EU 3 Succession Game 2: A New Dawn - Page 15

Ramong

Denmark1706 Posts

January 13 2012 17:04 GMT

#281

So I took over February the second 1649 and immediately noticed that I was at war with Pskov, Sweden and Portugal in 1 alliance and with England in another.

6+ infamy and 0 inflation.
8 war exhaustion.
5 traders, 5 diplomats and 5 magistrates.
and a lacking infrastructure.

Decided that I would spend most of my time on internal management and begin getting ready for war with Austria.
Then I noticed this little fellow:
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Never seen Kurland ingame, didn't even no it was possible.

Anyways, I looked over the statistics for Austria and us, our troops and our vassals:
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Currently Austria had the bigger army, but we got far more vassals.

Also while France was currently emperor of The Holy Roman Empire and far to strong for us to take on, we wasn't far from being able to take the throne, since we already got Croatia and Siena as our vassals.
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wtf Portugal in HRE!

If we could somehow subjugate Savoy and Bohemia we could take the throne.
Savoy was not in any alliances so a quick war was declared on them.

Bohemia on the other hand was in a union with Austria, another reason to get ready for war with them.

The war with Savoy was quickly won, but for some reason I could not subjugate them and was forced to annex them in hope of the next elector being one of our many vassals:
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Quickly released them as vassals right after annexation because I didn't wanted the +infamy from unlawful territory

How lucky I was, our vassal Hesse became the new elector in HRE.
We now got 3 votes and only needed Bohemia to take the throne from France:
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Apparently France got a new emperor in those short months.

Now I focused on infrastructure and research. I became able to make a grain depot and quickly began making 1.
+ 20% force limit and + 20% maintenance was most welcome if we are to take on Austria.
So while buildings was being built and armies was trained I looked around for easy targets to bolster my ranks of vassals.

My eyes felt on Mecklenburg whose only alliance was with Poland.
I declared war.
Mecklenburg was overrun and taken:
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and Poland was forced to give up its second most prosperous province, right next our 1 province:
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and also to release Krakow which was soon made a vassal too!

Years went by, infamy reached 0 and another adviser was chosen.
I also completed our mission of incorporation Ulm into our kingdome:
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More years went by with me making more infrastructure and finally we could chose another idea.
I took Grand Army for higher force limits:
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That plus Grain depot made it possible to raise a bigger army than Austria.
So I began training even more troops.

By now most of my time had gone by, I had gotten churches in all provinces, level 3 or 4 forts, and reached tier 4 in most provinces.
I also got traders in the riches Centre of trades.

Then Austria called me to war for the 10th time with a country that I got a truce with:
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Now was as good a time as ever to break the alliance with them.

We also got a larger army now:
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Though France was still to strong.

The year turned 1669 and my time was up.

Europe looked like this:
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Not much had changed, though we was much stronger now.

The world:
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As I said we are now ready for war with the Austria/Bohemia union, if the next in line dares.
But we NEED to become emperor in order to take on France and form Germany.

Pondo is next in line, PM sent with savegame!

Pondo

Australia283 Posts

January 14 2012 01:47 GMT

#282

I'll get started =)

turdburgler

England6749 Posts

January 14 2012 01:57 GMT

#283

why do you hate austria so much? : D

gameguard

Korea (South)2132 Posts

January 14 2012 02:29 GMT

#284

so you guys are switching off every 20 years?

What do guys think about switching off when your ruler dies or a new election comes up (that might be too short so like you could get reelected like 3-4 times or something). Before you start you have to say what kind of ruler you are, preferably in line with the ruler stats. You can be some insane ruler that only wants glory in war or something. So he turns into a general and die in battle or something....

Edit: oh this was already mentioned in the first thread haha.

Ramong

Denmark1706 Posts

January 14 2012 15:36 GMT

#285

On January 14 2012 10:57 turdburgler wrote:
why do you hate austria so much? : D

because if we want to form Germany we need to deal with France, they got vassals on some of the provinces we need, and in order to take on Emperor France we need to first take on Austria and Bohemia :D

3Form

United Kingdom389 Posts

January 14 2012 16:33 GMT

#286

BTW, did we take Gilded Iconography at the start of the game? In my first turn I don't recall having a problem with cultural tradition, but in my second turn I noticed a distinct lack of it. AFAIK Gilded Icons should last until 1821. I didn't want to waste stab hits if we'd already done it and something cancelled it so just took Patron of the Arts instead.
P'raps somebody revoked it?

Simberto

Germany11798 Posts

January 14 2012 17:09 GMT

#287

I don't think we have it, and i don't think we should take it now. Just build 3-4 fine arts academies instead. GI is mostly useful in that period where you can afford to spend all you magistrates, but don't have fine arts academies yet.

Pondo

Australia283 Posts

January 15 2012 03:09 GMT

#288

At the dawn of February 1670 Alsace declared war against Austria.

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The english gave large sums in war subsidies to help in the titanic struggle.

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The bloody war likely brought the total death toll to well in the hundreds of thousands but Alsace had gotten the upper hand. Eight Austrian provinces and 350 ducats were ceded to the Alsacian King.

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Many felt Alsace had overextended itself and with the nation utterly exhausted from war revolts were more rampant than ever before. The vetean army however was strong and none challenged them.

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The King waited patiently for the truce with Bohemia to end in the year 1677. It was then that some documents arose clearly indicating the throne of Bohemia belonged to Alsace! War was declared.

