(EU4) 5 Tips for Playing Small Nations

These should help.

[@Freadauk]

Now I can finally try to play as Ming.

[@Bluemilk92]

Ming is a notoriously small nation.

[@ethanwmonster9075]

*commonsense and your dreams of a world united under xixixixixixi will be true.

[@firepower8820]

Ally poland!

[@TheRrandomm]

firepower build galleys

[@Busicmox]

I'm trying cologne for the 8th time now. It's very hard.

[@TessaTestarossa]

Before I even watch this... Step 1: Ally Poland.

[@Kminiword]

polen

[@alexburt20]

Teletha 'Tessa' Testarossa Step 2: Polen can into commonwealth

[@unovasfinest2623]

ismail güneş Oh. I betrayed poland for their land. I had Russia, Austria, and Bavaria as allies. Tho Bavaria ended up eating Austria....

[@tycuygfyfyfh5498]

And then partition them after the use.

[@iluvleo]

1.ally with france 2.ally with austria 3.ally with ottomans 4.ally with spain 5.ally with poland gz

[@Chuck12312]

that can't be possible anyway as usually france and Poland hates Austria and ottomans hate spain and Austria (though not always)

[@Ktrivv]

"English Isles" TRIGGERED

[@concernedcitizen5053]

As a Scotsman, this comment really riled me.

[@aqgpandemic5406]

A personal one of my tips for playing as a small nation is to not be scared to declare war against a larger nation. For example if you are playing as Scotland or an Irish minor and you see that England is having the war of the roses, declare war, immediately even if you don't have any good allies, just get enough war score to take one or two provinces and try not to get in any battles just siege. An example that actually happened in my Irish run was that England declared war on France and England had all of their troops in France, so I declared war, blockaded the English channel and full sieged England, that's how I got the Luck of the Irish achievement.

[@StrategyJoe]

Against England specifically you can get to mil tech 4 years ahead of England.

[@Stedehounder]

So england declared war on France who's ally was england which joined on the war. Are you saying that england was split in two after the war of roses because that has never happened in the history of Europa Univeralis.

[@Ulas_Aldag]

I tried playing as Scotland once but england never land with troops in Europe. They're just sitting in the mainland.

[@charlesnope9921]

You did not blockade the English Channel with an Irish navy...

[@zento1702]

I did a game as Granada, where I fleed to India, building my army to my forcelimet and getting millitary accses all the way there. Then i declared a no cb war on Sind (2 province state) and annexed them. Then I sold my starting land to carstille. That made me a 2 province power, with Muslim tech, in india. From there on I just expanded in india 😊 yuo can get the Maste of India achivement this way.

[@axelmuller7946]

How did you manage to land in india? It is very far away from spanish territory

[@robertblume2951]

@@axelmuller7946 i think he walked. I had to do something similar to get north africa as Provence. Though France never wanted to buy my provinces for what they were worth. So i kept them

[@PhoenixFires]

My play as Florence didn't go well... I allied Austria and they ended up inheriting France, Burgundy, Hungary, and is close to enforcing HRE unity... I can't expand anywhere else because Ottomans are fighting them for world dominance and winning... What happened?

[@der7tezwerg921]

lol, seems u need a restart.

[@firepower8820]

PhoenixFires you didnt ally poland

[@hebl47]

Step one: Find someone to be your "France", preferably France. (DO NOT trust the English or the Scots!) Step two: Build up 10 favours. Step three: Declare war on your enemy. Step four: ???? Step five: Profit!

[@L2Xenta]

The british must be frickin bugged, they never get their asses off their rainy island... lol. PS. Kinda like Brexit.

[@sterd1149]

@@L2Xenta They fixed this recently. The amount of times I've seen them unify the French crown to the English court is nutters.

[@L2Xenta]

@@sterd1149 They fixed it recently ? =) Dude, I wrote that 5 years ago... =))) Its good for them people are still playing that game.. with all the barrier DLCs which are pretty expensive, and all the great games coming out lately...

[@sterd1149]

@@L2Xenta Yeah, a few patches ago but definitely within the last year if I recall. I think it may have been the Leviathan DLC? I'm unsure, but it definitely doesn't help those fans who played for years and gave up because they'd rather vote intelligently with their wallets. It's a damn shame too, because the game isn't bad.

