Good video for the beginners faction. Also I think a reason Africa is just restricted to trade nodes is because it really was just trade posts on the coasts from 1700-1800. Hopefully in an Empire 2 we will get to scramble for Africa and have places like China and Japan included as well.

Interesting strategy. I completed my only GB campaign back in 2011. As far as I remember, my #1 priority was to bundle all units & ships to take out the pirate ships and settlements whilst they were concentrated, to eliminate the Pirates faction and secure the safety of future trade nodes. I think I took them out by like Turn 4. Then I focused on uniting the Americas, and finally on conquering India. Every turn I pumped out Trade Ships and sent them to trade nodes; I think I owned them all because I went to war with anyone who took one, and as soon as I was rich enough, I made 1 ship to blockade every Spanish and French port in the game so my superiority could never be challenged. By the time I won the game, I'd not taken a single settlement in Europe.

Beginner's guide: VH/VH difficulty

A wonderful guide Faramir and it really does cover all the bases for what a beginner would need to start a campaign as Britain. Beautifully detailed and a great strategic and tactical look at what anyone new to ETW would need to get off the ground! Keep up the great work my friend!

This is just a delight to see, wonderful video on Empire Total War Great Britain. I really ecourage you to make one for each nation! That would be magnificent!

what if your only territory is England, Scotland, and Ireland while every other territory you conquer is gifted to the 13 colonies? can you still win the campaign?

Just got bankrupted because of british naval this morning, damn those ships

Truly amazing man, i will use this video next time i play empire

Was just thinkin a couple hours ago I hadn't seen you on for awhile.......glad to see ya. Though you know I'd rather see a vid by you of how to sink the British Isle's lol......stay safe and healthy my friend.

have you done a tutorial on making other (hostile) factions change government type? it's more of a meta thing, especially with how finicky it is to pull off. it's useful for flipping minor nations that start out with a college as a town building. and all the benefits of having a small but advanced nation that will hand over research whenever -demanded- asked.

The reason factions like france, GB and spain are so OP is because their unique missions. Example France. You can turn 2 take london and just gift it to Louisiana and let the ai cheat and fix the public order issues and do that with almost anywhere you want making conquest an absolute steamroll. And just finish the mission whenever you want and get it all back all built up and in perfect condition while having soent nothing and just paying for armies and navys all funded by sacking and trading

Always always always put William Cowper from justice to America governor. Adds a decent chunk of change

I typically will blockade France's norther ports and the straight of Gibraltar by turn 2 or 3 which pretty much neutralizes them and allows me to farm Spain for Galleons to feed my merchant fleets.

Great video making videos soon and get your will shout-out

Uploaded another navy video yesterday showing how Britain ruled the waves !

Liked your vid mate

That was amazing, thank you

For me Britain is spinning plates, trying to keep them all spinning is near impossible...

You mentioned in the video about giving away settlements like Ruperts landing, I'm unable to give any regions away aside from Scotland and Ireland however. Great video

0:26 Faramir ain't no simp!

My go-to is capture every french ship that floats, and take everything with legs and send it at quebec. Works every time.

Class video mate

I focused on the America's first and it worked out good for me so far. But then again I don't care about the win or lose factor by 1799. I made peas with France right away opened up trade routes with them. And they only became hostile when Spain attacked me....Spain has been doing that a lot. And Spain is learning the hard way do not fuck with me when I have a bigger army. Like their army compared to mine is a complete joke. In my game I currently have three full units in Spain and I'm pretty sure the city I took was their main land cuz immediately after I took I had a rebellion which was destroyed immediately. My biggest problem so far has been India's region.

I don't really do this as British cause there's no real need to. All you need to do is defeat French and Spanish navies at start, then blockade their ports with just 1 ship each... When port is under blockade, it can't build more ships... That way you basically neutralize their threat. Taking over Americas is pretty easy, you can send 1 army with navy from Europe and recruit another army in Port Royal in Jamaica. Especially Spanish will be totally strangled to death if you block all their trade from their colonies. France won't be, since France is very rich region... However, they will lose all their colonies, can't trade with anyone and can't build any ships cause you're blockading all their ports so you don't need to care, they are neutralized at that point. I rather send armies hastily also to India before Marathas take it over. So yeah I'd put all my resources on just steamrolling Americas and India, wouldn't want to bother with European theater too much as British aside from having strong navy there to block any enemy ports and defend your own. Also securing trade theaters is vital of course to upkeep your large navy + take out pirates as fast as you can.

Rush Spain build a strong navy and take the land in Canada one by one everything else will fall into your lap

Another good thing to do when playing as Great Britain, is to destroy the church at Oxford and build a second school. I never seem to get negative happiness from the lower classes as a result, and I can get through technologies that much quicker.

As Sweden when should I start sending tradeing ships to trade ports? Is that early game or late game focus?

A land bridge joining Ireland to the rest of the U.K. is still under proposal and has never existed

I haven't played any of the later total war games. Gave Warhammer a try and gave up!

FARAMIR'S RANGERS!!! WHAT ARE YOUR SETTINGS FOR EMPIRE TOTAL WAR DARTHMOD? HDR, ANISOTROPIC FILTER, ETC, IS EVERYTHING ON ULTRA? CAN YOU PLEASE DO A VIDEO ON THAT, WE WOULD ALL REALLY LOVE THAT. JUST TO GET A SENSE OF HOW PC SPECS WORK AND ALL.

Who would you trade Rupert's Land to? I can't find anyone in the diplomatic window who I can offer region to? Only scotland and Ireland.

I need a guid about Technology for me its the hardest thing and the most boring becaus no one accept to trade his tech with you for a resonable price

Hi there, just wanted to ask, how did you get the backpacks on the soldiers? I'm running DarthMod + AUM's graphics (Not the units, the graphics) but I dont get the backpacks :( Thanks for reading and stay safe!!

9:05 trade it to who? Huron?

It's turn seven and Portugal has died and my only ally is the Netherlands

First Priority... Attack the French?

im 10 years in and never had to go to war with france

Great Britain is god mode in this game. Even if I like them, at the same time I find them very boring to play.

lmao never listen to that lady. Even though I nearly controlled all of North America, I went bankrupt my last GB campaign cos I neglected my navy lol

But I don't wanna take out France :''''''''''''''''(

please stop with the little jokes and voices. Im here for your knowledge of the game. thanks for the good video! :)

Beginners guides are supposed to teach you how to play , not reccomend strategy:L