I disagree, the US is the best starting location, Canada and Mexico, the best countries to be taken easily, plus you are so far away from Europe and Asia.
I think a really underrated country to start with is Chad because they are landlocked and if you ally with a few of your neighbors you will basically be able to walk through Africa
Country’s I like: Greece for the Flashpoint games: Has two AIs, Turkey is usually easy to take, Iraq is a piece of cake and France and Greece tend to sandwich Italy. Romania: Easy to take Arstotzka and Crimea, which gives you a good entrance to Ukraine and Russia. Indonesia: Easy to take small places such as Singapore which is very important and Malaysia tends to be weaker, then the Philippines are easy because they are usually fighting multiple fronts and then getting to Indochina is easy by trailing up Thailand’s peninsular. And Finally BRAZIL: Believe it or not, I love playing Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay are pieces of cake, then you have three AI players to the north, coastal cities can take you to the Caribbean which gives you an important control over Panama and The rest of Central America. Also, just a request, in future vids, could you do the political view, only because in late game it’s hard to tell which country is where. Thanks
1 reason - enemies help you grow. Computer countries and only a few enemies help with defense, but I like growing by taking cities, knocking out players, and getting resources especially rare materials. And it might be a dirty trick but getting countries before a player has selected them - in Eastern Europe for instance, or the mid-east. After Pakistan the only options to grow are: Bottle-neck through the Kolkata basin. Central Asia through the mountains. China - over mountains again and a long way to its cities - and long-game, they have to be removed anyway. Further East and into Iran - but their cities are a long distance away and you're then late to the race in the middle-east. Or it's into the boats to Southeast Asia, Arabia, or Africa - which is a long way to go on water if you're navy's not fully developed. So maybe good for defense and hard to get out during the early game, but I've seen India struggle with slow growth - safe for a long time and seemingly in a good position, but then underdeveloped when it comes time to be aggressive and play with the other big players.
Yes, take those AI countries as quickly as possible. Helps with resources (in most cases) and helps generate cash flow you need to purchase market items or send spies out.
I am playing as Hindustan (North India)..i first conquered kashmir then pakistan then north east india, half of south india, half of myanmar, half of china(Uighur), half of siberia,half of russia... my allies are Mongolia and Kazakhstan.. rn we have the full central asia..se asia.. almost 60% of whole asia
Most times, I plays as China as I always do good as China. However, I got my first win last night on Austria, which can be a decent country due to all the AI nations bordering it. In that game with me as Austria, Chile was trailing me in VPs the entire game (he was doing VERY well). That is like the 2nd or 3rs time I've seen Chile win/close to winning a game before, so I think one of these days I'm going to try a game as Chile.
Looking at it now. India is a really great nation to start off as. The Decent number of cities, the weak nations around and so much to build on. You know what's the worst thing? When people play as India and do nothing the whole game. I have such a player who has been AFK since Day 2 of the game and has done NOTHING. Not even attacking Bangladesh, Nepal or Jammu to take extra land. It really kills the fun of facing a strong nation.
I've played as Russia before and it's not a bad country or tough to defend at all. You just put troops in two border provinces with level 2 outposts and it will block off most countries from attacking until you're strong enough to counter attack or better use your start up resources to build up strenght and annihiliate your neighbors.
OK, my turn to try and change your mind. I think the two best countries to be our Saudi Arabia because you have the whole Middle East plus Israel and Iran. If you play Saudia correctly, you will end up on India’s doorstep by day 14 to 21. My second favorite would have to be Mexico because it’s that little hole in the wall restaurant that serves the best food that you ever had. I never knew how resource rich Mexico really was until I played it. Everyone wants to go after the big countries, with Saudi Arabia you have the ability to annex a lot more cities than just trying to start out with so many cities. That’s just my opinion, I would love to hear what your thoughts are on my airborne strategy though?
lol....sometimes I figure out the most random stuff while I am filming and don't edit it out. You can tell because I always pause to think about it for a split second. I didn it in the recent video and was pointing out the HP on the cruise missile and forgot what I was talking about. lol
South Africa, 5 cities doesn’t look very appealing but from the jump you get Durban and Gaborone and that turns into 7 and you have crazy supplies production you take over Namibia or Mozambique based on what you want then get the other, pick up Madagascar as well for some fuel, get DRC and at that point you are kind of a powerhouse and you can ride up the west or east coast, you can go solo or coalition and win and my best game is with South Africa where I took over the entire African continent, parts of Europe and the Arabian Peninsula and ended up winning with a coalition
I like the smaller nations since the cities are closer together so that when someone attacks you you can send full force to defend or when you're attacking but india is a pretty good country to start with.
I think that Austrailia or NZ is a good start, you can take some time to develop your military and alliances without much intervention from other people, and you can build a strong navy and air force from it.
I have won a game with India but I got atttacked hard by Myanmar in the very beginning so I needed people to help me out I did eventually defeat him but not on my own and Indonesia also did the same to me but my coalition ended up winning the game
You always have wild card games where your opposition comes after you quick. It's really the only play against one of the larger nations is to go all in on them.
I play alliance war. The match is 16vs16 & it is random start country. I got india My alliance clan is very disorganiseze, so it end up 6 vs 16. 3 out of 6 is serious to play, that is my leader, my buddy and me. My leader random start being alone in europe and serounded by enemy badly. So it end up being 2vs16. But we won because me and my buddy has been into this situation many time, being outnumber. No gold, just use simple strategy demoralised enemy.
Yeh it's by far the best big nation nation.. Not super hard to defend like US or super long to move across like Russia. Or China.. Yeah its def the best big nation
Why don't you use political map mode with road connections? That way you can see different country colors that helps a lot. Also I am watching this on mobile but it seems to me you can zoom in at least one more lvl if not two. It's much more convenient to show your viewers graphics and provinces in close proximity when you are talking about them. And least do you play Flashpoint maps? It is quicker packed with more early action...