[@L2Xenta]

@@sterd1149 Yea it was fun back when I played it. My region had a pretty much impossible start but still... kept trying. But I noticed they didnt give all regions a decent chance, and at first I said they trying to be historically accurate but, actually no. My region was tiny back then , and not some famous empire, but it wasnt as weak as the game would have you think, since it defeated many times the Ottomans and several other empires around. So in reality the game isnt historically accurate but also isnt giving a decent chance , everything is based on the perception or Bias of whoever balanced the regions, and they did a poor job at it because eventually they dont know their history. If you dont know history well enough you should just give a decent chance to most areas, but they didnt do that either. So the game can appear good historically depending on what faction you play, but.. it got old for me once I realized it wasnt very accurate, its all based on the perception and Bias of the creator, not on history nor on balance for the sake of gameplay. So it definitely doesnt deserve all that DLC money... its just greedy and pretty lazy.

[@williambooze]

Hi. I just wanted to take a second and thank you for sharing these videos. I appreciate that you are informative and that (In the how-to videos) you do not use foul language. I literally could not be playing (and enjoying) EU4 without learning by your example. As a dad with kids, I have little time to learn all of the ins and outs of this wonderful game, and listen to you while I am at work to improve my gameplay! Thanks for all you do! As a guy with a BA in history, I appreciate your current play as Rome (Byzantium) and how you role play what Rome could have done! I do that when I play (even though it sometimes is detrimental or just silly. Why would Russia take Quantity ideas?? I don't need it, but when I role play as Russia I need MORE manpower!) Thanks Again! Looking forward to you taking Rome!

[@InkubusGames]

This is awesome video - please make more like this one. Regarding that particular advice with religion and alliances, in my last gameplay, I played as Serbia and even dough Serbia is Orthodox, Hungary was a great pal to me. Hungary rivaled Ottomans and as I sent my 2 diplomats to Austria and Hungary, I rivaled Ottomans as well. Very soon Hungary decided to proclaim my Guarantee and becoming an ally was easy. In my whole gameplay, Austria was not my ally only 5 or 10 years. My point is: as a small nation picking a rival same as the bigger nations can greatly improve your standing and chances for an alliance. How important these alliances were to me as Serbia is that I went over my diplo limit with so many alliances and then it was Ottomans on one side vs Serbia (me), Hungary, Austria, Poland + Lithuania and Mamluks. In such scenario, it was easy to remove the Kebab. But it all started by rivaling the Ottomans. For me, France was too far away, but I did allied them later because Spain was an issue in Italy and I expanded myself over there, but that is some 200 years later. I kept one Ottoman province always bordering Hungary to ensure Hungary hate them more and more. These ideas were very important while playing as Serbia. Since Serbia has "Bastion of Orthodoxy" that alone reduces unrest with new Patriarch authority mechanics and adding Humanist ideas makes almost any rebellion very unlikely. My point is: player needs to be very flexible and use any and all beneficial bonuses that game offers for any particular nation/country.

[@Saagster]

For those who don't want to spend 16 minutes watching here's the recap point: 16:10

[@Divert486]

Or watch in x1.75 speed

[@ghostytoasty902]

thanks lmao not interested in waiting 18 mins

[@mackmasters325]

(EU4) 5 Tips for Playing Small Nations Number 1: Don't.

[@khorps4756]

Try not doing not that! from the makers of Doing that!

[@TheRrandomm]

My first game ever was as one of the countries in ireland :Dd (dont remember the name now but yea)

[@michaelziebold8404]

Same for me, actually. And after losing 4 times, I learned that the redheaded Irish traded their souls for inhuman fighting skills, and the Luck of the Irish achievement was mine!

[@lavabeard5939]

Great new content, I always had trouble not starting as a major power.

[@jarredthemoose8721]

quick tip on how to win as Navarra 1: start covert operations on Aragon and you can ally France and Castile both because they want to vassalize you 2: declare war on Aragon and cede territory 3: take expansion ideas and or exploration ideas 4: make colonies in South America and the Caribbean (!lots of manpower!) 5: finish off Aragon btw never accept vassiliation France and Castile will become leave for a bit but if you maintain one of them as an ally the other will come crawling back 6: ally tunis and portugal if you can 7: declare war on castile 8: rinse and repeat wars on Castile until you have taken all of their territories also cede the neighboring provinces around Toledo or wherever their capital is so when you go to war you will always have a good war score 9: form Spain 10: subscribe to my channel it isnt eu4 but still

[@armageddon3315]

If only I saw this guide in my first Serbia attempt..... By the way do you remember my suggestion for Top 10/5 powerful but vulnerable nations? I can see some new player looking at Ming and think. "They're the biggest nation! They must be practically unstoppable!" *infinite rebels later...*

[@CrapeCraft]

Russian Guy The Timurids gave me PTSD.

