Hmm missed this thread before. I just started playing ETW again after finishing up Dragon Age. So far I think I like Rome better. It's not really a fault of CA I don't think, melee fighting is just more interesting than a bunch of guys lining up and shooting at each other.
Still, I'm having quite a bit of fun with it. I just started off with a short campaign as the british, which might not have been the best idea since they're spread out over north america and it's pretty annoying having to fight on 3 fronts.
A really funny thing is where I had brought several stacks across the channel to attack the western parts of France and then just decided to attack Paris for lols. I ended up taking Paris with half of a stack since it ended up just being armed citizenry in there. I'm not sure where their armies were. This has led to a rather annoying circumstance where Paris is constantly being attacked. It's been hit by french rebels, the spanish, savoy, and who knows who else. I think the original half stack that took Paris weathered 11 or so attacks without any reinforcements. The attacks are pretty close to stopping and the 2 regiments left (one with 4 guys, the other with 29) have ranked up something like 10 times.
I'm pretty excited since I have some actual reinforcements being built in Paris and then I can take care of those Spanish bastards.
I'm also pretty close to getting the 13 colonies to join me, I just need to take New France. I think at that point North America will turn into a campaign against the United States who have an absolutely massive navy.
It appears that the surefire way to cure stability problems is still in place. I tried it out on Florida when it looked like they were going to rebel. You simply pull your entire garrison out of the city, wait for the rebellion, then move in and crush it. I think Florida went from around -2/-8 to 18/10