I would have to say the best country for me Is Japan, I always pick it if I can, no enemies to the east you just have to wait for the koreans to start fighting then it's just easy picking, I've pretty much in the 2 games I played with Japan recreated the Japanese empire of WW2 and I have undoubtedly had the greatest navy on the globe in both games, and the best part is I dint even need armored support I only used naval infantry and my navy to conquer pretty much the whole Pacific and southeast Asia. I reached my greatest height in the game where most of the map is flooded it would have been ideal for me because my navy was stronger then the three next 3 navies combined, but sadly one of our coalition member threw a temper and just left and we just negotiated to standby while we let the other coalition win the game. I really wished he dint throw a tantrum because literally all of the peoples productive cities were on the coast meaning I would have dominated the battlefield, add my teammates army and victory was certain.
@@TheB2 well with Japan the key is the navy I probably shouldn't be giving you my secrets but I cant even log back into my account so I don't care. So the key Is the navy , literally in the beginning stages I only produce Naval infantry destroyers and most importantly cruisers, I once destroyed a guys navy so bad he messaged me. In later states in the game as you get more recources produce aircraft carriers naval air superiority fighter and anti missiles etc. The great part about Japan too is I never upgraded the factories I kept them at lvl 1 and I am still able to reach my army limits.
I like Belarus in general, but India is good for getting a head start in the game, I normally just play Belarus more than any other country, people say it's hard but it's just not lol, my struggle is the configuration of what to research, I don't know weather you research your Air force or your Ground Force, I normally research my Corvettes as soon as I reach Riga/Tallin or Sevastopol and Odessa early game so I can set up a future attack, but here in India, you just need 2 ships on each side of the country, and a Ground-Force and Early-Mid Game develop your Air force with the Ground Force
It's good as I love to play with India but if your neighbour Myanmar is a good player then you will be fucked unless you are online often . But once you can deal with all that , it really makes the game a lot more easier .
The one thing that's challenging about India is the resources. They have a lot of supplies so I always end up making Corvettes and artillery and things but then I feel overmatched if there's a strong Naval player such as Indonesia, Australia, or the US that attacks me. But they only have one city that produces rare materials and their components are weak as well so it's hard to research and build top tier units.
Bro Andaman Nicobar Islands in India or near as you may say in the Bay of Bengal or Indian Ocean are awesome if you build a field airport their ,it will boost your attack and petrolling range beyond or till strait of malacca. I use them to defeat Malaysia and all other islands and they got hard time lol to attack also they failed always as I guarded it with destroyers and anti air guns and airforce offcourse including navy helicopters lol😂😂
Sure thing, for my play style, I like Infantry, GunShips, AS, Subs/Elite Subs and Railguns. If you run into someone hyper active they will out range you, so make sure you have a good coalition. I also like ground radars too.
you might not believe this but usually when i play america i get crushed by canada but i crushed mexico my coa is falling apart so ill invade brazil and canada with the right of way trick
Pakistan has a strategically great advantage over India, and India is to predictable making it vulnerable to Pakistan. The sooner you attack India, the easy it is to conquer India. Make sure China or Afghanistan are not allies to India... Wait for India to attack Nepal and Bangladesh (and Kashmir) cuz it 100% will (most probably on day 1) Send all your army to New Delhi, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. After that they don't have a lot of army (and confidence) left and you can proceed to the leftover cities... Worked for me 6 out of the 6 times I chose Pakistan 🌚 So India might look like a more powerful country to play as, compared to Pakistan, but it's really not.
@@edwinbenny2483 All the 7 idiots I played against, as well as the maker of this video who thinks Pakistan is going to sit there, do nothing, wait for India and watch India attacking Bangladesh, Nepal, SriLanka and Kashmir ETC... I want someone to practically prove me wrong here, but India always go for the smaller bot countries around it, and then for Pakistan... unless Pakistan is me, and I don't wait for India lol
Whatever you do never take those smaller countries in special gamemodes...some of them don't even produce all the ressources you need so if you don't attack someone else to get their cities you're screwed
I think that best country is Greece or Turkey. Greece is better but depends on what doctrine you prefer or nation for roleplay. The reason for it is the Balkans and Syria and Israel. The Balkans and Syria and Israel areas have highest density of cities. Balkan is easy since the countries are almost all computer AI. I am new and from Bosnia so I play Turkey. I attack Greece first, then move up the Balkans, like Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia(player) and Slovenia. I avoid Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. After that I take Syria, Lebanon and Israel. When I hold all these, I am 2nd largest economy after Russia. Next goal is I attack Egypt since it holds a choke point (Suez)for naval and few cities stacked by the Suez and river. After that I like to go for Iraq and go down the river to Kuwait, avoiding the sand of Saudi Arabia. If you are not friendly with Europe, then go for Italy. Coastal cities are better than regular cities. You can build Shipyard which increases resources. This is why I would recommend Greece over Turkey as starting nation. Greece has more coastal cities and you can stack shipyards, airports (increase resources) on top of arms factories. Forget what people say about Germany, Japan, United States and so on. Play Greece/Turkey and follow the map of Ottoman Empire around the Mediteranea Sea and you will always be a superpower.
that whole area plus europe is always highly contested early. Africa and South America are rarely played by good players so it's a great place to start if you need a few extra days before war
@@blessen9238 Even though I am an Indian, I would have to say this, Kashmir is officially said to be an Indian state, but it STILL isn't an Indian state, it's disputed between Pakistan and India,( don't forget Aksai Chin,Chinese Kashmiri territory). It's said to be an Indian State, but not an Indian territory. If we really want Kashmir, we goota take the whole other half of it which is present in Pakistan
@@nibeditabhattacharya321 get your facts checked it was officially handed over by the king of kashmir to republic of india you are getting fancy with state and territory there but it is what is it I can claim your house too it would be disturbed territory in court but if you have papers it's yours
Peru if you play smart, I’m in a game where me and colombia controls all of north and South America and half of Africa but Sweden just got nukes lol damn them
Could be me, I am right now Peru in a game and Columbia is my only left active in our starting coalition. Soon we will go toghether in an other and right now are already holding the entire american continents xD And yes, Sweden is also by far the strongest Player in my game, a guy at lvl 118 ^^
If you dont get in as soon as the game starts, picks are limited ....i like Saudi because of natural buffers and easy advancement opportunity ... especially if you annex Kiwait for extra cash early on ! every one is selling resources, you will be buying them . my other pick is Turkey , but you have to put extra units to defend Istanbul until your navy is built up .