[@isaacmoody3517]

My first game was as Hungary because I thought that I was big and that I'd be stronger than my neighbours

[@bruhbruh-us6gl]

Flanders. Weak initially but can easily dominate english channel trade node, bringing in a stupidly high amount of money

[@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851]

@@bruhbruh-us6gl Holland is better

[@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851]

@@isaacmoody3517 Hungary good if you know what your doing

[@MrCr1spy1]

Summary: build Poland, ally galleys

[@premiercherdenko]

Where are galleys again? I think they are very close to transports but im not sure

[@nikolajevremovic-martinovi5800]

like always my friend, nice video. i love playing with small nations and turning them into a megapower :D

[@oilbucket]

great episode once again! i was craving for another video of yours :D

[@vuxigeck5281]

0_0 Wow.....DAIUUUUM SON! Ya beat me to a video! Oh it`s OOOON NAW!!! ;D

[@oilbucket]

Supreme Wolf MT I have nothing to do with my life, ofcourse i would beat you to it :) i get a gmail notification about a video of dark and i put everything aside for that :)

[@vuxigeck5281]

Heh....You`re meh RIVAL NAW!!! PREPARE FOR.....Ummmmm....Prepare for......MmmmmSOMETHING!!

[@brunomoreira6416]

Oil bucket hey!! You re the guy that dark name after a colony in the england campain, congrats!!

[@oilbucket]

Bruno Moreira well yeah... i've been around for a while on the channel i guess, im honered to have a colony named after me though :D

[@Gardstyle35]

play as ragusa and vasalize ottamans.

[@lisvit3887]

@Dan D are u dumb its so easy. I do it within the first 2 years

[@people6035]

@@lisvit3887 anything is possible if u play mutiplayer

[@bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851]

That's too easy, I'll give you a challenge: play the game as ming from 1444 to 1821 and just have a wall of tributarys

[@Gardstyle35]

@@lisvit3887 show me

[@lisvit3887]

@@Gardstyle35 I can do it as ulm too, ill show u

[@niklasnoeske5850]

Nice video. I agree with all of these but I'd also urgently recommend taking quantity as first idea group. It makes everything so much easier as a small nation

[@ArchsageCanas]

Declaring war on Novgorod during their war with Muscovy and take their land while they keep fighting each other. With the high development provinces acquired, get Poland, the Golden Horde and perhaps Denmark as allies and go to war against Muscovy, release their vassals and ally them. ... This was just the beginning of the glorious empire of Tver.

[@ArchsageCanas]

The problem with Tver back then was that it started with a core of Muscovy on it and a claim of Novgorod so it couldn't ally those two. It changed within one of the more recent updates so that one can ally Muscovy but it took quite some effort and luck to succeed with that nation.

[@josephrohrbach1588]

I found out that No CB war-thing recently - as I was playing as Savoy, and wanted Genoa's lands, but they were (as was I) allied to France. I usef a no-CB war against their ally Lucca and so I took loads of their territory by Seperate Peace (none of Lucca's though - I did free a few nations though)

[@L2Xenta]

Good tips, even if I knew some of them I realize now my ambition to succeed with my small nation blinded me and I forgot to use even what I knew how to use. However some tips I didnt take into consideration .. I didnt pay much attention to early national ideas for example. So its a very informative and welcomed video tutorial for newbies but also for those that forget the basic.

[@andrewmiller407]

This is a good video. I had to learn all this stuff the hard way. Also, Bosnia kicks ass... if they can survive.

[@TheIceCr34mMan]

Statesman only gives +1 Dip rep as of a few patches ago. Also, Love your vids!

[@goodguylaco6934]

@darkfireslide Hi Man. Do you really become a republic by the national desicion? The ideagroups you need to take for this looks so bad, that taking them first seems always like a hugh weaken to me and taking them later looks like it wouldnt be worth anymore cause the extra monarch point doenst matter that much anymore.

[@Dave-rm1mb]

Some of this is actually applicable to the bigger countries too. Timing wars is everything in EU4. Even playing as say, England...you want to time your wars (especially the first war near the start of the game) so that your numbers/quality outweighs theirs i.e. your allies and the quality of your combined military is stronger than France and her allies. It comes down to simply using the ledger and doing the numbers before taking the risk to go to war. That said, there are some things you can't account for such as allies sometimes performing bad despite being strong. There's been a few times where I've declared war on France pulling both Austria and Castle into the fight. Both nations hadn't been in recent wars and were strong but they just sucked. They sent like a 10k stack to run around France not doing allot whilst France's allies were on the ball. This does tend to be quite rare though.

