I can strengthen 10 legitimacy for 100 mil power, but that might be a dlc feature.

@concede vs loan depends on how your manpower is doing mainly. Ming gets lots of money and has a lot of options for expansion, so loans aren't the major problem, but if your rebels make you deplete your manpower it might be more beneficial to just let them get their demands in 1-2 cases and conquer it back. It's annoying to deal with the coring cost and AE though.

arb

Noobville17920 Posts

January 12 2018 08:58 GMT

#4042

I finally managed to get Albania Or Iberia, I think Raja of the Rajput Reich might be a bit above my level atm

nothingmuch

448 Posts

January 21 2018 14:10 GMT

#4043

If you do the delhi opener it's actually pretty easy.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

January 21 2018 21:04 GMT

#4044

I broke the post 1.21 world record.

Scip

Czech Republic11293 Posts

January 21 2018 21:47 GMT

#4045

damn, that's pretty sick. Was it the Otto->Britain->HRE strat again?

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

January 21 2018 22:02 GMT

#4046

It was Kazan HRE -> 1499 revoke, tag shifting to GH, Manchu and Arabia to clear separatism/lower autonomy. Same idea but with a horde. The faster revoke and horde razing made the difference.

arb

Noobville17920 Posts

January 21 2018 22:54 GMT

#4047

On January 22 2018 07:02 zulu_nation8 wrote:
It was Kazan HRE -> 1499 revoke, tag shifting to GH, Manchu and Arabia to clear separatism/lower autonomy. Same idea but with a horde. The faster revoke and horde razing made the difference.

Whats the game plan to become catholic and revoke by 1499?

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

January 21 2018 23:50 GMT

#4048

On January 22 2018 07:54 arb wrote:

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Whats the game plan to become catholic and revoke by 1499?

Fight Nogai and Muscovy, rush to Livonian Order and spawn Catholic zealots, wait for them to convert and expand into Lithuania/Timurids in the meantime. Ask for maps to Europe and start improving relations with electors. After converting, ally/re-ally and wait for the emperor to die, ages 61 and 63 have the highest death chance. Abdicate your ruler when you've added enough land to pass 3-4 reforms, lose emperor, drag in electors into a war vs. the new emperor, most likely Austria, make them tributary, get elected again, add every province again.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

January 24 2018 17:20 GMT

#4049

I wrote an AAR for the revoke here: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/1-24-1568-hre-horde-wc.1066224/

zer0das

United States8519 Posts

January 24 2018 19:33 GMT

#4050

Hm.. I may have to give that a shot. I failed my Ottoman WC by like 2-3 years worth of time (apparently Spain was a tiny bit too large to eat fast enough, and then Great Britain had to be a prick and support Spain's colonies independence). >_<

Silvanel

Poland4672 Posts

January 24 2018 20:00 GMT

#4051

Thats some very impressive micromanagment and a lot of exploitation of lessser known mechanics. Personaly i dont like to play like that but its super impressive achievement nontheless.
As to failed runs i once failed One Faith as France by 3 days! I remember i was so disappointed....

zer0das

United States8519 Posts

January 28 2018 05:18 GMT

#4052

So I tried the Kazan HRE rush.. I have no idea how you plow to Livonian Order so fast, it took me quite a while to chop through Muscovy (2-3 wars actually). Maybe I quit on the first war too soon. Oh well, still pretty decent progress. Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to convert before the Reformation, but meh. I'm just going for a world conquest. >_>

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Also Bohemia got a PU on Brandenburg like 5 years in, so that would probably jack up the HRE take over a bit...

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

January 29 2018 14:38 GMT

#4053

The strat requires a lot of horde and WC experience. Early game pace is dependent on war/economic micro. Can't have loans past the first 10 or so years, have to keep expanding at something like 30dev/year while avoiding coalition and converting to Catholic.

