Are Colonies Essential for Austria?

[Metalist]

Hello, i am playing a game as Austria, i am in 4th turn right now. I am building mines and factories all over the country. But i haven't decided to focus on colonization, is it necessary for Austria? I don't know anything about colonies but if it is necessary i can read the manual. Again if it is necessary, which regions should i focus first?

Thanks.

[Sven]

Hello, i am playing a game as Austria, i am in 4th turn right now. I am building mines and factories all over the country. But i haven't decided to focus on colonization, is it necessary for Austria? I don't know anything about colonies but if it is necessary i can read the manual. Again if it is necessary, which regions should i focus first?

Thanks.

i think austria had only limited colonisation cards(never play that nation). So you never get realy colonies, the AI can easy take your colonial regions without military power. With 1.02b you can theoretical get colonies from peace treaties but think it is better to wait for 1.02c

[sagji]

Austria can completely ignore the colonial world if it wants. This makes it a good nation to start with.
Austria's colonial options are limited as it gets a restricted set of cards to play, and unlike Italy and Germany it has no event that adds them.

[Metalist]

Thanks guys, i will focus on industrialization then.

[Kensai]

Focus on winning a land war with a major colonial power and then ask an established colony of theirs as war reparations, provided you have a high enough warscore.

[Metalist]

AFAIK colonies give PP to countries, since i do not colonize, how can i gain PP? I am dropped to rank 4, my PP is increasing but not as much as Russia's. My PP is 998, she has 1107. It is August 1850.

[Sven]

AFAIK colonies give PP to countries, since i do not colonize, how can i gain PP? I am dropped to rank 4, my PP is increasing but not as much as Russia's. My PP is 998, she has 1107. It is August 1850.

in late game many buildings create PP, at the start only one create PP, do not know the english name but should be some kind of factories.

[Metalist]

in late game many buildings create PP, at the start only one create PP, do not know the english name but should be some kind of factories.

Thanks Sven

Edit: And Jim-NC!

[Jim-NC]

AFAIK colonies give PP to countries, since i do not colonize, how can i gain PP? I am dropped to rank 4, my PP is increasing but not as much as Russia's. My PP is 998, she has 1107. It is August 1850.

You gain PP through a variety of means. You get some due to historical events, you get some for your activities (like colonization), you get some from "winning" at missions (you apparently only get those during the 1st decade of the game). There are several other ways as well.

When you hover over the PP count (in the upper left corner), it tells you how many PP you gained for each activity type on the last turn.