony filled with experts ASAP, due to the extra emigration. Is there any real advantage to the Dutch besides the (admittedly cool) Merchantman? I don't see the trade stability thing as affecting things when I played them. And France - how do you play at all without offending the natives? Their bonus is useless IMO.
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          • #6
            I like to play with Dutch (the merchantman is a BONUS, but I've never really seen the effect of 'stronger economy with higher paying prices' or similar).

            And I also like to play with english for quicker colonisation... but that can be a drag when the pier gets filled with petty criminals... usually I buy muskets & horsies for them, and fight until they are upgraded to servants -> send them to indian villages....
            I'm not a complete idiot: some parts are still missing.

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            • #7
              It's been a while since I played the game and I actually forgot the bonuses. But I always played as the Dutch of course!
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              • #8
                Da Brits. You always seem to get better (and more!) colonists with them. It always fills my heart with joy when the dock contains a Statesman, Hardy Pioneer, and Distiller on the docks ready to go.
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                • #9
                  i'm half english and quarter dutch and quarter scottish/banana, so i voted 4 those 3
                  Just my 2p.
                  Which is more than a 2 cents, about one cent more.
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                  • #10
                    Spanish. But then we used to play first-to-exterminate-all-natives games back then. I never won, because I'm not an aggressive player, really.
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                    • #11
                      the REAL Dutch bonus is that trade thingy.
                      prices in europe don't collapse as fast as
                      they do for others, and prices recover faster
                      too => you get more money for you "cargo
                      from the new world"

                      (=> you can buy those firebrand preachers
                      and get those extra imigrants you get with
                      english + much more)
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                      • #12
                        Really? I have never seen any noticeable effect of the price stability feature. Maybe there's one more amount of cargo that is required to start prices on the downward spiral, but that is it. Once prices start going down, the basemen's the limit.
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                        • #13
                          Definitely the Spaniards, or the English.

                          Wiping out the Aztecs and Incas is the fastest way to make huge amounts of money (provided that Cortéz is in your congress though). The Spanish attack bonus helps in this goal.

                          And the English are swarming with specialists ready for immigration to the new world.
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                          • #14
                            The Dutch prices don't collapse as easily. As the Dutch, I sold 200 units of silver and the price only dropped by 1. Doing the same as English, it went down more.

                            That or English = more ppls
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                            • #15
                              I usually play English (colonists) and Spanish. never liked those Frenchies and Dutch

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