[@wouldyoukindlyfuckoff7966]

Thanks dark, I was never really comfortable with playing the regular large powers, and as a Brittany spammer I'm gonna try and implement some no cbing. hopefully I'll finally be able to conquer something.

[@frankforster706]

Agree on the point of timing your first war right. One of my most successful first wars was with Lucca (customized game, only added Corsica though and had just 7k army, staying 1 below the force limit). Aragon threatening me cause I had Corsica and allied France, Milan being my second ally. Really wanted Genoa but thought I couldn't win the navy battles vs them, Savoy, Venice and another nation. So I waited for years until I could declare war on my rival Ferrara along with its allies Florence, The Papal State and Albania. Results: - gained Pisa from Florence - made Ferrara my vassal in the end - about 80 power projection added (Florence was my rival as well) - boosted the economy by making money - couldn't take Roma, Provence or vassalize Urbino due to AE but forced them to break the scary alliance with Austria and gained additional prestige - obliterated their navies and caught galleys from them - got access to the Adriatic Sea for future claims as well as the Venice trade node - got a belt of provinces that made it much more difficult for my neighbouring nations to expand north or south, especially now that they had to rebuild their navies - got rid off the threat that I got 'nowhere to hide/escape' in case Genoa, Florence, Ferrara or even Mantua attacked me (keeping troops at Corsica all the time while I need to transport twice to get them off the island was no viable option). Now only Aragon posed that threat which was rather unrealistic as they were a junior partner. - vassalizing Ferrara further helped to get a bigger army while staying below the force limit - could finally give influence to the Burghers after coring Pisa Really glad that I avoided attacking my main target Genoa. This war completely turned the tables for the rest of the game. Getting the right timing, involving multiple nations as well as rivals while not overestimating your powers makes a hell of a difference as a small nation.

[@lostinnepal7897]

Top quality content, keep it up :D

[@Valenvic]

Hi, Darkfireslide. Can you explain estates in detail? Thank you for your consideration!

[@mr.hilarious2702]

Great explanation 👍 loved it

[@arhexirthewistful5891]

Hey, why are you using only few of major DLCs? I mean i don't like changes and mechanics Cossacks brought, but what about other ones? Btw. Thanks for this video, useful one

[@MrMarinus18]

Can you also make a video of how to defeat strong nations? When you are already quite strong and are blocked by an equally powerful rival.

[@markbergh3599]

Any advice for an aspiring Kuba player? What should you do if Strongo is hostile to you from the start?

[@mackycabangon8945]

5:31 Venice is good too because of the "distance between borders" modifier. Or Hungary

[@Hilja1suus]

For anyone wondering, here are a few small nations in the balkans or around it you can release/vassalize: ragusa, montenegro, albania, epirus, athens, achaea, morea, crete, corfu, naxos and the knights.

[@NikiK57]

You can "cheat" with save game in ironman easily as well. 1) force close EU4 through task manager to force to no auto save on exit; 2) you can always just copy paste your save game files and make a copy of them in a significant moment, so you roll back easily.

[@madijeis4320]

Savoy has that additional diplomatic slot that really saves your day

[@sebking7902]

As Serbia you can annex Bosnia, spawn Catholic rebels by sliding down missionary maintenance to convert, this will usually get you an alliance with Austria to which you can take Dalmatia from Venice with their help. After that you're able to add land to HRE and you can join it. Ottomans will almost never attack you. Helpful for Lasarus achievement.

[@stefvanderstraeten8921]

Great vid man, thx

[@calebsilvergleid9797]

Ever played a Ragusa to Croatia campaign?

[@platoonmexx9278]

some manpower advices: - look out for terrain like hills, mountains, forest etc cous it gives the enemy mali - dont siege ur self, let your allies siege at all cost, and when an ally wants the same provinces like you do, just put 1 stack of units there and w8 for your allys to help // you also can take a 1 stack army with general on a province, activate the button that allied armys can join your army and siege than, that way your allied units are under your control - as small nation i very often pick quantity first cous the first 4-5 ideas of this group are very good especially for smaller nations, the first 2 help with mp-recovery and the other help with army maintenance, so your economy will be much better, also it lowers mercenary cost by 25% ( could be mercenary available +25% im not 100% sure about this) how ever when you finish quantity you also higher your forcelimit which helps with alliances from that on for a quick finish of quantity i usually set tech priority on military at day 1, you will tech military quickly and by the time beeing you get your first ideagroup i often have >800 military points to get the first 2 ideas instantly, that way you dont fall behind with military tech aswell which helps a lot in wars // when you do this: dont tech military tech 7 untill you have the first 4-5 ideas from quantity or finished it cous with setting tech on military ( depending on your ruler...) you might get unbalanced tech what higher you coruption

[@L2Xenta]

In most scenarios these tips seem very good. Depending on few other small variables.

