How quick should you try and take Boston?

[Rabble]

I noticed they have constant reinforcements so i assume i have to be quick as to not be overwhelmed?

[Gnosport]

You do not have to take it ASAP. You can draw the enemy out and whittle them down. Personally I don't take Boston till late October to early November 75. You can take it sooner if you like.

[Rabble]

I see, thanks.

[Sgt.Ray]

Yeah I met him on even terms but kept getting smacked by those dragoons. Lost 2k but killed 2k but its just rough.

[lastrix]

Liberated at first late autumn. Was quite easy, lured most of them using Melboro troops, main army attacked from Salem, wiping half their forces.
Remaining troops was lured again to my main forces later (they chased my poor 1k brigade until doom found them).

Also, if you wipe all troops and capture all settlements, then enemy won't do anything for a long time. Just chill and play economy.
Playing on hard with ai reinforcements on. Was hard at start, but when you manage to outnumber enemy and wipe it in single battle with as low casulties on your side as possible - game become easy.

Also, its possible to deal with doomstacks by tricks, but they're not working all the time.
Naval invasion took new haven and i was forced to kill 8200 soldiers. With my 8800 lost 2k, killed 2k and captured 4k as prisoners. The remaining forces surrendered after battle finished.

[Jean]

I took it in July after clearing out the rest of the map.

[TruXurT]

Even when you take it in 1775, most likely you will have to re-take it again, and again. I had invasion on Boston couple of days before scripted invasion of New York, so plenty busy...

My feeling is that you don't want to completely leave it alone, but somehow chip away regiments from it until you have a nice advantage.

[Sgt.Ray]

Took it out in June 75

[Harry Flashman]

Took it in late May 1775 (on 'hard' against reinforcements) by drawing his troops out piecemeal and wiping them out. Bled his troops in Salem for a while too, which helped.

[G Willikers]

You should probably take Ticonderoga first, it seems like pillaging forts is your main source of munitions in the early war and having an artillery advantage can help mitigate the dragoons.

There’s no time limit on Boston for a reason, is what I’ve learned so far. They give you the objective so early that it feels urgent but it isn’t.

[Rommelstiltskin]

My God I was stressing how long it took me to get Boston. Took till August and I thought that was too long

[TruXurT]

I actually tried it many different ways, waiting/not waiting and to be honest you can get it easily before the map expands. The key is to create as many units as you can quickly and then let the scripted units to join (this will take you way over a regiment limit). This should be sufficient force to get Boston somehow early.

I would clear the map first and let the British re-take smaller towns, so you can eliminate smaller garrisons until you have a clear advantage.

[TruXurT]

One extra tip. In character creation make sure to pick additional infantry regiment. And then add a fusilier company to each of your continental regiments. This will yield additional 7 companies of regulars for the total of 15 companies instead of 8 that you start with. (You can actually add 2 companies to each regiment, so you have even more, but the last one I keep open for artillery, once it is researched).

Also, as you get cannons, make sure you create artillery battery in your militia regiments. Cannons are pretty solid in this game. (One battery will not do much, but once you have 6 or more, then you will see the difference).

[Goblin Lifestyle]

just delete the 6th company and replace it with artillery once you unlock it. Those companies are useful in the early battles imo