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[Japo]

Aside from quasi-cheats, attack them in rough terrain. Of course you should be prepared for serious war before declaring independence. That means having loads of veteran dragoons and a fortress defended by loads of artillery in every colony.

[melthas]

Attacking them in rough terrain wins you an ambush bonus, just as it does to the natives before you declare your independence. Try to get as much as possible help from Indians and Europeans. Use missionaries to revoke Indians against your mother country. Pay them if you have enough money. Try to get Man-o-Wars from supporting European nations to stop them at sea. Destroying a Man-o-War filled with dragoons will be quite easier than bothering the dragoons on land. Never use less defense then a fortress equipped with lots of cannons (five or more could be handy). Use your customhouses efficiently to make enough money available for purchasing artilleries. If you lose one, buy another one quickly. If one your cities falls under siege, try to break it with your dragoons from an another colony. I guess these should do the trick.

[laiocfar]

You can not defeat Man-o-War filled with royal Cavalry.
About winning the independence war, read above or just try to be always attacking landing parties. Never by at defensive, got lots of horses, LOTS OF HORSIES to never lose Continental Armies.

[melthas]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(laiocfar @ Jul 30 2006, 02:10 AM) [snapback]245812[/snapback]</div>

You can not defeat Man-o-War filled with royal Cavalry.
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It has been so long since I completed this game and I can't remember clearly. Why can't a Man-O-War filled with dragoons be defeated? It is so hard, or the game doesn't allow this. Which one is it?

[Japo]

I don't think it's impossible, and the soldiers aboard a ship don't make a differece for sea combat --according to the game's own Combat Analysis. However every warship you'll have will be inferior to the King's Men-o-War, except for the few Men-o-War the other European nations will give you. But in the end there's just no way you're sinking all the King's Men-o-War, you'll have to confront the King's Army.

[Havell]

I tend to abandon all colonies other than my main one, which is choc-a-bloc with artillery and horsemen. I lost very few horses, and only about 2 aritllery. The city was full of horses so I didn't lose any men.
My tactic was to fill the seas with privateers (which were quite effective agaisnt the man o' wars). When the troops made landfall next to my colony I attacked them from within with horsemen, while keeping the artillery safe inside.

[Eagle of Fire]

When fighting the Royal Expedition Force, your main counter is your Continental Army dragoons. With them, you can get a bonus up to 200% only because of the terrain type the ennemy is standing on (forest or swamp). And they don't get the defensive bonus either, you actually gain the defensive bonus for the terrain.

[lowlylowlycook]

I have a dumb question. Is there a way of removing colonists from a colony to move them to a better place? I can move them to the outside the colony area but unless they are soldiers I never see them on the map. Am I missing something?

[Mighty Midget]

well, there are two ways of "placing" citizens. One is in the town screen, where you put them onto a vacant square, where they disappear from the map screen. The other is to place them outside the fence, where they should appear on the map screen the following turn. Other than that, I really don't know.

[Japo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lowlylowlycook @ Aug 10 2006, 07:19 PM) [snapback]247799[/snapback]</div>

I have a dumb question. Is there a way of removing colonists from a colony to move them to a better place? I can move them to the outside the colony area but unless they are soldiers I never see them on the map. Am I missing something?[/b]

I guess it's only that most times only so many units can be displayed while on the same spot. There's no difference between soldiers and other colonists, believe me. If you've moved them out you'll be prompted to move them the next turn --they won't have moves left the same turn they're de-assigned, no matter whether they're soldiers or not.

If they're fortified or on sentry --they won't unless you've actively ordered them so-- and there are only so many units on the city spot that you can see only the first few ones when using the "activate unit" order for instance, you can manage them --fortify, sentry, clear orders-- in the colony management screen. At the bottom right, below the surrounding terrain view and above the commodities and "Exit" button, there's a window and three buttons. Press the one featuring a musket and then in the window you'll be able to manage a practically unlimited number of units.