EU4 1.31 Ireland Guide - Is It Actually Hard To Form?

[@TheRedHawk]

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[@danieljohnson2131]

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[@zhengmengao7002]

Ming England Austria or Byzantium plz!

[@KyliaSilastra]

Played as Thomond once and formed Ireland. Having France and Scotland as allies really helped in preventing English dominance over the isles. It was quite fun.

[@mashroomghost8456]

Lol ireland actually has better ideas than gbr, in both army and eco sections. I always form ireland for their ideas then go gbr for their missions

[@TheRedHawk]

Well I wouldn't say better, but they are definitely very good, even though they focus on different things

[@MrVentches]

if you go for a colonial naval game, GB is MUCH MUCH better, and they have a 20% goods produced modifier compared to irelands 10%. ireland would be quite better for land based european expansion.

[@dr0g_Oakblood]

@@MrVentches Ye Ireland is the MP meta for GB 100 percent, if you are going for a mission-based SP game then keeping the GB ideas is probably for the best.

[@jansiodmiak5982]

I like staying with english ideas when forming GB. Better for conquering.

[@SS5Ghaleon]

I always liked making a claim on Dublin, wait for France to declare on England, then ally scotland and immediately declare on Eng with promise of land. Then, just peace out for ONLY dublin ASAP. After that, conqueror Ulster to block the straight ASAP. Once you have Ulster and Dublin, the rest is easy

[@thenotoriousnephi4308]

Heh i just had england vassalize tyrone, cede dublin to tyrone for... Reasons then the vassalization broke during the 100 years war, free real estate

[@DylanSargesson]

It's probably not applicable in most games but your situation in which Scotland had taken Northumberland, you should've kept your alliance with England a bit longer until you released the vassal in order to use the return core provinces favour interaction.

[@TheRedHawk]

Yeah but like you said it’s pretty rare

[@legisuka]

already played it :sunglass: btw kildare is also good because of best starting ruler and most starting dev

[@BanditLyfe2471]

I played Desmond as my first ever game, I’ve been wanting to actually form Ireland for a long time, and had never actually found a guide and this looks promising going into it, thank you!

[@Tvillian]

Had a Kildare game where I'd conquered everything but The Pale. England declared war and France broke our alliance. RIP

[@reeto9261]

Just recruit some mercenaries and wait for English to land on your provinces. Kill them when they disembark and stackwipe as much English troops as possible

[@jameskenny8821]

I like to keep an Irish minor around so England will ally them in a defensive war. No waiting around then.

[@Justin-oy6es]

Great guide, I always start off as Leinster. I manage to take Cill Dara and Ormond but as soon as I get more Irish territory, the English Kingdom develops a Domineering attitude towards whoever you're playing.

[@dr0g_Oakblood]

I mean, you can also consider Kildare (highest starting dev, tho it's hardly by a massive amount) or Offaly (has their own significant achievement that you might as well combine with luck of the Irish)

[@NieJa_2137]

The best starting nation for Ireland is obviously Scotland, you rush Ulster and thus control the strait, then get rid of all the Irish Minors, after that you are strong enough to get rid of England, take Dublin, culture shift to Irish, and proclaim Celtic Unity

[@gmgunnhildr2711]

That doesn’t give you luck of the Irish though

[@Momma27]

I don't even watch these for the guide, I just like watching you take everyone over.

[@Scitch87]

I'm so confused why you're calling Leinster "Lennister". xD

[@Nolaris3]

The Lennisters send their regards

[@antorseax9492]

Kill Darray, Lennister It hurts, it hurts so much

[@antorseax9492]

It's always Kildare, as well. Even though it's probably the easiest to pronounce

[@TheRedHawk]

What if I pronounce them incorrectly on purpose so I get comments like this? Hmmmmm

[@Podzhagitel]

@@TheRedHawk DEVILISH

[@AnotherCriticalKnob]

@@TheRedHawk Then please let me know where you're from so I can show you why that may not be the best strategy.

[@internetual7350]

🌙 ster

[@defm2]

One thing I would add to this that I think you might have missed: you had 15 favors with England and you never used them. Don't you lose them if you break the alliance? I would have traded the favors for ducats or something else before breaking the alliance.

[@PX6DEVASTATER]

You know I've never actually bothered to pay attention to see if favors just vanish after the month tick or if they just start to decay after you break your alliance.

[@Venslor]

I don't think they disappear, but I do not think you can access them any longer without an alliance. I'll have to investigate. I don't think I've paid attention since all the new uses for favors were added.

