EPTedit: You could also try to vassalize Byzantium ASAP and feed Ottoman lands to them. This gets rid of one of the Great Powers really fast without you getting AE in Europe.
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RvB
Netherlands6295 Posts
edit: You could also try to vassalize Byzantium ASAP and feed Ottoman lands to them. This gets rid of one of the Great Powers really fast without you getting AE in Europe. | ||
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cythaze
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other than that idk what advice to give. usually i dont like to attack england super early because they take exploration 2nd, so you have more time to shut em down than castile/portugal if u want to go for the WC. also, as always keep your eyes open for any PU possibilities, as they make life so much easier | ||
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ZeroChrome
Canada1001 Posts
On July 06 2015 19:26 Broetchenholer wrote: Okay, i think i need some inspiration  I wanted to do my first serious world conquest run this weekend. Plan was to stio colonisation as quick as possible, take over the HRE and then steamroll over the rest. So i picked Castille and it went decent, but i think i am stuck already. I declared on France as my opening, getting them to collapse later on the onslaught of everyone taking bites out of them, then finished the recoquista. Next step was getting to england, which took me 3 wars with them and a looooot of stupidity of the AI. Portugal was sacrificed as an ally along the way and Aragon and Naples were annexed after the iberian wedding. At 1610, Spain was holding England and Scotland, 3/4 of France, some provinces in Marocco/Algier and some land in western africa. The problem is, the HRE just survived the protestant league and kicked my 3 elector buddies out of the countryclub, and it seems like i can't diplomatically take the HRE. I tied the emperor 3 times in votes but i was never able to get the fourth and now i doubt i will without getting everyone really pissed. It would also take a lot of time again and i have lost soooo much already. Ithought about changing to protestantism, but honestly being catholic is so gud because of the papacy when you convert the whole world. So, if i tried again, my plan for the second run would be to cripple france again, then concentrate on england and portugal and then try to become emperor asap. not start with administrative tech and instead go for diplomatic or influential, as soon as i am emperor, take france and whenever i can not to anything, rampage a bit through africa, but leave marocco alone, the increased coring cost is not sustainable at the start. Any tricks how to acieve these things fast(er)? You shouldn't integrate Aragon right away. Leave them around and feed them those North African provinces with increased coring costs. | ||
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Fildun
Netherlands4123 Posts
It's the year 1512, I'm playing as Albania, I've eaten Bosnia, Serbia, half of Hungary and a couple provinces of both the Ottomans and Naples. I'm currently in a war with Naples who called in Naxos as their only ally. The plan was to eat Naples and vassalize Naxos. I've got them both at 100% I already tried to diplovassalize Naxos, because I wanted someone to feed the Ottomans and the Greek minors to. However, this failed because of some last minute bullshit modifiers, so I can't do that anymore. I do still have a Royal Marriage with them. Oh and Naxos already ate a bit of Greece, so they're at 4 provinces now. Here comes the twist: Naxos is in a defensive war with the Ottomans right now. The Ottomans have 33k troops with 35k manpower and about another 30k troops in allies. My allies are Poland, Lithuania and Austria. All three of them have about 20-25k troops, but they all have no manpower and they're all involved with another war. I myself have 25k troops with 10k manpower. I've got a shitload of claims on the Ottomans so I can take as much as I want if I get them to 100%. I also really want to get Naxos vassalized. However, I don't know whether I can win the war. I don't trust my allies to not be utter idiots and I can't take 70k troops right now. If I just peace out Naples, the Ottomans will probably full annex Naxos, which is also something I don't want. What do I do? | ||
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Fildun
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I could just invest in a shit ton of galleys and cheese the Ottomans, but I don't really feel like that either. I guess I'll just take Naples for now. | ||
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
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nimbim
Germany985 Posts
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Fildun
Netherlands4123 Posts
On July 09 2015 06:41 nimbim wrote: You can just annex Naxos and release them as a vassal once you're at peace. Oh I forgot about that one :D Probably best option yeah. | ||
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Broetchenholer
Germany1964 Posts
No tech bonus for anyone, no discipline, no nothing. Just same troops for everybody. No matter what happens, my side loses more people. Like, ridiculously more people. France attacking with a 4/4 generaly into a 1/4 general, more troops on my side in the battle, although coming in 2-3 days too late. 16 to 8k losses. We win the battle. i am attacking with 19k into 4k with river crossing, same generals, 2k to 2k losses. Enemy attacking into mountains with river crossing, but having 1 shock pip more, losing the battle, same losses. Like WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? The very best thing i can do is win 2-3 very costly battles and then miraculusly stack whipee em because they run to the wrong fort. I know the number of battles is probably not representative, but there is just something i don't understand. We have more cav in those battles, if they are dropping in later, they still kill more the we do, i just don't understand. If i have 5% discipline, nothing changes, having more morale, same result, rolling 9s in the the shockphase, win the fight, yes, still losing more men. I am really at the end of my wisdom, this should not happen. | ||
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ZeroChrome
Canada1001 Posts
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Russian Federation3631 Posts
cav is generally not even useful unless you outnumber them so your cav is not being direct targeted by the frontline, its super expensive to reinforce (unless you are playing hordes which get free reinforce) | ||
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Skilledblob
Germany3392 Posts
I am currently playing as Japan again and managed to unite the country by 1500 but fuck me Ming is so ridiculously OP in this patch. Over the course of 100 years I barely managed to annex all of Korea with the help of Manchu because Korea is always allied to Ming and Ming fields 100k troops. in the last patches if you managed to beat ming a couple times their country would break down and rebels would pop everywhere but in my game Ming has 0 manpower and just runs around with 60000 mercs and 40000 normal troops and kills everything. | ||
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Broetchenholer
Germany1964 Posts
Sry guys. Venting over. Half a year later: The last king of burgundy dies... | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
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Sermokala
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On July 12 2015 10:58 Sermokala wrote: colonized islands don't have penalties. Then anything outside of europe should be client stated and diplo anex'ed/ kept as a lackey. How about Siberia then? Takes two years to colonize each province out of Moskva once you start approaching the Pacific. | ||
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Simberto
Germany11928 Posts
The only situation when the speed of colonizing is relevant is to prevent other people from colonizing those countries, because that would mean you would have to conquer it afterwards. In Siberia, you usually don't have that problem. Thus, the only thing faster colonization of those lands gives you is slightly more power slightly earlier. I don't exactly remember what the penalties for moving your capital are, though. If they are really miniscule, it might be worth it for a very slight gain. But i doubt it is really something that makes or breaks a run. | ||
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nimbim
Germany985 Posts
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Russian Federation3631 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/91162OG.png) here we go! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/GZmdtwW.png) this was not a good use of 5 years, holy moly that was a ridiculously hard war ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ikTKByo.png) #plays They'll be back in a few years is the worst part ^.^ But hopefully I improve relations some out of the coalition. Diplomatic (extra diplomat to improve relations, and more alliances) or Quantity (always strong) - what do you think? Influence was considered but I need something that gives me power NOW, and diplomatic and quantity have the strongest immediate punch. | ||
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