Saudi arabia is a very good country I got a solo win with it. The country Turkey is risky because you are in Europe and middle-east unless you have a good coalition it’s good.
We found a folder in one of my games: Norway, my coalition caught him Golding and exposed him in CON news and now the con news exploded with articles complaining
just remember, golding IS a part of the game, and it's against the rules to flame anyone for doing so. I don't gold unless it's to counter another golder.. But it's an allowable strategy
@@thegreatest3face774 you're not allowed to get in CON news and talk crap about them golding.. it's allowable by rules, but "flaming" or insulting them over it is not
India is ok. I like France and Poland. Both also have 8 cities and are positioned better. In Europe, it’s easier to expand because there are tons of countries. When playing France or Poland, there are way more options and easy wins off the bat. You can also make a quick alliance with uk or Germany and be really good.
I would say Australia is better cause the only player near them are new Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia you can make an alliance with them you will be isolated from any superpower that buys you time to build your army.
but personally for me playing India has been hard as India is a big country and it is hard to move troops from interior cities like bangalore to the border. And not only pak there is an invasion threat from myanmar too. Any help?
cowards- these game developers are really cowards to make Kashmir a separate country. Its like making texas another country. Just because two other countries want India's land doesn't make it separate or theirs. Moreover Its called Jammu and Kashmir because its one state wth two ends. Why break a state to 2? Pathetic!
@@Crypto_prod35Kashmir belongs to noone, you live your life and die in peace, we're visitors in this world. we live the best life and leave the land to God, to whom it belongs
no poland is good because u can invade ally with belarus and ukraine and then attack germany early on then betray ur allies and take them over then russia then... idk
@@TheB2 Lol u dont want to get into that argument. Pakistanis say kashmir belongs to them, India says it belongs to them. Kashmir says they want to be a free separate country and India took their autonomus rights away so they can send soldiers to remove the muslim population for hindus to move in. ITS a mess!
@@shahanshahpolonium That is false, I'm not a Muslim man but I know most of Kashmir wants independence. If that wasn't true than why would india ban kashmirs access to the internet which is a human right and plus put milions of soldiers in kashmir
I just got a perfect game with India im allies with china, japan and obviously Pakistan for now. But I'm not sure how I should move on. What should I research maybe mechanized troops? more navy? strike fighters or air superiority? Should I attack Mynamar? Btw I'm currently day 1 in a 4x game
I would start with the AI countries and only attack when your coalition is ready to join you. Strength in numbers. As for what to research, that depends on what's in play on your board and what your coa needs you to focus on. A strong coa takes multiples roles and splits it up so you can get big quick.
Japan is really good. I played in real time and won too But the thing is you need good allies or get eaten up by Neighbouring Countries Advantage of Japan is having ample no. of cities and resources
@@TheB2 For one it’s usually not one of the first countries people pick so when I want to play as Mexico it’s easy to get. Plus if you get the United States, Canada and maybe a South American country like Argentina on your side you guys should be able to quickly conquer the rest of the americas and be out to a good start victory point and resource wise.
yeah Korea is hard, especially with an aggressive china or Japan. If I'm japan and you're a Korean nation, I'm sorry.. my whole strat is to invade south korea day one, north korea day 2, then china before they can come after me first.
I think it's tougher because of the same reason....how do you expand? There aren't enough choices to go after and you have a ton of enemies real close.
if someone lands marines or aav's on your coast outside a city you'll be regretting that assessment lol. The UK isn't bad, but it's low on resources and high on potential enemies. Japan has the same number of cities, similar resource production, and no natural enemies nearby with korea being so weak and china and russia so distant.
@@MausOfTheHousetry India or brazil some time. 9 or 10 cities, and no natural enemies that can effectively attack you.. I've done brazil twice and was always in the top 5 throughout the game, and as India my first try ive been in the lead almost the entire game so far
@@TheB2i really enjoy playing as Japan, brazil, uk, or really any naval power. Had a few great games as USA too.. But i'm going to play India my next round just to give it a try, they seem pretty good
@@TheB2I started an India game after this post, on a zombies 4x.. they are amazing on this game type!!!! You have 3 neighbors with 3 cities. I got lucky, Nepal with 3 cities tried to attack from the north but i'd anticipated it and he threw almost all his troops away on 8 of mine, and I only lost 1. My other 2 3 city neighbors are both gone now too, and i'm most of the way through pakistan.. I've been in the lead since "day 3", since it's a 4x we're on day 7 now
keep in mind special forces can't capture cities or territory. It's a viable strategy when used with paratroopers, but i find that Marines, with their massive attack against cities, are more useful overall.
I've played 6 games so far. Chose Pakistan everytime, conquered India, Kashmir, Srilanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh within a week everytime, without the use of gold.... In every single game, India was attacking Kashmir, Nepal, and Bangladesh at the same thing, I took advantage of it and wiped out India easily.... so "No" India is not the best country to start with.
@@TheB2 Most of the times, India attacks Bangladesh and Nepal on day 1. So as long as Pakistan knows how to play, and is not an ally to India, it's really easy to conquer India. Maybe I'm just a very good player with just a little experience lol
Australia is always far away from the battles for me and I always get a strong New Zealand for some reason when I do play it....then I spend a week beating NZ back.
@@TheB2 yes but it'll be safer coz the opponent needs a navy to take naval superiority while in India I might be defeated if there is expert rival as my neighbor especially in Pakistan. Anyway a coalition can always save it though.
I prefer marines, tank destroyers, and sams in my force. If I attack your mbts and infantry in a city, I win, and they are very strong on defense too. TD's and marines both have city bonuses, which on top of their exceptional stats will guarantee wins on attacking. That being said, I have BEEN rushed as Indonesia, by Australia and the Philippines, on like day 3, and lost that game immediately. Last time i played Indonesia.
@@TheB2 actually it's all port cities, and this can be a vulnerability or a strength. If you make a strong enough navy, no one will ever be able to invade your homeland through it.. I leave my strongest or second strongest fleet to defend the capital and another fleet at the most likely invasion point, but I run 6 to 8 fleets as japan so that i can extend military power globally
I've been trying for months to get into a game playing India. It finally happened today. Thanks for sharing all of your experience.
