Well, given that only certain provinces produce resources, it's probably a good idea to start upgrading those first with infrastructure/port, whichever is more geographically advantageous.

The expensive industrial complexes are already built in most cities, so it could be a good idea to specialize each of those in production of one type of unit through selective building upgrades(infrastructure for armour, port for naval, air base for aircraft), although it is probably a good idea to have at least an L1 barracks in those as well.

And for now, barracks can't produce infantry without an industrial complex, so it isn't a good idea to put them everywhere, for they aren't equivalent to s1914's recruiting offices. Furthermore, the only passive benefit to having barracks is the 5% manpower production increase, but I don't think that is worth the 200 grain per day(8.33 per hour), except in provinces where the base manpower production is already very high.

If you have colonies, I would say build barracks there so you can bulk build militia and send it to the front from a safeish area. If you have any islands with two provinces, turn one of the provinces into an area where you can build a navy. Use the cities to build armour and provinces that do not produce resources to produce militia and infantry. Make sure to heavily upgrade the provinces that produce rare material. Some research only requires one hour so do those first then research cruisers and then after that work on tanks and arty.

One thing to remember about Barracks is they also contribute to what is called your Manpower resource. So even though they may not be built where factories are they can contribute to the overall man power of your country. I am not sure what happens if your manpower goes negative or to zero.

Of course that is the only resource type that cant be bought on the open market. So once you are out you are screwed.

negative production of manpower effects nothing to your troops just effects the possibility to produce units.

When it reaches zero the units will suffer on their Moral.

I would like to point out you can recruit militia using just a barracks

How many days a game last ?What is the fastest victory so far ?

Hey, I think Call of war should have ''trailer'' on YouTube.

Does it work on that?

I mean to get a ,,sudden strike,,minimum 471points here of total 632points (which will be 1000 points in Supremacy1914)in a ranked game ,no retirement....Will less than 25 days Victory471p be enough in a normal ranked game ?

Anyone have an opinion on militia? They seem like a useless unit to me as they are much weaker than a standard infantry unit and actually cost more in manpower to build and more of everything to upkeep. Their only advantages are that their initial supply cost is half that of infantry and they are faster to build.

I find it hard to imagine any circumstances where I'd want to build these except in an extreme emergency, and if you were in that much trouble you'd probably be heading for defeat anyhow.

They are good for fighting in North Africa but it is quicker and cheaper just to dump a couple of tanks of any kind in there.

Is it worth it to build infrastructure in core single resource provinces at the start of the game? In supreamcy1914 I don't usually do this since conquered providence provide 100% resource.

While in this game non-core provinces only provide 25% of resource so maybe it's important to build up the core provines sooner.

Resources are more limited in this game so you may not be able to afford building up infra in your core provinces right away. However, you should probably do it as soon as you can afford it, at least in provinces with resources you are short of. And later on, you will need higher level infra to build higher level units anyway.

Militia are really great when you need infantry in a hurry and have little to spend on it except raw manpower. In combat they are perfectly usable (if a bit slow) when supported by armoured cars. They are absolutely perfect as a cheap garrison to hold down a newly conquered province. Using cheap militia as garrisons means you can move the stronger and faster regular infantry elsewhere.

I love militia!

I can't see any reason why you'd ever want to build militia, except maybe if you want to build a unit extra quick for some emergency and couldn't build anything else. They cost more to build and maintain than infantry in both grain and manpower, have far inferior combat stats, have only 10 hitpoints to infantry's 15, and are slower than infantry.

Much better to spend a few more hours building an infantry unit IMO - a unit that is actually useful. And even if you are in a terrific hurry, you can build an AA unit in the same time, or an AT unit in only 2 hours longer.

As I said before, Militia are good for a quick rampage in North Africa, but you can do the job with one or two of any tank or maybe just a car or two.

Okay, that's a legitimate use I guess - building them in a region where you don't have an industrial complex nearby and don't want to build one.