[@PX6DEVASTATER]

@@Venslor you still have access to them even without an alliance but you need at least 50 relations to spend them.

[@Venslor]

@@PX6DEVASTATER good to know. Thanks!

[@soumajitsen1395]

The Red Hawk: Shows 10 Loans and says, "I still have a couple of loans left." Me: "What?" The Red Hawk: "Meh" Well, I loved this video tho.

[@TheRedHawk]

Lmao

[@fanofshrimp]

Forming Ireland as Sligo and taking the British Isles was a top campaign

[@kenadams5512]

Clanricarde is also a good choice but you need lots of hookah because you need to go past the army limit

[@erin-tn2sd]

all my enemies have min 5k army

[@eltharion55]

Just started playing EU4 with the Humble Bundle sale and used Redhawk’s guide to get my first game set up with Munster. It’s going pretty well, I unified Ireland around 1470 and now it’s 1502 and I’ve got Scotland fully annexed. Sizing up England now for the big takedown. I’ve got France as an ally and they are monsterous this game, they have a PU on Austria and are the number 2 great power behind Ming. I’m also allied to Denmark although they got their ass whooped by Muscovy about 10 years back (white peace but they have had essentially no expansion since) But I’m having some trouble with my economy/research. I’m really behind on diplo tech (current spread is 8,5,8) and I’m carrying 15 corruption (got into trouble with loans during my initial rapid fire unification of Ireland, I was at war essentially non stop for 20 years, and debased my currency to pay them off). Add to this that I’m only making around 1 ducat a month (as I struggle to get my corruption down) Any suggestions from the comments on how to make more cash, speed up research, and get rid of corruption for a newbie?

[@BrianS1981]

Of course the petty kingdom of Desmond (deas-Mhumhain, corresponding to modern Kerry and very west Limerick) never really was the dominant power in Munster. Thomond, corresponding to Limerick (never part of Cork unlike what's shown in the game), south Clare, north Cork (essentially around Charleville {Rath Luirc}) and west Tipp was the seat of Munster power from the time of of the Dál Cassian ascendancy (before that the seat of power was Tipperary, a real bread basket). Tonight's history lesson brought to you by a tipsy Irishman. (PS I love, as a true Limerick man, how chrome thinks Tipperary's not an actual word). EDIT: PPS Munster is pronounced exactly the same as the TV show, not the same as the German cities. We don't put umlauts over everything.

[@AnotherCriticalKnob]

Apparently, mispronunciation is a marketing tactic for him... can't wait for his Mali guide where he mispronounces Niger xD

[@kevinplayz7965]

I play as Munster, take whole of Ireland by beating England with Spain, France, and Denmark as my allies. Then later beat England again and taking Cornwell, Wales, and Scotland. Pretty fun

[@R3GARnator]

Culture convert the entire isles back to their celtic roots!

[@rileyfee2544]

Ive been waiting !!

[@zhengmengao7002]

There are guide for all England's enemy, now it's the time for a guide of England!

[@SamButler22]

Ormond is the objectively best choice, since they have Butler dynasty

[@samdonohoe9796]

I tried this as munster and had 20x 3 ducat loans, doesnt work

[@willmcc4070]

Tried this twice as Silgeach then Munster before finding the video, both times conquered around 2/3rds of Ireland by about 1485, but then got declared on by England and by 1490 was totally dead, despite allying France in the first game and the Emperor in the second

[@alessiodaniotti264]

In 2 of my game with irish OPMs both Scotland and England at some quite early point become hostile with me, and i've seen other player with a similar situation. This could be a huge problem. In one of this game, with Tyrone, I've beat them despite this situation thanks to some good timing and diplomacy: I've take Ayrshire from Scotland, to have the control of the street in both sides, while they was at war with England (losing). I've allied Denmark and in a war between us and Scotland i've take some highlands provinces and released Gaeldom as a vassal. I've allied also France and call them against England, take Pale, all Galles land and a couple of northern england provinces, releasing Northumberland. From there all become very easy.

[@jordanomasuin8023]

I am from Ireland and the way you pronounce Munster makes me laugh, nice video!

[@jrush5588]

I’m in the middle of an Irish pirates game where I began as Desmond. Been pretty fun and challenging though at this point all I’m doing is sitting and waiting as I finish off England just as they picked up Anglicanism. Don’t know where to go next especially with the absurd expansion of the North American tribal nations now

[@axelbruce2685]

I'm young but im great at hoi4 and learning eu4 nice videos

[@kaytas_]

Can you do a guide on how to fix EU4 running like a 🐌 with 1.31?

