especially with the new update, it seems completely impossible. I’ve tried the macao strategy, but now portugal wants me to cede the entire fucking state of guangdong! yeah i banned opium but now i have to get that whole fucking state back! is there another way?
I haven’t played the new patch yet but here is some stuff that used to work:
Import artillery and build a shit-ton of cannon artillery units. This will improve your army massively.
Try getting a defensive pact with Russia.
The moment that the British land, do your own naval invasion in the same spot. This usually splits their frontline and confuses the AI.
You could avoid naval invasions entirely if you keep sending 1-ship fleets to intercept their invasions. Naval battles take a lot of time event if it’s a huge British fleet vs 1 junk. While this is happening, do a naval invasion in one of their colonies in Africa to get a ticking war score.
they fixed this bug