[@ithadtobeaname7327]

Also if you play Serbia you can go to War with Albania (wich might ally themselfe with Ragusa) and then just take both. I worked for me though and no war with Ottomans for now

[@Arrlong28563]

Video sugestion... Tips for playing Mutapa!!

[@Hyewot]

These are good pointers but since they're basically for beginners I'm a little surprised you didn't mention the ledger. It's hard to understand when a major rival or target is weak on manpower or ducats unless you know to open it up to the first few pages and the military pages.

[@MattSSPP]

Cool tip for Byzantium start, start by improving relations with Albania, while going for Polish or Austrian Alliance. If Hungary allies with Albania, hope that Ottoman attacks Albania first. If that happens, offer Albania an alliance, and accept when he calls you into war. Attach your 11k troops to Skanderbeg (Albania's 5-5-5-0 General) and watch him destroy the Ottomans with Hungarian Manpower. He will return all your cores, since he only wants a single province from the Turk. If Ottomans attack you first though, it's pretty much game over unless you got your Polish alliance in time.

[@thestarboundshow5129]

Matt Chiasson T

[@adhdlama2403]

in ironman i go to paradox games/saves and manually create a backup of a save before i do something really drastic, do i deserve to live being the scum that I am??

[@kalyanarc4467]

What I like to do as smaller nations is colonize. Colonize untill I get strong, and THAN declare war. Also, when waging war as a small nation with not-so-good allies against really great powers, I like to take tons of loans, get all the mercs possible, and fight till I max out the warscore.

[@khalidsalah7485]

Then declare bankruptcy and focus on your tech/ideas and development while the bankruptcy effects wear off. ez pz

[@dataportdoll7918]

Small nations do have one advantage: it's easier to get a humiliating war on a neighbor, take the monarch points, and get an insane tech advantage against one of your neighbors. Not to mention tons of prestige and PP which will make your diplo overtures more well received.

[@leonardofranzinribeiro4220]

Hey, why don't you make a portugal campaign, you said you didn't do much colonizing so this would be a good start (Maybe keep spain on your good side?)

[@brunomoreira6416]

Leonardo Franzin Ribeiro agreed :) (tugas ftw)

[@number9number9number9]

Portugal is very boring early game. Perhaps Morocco, an Irish minor, Mali or one Chinese tech nation.

[@leonardofranzinribeiro4220]

Gustavo Souza But colonies!!!

[@number9number9number9]

Leonardo, all nations I mentioned are capable of colonizing a sizable chunk of the New World.

[@oilbucket]

Leonardo Franzin Ribeiro here's the thing with dark, (and alot of other eu4 players) he doesn't like colonies, me myself love them but he doesn't

[@Itsdankun]

I played as Denmark and it really went well. I built a large colonial empire at the expense of England, Portugal, Spain and France. I prioritized in building a strong navy so that I can dominate Baltic Sea. I conquered all the Baltic States and prevented Moscuvy from forming Russia and getting an access in the Baltic Sea. I encourage trade and profited much. I took every chance and opportunity to attack my enemies. You should also know your geopolitical security.

[@comradestalin9270]

NOICE!!!

[@CrucifiedAGL]

I've tried a play through as Bosnia and it's pretty hard Hungary guarantees everyone around you and Otto blobs guarantees everyone and warns you. In this new patch ottomans even ally Hungary or france

[@TheRadPlayer]

Ottomans allying France is not uncommon, since both often rival Austria.

[@platoonmexx9278]

ottos ally france since ages

[@armageddon3315]

The Otto-France alliance is both historical, common, and terrifying.

[@TheRadPlayer]

Russian Guy The AI does have built-in historical bias, doesn't it? As in Austria won't ever rival Hungary at the start, and Poland won't ever rival Lithuania etc.

[@armageddon3315]

TheRadPlayer Certain countries are almost guaranteed to have certain alliances. Poland allies and then Pu's lithuania I personally haven't seen Hungary and or Austria rival each other, but I wouldn't be too surprised if it happened.

