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Originally Posted by killer_kill
Ok so can I get a quick cliffs and tips on estates and how to utilize them? Also how can I best utilize trade companies? Also sorry this is prob a dumb question but do I wanna get exploration as ottomans or should I focus more on other tech/ideas?
I await someone with a clue on the first question. So far I'm haphazardly clicking buttons to get generals and a few other things. I'm sure it's not very efficient, but I'm also sure that you can do just about anything with it short of triggering a disaster and you'll be ahead of ignoring them completely.
On the second one, I feel very comfortable saying it's not a good choice until middle to late game, and by then you'll know when or if you need it.
Basically you will need to make your way all the way down through the Mamluks or thorough the Persian Gulf to even have a chance to colonize anything. Nothing is within range otherwise. Even from there you'll need pretty good diplomatic tech to have enough range to get anywhere (I presume you'd be headed toward Indonesia). I think you need enough other ideas first to comfortably wipe the floor with anyone around you before you even start thinking about that...
and you'll need a lot of ideas to do that, and there's a lot of very nice land around you in every direction that's perfect for "colonizing" once your armies remove the native Hungarians and Crimeans and others.
That said, it CAN be kind of useful say around 1700, maybe, if you enjoy that sort of thing, but if you enjoy that sort of thing you can probably play someone else and have a lot more fun.