Glad I could help! Good Luck my dude
I disagree, the US is the best starting location, Canada and Mexico, the best countries to be taken easily, plus you are so far away from Europe and Asia.
@@LordEmperorHyperion Too big
Playing my third game ever. Clicked on a map and India was available and then my brother got China lol
I invaded India as a starter player using Pakistan
I watched your video and then decided to play with India. I just won the game with more than 500 VP above second place my ally China lol. Thanks man
I love them, they are so well positioned early game.
I think a really underrated country to start with is Chad because they are landlocked and if you ally with a few of your neighbors you will basically be able to walk through Africa
I agree, Chad can be very effective early if you can ally.
funny because when i read this comment im playing chad
@@matej936 Love it!
I am chad and my coalition has basically taken over all of africa with algeria gaurding the north
Country’s I like:
Greece for the Flashpoint games: Has two AIs, Turkey is usually easy to take, Iraq is a piece of cake and France and Greece tend to sandwich Italy.
Romania: Easy to take Arstotzka and Crimea, which gives you a good entrance to Ukraine and Russia.
Indonesia: Easy to take small places such as Singapore which is very important and Malaysia tends to be weaker, then the Philippines are easy because they are usually fighting multiple fronts and then getting to Indochina is easy by trailing up Thailand’s peninsular.
And Finally BRAZIL: Believe it or not, I love playing Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay are pieces of cake, then you have three AI players to the north, coastal cities can take you to the Caribbean which gives you an important control over Panama and The rest of Central America.
Also, just a request, in future vids, could you do the political view, only because in late game it’s hard to tell which country is where. Thanks
I love your analysis of Greece! I don't play much Flashpoint, do you find it's mostly newer players?
TheB2 Thank you! Yes, most of the time it’s either newer players or more inactive players generally on the flashpoint servers. 😁
Darkside GD yes
1 reason - enemies help you grow.
Computer countries and only a few enemies help with defense, but I like growing by taking cities, knocking out players, and getting resources especially rare materials.
And it might be a dirty trick but getting countries before a player has selected them - in Eastern Europe for instance, or the mid-east.
After Pakistan the only options to grow are:
Bottle-neck through the Kolkata basin.
Central Asia through the mountains.
China - over mountains again and a long way to its cities - and long-game, they have to be removed anyway.
Further East and into Iran - but their cities are a long distance away and you're then late to the race in the middle-east.
Or it's into the boats to Southeast Asia, Arabia, or Africa - which is a long way to go on water if you're navy's not fully developed.
So maybe good for defense and hard to get out during the early game, but I've seen India struggle with slow growth - safe for a long time and seemingly in a good position, but then underdeveloped when it comes time to be aggressive and play with the other big players.
Yes, take those AI countries as quickly as possible. Helps with resources (in most cases) and helps generate cash flow you need to purchase market items or send spies out.
I am playing as Hindustan (North India)..i first conquered kashmir then pakistan then north east india, half of south india, half of myanmar, half of china(Uighur), half of siberia,half of russia... my allies are Mongolia and Kazakhstan.. rn we have the full central asia..se asia.. almost 60% of whole asia
Nice!!!!
Most times, I plays as China as I always do good as China. However, I got my first win last night on Austria, which can be a decent country due to all the AI nations bordering it. In that game with me as Austria, Chile was trailing me in VPs the entire game (he was doing VERY well). That is like the 2nd or 3rs time I've seen Chile win/close to winning a game before, so I think one of these days I'm going to try a game as Chile.
Austria is strong and compact at the start, I like them
@@TheB2 I had played as Austria once or twice before, but I had gotten squashed by Italy and Germany. I guess 3rd time is the lucky charm.
Looking at it now. India is a really great nation to start off as. The Decent number of cities, the weak nations around and so much to build on. You know what's the worst thing? When people play as India and do nothing the whole game. I have such a player who has been AFK since Day 2 of the game and has done NOTHING. Not even attacking Bangladesh, Nepal or Jammu to take extra land. It really kills the fun of facing a strong nation.
Annoying! I like India's setup and I love the surrounding AI countries
I've played as Russia before and it's not a bad country or tough to defend at all. You just put troops in two border provinces with level 2 outposts and it will block off most countries from attacking until you're strong enough to counter attack or better use your start up resources to build up strenght and annihiliate your neighbors.
Russia is fun, but yeah you get hit on multiple fronts its tough. 10 cities to start is nice rez though
OK, my turn to try and change your mind. I think the two best countries to be our Saudi Arabia because you have the whole Middle East plus Israel and Iran. If you play Saudia correctly, you will end up on India’s doorstep by day 14 to 21. My second favorite would have to be Mexico because it’s that little hole in the wall restaurant that serves the best food that you ever had. I never knew how resource rich Mexico really was until I played it. Everyone wants to go after the big countries, with Saudi Arabia you have the ability to annex a lot more cities than just trying to start out with so many cities. That’s just my opinion, I would love to hear what your thoughts are on my airborne strategy though?
haha....love it. Saudi is too surrounded by big countries for me. Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Iraq and Iran are all close.
@@TheB2 Ethiopia is only wildcard
7:40 "Pakistan is only a five-country nation". That blew my mind haha
lol....sometimes I figure out the most random stuff while I am filming and don't edit it out. You can tell because I always pause to think about it for a split second. I didn it in the recent video and was pointing out the HP on the cruise missile and forgot what I was talking about. lol
@@TheB2 It is fine, I learned a lot thanks! Keep up B2.
South Africa, 5 cities doesn’t look very appealing but from the jump you get Durban and Gaborone and that turns into 7 and you have crazy supplies production you take over Namibia or Mozambique based on what you want then get the other, pick up Madagascar as well for some fuel, get DRC and at that point you are kind of a powerhouse and you can ride up the west or east coast, you can go solo or coalition and win and my best game is with South Africa where I took over the entire African continent, parts of Europe and the Arabian Peninsula and ended up winning with a coalition
I like playing South Africa
I like the smaller nations since the cities are closer together so that when someone attacks you you can send full force to defend or when you're attacking but india is a pretty good country to start with.
agree nations like/Serbia/Syria/Romania/Austria/iraq/Israel
@@ypgmapper3195 Yep.
I just don't like starting with 5 cities....tough to really be competitive on some of them.
