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Scip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic11293 Posts
December 02 2017 15:20 GMT
#4001
You get -1 diprep for dishonoring alliance, which is a total of -5 modifier when accepting call to arms. I'm not sure if it is cumulative though, and I'm not exactly sure if the AI gets it. I think they do, but Im not 100% sure.
"It may be pleasurable for some of us to imagine being ravished" - Christopher Hitchens in a debate with feminists RIP 2011 Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
December 03 2017 04:41 GMT
#4002
So like no CB Byzantium is the start I think, but impossible to keep both Byz/Athens loyal since your force limit is shit, your leaders are shit.

How the fuck is this supposed to work?
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Scip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic11293 Posts
December 03 2017 09:08 GMT
#4003
You can develop their provinces to get -5 to liberty desire for development. Could you use that to keep them loyal?
"It may be pleasurable for some of us to imagine being ravished" - Christopher Hitchens in a debate with feminists RIP 2011 Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-03 09:21:11
December 03 2017 09:20 GMT
#4004
On December 03 2017 18:08 Scip wrote:
You can develop their provinces to get -5 to liberty desire for development. Could you use that to keep them loyal?

actually didnt even know that was a thing lol, is it -5 per point or just in general?

its stupid they get a huge bonus for "vassals power compared to overlord" with only 6 units vs 12, which is kinda dumb i think
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
nothingmuch
Profile Joined March 2015
448 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-03 10:32:19
December 03 2017 09:53 GMT
#4005
On December 03 2017 13:41 arb wrote:
So like no CB Byzantium is the start I think, but impossible to keep both Byz/Athens loyal since your force limit is shit, your leaders are shit.

How the fuck is this supposed to work?


Well, first of all it obviously depends on what nation you're doing the noCB start with- I've done it with France just the same as with Hre opms. Obviously those play out quite different. For loyalty it depends on what version of the game you're playing but if your allies are very strong (quite possible playing in central/western Europe) your vassals can be disloyal all they like. You'll use their coring range to take land for yourself and constantly gain power until they're too small and fall in line. They won't declare independence because they check the power of your alliances.

The main point of the noCB Byz start is to gain access to a (new) area of expansion. As everyone knows, expanding in western Europe is always a tight rope walk with the AE and complete cancer in the HRE. With the noCb in one step you open up all kinds of "easy" follow ups: the balkans are easy pickings and give practically no AE (because orthodox).
If Otto hasn't wiped them yet you can use Candar as a stepping stone into the Crimean area leading into all the horde lands or into Persia via Trebizond/Circassia and Crete gives you claims on the Mamluks. The only real power that could stand in the way of all this has just been crippled and you probably have a 15year truce. AE is no real issue either because the only big Orthodox nation (muskovy) is too far away to care and all the muslims in the area hate/fear the Ottos.

edit: should probably add that i've done this a long time ago and with the recent changes to the region this might be (in part) outdated.
Scip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic11293 Posts
December 03 2017 10:07 GMT
#4006
On December 03 2017 18:20 arb wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2017 18:08 Scip wrote:
You can develop their provinces to get -5 to liberty desire for development. Could you use that to keep them loyal?

actually didnt even know that was a thing lol, is it -5 per point or just in general?

its stupid they get a huge bonus for "vassals power compared to overlord" with only 6 units vs 12, which is kinda dumb i think

Yea, it's -5 per point. Obviously they get a bit more liberty desire for having a high development, but as long as you can eventually outgrow them, it is a very viable way of keeping them happy.
"It may be pleasurable for some of us to imagine being ravished" - Christopher Hitchens in a debate with feminists RIP 2011 Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
December 03 2017 21:04 GMT
#4007
On December 03 2017 19:07 Scip wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 03 2017 18:20 arb wrote:
On December 03 2017 18:08 Scip wrote:
You can develop their provinces to get -5 to liberty desire for development. Could you use that to keep them loyal?

actually didnt even know that was a thing lol, is it -5 per point or just in general?

its stupid they get a huge bonus for "vassals power compared to overlord" with only 6 units vs 12, which is kinda dumb i think

Yea, it's -5 per point. Obviously they get a bit more liberty desire for having a high development, but as long as you can eventually outgrow them, it is a very viable way of keeping them happy.