For the first Muscovy war you can CtA Uzbek and declare on Muscovy on the same day. Reason this wasn't mentioned in the AAR is cuz DDRJake couldn't promise that it wouldn't get fixed in 1.25 but it looks unlikely. By calling Uzbek in you can siege one more fort simultaneously if you can get them to attach. Still need to fight battles with your own manpower but can get to 100 war score faster.

zer0das

United States8519 Posts

January 31 2018 18:09 GMT

#4054

I think part of my problem is I didn't realize hordes can have tributaries until I reread your after action report. I don't have Mandate of Heaven, so that doesn't help. I imagine the manpower and gold tributes would help a lot.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

February 01 2018 00:55 GMT

#4055

yea you need MoH and tributaries.

arb

Noobville17920 Posts

February 02 2018 06:46 GMT

#4056

how do you force capital? occupy then add to HRE?
that has always confused me

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

February 02 2018 17:18 GMT

#4057

Take the capital, add it to HRE via the province interface, it has to be adjacent to or in the same sea tile as another HRE province. Give it back either through selling/return province/ceding during war. Take their new capital. Most of the time the AI will move their capital to the original capital.

zer0das

United States8519 Posts

February 17 2018 18:18 GMT

#4058

I think I finally have a setup good enough start as France to finish a world conquest given my skill level. I initially killed off England and Portugal, then Scotland. I became emperor, passed a couple reforms. Aragon inherited Castile, so Castile only had two colonies in Africa- the rest of the new world is free from colonizers that are not me. Unfortunately, the Protestant Reformation was incredibly strong and I had no chance of stopping it based on where it spawned. So I had to fight a League War with half as many countries on my side. I had Sweden, Spain, Poland, and Lithuania on my side but essentially the entire empire and the Ottomans, and Russians made it an impossible to win (especially since there was no way to help the Polish or Lithuania... didn't help a lot of the HRE minors had 3 star generals ). I did manage to drag the war out long enough that I got a substantial amount of territory from problematic countries. Unfortunately, I had to accept a Protestant victory. I only had to release two Irish OPMs and give about 500 ducats.

So I switched to Protestant, managed to prevent an internal religious war. I have had Valois's on the throne of Sweden and Bohemia for quite a wihle. I managed to claim the Swedish throne and then enforce a personal union. I also became emperor again, and now there are no large rivals left in the HRE except Austria (which everyone hates). So I should be able to pass the inheritance reform soon and then it should be fairly easy from there. The empire is 90% Protestant thanks to the reformation being so strong, so I only have to reign in a prince or two.

My progress in Africa has been slower going than I would have preferred, and I haven't reached Asia yet. But Europe and North/South America are what always give me problems, so I'm fairly confident wrapping these up early should make the rest fairly trivial.

LetaBot

Netherlands557 Posts

February 18 2018 00:53 GMT

#4059

On February 18 2018 03:18 zer0das wrote:
I think I finally have a setup good enough start as France to finish a world conquest given my skill level. I initially killed off England and Portugal, then Scotland. I became emperor, passed a couple reforms. Aragon inherited Castile, so Castile only had two colonies in Africa- the rest of the new world is free from colonizers that are not me. Unfortunately, the Protestant Reformation was incredibly strong and I had no chance of stopping it based on where it spawned. So I had to fight a League War with half as many countries on my side. I had Sweden, Spain, Poland, and Lithuania on my side but essentially the entire empire and the Ottomans, and Russians made it an impossible to win (especially since there was no way to help the Polish or Lithuania... didn't help a lot of the HRE minors had 3 star generals ). I did manage to drag the war out long enough that I got a substantial amount of territory from problematic countries. Unfortunately, I had to accept a Protestant victory. I only had to release two Irish OPMs and give about 500 ducats.

So I switched to Protestant, managed to prevent an internal religious war. I have had Valois's on the throne of Sweden and Bohemia for quite a wihle. I managed to claim the Swedish throne and then enforce a personal union. I also became emperor again, and now there are no large rivals left in the HRE except Austria (which everyone hates). So I should be able to pass the inheritance reform soon and then it should be fairly easy from there. The empire is 90% Protestant thanks to the reformation being so strong, so I only have to reign in a prince or two.

My progress in Africa has been slower going than I would have preferred, and I haven't reached Asia yet. But Europe and North/South America are what always give me problems, so I'm fairly confident wrapping these up early should make the rest fairly trivial.

In case you want an easier set up: no-CB Georgia and expand into Asia from there. The amount of ducats you can earn from India will solve all your problems.

zer0das

United States8519 Posts

February 18 2018 07:45 GMT

#4060

I'm probably going to push through Hormuz since I have a mission for it and they're the weak link for the Asian area. And I will also probably simultaneously push through the Spice Islands. And then have Sweden cut through Russia.

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I cut through Africa a lot faster than I thought I was going to. I've revoked at this point- only Austria didn't submit. The AI went Polish partition crazy between Brandenburg, Silesia, Austria, and Russia. Also, my conquistadors keep dying mega-prematurely so that's why North America and South America are under so much fog. ><