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Splorz

Colonization range for England

Hi,

I'm playing as England, and it's not going well. The centuries are ticking away and I still can't colonize anything.

I have Overseas Exploration (50%), and an advisor (20%) that raise my colonization range from 160 to 272. Beothuk is 275 away, greenland 316. I picked a fight with Denmark and annexed Iceland, but that didn't help any with the range to Greenland. I don't see any other Ideas that extend colonial range. Is there nothing I can do but wait for a lvl 3 colonial range extending advisor to appear ?

Edit: Castille and Portugal have been my only allies on the continent, I'm reluctant to break that alliance and try to take their islands

Posted Oct 28, 2014, 8:23 PM UTC

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Duke_of_New_Dallas•

For the in game mathematics, Ireland is closer to the New World than Iceland. I think its to stop Denmark/Norway from getting there too quickly. Either conquer Ireland or blitz up your diplo tech and you'll be able to colonize

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Prom_STarPhilosopher•

Diplo tech increases colony range. Generally you can't hit the New World over the north Atlantic until diplo tech 7.

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SplorzOP•

Aha!

I have the british isles and iceland, and I'm exactly 3 colonial range short for the new world. I guess my mistake was using up diplo points on Ideas first. Thanks.

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IzheraInquisitor•

Is there nothing I can do but wait for a lvl 3 colonial range extending advisor to appear

the level of an advisor only increases the monarch point bonus the rest stays the same so it doesn't matter if you get a level 1 advisor with 20% colonial range or a level 3 advisor with 20% colonial range

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SplorzOP•

Ah, I was hoping a lvl 3 advisor would extend it by 30%

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