@@TheB2 True.
i like sweden the most provides a barrier plus finlands city is in the south so its undefended at the north
you can guard the one naval entrance too, which is nice
I think that Austrailia or NZ is a good start, you can take some time to develop your military and alliances without much intervention from other people, and you can build a strong navy and air force from it.
I have won a game with India but I got atttacked hard by Myanmar in the very beginning so I needed people to help me out I did eventually defeat him but not on my own and Indonesia also did the same to me but my coalition ended up winning the game
You always have wild card games where your opposition comes after you quick. It's really the only play against one of the larger nations is to go all in on them.
I play alliance war. The match is 16vs16 & it is random start country. I got india
My alliance clan is very disorganiseze, so it end up 6 vs 16. 3 out of 6 is serious to play, that is my leader, my buddy and me.
My leader random start being alone in europe and serounded by enemy badly. So it end up being 2vs16. But we won because me and my buddy has been into this situation many time, being outnumber. No gold, just use simple strategy demoralised enemy.
Nice!
Yeh it's by far the best big nation nation.. Not super hard to defend like US or super long to move across like Russia. Or China.. Yeah its def the best big nation
Exactly
Just won a game a week ago playing India
NICE!!
Why don't you use political map mode with road connections?
That way you can see different country colors that helps a lot.
Also I am watching this on mobile but it seems to me you can zoom in at least one more lvl if not two. It's much more convenient to show your viewers graphics and provinces in close proximity when you are talking about them.
And least do you play Flashpoint maps?
It is quicker packed with more early action...
I started using it more in more recent videos.
I would have to say the best country for me Is Japan, I always pick it if I can, no enemies to the east you just have to wait for the koreans to start fighting then it's just easy picking, I've pretty much in the 2 games I played with Japan recreated the Japanese empire of WW2 and I have undoubtedly had the greatest navy on the globe in both games, and the best part is I dint even need armored support I only used naval infantry and my navy to conquer pretty much the whole Pacific and southeast Asia.
I reached my greatest height in the game where most of the map is flooded it would have been ideal for me because my navy was stronger then the three next 3 navies combined, but sadly one of our coalition member threw a temper and just left and we just negotiated to standby while we let the other coalition win the game. I really wished he dint throw a tantrum because literally all of the peoples productive cities were on the coast meaning I would have dominated the battlefield, add my teammates army and victory was certain.
I'm so bad with Japan because I tend to be more ground based so India allows me to do some Naval. What units do you produce?
@@TheB2 well with Japan the key is the navy I probably shouldn't be giving you my secrets but I cant even log back into my account so I don't care.
So the key Is the navy , literally in the beginning stages I only produce Naval infantry destroyers and most importantly cruisers, I once destroyed a guys navy so bad he messaged me. In later states in the game as you get more recources produce aircraft carriers naval air superiority fighter and anti missiles etc.
The great part about Japan too is I never upgraded the factories I kept them at lvl 1 and I am still able to reach my army limits.
For some reason I keep winning with India. Its so easy for me to invade southeast Asia and East Africa with my Allies
I like India! go go go
Is Pakistan one of your ally😂😂😂 always when I play Pakistan I join forces with India and mostly China😂
@@gamingparadise3390 Wow I'm playing as Pakistan and India attacked me so now I defeated them and I'm conquering India's and China's territories.
@@greenbladeyt5121 hahaha
I like Belarus in general, but India is good for getting a head start in the game, I normally just play Belarus more than any other country, people say it's hard but it's just not lol, my struggle is the configuration of what to research, I don't know weather you research your Air force or your Ground Force, I normally research my Corvettes as soon as I reach Riga/Tallin or Sevastopol and Odessa early game so I can set up a future attack, but here in India, you just need 2 ships on each side of the country, and a Ground-Force and Early-Mid Game develop your Air force with the Ground Force
All correct
It's good as I love to play with India but if your neighbour Myanmar is a good player then you will be fucked unless you are online often . But once you can deal with all that , it really makes the game a lot more easier .
yeah
same with pakistan
The one thing that's challenging about India is the resources. They have a lot of supplies so I always end up making Corvettes and artillery and things but then I feel overmatched if there's a strong Naval player such as Indonesia, Australia, or the US that attacks me. But they only have one city that produces rare materials and their components are weak as well so it's hard to research and build top tier units.
true story, need to annex a comp city so you can make lethal units
Yas!!!!! India!!!!!!
I think I know who this is...haha.
Great
Bro Andaman Nicobar Islands in India or near as you may say in the Bay of Bengal or Indian Ocean are awesome if you build a field airport their ,it will boost your attack and petrolling range beyond or till strait of malacca.
I use them to defeat Malaysia and all other islands and they got hard time lol to attack also they failed always as I guarded it with destroyers and anti air guns and airforce offcourse including navy helicopters lol😂😂
Great idea
I play as India and it’s amazing to play as
I dig it, good luck!
what should I research India? ( tell 5 things to research first ) thanks dude >3
Sure thing, for my play style, I like Infantry, GunShips, AS, Subs/Elite Subs and Railguns. If you run into someone hyper active they will out range you, so make sure you have a good coalition. I also like ground radars too.
Turkey is my fav.. ive only been playing for a couple weeks though
Play a different country every time and you will settle on a particular one that fits your play style
Which infantry unit you use with western? I tried India and used airborne infantry and it seemed like they traveled insanely slow
Turkey should be left for intermediate or expert Try Mexico or UK for beginners and urondoctime.
you might not believe this but usually when i play america i get crushed by canada but i crushed mexico my coa is falling apart so ill invade brazil and canada with the right of way trick
get 'em!
I once pushed india back entirely early game with pakistan and it was probably my first 4x game but his ally china destroyed me lol
I always think I'm in a good position and then something happens I don't expect....the more I play the less it happens.
Pakistan has a strategically great advantage over India, and India is to predictable making it vulnerable to Pakistan. The sooner you attack India, the easy it is to conquer India. Make sure China or Afghanistan are not allies to India... Wait for India to attack Nepal and Bangladesh (and Kashmir) cuz it 100% will (most probably on day 1) Send all your army to New Delhi, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. After that they don't have a lot of army (and confidence) left and you can proceed to the leftover cities...
