PLAN out your campaigns and expect the plans NOT to work as anticipated being prepared for being stabbed in the back by someone else. If someone declares war on you, do not accept peace and take them out as soon as you can or either ignore them if they cannot threaten you and when they come back wanting peace being ignored, do not grant it without your benefit.
Play to set the example of being the nation everyone wants to agree with and not piss off.
Standing alone starts slower, but it builds to more than any other stance. BUILD your dependability by staying away from alliances (outright and defensive) altogether. When a trade of something is in your favor or at least equal benefit is where you want to trade. Do NOT pay for trade agreements as it takes too long to earn back your payment and the AI is likely to cut you short and want more payment to continue especially if you set precedent which also triggers other nations the same wants. All around, leave your taxes at default in beginning as raising them hurts more and more each turn and takes longer to recover. Pirates in the Americas are a good place no matter who you are but if you do these turn your lower class taxes down a notch to improve immigration and population growth. Lay back a little building support infrastructure to be able to support more armies. Play to play for your own goals and play the long game (set to either long or domination when you set up the game).
GIVE YOUR ADVICE AND OPINION!įorget the victory conditions. Just simply express YOUR game and play style. Do NOT try to tell me how you would defeat me as there is no way to prove one way or the other. IF it were possible for a dozen of us to get together and play a game as different factions, THIS is the play style I would use against you. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT TO START AN ARGUMENT! This post is meant to lay out each of our play styles to give examples and ideas for lesser skilled players to cherry pick to create their own. This is mine as just written up in general as a comment on another thread.