[@TheRedHawk]

Disable the “You can make new states” pop up

[@jameskenny8821]

This is crazy but hear me out... Pick Espionage as Munster w/ Expansion. You don't need a explorer since you will be using a lot of cheese. First work on destroying the Danish navy and use your age bonus of transfare subject to get Norway. You just need England, money or the Naval 20% heavy ship combat ability. To destroy England don't fight them, support rebles on The Isle Of Mann and trap the English there. After eithre get the Exploration navigator then drop or steal maps or Portugal/Castile of the North Atlantic. (diplo lvl 6). Repeat process. Espionage is not only already in Munsters ideas but you excel at its hidden abilities. Such as at 100% spynetwork you take 10% less AE globally + the 20% from the Espionage idea. No this is not the best method however you will be cheesing the hell out of Munsters national ideas of spynetworks and privateering. A lot of stolen trade and free diplo points to be had early/mid game.

[@henryF6]

This, but Scotland and France both changed their opinion of me to “domineering” and broke the alliance

[@Kejmur]

Maybe Mazovia guide? Some good strategy on how to survive, and maybe thrive in that very not friendly position it is in at the start of the campaign?

[@jayayywhy4374]

wait people dont actually use coastal defense buildings D: (i guess i mostly use them for rp but still)

[@Tradedark]

They can be useful in Japan if you are fighting Ming, but if you don't colonize Taiwan early you should be able to build a stronger navy than them anyway at some point, so... EDIT: The Taiwan thing is because Ming can get a claim on the province and use it for Conquest CB, which they will very much use against you

[@botmaster-pumpfun]

in my game scotland is allied to france AND england, what can i do?

[@intergalacticspacepidgey9787]

I'm very new to EU4 and trying to follow this guide, but get stuck after declaring my first war. My navy is weak and I can't afford to expand it because I'm losing money and can't abuse the title sale/reclaim land exploit. My capital gets blockaded by Desmond, so by the time I've successfully sieged them, I'm broke and don't have enough war score to take their land.

[@vertexed5540]

Can't get the alliance with England. They seem hardcoded to ally Leinster one month into the game, and Leinster always picks Munster as their rival which craters my relationship with England. By the time they break the alliance, England already got cores on all of Ireland which locks me out of royal marrying or allying. Am I doing something wrong?

[@ComeOnBaby-ct8yx]

In my case of Munster, Scotland never fight with England and England always try to conquer me.

[@KerryHTX]

using all expansions except leviathan. multiple restarts where desmond allies with denmark (wtf), england attacks after taking desmond, england vassalizes or takes a couple provinces. there was one where i got half of scotland and all of ireland but the rest of the scots were allied to england and france leading to a long standoff. going to keep trying to hit that sweet spot though

[@EireNero]

I will never understand whom at Pardox decided to put Thomand, home of Brian Boru, and the Briains/O'Briens that came after him, the most dominant force in Munster, in Connacht.. Like I get the wanting to do 3 per province + the Pale, But my god it would have honestly been nearly better to Merge Desmond and Ormond and then split Sligo in half if they so wanted to have 3 per province.

[@TacticalTragedies]

His nations starting flag is the McCarthy coat of arms That's Me :)

[@kenadams5512]

I am restarting for 4th time each time either England declares war on provinces near to me and am to weak ti fight them or once had everything except Ulster allied with Scotland Leinster and the pale owned by England and finally Tyrone vassal of England

[@shoddypeasant8762]

im a newbie and so far i tried forming ireland and managed to have a few scattered provinces and then i wanted to expand more just to have england declare ware on me so i just ragequit and decided to watch a tutorial (literally my first game every and ottomans seem boring)

[@Belgisch_Monarchist1831]

Will you make a video about the papal states into kingdom of God

[@TheRedHawk]

Yes!

[@Belgisch_Monarchist1831]

@@TheRedHawk Great thank you very much love your video's BTW great content 👍🏼😁

[@Bluesonofman]

I like going with the parlament

[@bilbobaggins8794]

England guide when?

[@TheRedHawk]

Soon

[@MrgalaxyGamer101]

Can you do an Australia guide please?

[@kaspernielsen9149]

What DLC give you does missions?

[@georgeluisbrogliobernardi5283]

Parabéns pelo canal e pelos guias! Faz um guia sobre Aragon! Abraços

[@UtalaylienHole]

tried following this exactly and couldnt sell titles... 🤔

[@DnaKGames]

Was patched. He was exploiting the fact you could sell 10% of crown while only owning 0.15%

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

I don't know what's worse, 'British Isles' or the pronunciations... cool guide though!

