12 more months....
That just means I have 12 more months to start and then rage quit attempts at the 3 mountains achievement.
I finished mine as Austria -> HRE (I know, unimaginative), but I missed the one faith by about 10 years as I just ran out of time. Those last 50 years were a slog and required numerous week long breaks to complete.
You managed world conquest?
You need to own ALL provinces for that?You managed world conquest?
I tried with France. In 1750 i had situations when Persia and Russia were in alliance and holding nearly all Asia (i had the rest of the world, Japan and India).
I just didn't have will to do dozen wars against them.
My goal is always to own whole New World. Portugal, Brandenburg, Denmark....no matter with who i play, i always go for that sweet, sweet gold, tobacco and coffe
.100% Normal difficulty and I'm sure they use alt F4 when they get bad rng also. If you want to learn more about the mechanics in the game and get better I'd suggest you watch Florryworry on Twitch. He plays on very hard difficulty and usually also plays his saves witn no loans and no allies allowed.
I usually play on hard with powers and normal with smaller countries. Difference between normal and hard is huge. You fought against France on hard? When 20k French wipe your 40k army with best general as leader and military ideas?
 | +50% | Manpower recovery speed |
 | −1 | National unrest |
 | −0.05 | Monthly war exhaustion |
 | −1 | Interest per annum |
 | −33% | Aggressive expansion impact |
 | −15% | Missionary maintenance cost |
Yeah for newbies Ludi and Red Hawk are definitely the way to go but once you start getting the hang of the mechanics I feel you learn very little from videos like theirs.
It is though. AEI -33% and 50% manpower in hands of Austria or France is a huge deal.It really isn't that big.
The only modifiers hard has over normal is:
+50% Manpower recovery speed −1 National unrest −0.05 Monthly war exhaustion −1 Interest per annum −33% Aggressive expansion impact −15% Missionary maintenance cost
It is though. AEI -33% and 50% manpower in hands of Austria or France is a huge deal.
Plus; don't forget that AI on hard is very aggressive towards human player. So you will be attacked A LOT. On normal you can end game without being declared war on.
And biggest part; lucky nations. If you play with that in addition to hard dif then.......you will end with swearing in all directions.
It is. It literally says when you switch between difficulty. That AI is more aggressive on hard. And i can confirm that based on my 100 saves
It is. It literally says when you switch between difficulty. That AI is more aggressive on hard. And i can confirm that based on my 100 saves
Btw; manpower fills during war too. So when you are stuck in 10y war.....it helps to have 50% quicker fill.
I've got 1900 hours on EU4. Your original question was about 20k stacks beating 40k stacks, which again, isn't affected by AE, manpower recovery or any of the other hard bonuses.Yeah, regarding that; wasn't in earlier patches extra morale to AI armies on hard dif? I could swear it was.Right, but that's because the AI is stronger because it has received bonuses, not because it's coded to act more aggressive on a higher difficulty setting. You have to remember this is a 10+ year old game. Pdox weren't making individual difficulty aggressive modifiers back then, just like how they aren't for their more recent games. This is all pre-smart AI. The differences between settings are all laid out in the wiki and normal to hard is rather minor.
And I know.
I use their videos just to see some little tricks which can be very, very useful. Although, one thing i don't agree; thry both avoid going to New World early. They always start with diplo or influence. I think it is huge mistake. My first two ideas are always New World related.
I doubt it was about ideas. It was late in the game. France does have national idea for plus 10 morale.
Army quality can depend a lot from save to save and even from war to war. Ideas, advisors, ruler traits and events all can make a big difference. The army reform event for example can give +20% moral of armies which can be huge early on in the game.
Oi, you think that you are talking with some noob?
Interesting as I do the opposite and typically go diplo/admin and then off/qual unless I’m playing as Portugal or Castile. Although, these days I usually would just go as Aragon and PU both of them (to be colonizing tools) if I want an Iberian playthrough.
Wow. Looks interesting though. I’m gonna check out EU4…It was a simulation for the game called EU4. Now it's for theorycrafting amongst nerds.
I do mass blobbing too. But i use diplo and influence as 3rd and 4th. It is worth it. Basically i take a hit on diplo points for having too many relations but all that money and bonusses which i get from colonials, give me money and space for huge army and navy.
It was a simulation for the game called EU4. Now it's for theorycrafting amongst nerds.
Don't. After EU every other game will look like shit.
Didn't mean to offend youOi, you think that you are talking with some noob?
but you did say that you hadd a 200k stack.Yeah, i agree. That is what i did with Austria. With them you must go with diplo and influence no matter what.
I enjoyed it. If you get lucky enough the Iberian Wedding will occur after Castile chooses exploration. Tack on Portugal as a PU via a mission, keep Naples, and by 1470 you basically have the entire Iberian peninsula and half of Italy under your control and your vessels are dominating the new world. Oh, and I think there are missions to snap up North Africa as well. It’s the easiest, in my mind, nation to form the Roman Empire with.
That is what i was thinking. With some countries, i waited for Portugal to choose Exp and then i would vassalize them and leave them to colonize for me. But if that Iberian wedding kicks too early (and probably it will) then Spain will not colonize.
