Europa Universalis III

As i can remember it was quite difficult in EU2 to conquer a region without revolting every couple of years. The point is economy and military technology so that you can build capable army to protect your territory . An other solution is to choose a region you had conquered and make her a vassal. The diplomatic relationships with the vassal state will be perfect for a long time. 

I've not the original cd() so its a matter of practice and further practice. Unfortunately i could not even discover the new world , as other states (i had chosen byzantium) because i didn't know how. Only an adventurer merchant of mines had reached India (the most powerful market zone as far as i know)but only this. I had tried to restore the frontiers of the empire (in the beginning i had only Thrace and Moreas) expanding to Kastamonu Smyrna Salonica Albania Duchy of Athens and then -when my army adopted gunpowder,and tears came to my eyes- expanding further more to the balkans, pushing the Austrians to the north. The point is that i had serious problem with the revolts , so i created some vassals, decreasing my borders. The final hit was when i reached the year 1675(?) and i couldn't save the game , probably because of my pc's fault, rather than EU's problem to accept a strong byzantine empire in the 17 century.
Anyway as i can remember, i had also chosen an Indian state and i had tried to expand my borders to Bombay. This region was controlled by rebels and my troops got annihilated  by diseases  quickly.  The pro-columbian  America  was  also  boring because after  conquering  the neighbor kingdoms there ware not many things to do but waiting for a Spanish caravel... One point i never got ,was why i was so hated in diplomatic field.

Yeah, and my computer's name would be HAL . Poor byzantines

from what i heard the expansion also include historical events + leaders, but i'm also on the fence. i totally don't like the new map, mostly because there are too few and too large provinces for this kind of game. a game of this kind should have the victoria map. though i like that they have regiments as units, thats about the only thing that wants me get the game.

I started playing it...took me awhile to learn it, now I love it. I am playing mostly Spain and Portugal. My Spanish Empire also is fighting for the new world and in the French-Spanish borders. My Portuguese Kingdom has allot of colonies in the Asian Islands. It is a helluva good game for the hardcore gamer.

sounds good 

The Ottomans are great fun, depends on whether you want to play "historical" or just do whatever you want.  In either case conquering Constantinople is at the top of the list, just being weary of possible alliances coming from the west; i.e. Hungary.  Even then if I remember right you start off with a large and very well equipped army. (artillery)  Just watch your "badboy" to avoid fighting the whole world at the same time.  Personally I like crippling large nations because you get a lot of territory without an annexation penalty. 

Edited by Justinian - 05-Mar-2008 at 21:33

sounds interesting, i might give it a secodn try now.

can you give me a list of actual changes/improvements in the new expansion?

Too bad I don't have time, sounds very interesting. Loved the old EU2.

i totally approve of what i've seen so far