I didnt even know that was a thing, cause i could literally see no way of keeping both of them happy atleast until you can annex one or the other they are both rebellious 99% of the time

ill give this a try next. Its surprising Poland is willing to join in a no CB war which lets me basically afk and them kill everything besides me moving to occupy the lands incase the Ottos join in so they cant get any warscore
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
TMG26
Profile Joined July 2012
Portugal2017 Posts
December 04 2017 09:02 GMT
#4008
On December 01 2017 20:45 WindWolf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 01 2017 06:25 zulu_nation8 wrote:
On November 30 2017 08:57 TMG26 wrote:
I think making EU balanced is wrong.
EU should be historical, not balanced. A strong military like France an Ottoman should be able to easily destroy other nations in land wars. Their only weakness should be weakness that they showed historically.
Buffing african nations nations and nerfing the historical strongest does nothing for the gsme. What's the achievement of beating ottos if they are weak? Or a WC with a sub-saharian nation if they were bought to the same level?
When you perform something that goes a lot against what seemed possible historically it should feel like a miracle. And lots of planning that old kings couldn't have going well. You already have cheats compared to historical leaders, you don't need balance.


I agree but unfortunately this seems like an outdated view to the rest of the player base. History aside I don't like the nerf since I learned a lot from playing the Ottoman start but now they're easily boxed in after 20-30 years.

To be completely honest my most memorable games in HOI4 has been games where I've played with historical focuses off. So in the end, i want something between historical accuracy and "anything can happen".


Yes, seeing history turn out differently is fun, but that should be believable. Alot of historic event were very lucky incidents and opportunities. It should be natural and interesting for the game to turn out different.
But the nation power and characteristics should be historical at start. Top milotary nation should start as such, and it should take a mireacle or an interasting coincidence for them to crumble, creating a whole!new whole.
I had games where france went down on the very first war with england. Rebelions and HRE steeping in, crippled France. Most of the game there was no Feance. But it was not because France was weak, They just had to fight the whole western world. Making things more believable than a Island nation just coming in and kicking their asses.
Supporter of the situational Blink Dagger on Storm.
Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-04 15:28:36
December 04 2017 13:35 GMT
#4009
What's so unrealistic about England conquering France? Historically England did come close to conquering France, and at some points France almost collapsed historically. It's pretty realistic that France may not have existed or any number of any countries that exist today to not exist. Sometimes England disappears entirely in my games, or the Commonwealth becomes the new russia, or Aragon takes over Spain and Portugal. It's an alternative history game, it shouldn't follow historical events. Historically speaking militarily strong countries became strong due to a series of coincidences and battles. The Ottomans need not be strong and the big blue blob shouldn't neccesarily have to take over the whole of Europe just because Napolean did.
nothingmuch
Profile Joined March 2015
448 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-04 16:39:30
December 04 2017 15:35 GMT
#4010
It should also be noted that Otto is still a huge (yuge) powerhouse and had no equal besides maybe Ming. Now it's more on a level with France, Russia etc. and there's a chance that Ottomans actually fail/don't blob all over eastern europe/ north africa/ india. It was a needed change because the aforementioned scenario with France never ever happened with Otto no matter the circumstances (without player interference obviously).
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-04 15:46:49
December 04 2017 15:46 GMT
#4011
If Joan of Arc didn't exist and the Burgundian heir was more on board with beating down France, England may very well have won the Hundred Years War. The English were kicking the doors down before then.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-05 16:50:09
December 05 2017 15:36 GMT
#4012
EU4 as an RTS, 100 HRE marches vassal swarming toward a sub 1600 WC. I can't play higher than 2x and need to spam hotkeys like in BW to keep up with all fronts.

