

"AE for attacking into the HRE really is mental in 1.13, isn't it?" Charles the Bold of Burgundy, Nancy, 1477 "Oh, puh-lease, what could be easier than conquering a South American native OPM?" Pedro de Valdivia, 1553 "Right, guys, let's stop here - if we take any more Ming territory, our OE will skyrocket" Prince Dorgon of Qing, 1644 And don't get me started on the attrition in Russia in winter" Napoleon Bonaparte, Leipzig, 1813 "The coalition system, as it stands, is really OP. The Ottomans and Venice between them generally ensure that the Eastern Mediterranean's wealth stays in the Mediterranean, leaving Champagne and Genoa as the only two Old World nodes of any significance which usually feed their wealth into Bordeaux. I honestly don't think Bordeaux is that good, even though it's an end-node, because for it to gain any significant value beyond that provided by its European provinces it requires France (or someone else who uses Bordeaux as an end-node) being a strong colonial power, which isn't all that common. Also, if you aren't dominant in India, you can just steer all of East Asia's wealth into Malacca and then steer that directly to Zanzibar, ignoring India entirely.)ĥ) Constantinople (as long as you can ensure that the Indian wealth goes that way rather than through Zanzibar and into Western Europe) This works especially well if you can use bonus merchants from Trade Companies, in combination with lightships, to steer trade out of Malacca, the Moluccas and Bengal (and Aden if you pick Zanzibar), stopping it being collected there, and into either Zanzibar or Goa, where you should be able to exercise a near-monopoly and collect. Particularly true if you can dominate Lübeck and steer all the Lübeck ducats into the Channel.)ģ) Zanzibar/Goa (the difference is minor basically, if you can dominate these nodes as a Westerner with a presence in the Indies, then you can collect in either one of them and reap a great deal of ducats. after colonisation gets going):Ģ) English Channel (if you're playing as the English/Dutch and have big colonial holdings, this becomes better than Sevilla.

It changes throughout the game and depending on what you control.