Worked for me 6 out of the 6 times I chose Pakistan 🌚
So India might look like a more powerful country to play as, compared to Pakistan, but it's really not.
@@UsamaHashmiOfficial what kind of an idiot choose India and don't go straight for Pakistan?
@@edwinbenny2483 All the 7 idiots I played against, as well as the maker of this video who thinks Pakistan is going to sit there, do nothing, wait for India and watch India attacking Bangladesh, Nepal, SriLanka and Kashmir ETC...
I want someone to practically prove me wrong here, but India always go for the smaller bot countries around it, and then for Pakistan... unless Pakistan is me, and I don't wait for India lol
@@UsamaHashmiOfficial Then you never played against pros
Whatever you do never take those smaller countries in special gamemodes...some of them don't even produce all the ressources you need so if you don't attack someone else to get their cities you're screwed
Sometimes the AI gets angry too, lol
@@TheB2 I never had that happen, guess I'm lucky
I think that best country is Greece or Turkey. Greece is better but depends on what doctrine you prefer or nation for roleplay. The reason for it is the Balkans and Syria and Israel. The Balkans and Syria and Israel areas have highest density of cities. Balkan is easy since the countries are almost all computer AI. I am new and from Bosnia so I play Turkey. I attack Greece first, then move up the Balkans, like Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia(player) and Slovenia. I avoid Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. After that I take Syria, Lebanon and Israel. When I hold all these, I am 2nd largest economy after Russia. Next goal is I attack Egypt since it holds a choke point (Suez)for naval and few cities stacked by the Suez and river. After that I like to go for Iraq and go down the river to Kuwait, avoiding the sand of Saudi Arabia. If you are not friendly with Europe, then go for Italy. Coastal cities are better than regular cities. You can build Shipyard which increases resources. This is why I would recommend Greece over Turkey as starting nation. Greece has more coastal cities and you can stack shipyards, airports (increase resources) on top of arms factories. Forget what people say about Germany, Japan, United States and so on. Play Greece/Turkey and follow the map of Ottoman Empire around the Mediteranea Sea and you will always be a superpower.
that whole area plus europe is always highly contested early. Africa and South America are rarely played by good players so it's a great place to start if you need a few extra days before war
@TheB2 very true since the nerf now every country in south America plays the same navy or air force anything else will get you crushed by others
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hahaha what?
Really... Kashmir a country lol
Kashmir Belongs to India. Kashmir is an Indian State.
@@TheB2 1:04 The Writing
@@blessen9238 Even though I am an Indian, I would have to say this, Kashmir is officially said to be an Indian state, but it STILL isn't an Indian state, it's disputed between Pakistan and India,( don't forget Aksai Chin,Chinese Kashmiri territory). It's said to be an Indian State, but not an Indian territory. If we really want Kashmir, we goota take the whole other half of it which is present in Pakistan
@@nibeditabhattacharya321 get your facts checked it was officially handed over by the king of kashmir to republic of india you are getting fancy with state and territory there but it is what is it
I can claim your house too it would be disturbed territory in court but if you have papers it's yours
playing as india, conquered turkey, pakistan, oman,ethiopia, going to conquer iraq and syria as well baby
I just cant select countries like India or USA, CHINA, or Russia in 4x, what do I do 😭
They are so hard to get, so many people refreshing the screen waiting for new games.
I just did! Hoping to do well with the tips you gave@@TheB2
@@TheB2i got india!!
Peru if you play smart, I’m in a game where me and colombia controls all of north and South America and half of Africa but Sweden just got nukes lol damn them
Peru is fun, Bolivia is kinda fun too until you need to cross the water to somewhere :)
Could be me, I am right now Peru in a game and Columbia is my only left active in our starting coalition. Soon we will go toghether in an other and right now are already holding the entire american continents xD And yes, Sweden is also by far the strongest Player in my game, a guy at lvl 118 ^^
If you dont get in as soon as the game starts, picks are limited ....i like Saudi because of natural buffers and easy advancement opportunity ... especially if you annex Kiwait for extra cash early on ! every one is selling resources, you will be buying them . my other pick is Turkey , but you have to put extra units to defend Istanbul until your navy is built up .
true
Saudi arabia is a very good country I got a solo win with it. The country Turkey is risky because you are in Europe and middle-east unless you have a good coalition it’s good.
My favourite are. Republic of the Congo 🇨🇬 and Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
Congo and UZ are good too
being an indian played with india, ended up having 17 ballistic mis subs around the world, its a pitty i never got to use em
I like India!
We found a folder in one of my games: Norway, my coalition caught him Golding and exposed him in CON news and now the con news exploded with articles complaining
I love it when you can catch someone golding and everyone allies against them.
just remember, golding IS a part of the game, and it's against the rules to flame anyone for doing so. I don't gold unless it's to counter another golder.. But it's an allowable strategy
What do u mean by flaming?
@@thegreatest3face774 you're not allowed to get in CON news and talk crap about them golding.. it's allowable by rules, but "flaming" or insulting them over it is not
@@seancostello4158 pussy player
India is ok. I like France and Poland. Both also have 8 cities and are positioned better. In Europe, it’s easier to expand because there are tons of countries. When playing France or Poland, there are way more options and easy wins off the bat. You can also make a quick alliance with uk or Germany and be really good.
Everyone has a play style for sure
I would say Australia is better cause the only player near them are new Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia you can make an alliance with them you will be isolated from any superpower that buys you time to build your army.
Australia is strong too
Fun Fact: We Indians don't have this game available in our country, yeah...that's a sad fact ☹️
OO.OO
Now its available buddy
Check it out
@@night.wiingfx it's not available in the play store
@@teamtiger1366 Its on pc only
but personally for me playing India has been hard as India is a big country and it is hard to move troops from interior cities like bangalore to the border. And not only pak there is an invasion threat from myanmar too. Any help?
If you don't want to war your neighbors, start a coalition and invite them or at least talk to them and get friendly
@@TheB2 yup but i mean without talks
cowards- these game developers are really cowards to make Kashmir a separate country. Its like making texas another country. Just because two other countries want India's land doesn't make it separate or theirs. Moreover Its called Jammu and Kashmir because its one state wth two ends. Why break a state to 2? Pathetic!
GRRR, gettem!