[@lostinnepal7897]

I'm doing a brittany campaign, and also declared a no casus belli war, but against irish minors. Conquered all of Ireland, started colonizing, some years later england was engulfed in a big war so I attacked them. After that war, I slowly eated war after war english provinces, while growing overseas. Early 17 hundred and I'm now a colonial super power. Scotland is still alive though, because they're allied to france (who also owns all of spain basicly) and sweden xD

[@withche07]

I still dont understand no cb war s purpose? how come that nations' ally dont join war? or how can you core lands you conquered?

[@lostinnepal7897]

No cb wars because the only cb I could create would be against France. I attacked an irish minor with no allies. And you are allowed to core that land as well

[@razroorion6652]

This guy is a genius

[@alexhouvardas7671]

I often find that money is the most difficult part of playing as a smaller nation. Do you think it would be worth it to spend monarch points on development and be behind in tech at the start of the game?

[@darkfireslide]

Alex Houvardas I think military and admin tech are still quite important. But if you're confident about winning a war, feel free to take a few loans if it means the difference.

[@robertblume2951]

Yes especially with the new institutions. It kind of lets you catch back up since big nations need longer for it to spread without force development

[@envoiret]

thanks for the video

[@axelmuller7946]

Why do I see this guide now 😥 I mean I play since 2 weeks as Byzantium and I managed to take more land than I expacted. But still WHY. I have to say that I give up with my campaign as Byzantium because I have no way to expand. In the south of Byzantium are the Mameluks which are allied with me. In the North is Bohemia which is allied with france and Autria. In the west is Venice which is allied with genua and Savoy and has the west part of the balkan and Austria and Russia are not able to help me against them even when they are in the same war. And in the south of Italy is Spain which is allied with poland so I can't expand there even when I can declair war because of the mission. So what am I going to do now? 😫

[@Ganjamuffins]

once I was playing as Bohemia and as i was fighting Hungary Bosnia AI, that has managed to survive up to 1550~ jumped on hungary when they were losing and took like half of their provinces then they allied the ottomans and really messed up my game

[@rinma1030]

how many hours do you have on eu4?

[@lk851]

Do i have any chances as Dai Viet?

[@mxviii]

Been trying to do a Prussia Campaign for weeks now...the struggle!!! Ill put your tips to the test haha

[@bench-xpre55]

Cool video

[@TygrinDrox]

THANK YOUUUU

[@UltimateAlloy]

So how do you actually get your allies to help you attack someone? Mine never seem to want to.

[@rikpien2925]

UltimateAlloy Make sure your ally is cloze enough to help and keep an eye on the wars they fought If they just fought a war, they may be too low on manpower to consider helping you If they are already in a war, then help yhem first They will appreciate it, but if its only a minor war, then just train the troops, put maintenance at 0 and when he is done, bring up maintenance, wait a month or two and declaee war

[@robertblume2951]

@@rikpien2925 use favors to buy war readiness and pay off their debts

[@federubio2519]

Why don´t you start a campaign with Castile when you finish with Byzantium

[@aliksanon6491]

who can you easly ally with in the caucasus(decent powers i mean and timurids+qaran quqlu is not an option for me)

[@robertblume2951]

Who in the caucuses are you playing? Ai Gazumikide always gets Ottomans. Georgia and Caucasia can easily get Muscovy. Shirvan and Ardbil shouldn't be played if you aren't a QQ ally. As Georgia i usually eat imerti and samstke, vassal circassia and ally russia and gazimukide. The last ally is situational or AQ to prevent and early ottoman war. Depends on what's available. Don't take aq if they aren't an ottoman ally but if they are don't risk being rivals.

[@RocketHarry865]

Hey Darkfireslide can you do a Trebizond guide cause I really want to know how to be able to play as them

[@darkfireslide]

This is from last patch, but here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5maYqytgLKma9U

[@therealoldnosey8689]

Dude, I fucking love your videos.

[@Giganfan2k1]

Wait, there is a non Iron Man mode?

[@zr0w3n-16]

Did you notice England got one more province in France

[@zr0w3n-16]

Or 2

[@N.Doughnut]

which ones

[@mateihristodorescu5318]

Gamer Zeke the new patch

[@nicolasgenereux2878]

I learned recently that no manpower is not a problem, go ask DDRJake with his Manipur campaign, he is a madman

[@vallytine]

Dark why is your avatar Desmond? is it an inside joke? o.o

[@darkfireslide]

In my Britain campaign, Desmond was the first vassal we took, and "Desmond, Destroyer of Worlds" became a meme of sorts. Haha

[@vallytine]

darkfireslide I see I see, lots of fun with Irish minors xD. My Personal favorite is Tyrone, and they just make me think of the KZbin personality Big Man Tyrone, lol.

