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Anonymous09/29/25, 19:07No.2157998Cossacks
Got any tips for a newbie? I'm playing Back to War, btw.
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Anon09/29/25, 19:25No.2158011
Been awhile but what I remember merc archers from consulate are really good for taking out buildings, ships are fantastic firesupport, it's absolutely worth upgrading one unit you'd want to spam and putting them in formations and static defences and turtling won't cut it if he spams howitzers and such.
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Anon09/29/25, 19:54No.2158037
The gunpowder upgrades in the academy are to be done after you fully upgrade your shooters in barracks or stables. This also applies to every percentage upgrade, you do them after flat stat upgrades. Big armies are king. Formation movement is somewhat wonky. Don't get caught out attacking multibarreled artillery with unarmored units, howitzers with massed units or cannons with anything when they're loaded with grapeshot. Capturing enemy peasants is good because building costs aren't tied between nations and you get free cheap housing.
Concerning nations, Algeria is the cheap bumrush faction, while Turkey is a bit more competitive after early game. Russia and Poland are solid in early and midgame, while Prussia, Denmark and to a lesser extent Bavaria dominate late. Austria is the most balanced of western factions due to a bunch of unique units, while Switzerland is a somewhat unorthodox one. Ukraine is the most unorthodox faction period because of their uncapturable peasants, lack of stone walls and the most damaging ranged infantry and melee cavalry units in the game. Get the second stone upgrade and sell your stone on the market ASAP. Your units will not fire if you lack iron or coal, lack of food will kill your population and once you run out of gold your formations will disband, and your mercenaries and ships of the line will rebel. Drummers have the highest field of view so you can use them as scouts until you get the balloon.
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Anon09/30/25, 02:08No.2158315
Pay attention to upgrade costs. There's a number of extremely cheap food production upgrades you should get early on to kickstart your economy. The wood gathering upgrade is nice too, as are unit upgrades with low gold cost.
A second town hall is still reasonably cheap, gives lots of housing space and lets you put down some mines faster.
AI often sucks at protecting its base properly. Send a small cavalry squad on a tournee of least defended spots and marvel at how everything catches fire.
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Anon09/30/25, 14:30No.2158727
>any tips?
Have fun! =D
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Anon09/30/25, 15:09No.2158769
train more units
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Anon09/30/25, 16:08No.2158814
Just do like the Russian Ground Forces:
1. Recruit hundreds upon hundreds of the cheapest unit there is
2. Send it all against the enemy base before it can even develop its army
3. Enjoy the complete destruction as the base defenses are overdriven by your army
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Anon09/30/25, 17:02No.2158852
i liked the concept of having to capture Villages to get resources in Cossacks, moving a bit away from the AoE-style economy. Unfortunately it was executed horribly and the scale of that games battles also feel wrong. Wasted potential.
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Anon09/30/25, 19:31No.2158999
Start out with pikemen and never stop making them. Make formations out of them. 18 c. pikemen train very fast, they are the perfect cannon fodder.
Research the first upgrade on your mines ASAP, starting with gold. If you plan on a longer game, consider the later upgrades too.
Once you have an academy, research that tech which makes your wheat fields last longer.
If you have water access, make fishing ships, but not too many, as they clump up.
If you play as a euro nation, the best bet is to advance into the 18th century and make 18.c dragoons as your main damage unit. They deal 91 damage fully upgraded.
AI will make groups of merc grenadiers and archers that will target your mines.
Frigates are the best warship, but they build very slowly. You need to research a tech in the academy to speed it up, but it requires a lot of stone.
To siege the enemy base, make a lot of mortars. They are good against buildings, and their impacts cause splinters that kill nearby units.
Check out the mod "Imperia." It gives the game a much needed rebalancing, adds Napoleonic units, and a proper AI.
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Anon09/30/25, 19:41No.2159016
Might as well ask here
I never played Cossacks before, is 3 worth buying or should I start with the older ones?
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Anon10/01/25, 02:50No.2159358
The campaign is completely broken. I tried multiple times and it simply has game-breaking, frustrating bugs, which prevent you from finishing it.Was there a fan patch you needed to install?
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Anon10/05/25, 09:57No.2163106
can anyone explain to me how the market cheese works exactly? I used to play this game vanilla but watching some of the pros they're only farming stones and woods, not even ever collecting food or upgrade mines.Also I've seen people building a storage house and setting it on fire after completing building. What purpose does this serve?
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Anon10/06/25, 10:27No.2164077
I am still looking forward for Cossacks 2 remaster.
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Anon10/12/25, 22:11No.2170473
Пpoщe зaдaть вoпpoc, ecли чтo тo нe пoнятнo. Acпeктoв игpы oчeнь мнoгo...
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Anon10/20/25, 07:50No.2178515
A sequel to Gex's EW has released:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/european-warfare-2-the-age-of-reason
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Anon10/20/25, 08:55No.2178544
The most important tip
>This is the game where 500 units is like the basic shit needed to fund your economy, not the top limit of recruitment; you will NEVER have enough units to fight
Rule of thumb stuff
>Unless you play as Ukrainians, use mercenary cossacks to ride the ass of anyone, all the time; Ukis have them in regular, non-merc version, which is superb raider
>Every mine you take out from enemy puts a serious dent on their economy, because they will have to rebuild all the costly upgrades AND wait until the debris clears first
>This game is NOT balanced in any way, certain nations are just plain stronger than others or have stronger units than others
>Bayonets are OP as fuck, even without upgrades, don't be afraid to do bayonet charges
>When in doubt, organ gun is your friend
>If your nation has pikemen in 17th century and they carry armour, NEVER stop recruiting them
>Prussia, Denmark, Ukraine, France and Saxony are all OP as fuck; Poland, Russia, England. Austria and Turks are very strong if you know what you are doing; everyone else is a fillerAlso:
Polish campaign best campaign. This shit is on fire, and the first mission of it is fucking fantastic, almost like you are playing completely different genre.
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Anon10/20/25, 09:30No.2178556
If you don't have at the very least three windmills with 50 peasants working each, you are playing the game wrong.