Yes Kashmir after Pakistani intervention kashmir join india the game should join kashmir with India and make it into a 9 cities nation
Kashmier belongs to Pakistan
@@Crypto_prod35Kashmir belongs to noone, you live your life and die in peace, we're visitors in this world. we live the best life and leave the land to God, to whom it belongs
Why is kashmir written separate....😠😠😠😠😠
I dunno man, mods questions there
change my mind too... france and germany
Germany is a great country in this game but it's close to other really good countries so Europe ends up being a bloodbath early. France, meh
no poland is good because u can invade ally with belarus and ukraine and then attack germany early on
then betray ur allies and take them over then russia then... idk
i started playing this game 2 days ago first time and using Finland. is that good or bad guys??
Depends on what strategy you are using and what coalition you get into
South Africa is the best! No need to worry on other sides except north
I like how it only has tow players that can attack you and you can take an AI right away too.
Kashmir is an internal part of India
Didn't know that!
@@TheB2 Lol u dont want to get into that argument. Pakistanis say kashmir belongs to them, India says it belongs to them. Kashmir says they want to be a free separate country and India took their autonomus rights away so they can send soldiers to remove the muslim population for hindus to move in. ITS a mess!
@@fusionplayz582 no, only 1% or 2% wants independence...... Muslims chased away alll Kashmiri Hindus in 1989 (it is called Hindu exodus of Kashmir)
@@shahanshahpolonium That is false, I'm not a Muslim man but I know most of Kashmir wants independence. If that wasn't true than why would india ban kashmirs access to the internet which is a human right and plus put milions of soldiers in kashmir
@@fusionplayz582 all that is because of the terrorists in Kashmir and also because of Pakistani aggression
I just got a perfect game with India im allies with china, japan and obviously Pakistan for now. But I'm not sure how I should move on. What should I research maybe mechanized troops? more navy? strike fighters or air superiority? Should I attack Mynamar? Btw I'm currently day 1 in a 4x game
I would start with the AI countries and only attack when your coalition is ready to join you. Strength in numbers. As for what to research, that depends on what's in play on your board and what your coa needs you to focus on. A strong coa takes multiples roles and splits it up so you can get big quick.
I’m India - Indonesia declared war on me. How does that make sense?
using diplomacy panel?
@@gameanna1568you didn’t understand
It's all based on the player playing it on who they want to attack and the AI gets wild at times.
Is Japan good? And what should i focus on?
Im weak as Japan but Naval is an obvious priority.
Japan is really good. I played in real time and won too
But the thing is you need good allies or get eaten up by Neighbouring Countries
Advantage of Japan is having ample no. of cities and resources
I played as India 4 months ago in a couple games, and the army bases were automatically built in some cities. I don’t know why.
We have 2 nuclear armed rivals
Now guess why
@@hiteshadhikari that doesn’t answer anything
@@rohanmuni01 might just be a glitch or something, maybe you were playing a different mode? Otherwise it just might be a bug or something like that.
we arent obliged to answer your idiotic questions kiddo@@rohanmuni01
Mexico is a good one too
I'm not a fan, why do you feel it's good? I'd love to know.
@@TheB2 For one it’s usually not one of the first countries people pick so when I want to play as Mexico it’s easy to get. Plus if you get the United States, Canada and maybe a South American country like Argentina on your side you guys should be able to quickly conquer the rest of the americas and be out to a good start victory point and resource wise.
I picked Poland is that good I just started to play
I love playing Poland
Ok
Any points on andaman and nicobar islands??
Don't even know where those are, but at some point to grab easy VP's you will want at least 1 Naval Infantry.
@@TheB2 those are the island chain near indonesia and myabmar and malaysia
For me France is the best i don't win much at all but france is good I've one 8 times with france....Im always successful with France
Euro is always a slugfest at the start so it's hard to gain enough land to stay in it
@@TheB2 Bruh im playing a game rn that my coalition has the HIGHEST POINTS
@@TheB2 yep that true
I'm playing as Israel and it's good. I've teamed up with my neighbors and it's working fine
Israel is neat because it's pretty easy to defend most of your cities from missile attack....its just smack dab in the middle of some heavy hitters.
I want to play this game with india
But i don't know how to chose India In the beginning of the game.
You have to join when the map opens to get a larger country.
I'm new to this game. I don't see any other continent except Europe in my map and little bit asia till left half of Iran.
It's the play mode, you need to unlock WW3
In my opinion the hardest nations to play is North and South Korea
Any country starting with 5 or less cities is near impossible to win with without golding.
Like Angola
yeah Korea is hard, especially with an aggressive china or Japan. If I'm japan and you're a Korean nation, I'm sorry.. my whole strat is to invade south korea day one, north korea day 2, then china before they can come after me first.
@@seancostello4158 No other way to move as Japan, you have to be aggressive for sure.
Yah only naval and special forces can embark/disembark anywhere possibly infantry officer and def the airborne officer I believe that's it
I'd have to look at updates and tool tips to confirm. Haven't been playing as much lately, super busy at work.
I’m playing as India right now
You like it?
@@TheB2
Yep
@@suspiciouslookingbanana6017 did u win bro
the fact that he pronounced some of the city names right makes my happy for sum reson
oh yeah! lucky me haha
Which is better, Ethiopia or Kenya?
I think Ethiopia but I really enjoy playing Kenya too...most people forget about Africa.
Sweden is a good one
I do like Sweden too!
Really trying to get an India game but it's hard lol
takes time to really learn it
@@TheB2 I can't even get it to try lol
Libyan is like India too
Not sure what you mean
TheB2 And know?
What do you think about the UK?
I'm not a fan because I don't like Naval units
@@TheB2 ok thank you for taking the time to reply
@@TheB2 same here
What about cuba?
They are terrible
@@TheB2 but I choose cuba and I did great because I had a strong navy and troops? So i was just wondering if cuba is only good to get ships.
meh
also sas can also inbark and disinbak with out ports
SAS can't cap though right as special forces?
I like Canada :)
Oh Canada!
Romania is an good nation sto start of with
I see Romania in the top countries quite a bit. Euro starts are always so dicey for me, seems like right out of the gates people want to fight.
@@TheB2 yeah
Australia isn't bad. Brazil is pretty good too. The problem with India; not enough Naval ports in endgame.