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PoulsenB
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland7712 Posts
December 05 2017 15:46 GMT
#4013
I could never fight a war like that, the screen get so cluttered during wars with lots of participants that it took me over 250h in game to realize your opponents' armies have a reddish bar to distinguish them among the others XD having 50 vassals swarm over the screen would break my brain
IdrA fan forever <3 || the clueless one || Marci must be protected at all costs
Scip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic11293 Posts
December 05 2017 17:07 GMT
#4014
LOL did you go for the Ottos -> England -> Emperor revoke plan? Not too bad
"It may be pleasurable for some of us to imagine being ravished" - Christopher Hitchens in a debate with feminists RIP 2011 Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-12-06 00:59:07
December 06 2017 00:51 GMT
#4015
Yep, no-cb Tyrone -> kill England. Kill Eastern Europe, Sunni hordes and enough of QQ to be able to release all tags on the border. Add provinces to HRE, become England, add again, revoke, release all the Anatolian/horde tags with CCR. Feed everything to them and take only bordering provinces to get CB and what's needed for a land bridge to capital. Force capitals on France, Hungary, PLC, Denmark/Sweden, Castille/Aragon, Naples to add to HRE. Force capital on Ming (harder). Gonna go England -> Manchu -> Qing -> Japan -> Mughals. Everything is theoretically possible but requires a shitload of micro.
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
December 06 2017 06:12 GMT
#4016
On December 06 2017 09:51 zulu_nation8 wrote:
Yep, no-cb Tyrone -> kill England. Kill Eastern Europe, Sunni hordes and enough of QQ to be able to release all tags on the border. Add provinces to HRE, become England, add again, revoke, release all the Anatolian/horde tags with CCR. Feed everything to them and take only bordering provinces to get CB and what's needed for a land bridge to capital. Force capitals on France, Hungary, PLC, Denmark/Sweden, Castille/Aragon, Naples to add to HRE. Force capital on Ming (harder). Gonna go England -> Manchu -> Qing -> Japan -> Mughals. Everything is theoretically possible but requires a shitload of micro.

apparently they made it so you dont have to be one of the 3 tribes to form manchu anymore, seems good
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
December 09 2017 07:58 GMT
#4017
finally after like 50 restarts the stars aligned, i allied hungary and poland they got the pu with lithuania threw in byzantium for extra boats, beat the ottomans and completed draculas revenge
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Silvanel
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Poland4736 Posts
December 11 2017 10:23 GMT
#4018
I have a question or two.

I am playing as Aragon and have PU with Castille. Now Castille is quite rebelious and it got itself Engalnd and Otto to support their independence. They have +370% from power to liberty desire so there is no option to lower it.
Q1.Now what happens if i declare on Otto ? Castille will join me or Otto?
Q2.Is there a timer on support indpendece? Or will they support it indefiently?

I already eat north of Africa, started eating Mamluks, Syria, Anatolia. I am running out of good targets to attack (and keep Castille in war on mine side). Also i am low on manpower (and its around 1500).
Pathetic Greta hater.
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
December 11 2017 10:26 GMT
#4019
On December 11 2017 19:23 Silvanel wrote:
I have a question or two.

I am playing as Aragon and have PU with Castille. Now Castille is quite rebelious and it got itself Engalnd and Otto to support their independence. They have +370% from power to liberty desire so there is no option to lower it.
Q1.Now what happens if i declare on Otto ? Castille will join me or Otto?
Q2.Is there a timer on support indpendece? Or will they support it indefiently?

I already eat north of Africa, started eating Mamluks, Syria, Anatolia. I am running out of good targets to attack (and keep Castille in war on mine side). Also i am low on manpower (and its around 1500).

If ottomans are weak then you are probably gonna be fine, otherwise when aragon declares independence england and ottomans will join, your allies will join too since its a defensive war, basically your allies have to beat theres

afaik you can beat ottomans and get them to stop supporting, do the same with england is the only way.

ALSO my own question

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is great khan still possible from here? blocked ottomans from persia(have them in a healthy alliance atm) and russia, is it possible to get this in 200 years considering the amount of provinces i need from ming?
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Silvanel
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Poland4736 Posts
December 11 2017 11:47 GMT
#4020
I would say You have the time. When i was doing Great Khan my bigest problem was Otto not Ming. And You have that covered. That being said it was done before "Empire of China" became a thing. But with high admin efficiency and truce breaking if necessary should be doable.
Pathetic Greta hater.
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