[@starliaghtsz8400]

you can sorta "bribe" france out of the scotland war by allying england calling them in and giving away their mainland clay to france when playing something in ireland or scandinavia

[@theemperorofmankind7706]

Form Ireland,culture swap to English, from GB and keep the Irish ideas while getting the huge GB mission tree and events. Colonial game goes brrr

[@TheLittleBarbernator]

Ayo, how do you look at what cores a nation has? I always see you doing but I have no idea how

[@Zultzify]

would it be a good idea/ possible to ally brittany and vassal/inherit them later?

[@lorefox201]

what I like with Ireland is making a PU with Scotland then making England free Whales and Cornwall and conquer Brittany, to make the United Celtic kingdom. Also one of the minors gives bonus settlers, good idea if you want to go colonial. Absolutely remain catholic, the best protestant sect is Hussite btw, and good luck getting it.

[@deanoreilly2013]

Do you know what fair play to you for doing a run that's not ulster. Any form Ireland run Ive seen is always ulster and to me is a easy way out. I've done it as Tyrone Kildare and Munster it's way harder and a lot more fun

[@Ranaiaen]

Loved the video but your pronunciation of Irish place names hurt XD

[@thegoldeninventor4634]

Does this require any dlcs?

[@ravenouself4181]

You know what would be really cursed? An Orthodox or Totemist Ireland.

[@NishiAAAddiction]

lol it looks so easy in your video I've tried this 4 times already and in three times England declared on me and destroyed me (granted, I had a bit of AE :D ) and in all attempts France would always defend Scotland, I never got a chance to declared on them without France joining =_= Guess RNGesus doesn't like me

[@Gray_ninja]

We need this remade Cause i am on try #12 on Thomond

[@EriqireM]

Woo. Family playthrough!

[@lucashunskor3333]

I would like a Venice guide

[@Shaduc]

nice

[@TheRedHawk]

Thanks!

[@DiMitryV5]

Do a guide for Serbia.

[@TheRedHawk]

Will do!

[@fox77scotland50]

Can you do one for Serbia?

[@candleman3360]

Best way to form ireland is as Scotland

[@braedonclanton125]

Lol this guide went great until he went to war with Scotland who France would not defend… my game has Scotland allied to both France and Denmark who still has Sweden and Norway… great😭

[@l.j.r5100]

i say clanricarde is the way to go

[@BetaMonk3y]

okay what the hell, AI castile got ALL 4 PU's by 1475!?! What bullshit...

[@genstian]

You: 0.1 is good, me, 0.3% is good, me, in my mind, that still takes 10 years to pay off, maybe some french land is worth more,

[@daithimcnally8212]

Tiochfaidh ár lá

[@carlstein9278]

sorry.. i just have to do this.. *inhale* IT'S LEINSTER NOT LANNISTER!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

[@MagnificientLlama]

why not yarrrrland?

[@TheRedHawk]

It's too mainstream now

[@axelbruce2685]

I got free eu4 on Wednesday

[@ForgottenNoble]

Yas early

[@TheRedHawk]

Very early!

[@starliaghtsz8400]

just fight all of ireland in one war jeez, they dont even have an army, its 4 tags and they have like 4k troops in total lol

[@paulgroves1427]

That's not true, there are 12 independent tags (plus Meath), each of which has an army

[@lorstdringus9791]

This guide became bs when Scotland won the war against England

[@Wickedninja7878]

You're guide hasn't work at all :( I followed everything you did and over half the things were missing. I didnt even have a diplomat to declare war

[@gaelicpatriot3604]

20:13

[@tipperary1082]

Münster

[@23rahulgarg10]

hi

[@TheRedHawk]

Hey!

[@kameleoncraft98]

Do theese guides on very hard, its pointlessly easy on your difficulty

[@TheRedHawk]

Most players don’t play on very hard, so my guides would be irrelevant for them

[@blgarndogg9673]

Yeah I've tried doing this like 3 times and failed now. Makes sense now

[@sharandeepkaur9966]

First

[@TheRedHawk]

Hmm

[@jovohodzic508]

Ireland is so anticlimacit. Destroyed England and Scotland and nothing... Rule Brittania mission and over. Mission tree done after unlocking universities. ☹️ The only good thing is that I have the option to release New Ireland and create USA. First, though I have to culture convert the whole Britain, because it looks so sexy to do it.