
I'm at 2300-2400 development in 1570 and should be able to take Castile in a PU pretty easily once I get to that point in the mission tree, so I'm in a strong position for WC. Also, do people still go for the Court and Country disaster? As France, should I go revolutionary? I'd prefer not to, but I might make a save game to try it out and see what happens. It's also nice to get the colonization privileges (I'm playing France in my current game and took exploration for the extra trade income). The extra monarch points and governing capacity seem too good to give up, but it reduces the max absolutism.


Specifically, how do people deal with the governing capacity for WC as well as how to manage the estate privileges going into the age of Absolutism.

However, many of the colonial nations I want to conquer don't have free land nearby (or in some cases, I'm unsure as to whether the nearby land falls under the same colonial region).I was wondering if anyone has completed a WC campaign with the new patch outside of using the OP HRE mechanics that might have some advice with handling some of the new patch mechanics particularly leading up to and during the Age of Absolutism. Once the colony finishes, the entire region will form a new colonial nation. So if I want to take over enemy colonial nations, I should just annex them, ignore the overextension, and then settle nearby. Anyone know what's going on here?) However, once one of my nearby colonies became self-sustaining, this triggered the entire area into forming Dutch Columbia. Also, I don't think I should get overextension for overseas provinces. (Although I didn't get any rebels or events.

Instead I was left hanging with 175% overextension. In my last war against GB, I annexed all of British Columbia, thinking it would immediately trigger into forming Dutch Columbia. My current enemies are Great Britain, Spain and Portugal, and I would love to take over their colonies. As the Netherlands, I'm on a quest for world domination.
