{"id":3700,"date":"2019-06-16T21:22:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/?p=3700"},"modified":"2019-06-19T08:13:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T08:13:42","slug":"conquest-of-the-new-world-netherlands-strategy-deity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kalle-online.net\/blog\/conquest-of-the-new-world-netherlands-strategy-deity\/","title":{"rendered":"Conquest of the New World Netherlands Strategy (Deity)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Conquest of the New World – Dutch Strategy (Deity)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

In the Conquest of the New World, the Netherlands played an important role. With trading posts all across the globe and strong presences in Southeast Asia, the Dutch have founded various cities, which have become present-day metropolises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of the Dutch colonies. Orange: smaller trading posts.
Light green: Dutch East India Company
Dark green: Dutch West India Company.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Having been independent lordships in Lower Lotharingia for centuries only by 1433 the Burgundian Netherlands emerged. The rise of Protestantism and the strict rule of the Catholic kings of Spain over the Netherlands lead to the Dutch Revolt<\/a> in 1568. The “United Provinces” (~present day Netherlands) split from Spanish rule, other than the remaining Spanish Netherlands<\/em> (~present day Belgium and Luxembourg). Their struggle took 80 years, but eventually lead to the founding of the Dutch Empire with William of Orange<\/a> as the first ruler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following Steam Achievement Guide is basically the same as Conquest of The New World \u2013 Tea and Crumpets for Everyone Steam Achievement Guide<\/a>, which describes how to succeed with England. The same strategy was already validated with Conquest of The New World \u2013 Tout le Monde Francophone? Steam Achievement Guide<\/a> and now, winning on Deity, with an even higher score will be my final validation. If you need more details on something, please check out the English strategy first. I will use this guide to point out small variations and improvements to the aforementioned strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part 1: Dominate Europe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chapter 1: Initial Build Order and Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The AI in this scenario is dominant as always. So as usually we need to defeat the main AI players as early as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now in Conquest of the New World<\/a>, European Nations can not declare war on each other until the discovery of Piracy. This means in order to win with the Netherlands, you need two things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Direct your Research straight to Piracy<\/li>
  2. Meanwhile build a military strong enough to capture those European capitals<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The initial build order shows exactly that focus on Production improvements<\/strong> and right after only units<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Amsterdam<\/th><\/tr>
    1. Ironworks <\/td><\/tr>
    2. Forge<\/td><\/tr>
    3. Cargo Ship 1<\/td><\/tr>
    4. Navigation School (17, later than other games)<\/td><\/tr>
    5. Cargo Ship 2 (buy)<\/td><\/tr>
    6. Cargo Ship 3 (20)<\/td><\/tr>
    7. Cargo Ship 4<\/td><\/tr>
    8. Garden (25)<\/td><\/tr>
    9. Seaport<\/td><\/tr>
    10. Armory (buy)<\/td><\/tr>
    11. Galleas 1<\/td><\/tr>
    12. Circus
    — Total War Social Policy by this point —<\/td><\/tr>
    13. Galleas 2, 3, 4 (turns 35, 36, 37)<\/td><\/tr>
    14. University of Oxford (turn 40, Researching “Piracy”<\/strong>)<\/td><\/tr>
    15. Privateers 6x
    — Conquistadores 3x (with Faith) —
    — Upgrade 4 Galleases (turn 53<\/strong>) —<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n
    \"Civilization<\/figure><\/div>
    \"Civilization<\/figure><\/div>
    \"Civilization<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Research<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    1. Navigation (10)<\/li>
    2. Calendar (15)<\/li>
    3. Trapping (18)<\/li>
    4. Economics (for Polder!) (23)<\/li>
    5. Printing Press<\/li>
    6. Education (34, starting University of Oxford ASAP)<\/li>
    7. Imperialism (39, 5 turns later compared to other games)<\/li>
    8. Piracy (40 via University of Oxford)<\/li>
    9. Warships (53)<\/li>
    10. Treasure Fleet (68)<\/li>
    11. Banking (71)<\/li>
    12. Professional Army<\/li>
    13. Line of Battle<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      European Social Policies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n