[@darkfireslide]

Nice. Haha

[@benhalpern1343]

My favorite Irish Minor is Kildare

[@clairearp2842]

YOU'RE A HERETIC LIKE THE PROTESTANTS

[@jessiehuynh7495]

Have you ever tried playing as Córdoba?

[@kebabremoveth5257]

Tip one: Be Ulm Tip two: Crap i formed german- ahh shite i unifie- CRAP i accidently did a world conquest

[@nickyrodriguez3150]

why not fabricate a claim before attacking Navarra though?

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

>Low manpower >high Unrest >Army with heavy casualties >???? >out-of-nowhere rebels

[@thoriq_faris_risyana]

👍

[@mackycabangon8945]

Jaunpur rivaled me in my non ironman game as Andhra Also i think gujarat is the Brandenburg of India. Not the best at gamestart but can turn very strong

[@bloodfiredrake7259]

I would argue mewar is the branded burg.It even has a formable nation.

[@llamallamapajama9571]

what places have no opposition on their landmass thats not in the medditeranian

[@tanamassar4242]

Statesman ony give +1 diplo' rep, and 1 diplo rep = +5 reasons for alliances and Royal Marriages !

[@Buildnstack]

Mah Byzantium... gimme pls...

[@cortanax1407]

I world conquest ed with Ulm by 1700s.... and I only used 10 commands, just to do some stuff, no biggie I integrated austria France Hungary Poland Bohemia Lithuania muscovy venice Castille england gg

[@johgekpunkt9516]

I only used one Tech 30 Lul

[@gaby14888]

Got a pro-tip: 1.Play as Wallachia. 2.See Serbia take Vidun from Ottomans as they ally Austria and get the entire HRE to war with the Ottomans. 3.Keep raising your development, as it doesn't concern you. You are just happy the Ottomans are busy. 4.Serbia+HRE war ends, Serbia solo declares war on you out of the blue. They have 4k troops wtf. You have 11k. Take all of Serbia + Vidun. Now you are more than double the initial size. 5.Bosnia take Ragusa and see you as weak (you have 11k troops wtf), they declare war out of the blue!?!? They have 6k troops... Ok take Bosnia now. You are more than 3x the initial size now. 6.Ottomans see you as weak, they attack to take Vidun back. You can support a fairly large army 20K, and have a fairly good war leader. Defend Vidun using terrain modifiers and scum saving to get lucky draws @ fights. Drag war until white peace. 7.Get offered alliance by Austria out of the blue, accept, they are at war with Poland+Lithuania+Moldavia. Get called in. Your side has 70k troops they have 37k wtf? Take Moldavia for your own plus a couple of Poland/Lithuania provinces. 8.Sit back wondering how your little 5 provinces country could get a donation of 21 provinces in the first 19 in-game years without you ever preparing for war, surrounded by superpowers: Ottomans, Hungary(+Austria), Poland/Lithuania. 9.Profit. Bottom line: Be lucky.

[@scaleslizard160]

genoa playthrough! do it!

[@inspectorjavert8443]

ANyone have any advice for playing as Holland? I want to make the dutch nation.

[@martoboyo]

