Economy: 2 mills 2 plantations full (40 settlers – Research upgrades and get Card Bonus – Advanced Mill, Advanced Plantation and Land Grab), max banks: 10 (Unique Church Upgrades, 2 Bank limit increase cards and Imperial age Excessive tax improvement) and and the rest of your civilians on Lumber and your factories producing lumber (Have all 2), Once you have the improvements you want and the buildings you need and defenses task your Factories on Food and Coin for maximum Resource production to allow for mass unit production. (by 45-50 minute mark you should have stockpiles of food and coin)

Defence: Have a wall 2x thick (More is better) and max out on 13 towers (Extensive Fortifications) and 2 forts (cards) and have at-least 5 Artillery pieces and 30 Skirmishers and 20 Pikes (Swiss Pikes if your Saloon has them) and use the wall and Skirmishers range to pick off enemies trying to breach, having at least 2 culvarians is a good Idea. If your on a Island map put your second and third Town Center on the water Front (Anti-Ship Attack of 100). Fully research your Skirmishers and applicable Armory Upgrades.

Attack: You need 10 Cannons, 20-40 Calvary units (10 Hussers rest Ruters), 20 Pikes, 20 – 30 hailbeds and the rest Skirmishers. 2 monitors (3 with admiral card) fully upgraded on maps with water is a plus. Focus cannon on taking out artillery and Infantry, use Calvary to raid settlers, trade posts and the main base and destroy artillery and Use the infantry for guarding the Artillery and anti-Calvary purposes and too draw fire away from.

Navy: Get the Advanced Dock Card and build 4-5 Docks (Easy and fast maintence for your fleet when they get damaged. Max out on everything. Have quick access to your monitors to guide strikes on distant buildings. Use monitors to long distance destroy Defensive structures and artillery, Keep the Warships together and the monitors back. Most players and AI all do not have strong Navy’s and with the Dutch flyute (More powerful than Gallons) they have a big advantage over any enemy navy. Use the navy when safe too, to support your troops and if they get overwhelmed force the enemy army to the sore and pick them off with your army.

Now here is a big secrete about the dutch Navy which makes them the Largest. The have the ability to get Infinite shipments of 3 Privateers *age 4) which means if you dominate the trade routes you can have access to a navy which is infinite the size of any other Navy in Age of Empires 3. Having such a large navy means you will always win naval battles, but if you start loosing, retreat. Warships are expensive. Have 4