Australia has too many access points for someone to attack for my style. If you go heavy naval and park ships all around it maybe.
Every time I pick India I get attacked by either Pakistan’s or Myanmar, no matter how diplomatic I am lol.
It happens to me when I pick a Euro country....hate it
I think the UK is much better because of strategic location. You can only be attacked on cities, and that's the most protected part of the country.
I think it's tougher because of the same reason....how do you expand? There aren't enough choices to go after and you have a ton of enemies real close.
@@TheB2 It's quite easy to take france or denmark. If I am in a coalition with european countries I just take norway/ sweden.
if someone lands marines or aav's on your coast outside a city you'll be regretting that assessment lol. The UK isn't bad, but it's low on resources and high on potential enemies. Japan has the same number of cities, similar resource production, and no natural enemies nearby with korea being so weak and china and russia so distant.
@@seancostello4158 agreed, I've shifted from the UK to Germany now. 8 cities are no joke.
@@MausOfTheHousetry India or brazil some time. 9 or 10 cities, and no natural enemies that can effectively attack you.. I've done brazil twice and was always in the top 5 throughout the game, and as India my first try ive been in the lead almost the entire game so far
Egypt is the best one you can go to africa or middle east
I do like Egypt, people often overlook it.
Egypt is in Africa
I havent tried india yet
Which countries do you like?
@@TheB2i really enjoy playing as Japan, brazil, uk, or really any naval power. Had a few great games as USA too.. But i'm going to play India my next round just to give it a try, they seem pretty good
@@seancostello4158 I just really like the layout and lack of any major threats early.
@@TheB2I started an India game after this post, on a zombies 4x.. they are amazing on this game type!!!! You have 3 neighbors with 3 cities. I got lucky, Nepal with 3 cities tried to attack from the north but i'd anticipated it and he threw almost all his troops away on 8 of mine, and I only lost 1. My other 2 3 city neighbors are both gone now too, and i'm most of the way through pakistan.. I've been in the lead since "day 3", since it's a 4x we're on day 7 now
It's just weird to me or are you investing too much in Vessels? I could just wreck Africa with Spetsnaz maxed level.
I am investing in vessels to shoot another video on naval vessels, normally you won't need this many naval units as India for sure.
keep in mind special forces can't capture cities or territory. It's a viable strategy when used with paratroopers, but i find that Marines, with their massive attack against cities, are more useful overall.
My fav country is norway
thats a good one
It’s alright in my opinion if you can get an alliance with Sweden 🇸🇪 then build up a massive army then invade Sweden 🇸🇪 it is pretty good
Think again
Why so?
I've played 6 games so far. Chose Pakistan everytime, conquered India, Kashmir, Srilanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh within a week everytime, without the use of gold....
In every single game, India was attacking Kashmir, Nepal, and Bangladesh at the same thing, I took advantage of it and wiped out India easily....
so "No" India is not the best country to start with.
nobody expects the Pakistan double cross....60% of the time it works every time
@@TheB2 Most of the times, India attacks Bangladesh and Nepal on day 1.
So as long as Pakistan knows how to play, and is not an ally to India, it's really easy to conquer India.
Maybe I'm just a very good player with just a little experience lol
My favorite is Australia although I'm indian 😄
Australia is always far away from the battles for me and I always get a strong New Zealand for some reason when I do play it....then I spend a week beating NZ back.
@@TheB2 yes but it'll be safer coz the opponent needs a navy to take naval superiority while in India I might be defeated if there is expert rival as my neighbor especially in Pakistan. Anyway a coalition can always save it though.
@@UndeadAssassin108 tune downloaded kese kiya
I’m gonna become British India
Role play it up!
You can't.
I like south africa and Kazachstan
Kazak is always a good time
kazakh good but if im playing as china u better lookout
having india in the title = views
I've got all kinds of countries in the title but for some reason this one gets the most views for sure.
@@TheB2 yup, 1.3Bn indians are attracted to da title
I like Sweden
Sweden is a good country
Indonesia is the best. 7 cities and no one can rush you
I need to play a round as Indonesia, it's been a while since I've played them. I think I always shy away as I prefer more ground based attacks.
@@TheB2 yeah i prefer to rule the seas
usually just do infantry, MBT's and SAM launchers on the ground
@@BenPlays482 That's me right there in a nut shell and maybe Thaad near the end.
I prefer marines, tank destroyers, and sams in my force. If I attack your mbts and infantry in a city, I win, and they are very strong on defense too. TD's and marines both have city bonuses, which on top of their exceptional stats will guarantee wins on attacking. That being said, I have BEEN rushed as Indonesia, by Australia and the Philippines, on like day 3, and lost that game immediately. Last time i played Indonesia.
Really... Kashmir a country lol
Kashmir Belongs to India. Kashmir is an Indian State.
Bro.....it's a game
no seriously they are doing things on their own
but i think its to make both pakistanis and indians enjoy this game
Well it's not available in india 😭
Bummer!
@@TheB2 It is available in India lmao
Steven crowder
Who is that?
@@TheB2 Someone who does a change my mind series, look him up.
@@brunjim9812 I will have to look him up, sounds intriguing!!
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Back on your right spot!
Personally i prefer Argentina
Argentina is good and really good players rarely plat South America in my experiences.
im playing as isreal and theres a war mogor saudi arabia and libya surrounding me lol
Good luck!
You are doing india so you can get a lot of veiws
Why is that?
@@TheB2 coz India is a world Second largest populated country and world no 1 Internet connection watching TH-cam
India barely shows up on my stats, but I like the way you think.
@@TheB2 India is the best country to play with... then there's brazil... ive won a ton of games with brazil..
no hes not, as a current player india is one of the best if not the best country to pick
Japan is probably even better tho
I need to play Japan again. They seem extremely vulnerable with mostly port cities.
@@TheB2 actually it's all port cities, and this can be a vulnerability or a strength. If you make a strong enough navy, no one will ever be able to invade your homeland through it.. I leave my strongest or second strongest fleet to defend the capital and another fleet at the most likely invasion point, but I run 6 to 8 fleets as japan so that i can extend military power globally
@@TheB2 well mostly port cities makes them also fairly strong, as any invader would have to gain naval superiority first