1. Get as much support for your independence as possible. England, France and Austria are good, maybe even Provence or Denmark or so. You might want to restart untill the rivalries are ideal. Generally, you want at least France and Austria. 2. In your independence war, if you have enough support, you will win rather easily. Try and use your troops to support your allies, avoid getting wiped if possible, but generally speaking Burgundy will lose even if you dont participate. Don't go in debt too far or anything, this war should be rather easy. 3. In the peacedeal, try to get as much as possible WITHOUT getting a coalition. If you took the time to get a claim before you declared the war (which I wouldnt recommend, but it's a valid option), take the claim. I often try to get Antwerp, because it's a very good province. Freeing Brabant or Flanders is also a good option, to create some easier expansion early (though Brabant often gets strong while Flanders either gets conquered by or allied with England: every game is different). Cripple Burgundy as hard as you can. 4. Now you are free. Generally, you can keep at best one of your supporters of indepence. France is stronger and more likely to help you against Burgundy and England, and protects you against himself. Austria is nice to prevent the Unlawful Territory stuff, and can be a real powerhouse, but he won't help you fight internal HRE wars and you might get pulled into wars you don't want. Generally, keep France as an ally. As for other allies, just look around and befriend rivals of your rivals (Munster, Brunswick, Cologne), but be careful as betraying allies is pretty punishing nowadays and you don't want to get dragged into dumb wars. 5. So now you are free, you have France and some small nations as allies and 3 very good provinces. After this, you should take some time to recover (if necessary) and definitely late your Aggressive Expansion tick away to at least 10. The Dutch provinces are very good but cost a lot of AE, so only declare wars if your AE allows it. A small coalition wont matter, a big one ruins your game. You can promise France land if you want to take Burgundian lands, or maybe English if they got further inland, but remember to actually give them the land they want: you DONT want to lose France as an ally for a long time. After that, it's a matter of choices and patience. Don't be afraid to expand outside of the Dutch lands, into Northern Germany (East Frisia and such), or northern France (though be careful you don't take lands France wants). England is a rewarding but difficult option, as England has a strong navy and getting to England often means conquering provinces France REALLY wants. Always keep an eye at your AE and be oppportunistic for opportunities. Some general tips lastly: 1. Get a Diplo Rep advisor early and build to your force-limit or even over it to get the early support and alliances 2. Once you declare the independence war, you get a randomly generated ruler. You might want to restart untill you get an acceptable one: a 4/3/5 will make a game much easier than a 1/1/2. Same goes for generals. I had a 3/6/5/0 general from the Champion of the Joust event once, which was insanely lucky and make the start much easier. 3. A good moment to expand might be when Austria demands Unlawful Territory from a neighbour. The released nation starts without allies, so you can declare immediately (if you had a claim of course). Friesland often expands, losing its Free City status in the proces while returning the land afterwards to the HRE. Another opportunity is when a Western German nation gets big and inevitably gets in over its head, losing multiple wars badly or have no allies due to AE. Don't be a part of a coalition, but instead pounce on him when the coalition has him pinned down in a bad war. 4. Colonize. It gives a nice powerboost and gives you something to do while waiting for AE to tick down. 5. Save up money. Holland gets rich early, so save that money up to build the manufactories immediately when they become available, and so you can merc up should the need arise (it shouldn't, but just in case) 6. Develop your country. With a good ruler and advisors and long pauses between expansion, you will find yourself with plenty of monarch points to spend on development. Get Economic ideas if you want to play tall (Netherlands has an idea for development cost, and Holland gets a 20% reduction via Decision), or Trade if you want to dominate the English Channel Node or even the Lubeck node. Use the development to get Institutions before teching up: spending 20% extra on tech is usually a waste (unless it gives you a military edge), while spending 500 points on development will benefit you the entire game.

[@IrishMappermapsmore]

"The English Isles"

[@drunkenslav2334]

>i wouldnt trust england as ally as a czech(oslovak) i second this

[@rateeightx]

One Of The Best Ways To Win A War: Throw Allies At Them.

[@uyiuit5332]

There’s a mission where I have to have an army of the maximum force limit. How to complete?

[@wochomejteqvychechtlee1384]

have army on maximum force limit :O (its in the military tab. maximum army without extra upkeep cost - u will see numbers like 27/30 - 27unit of 30 maximum possible)

[@eriXD_1510]

"Jaunpur is the Poland of India" XD

[@chingading957]

It’s really sad that you don’t upload anymore

[@darkfireslide]

I'm sorry, man. My living circumstances changed and I couldn't really record anymore. I also have a full time job now that pays well, and I must confess that while at times I enjoyed KZbin, at other times it stressed me out. I'm happy my channel existed, but I'm happier as a person now overall I think. I hope that gives you some closure, and that you find happiness as well.

[@nebojsagalic4246]

I can manage to get an alliance with Poland as Serbia once in a while. But I get stomped by Hungary and the Ottomans because Poland and Lithuania have their hands full trying to survive Russia and Sweden.

[@bradleymoore2797]

How to play as Ryukyu?

[@erikthegodeatingpenguin2335]

lol

[@andylockhart257]

Wants 1080p uploads 😀

[@mackycabangon8945]

I LIVE in the goldmine province (Kosovo)

[@TygrinDrox]

And have you thought to play eu4 with fans

[@vuxigeck5281]

He has

[@oilbucket]

Tyler Denison jep, check his 10k subs video

[@ensley41]

Are you okay? You sound like you're gasping.

[@ottovonmlgbismarck9882]

Played as Austria... Hungary allied Poland...