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Save game at 1736, basically 50 years before declaration of independence. That's a game on Governor now.
I play on Dale\Snoopy patchmod v1.07 -because it rocks!
You can see the industry working on full, supporting 5 cities producing SoLs. I hope I will get another 50 SoLs by 1780s.
The new cities at east work as food farms, before they join the industry.
You can also see a fleet of almost infinite wagon trains, acting as warehouses, or transports, or whatever is necessary.
Unfortunately I missed Lewis & Clark by 50 exploration points!
It was a huge struggle with my main three cities producing exploration points on full, and just missed them… Aaargh! Why are Lewis & Clark so good? Because wagon trains can go to an adjacent city, and return back in the same turn! People usually underestimate them, but this upgrade was one of my very favourites since original col.. Well it becomes important only, if your economy relies on many cities...
There is a saying about war, "the moment war starts you have the time to build anything, but navy". The production of navy had started by 1680s. Hence, SoL build times are largely important!
Dutch +25% hammer bonus, Alex Hammiltion's +3 Hammers per town hall and Thomas Paine's tax rate hammer bonus makes an unmatched combo! So eventually colonies hit productions of 100+ hammers per turn.
Ground forces are non-existent yet. Basically some border guard to the frontiers with the Indians -cause these guys are a bit crazy...
Land troops will come the moment independence is declared - or a few turns before. No worries! Till then every man will produce anything he/she can!
The main objectives for the next 50 years will be:
i) To be able to constantly support these five cities with tools/guns to produce continuously SoLs.
ii) To make sure the Easter colonies will become part of the tool/gun/horse industry -someone has to pump out guns for troops as well!
iii) To maintain a highly productive food industry. I need to produce free colonists en masse! Just having the guns is not enough!
REF seems a bit high, about 1000 troops are ready to land. Should the size of REF be a concern?
Hell no! Whatever the force is, industry will beat it.
I hope I will play some more tonight, so I will try to update tomorrow! Till then I have to work.
Wagonman
I play on Dale\Snoopy patchmod v1.07 -because it rocks!
You can see the industry working on full, supporting 5 cities producing SoLs. I hope I will get another 50 SoLs by 1780s.
The new cities at east work as food farms, before they join the industry.
You can also see a fleet of almost infinite wagon trains, acting as warehouses, or transports, or whatever is necessary.
Unfortunately I missed Lewis & Clark by 50 exploration points!
It was a huge struggle with my main three cities producing exploration points on full, and just missed them… Aaargh! Why are Lewis & Clark so good? Because wagon trains can go to an adjacent city, and return back in the same turn! People usually underestimate them, but this upgrade was one of my very favourites since original col.. Well it becomes important only, if your economy relies on many cities...There is a saying about war, "the moment war starts you have the time to build anything, but navy". The production of navy had started by 1680s. Hence, SoL build times are largely important!
Dutch +25% hammer bonus, Alex Hammiltion's +3 Hammers per town hall and Thomas Paine's tax rate hammer bonus makes an unmatched combo! So eventually colonies hit productions of 100+ hammers per turn.
Ground forces are non-existent yet. Basically some border guard to the frontiers with the Indians -cause these guys are a bit crazy...
Land troops will come the moment independence is declared - or a few turns before. No worries! Till then every man will produce anything he/she can!
The main objectives for the next 50 years will be:
i) To be able to constantly support these five cities with tools/guns to produce continuously SoLs.
ii) To make sure the Easter colonies will become part of the tool/gun/horse industry -someone has to pump out guns for troops as well!
iii) To maintain a highly productive food industry. I need to produce free colonists en masse! Just having the guns is not enough!
REF seems a bit high, about 1000 troops are ready to land. Should the size of REF be a concern?
Hell no! Whatever the force is, industry will beat it.
I hope I will play some more tonight, so I will try to update tomorrow! Till then I have to work.
Wagonman
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