What's your favorite country to play in EU2?

[pg]

I thought going full naval got rid of that penalty.

[GTPoompt]

I may be wrong but i thought full naval removed the trade penalty..... Possibly a new thing for decentralization?


As for favorite nations, mine are granada (1419... NOT 1492 ), the palatinat, and denmark. Oh, and the papal states, italy has some nice territories.

Byzantium is pretty tough, as is granada. Usually your fate is decided on one battle.

The knights seems pretty tough too. Trebizond is even harder then byzantium IIRC and get eaten up quicker.

[Heresson]

Originally posted by Dauphin
There is a 10% income penalty for territories without land connections to the capital.

Oh, and if You have connection through vassals, it doesn't count, right?

Thanks. Always sth new

[Dinner]

Yeah vassals don't count.

[Heresson]

It's good to know, I'll remember about it in my future games.
When it comes to island status...
I understans Britain has an island status in relevance to Europe etc, but does European continental state have such a status in relevance to America? Or Australia?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by GTPoompt
Trebizond is even harder then byzantium IIRC and get eaten up quicker.

Play the AGCEEP (I wish we'd hurry up and change that name ). Trebezond starts out as part of a larger alliance of East Anatolian states. It's easier to survive for a little while. Also, the Ottomans don't get a core on you until 1451, so they won't go to war with you as often.

Me, I almost only play the Ottomans, but that's because I'm a modder, and I'm trying to make the Ottomans more historical.

[Heresson]

As for Trebizond, the sollution is to tie with the Ottomans.
Worked for me!

[Odin]

I tried Norway, but they suck...

[Nikolai]

We do not! We're just over top. Loosing your Great Power status because of a plague taking away some 75% of your already small popultion is not a good medicine for any country...

[Odin]

I tried to colonize North America as Norway, but I forgot that you need explorers.

[Heresson]

Enough to defeat some colonial power at sea, and You have their map...

[St Leo]

Originally posted by Heresson
does European continental state have such a status in relevance to America? Or Australia?

Yes. Asia and Africa too.

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by Odin
I tried to colonize North America as Norway, but I forgot that you need explorers.

Norway to start with two colonies though, so it's not completely unlikely to get a colonial empire. You do need some maps though, as Heresson said.

[Dinner]

Three colonies. Two in Greenland and one in Iceland. Norway always ends up annexed by one of the other Scandinavian powers (90% Denmark, 10% Sweden).

[adi321]

Just visit either the spanish capital or the english with your pointy library card, to check out their maps.