Good military ideas for spain?

[coolsoeb]

Just formed spain by uniting Castille with Aragon and now i'm stuck on which military idea I should proceed with. I have already finished exploration and expansion so I need something to eat up my military points. I currently have rivalry's with England (which is expanding in the Caribbean and Europe) as well as France which seems unspotable beating an Austrian alliance plus a Burgundian alliance. Any suggestions on ideas that will help me stop both?

[♠.brT]

Defensive and offensive are great, quality is okay (minus the naval ideas) - quality gives a nice combo with inovative (20% infantary combat ability), but if you already went through two full ideas, innovative might not be a good choice at this time.

If you plan on fighting the french, you will need defensive for the moral bonus as well as some advisors and some policies to improve your combat abilities.

[Konkayz]

Also, never March into france, you can't risk being caught by that doom stack. Spain and England are in great positions to grind down the french manpower. As .brt said go defensive and use the mountains to your advantage. Buld a couple of forts on your side of the mountains. Scorch earth when their armies coming and sail your men round to picardy (military access may be needed). If it's not too late try to make friends with England. When the doom stack comes your way sail back to Spain and besiege the south. It's worked for me with England and I got the tip off a guy who did it with Spain. Hope it works for you too :-)

[coolsoeb]

Originally posted by ♠.brT:

Defensive and offensive are great, quality is okay (minus the naval ideas) - quality gives a nice combo with inovative (20% infantary combat ability), but if you already went through two full ideas, innovative might not be a good choice at this time.

If you plan on fighting the french, you will need defensive for the moral bonus as well as some advisors and some policies to improve your combat abilities.

Isn't defensive kind of pointless if France and other countries can just rely on mercanaries instead? What do you guys think about quantity? Also keep in mind that spain automatically gets +5% discipline.

[tinisiyo]

I suggest to go for Innovative+Quality ideas to get 20% inantry combat or if you dont have enough admin points or ideas slots then Quality+Offence. Also Economy+Quality gives +5 discipline policy and Economy+Offence gives 10% artillery combat ability.
Thus the best combo is Innovative+Quality+Economy+Offence and 3 active policies.
Another way is to go Quantity+Rel ideas+Quality for 2 +10% morale policies but discipline is stronger especially in late game

[Konkayz]

Originally posted by tinisiyo:

I suggest to go for Innovative+Quality ideas to get 20% inantry combat or if you dont have enough admin points or ideas slots then Quality+Offence. Also Economy+Quality gives +5 discipline policy and Economy+Offence gives 10% artillery combat ability.
Thus the best combo is Innovative+Quality+Economy+Offence and 3 active policies.
Another way is to go Quantity+Rel ideas+Quality for 2 +10% morale policies but discipline is stronger especially in late game

I bow to your knowledge.

Originally posted by coolsoeb:

Originally posted by ♠.brT:

Defensive and offensive are great, quality is okay (minus the naval ideas) - quality gives a nice combo with inovative (20% infantary combat ability), but if you already went through two full ideas, innovative might not be a good choice at this time.

If you plan on fighting the french, you will need defensive for the moral bonus as well as some advisors and some policies to improve your combat abilities.

Isn't defensive kind of pointless if France and other countries can just rely on mercanaries instead? What do you guys think about quantity? Also keep in mind that spain automatically gets +5% discipline.

All countries rely on mercenaries to a point. loans and monthly income after expence all come into play with their war enthusiasm. Also the A.I won't drive itself to bancruptsy just to win a war. I'm not saying it's not hard to do with the powerful countries but if you time it right, like when they've just finished another war, Defensive and terrain modifiers can be devestating.

[chazla20]

I have been playing around with the offensive then quality ideals for Spain. It seems to work out ok especially after you finish offensive/quality you can have 120% discipline with the right advisor and give the French a run for their money.

[coolsoeb]

Originally posted by chazla20:

I have been playing around with the offensive then quality ideals for Spain. It seems to work out ok especially after you finish offensive/quality you can have 120% discipline with the right advisor and give the French a run for their money.

Do you think they're better than defensive and quantity?