WhiteRose wrote:Morning,
Relatively new to GoK and my first post in the forum!
I have been paying a few months now in a game but feel I'm struggling to have any impact, not on the game entirely but merely my nation. I understand it's a slow paced game and I'm not expecting somre radical turn around. I feel it's probably down to my lack of experience, and likely imagination. I'm just connecting dots I'm given.
I really really want to get into the game as it is right up my street in every aspect, must admit I'm struggling to continue at this point though due to lack of movement.
Is there any chance someone would be kind enough to show me their orders/ papers they have sent so I can get a sense of how to set things out efficiently, what is possible and what sort of things I can expect back!? I think it would really give me a leg up on how to get my thoughts and ambitions down into actually game mechanics!!
I obviously don't want anyone's up to date orders/ papers and even ideally from a different game from myself. I just think having the insight of an experienced player would really get me engaged in it. Like I say I've found myself struggling to complete orders due to zero motivation.
Hi White Rose,
While everyone writes orders in a differernt way/order which suits them my method which you may like to try out is:
1) Reply to diplomatic letters and write letters to other active powers - Its odd how many orders follow on from promises made in diplomatic letters.
2) Write Military movement orders which include orders to rest units with sickness levels/repair ships on a old style "Orders Militaire" sheet..........If Richard no longer provides automatically he can still send you one to copy.
3) Write out my Military change orders .......headed Military Changes on bottom of Treasury Sheet ie Drill, raise units, refit units on bottom/back of Treasury sheet. For a large position I use 8 military changes which is double the old limit but boffins keep coming up with new improvements which seem to soak up the changes. How valuable some of these are are a moot point and the subject of some debate.
4) Write out a side (sometimes more but I talk a lot) of Additional/Diplomatic orders. I find it helps to use some standard heading like
a) Social b) Economic c) Construction d) Holy Mother Church etc as well as some Geographic Locations for particular orders see Spanish example below: You will note that the Head of the Spanish Government is a Cardinal so Holy Mother Church always gets its own order in this case after 200 Priests on route to Manila did not make it! While in other G2 Rumelian Orders always included under Social a couple of Horse Race Meetings/Trade fairs as its Government was dominated by the Saphi Class who liked horses. This type of things helps you to make you position "personal" and give it a unique feel.
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a) Holy Mother Church I) Viceroy Don Jean de la Vega orders flags in Philippines flow at half mast for month & Cardinal Mendosa conducts memorial service in Manila Cathedral for the members of the crew and passengers including 200 Priests who perished in March 1713 when the good ship Santa Barbara hit a reef and sank off the Philippines in driving rain and poor visibility. II) It is reported that the total loss of life amongst the clergy was due to them ordering the lifeboats to take women, children and even sailors to shore first. III) In memorial to its drowned martyrs fund 200 Church Schools in Philippines each named after a lost Priest. IV) With 200 Schools plus 150 already in Manila area how many more needed for Universal education in Philippines?
b) Construction fund the upgrade of I) Roads in Spanish South Americas to “B” II) Roads in Viceroyalty of Mexico to “B” III) Roads on Cuba to “B” IV) Roads on Hispaniola, Trinidad, Grenada & Margrieta Island to “C”
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5) Finally I write out a "Treasury Appendix" to record the budget for my individual orders including the total which I then mark onto my Treasury Sheet.
6) You will note that the construction orders are very basic while the other exampl orders above are flowery and an attempt to get some warm and friendly press coverage for my position. However Richard can not be counted on to always write up your Character as you see them. So if you feel your Character is misunderstood and picked upon by the press or someone else is clearly a "bad hat" and the press are not doing their job the solution is "Write your own Press"
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