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This time Austria was dispatched with significantly more ease and Bohemia joined Alsace in personal union after their defeat.

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Dreams of becoming the Emperor were over for Walter however. France had a 12 year old king who had taken the position and his death was likely a very long way off. However for his heir there was still work to be done. Four of the electors were either vassals or in a personal union with Alsace yet the whole of europe seemed to have a terrible relationship with the nation.

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The coffers were full after victories at war so the electors were lavished with gifts.

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But trouble came when Walter died from a swiftly acting sickness. His heir came to the thrown.

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The traitorous Bohemia decided it was time to elect their own King.

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They were quickly shown the error in their ways.

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With war exhaustion subsiding and more provinces becoming at their core Alsacian revolts were seen less often.

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On a fresh winter morning the new king was delighted to learn he had inherited Naples!

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1689

A little sad to let this game go =/ I'd probably go for Spain at this point but its up to the next guy. Just make sure you adjust the inflation slider on your first year I was getting some inflation down from one of those event popups.

Pondo

Australia283 Posts

January 15 2012 03:19 GMT

#289

I've PM'd YoureFired.

turdburgler

England6749 Posts

January 15 2012 03:44 GMT

#290

the real question neither of you 2 have answered is, do you still have that 1 boat i built for our single distant overseas province?!

Ramong

Denmark1706 Posts

January 15 2012 03:59 GMT

#291

On January 15 2012 12:44 turdburgler wrote:
the real question neither of you 2 have answered is, do you still have that 1 boat i built for our single distant overseas province?!

If you are talking about the American colony, then we/I lost that province to rebels that decided to join with England!

Pondo

Australia283 Posts

January 15 2012 04:11 GMT

#292

I think I remember seeing we had 1 boat when I was looking at military maintenance though D:

Simberto

Germany11798 Posts

January 15 2012 04:56 GMT

#293

You guys need to work on your statements. We do not have "1 boat". What we have is the great and unsinkable Flagship of the invincible Alsacian Armada, the "Indomitable".

Also, i notice the great nation of Lithm north of Poland.

There are Spain, Castille and Granada in Spain. Interesting.

turdburgler

England6749 Posts

January 15 2012 17:15 GMT

#294

castille is also in america iirc. and i meant that our most southern province in asia is considered distant overseas, so i built a boat :D

i dont think ill ever be as wordy as simberto, so for me it will always be just a boat

i dont even know how we got that american colony to begin with.

YoureFired

United States822 Posts

January 15 2012 20:15 GMT

#295

Sorry I have some family events today, by tomorrow I will have the AAR finished though. My apologies.

turdburgler

England6749 Posts

January 15 2012 20:24 GMT

#296

i dont feel you are taking the boat seriously enough

Bairemuth

United States404 Posts

January 16 2012 07:41 GMT

#297

I didn't even know we had a boat. Good to know, I wouldn't be surprised if it became of significant use in my upcoming AAR.

YoureFired

United States822 Posts

January 17 2012 01:32 GMT

#298

Only had one real major war in this AAR while the rest was spent building up, improving relations and burning off infamy, hopefully the next person might actually get some interesting stuff

The King of Alsace never seems to get much sleep nowadays. Ever since his father Walter passed away, Rupprecht has had to deal with more diplomats, war councils and budget meetings than he could count. He knew that for the glory of his nation, however, that he would have to continue on being strong.

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The newly crowned Spanish king still owned a large amount of Anatolia, threatening Alsace’s precarious position there; although Rupprecht had a fearsome navy,

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it was unfortunately unable to carry any large number of troops across the ocean. Alsace needed a land route to Asia.

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War is declared against the Spaniards.

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Austria joins in the fray as well, but spies carefully positioned throughout the Austrian administration before the war begins are able to pinpoint their garrisons and Alsatian regiments are dispatched to intercept each one.

In a short, bloody year, Alsatian troops quickly defeat the Austrian army and occupy huge swaths of her land. The fortresses of Tirol, Wienz and Graz all fall to combined German might.

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Austria backs out of the war shortly afterwards after ceding large swaths of Eastern Europe and releasing two Greek states.

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The Spanish expeditionary force in Anatolia is defeated as well, and Alsace soon controls the entire peninsula. Spain itself, meanwhile, is occupied by Alsatian armies through France. This dual occupation causes the Spaniards to quickly accept defeat and cede many of their lands in Asia Minor.

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The remaining Spanish lands, overrun by rebels, reformed as new nations long ago conquered by the Ottomans. These relics, however, are quickly vassalized by the Alsatian expeditionary army in order to facilitate movement through the Dardanelles. The Byzantines, somehow reborn in Constantinople, are similarly dispatched.

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After overseeing the final constructions of fortifications along his new borders next to Austria, Rupprecht breathes a sigh of relief. For the first time, he genuinely feels that his nation is safe. Austria lies broken between the two sides of his empire, the Holy Roman electorate heavily favors his election as Emperor and relations with France have never been better.
Alsace is in an even stronger position now, with holdings throughout Europe and a stranglehold on Anatolia.

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Apologies for the massive images, imgur was allowing me to crop them until the last ten... and I have a test to study for so I can edit it later if it's a problem.

Savegame: http://www.mediafire.com/?1sa34o8862az2pe

I'll PM the person once I know who it is, can't seem to find the list.