EU4 A to Z - Can I DEFEAT The OTTOMANS and The MAMLUKS as This African Nation

[@TheRedHawk]

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[@Mike_Bloomberg]

I tried to download the game but there where to many unique heroes to choose from so I got anxiety and will never play it again.

[@darthmalgus9039]

"Mamluks don't have mil idea groups in their national ideas" as he hovers over 15% cav combat ability and 5% discipline

[@x345k8]

Fun fact: kilwan coins ,from before the 15th century, have been found in Australia indicating some form of (indirect) contact between kilwan traders and indigenous australians more than 700 years ago. In comparison the first European landed in Australia in 1606 ,more than 200 years later.

[@emperoruniversalis9773]

What about portuguese Colonisers taking the kilwa coins to australia, then their colony gers destroyed as we know that the brits discovered it

[@x345k8]

@@emperoruniversalis9773 well... The English and Portugal were allies since the 14th century and Australia wasn't the rich new world that America was. What was Australia used for by the English? It was a prison, nothing really worth fighting for at the time especially not against your allies. The coins probably traveled to China and Indonesia before arriving in Australia without the involvement of the europeans. Also this is a big if since we don't really know the full history behind these coins and what brought them 10k kilometers away from Africa.

[@emperoruniversalis9773]

@@x345k8 i was talking about the colony getting destroyed by lets say natives

[@jacksonsteal7082]

@@emperoruniversalis9773 but why just make things up, thats clearly not what happened

[@leeboi222]

Absolutely they were not fucking trading across half the world with abos. Get a grip

[@crocworks]

I seem to see arguments about whether a knight or a samurai is stronger. Go settle this argument once and for all. As the Knights, full annex a Japanese Daimyo.

[@glitchxero4687]

I'll tell you what, I'd feel a lot better with some good full plate and a longsword/shield combo going up against a samurai than to have to face off against it as that samurai. The Japanese probably had more of a warrior culture going for it, and there's something to be said about a guy who would rather unalive himself than lose a battle, but I just don't think it's a match for quality European steel. Knights into Japan would be a pain-filled campaign though. 🤣 Just getting there in the first place would be awful.

[@wolfheartdarnell324]

I second this!

[@marclefleur6158]

@@glitchxero4687 As I observe this wonderfully fruitful discussion (so I'll also add a little to the mill) It's been a few years since I've seen a historical battle between samurai and vikings on TV. I admire both the samurai and the vikings, though culturally I'm closer to the vikings, while the samurai are inspiring because of their warrior culture. (bushido codex) I remember being pissed when they said the vikings won. Dude, if it was one-on-one, of course the Vikings would win. (physique, skilled warriors) BUT, they dealt with the samurai, including their complete armor and equipment by the second half of the 19th century, including the rifles and cannons the samurai acquired from the Portuguese. It is even said that when the Portuguese landed on Tanegashima Island, they showed off their weapons. They weren't particularly accurate otherwise. Same with the mortars. Within ten years, there were guns in every manor in Japan. It was such a change. So about the duel. If they'd played it with rifles, the Vikings could have slipped. Even the samurai found that out. No longer were they "honorable" 1v1 duels. Instead, the unborn ashigaru stepped in, basically disguised peasants with a little training. And with a volley from their rifles, they ended more than one battle. After the unification of Japan, it closed itself off from the world. For two hundred and fifty long years. This allowed our fairly recent ancestors to experience their culture as well.

[@stonedcanuck4213]

@@marclefleur6158 who asked

[@Wasthere73]

Any conversation of knight vs samurai is bound to be rife with racism and ignorance, as well as reliance on cultural stereotypes over any practical and historical military knowledge. Glitch Xero's comment is already a small preview to all the misconceptions that would come from that discussion.

[@mustafayldrm160]

Thanks for the video. I'm Turk and fun fact, we have an expression here says 'Dimyada pirince giderken evdeki bulgurdan olmak' means going to the Dımyat (the province you took from the Ottomans) for gain rice but you gain nothing and also losing your bulgur wheat. Thats what The Ottomans did in your campaign :D

[@DatDutchDudeDirk]

Ah yeah, the f***ing eternal roulette of advisors. I swear, it's always like the guy you fired just walks out the door, puts on a fake moustage and walks back in.

[@MrCerealcowflakes]

Red Hawk got those sleepy eyes of someone who experiences EU4 pain for a living

[@victornunes900]

"As you know, they also don't have mil idea groups in their national ideas", said while showing the +10% cav combat ability, +5% discipline and +15% manpower recovery speed bonuses on screen lol

[@m3vlad147]

7:59 "I'll pick this one where I can't be bothered to do anything." >chooses native repression where he has to be bothered and do stuff. classic redhawk.

[@glitchxero4687]

The AI only decs on you when it thinks it can win, so the fact that the most powerful nation in the game (at the height of their power) forced you into a defensive war at a bad time for you and you came out of it with an extra province; especially considering you're a Sub-Saharan African tech nation with no military buffs in your national ideas... That's a hell of a win, and a well-deserved success for the campaign and series. Goes to show just how powerful having all those gold mines is. Your armies won on the back of an insanely strong economy.

[@hipsterjustice]

the kilwa/zimbabwe zone is actually a super sick campaign

[@glitchxero4687]

Kilwa has the better starting position thanks to the Fall of Zimbabwe event chain, but in the long run, Mutapa/Zimbabwe is the stronger nation with that lovely mission that gives you basically 0 inflation from gold mines. So easy to get a world-class economy going, and from there you just snowball out of control.

[@micahbonewell5994]

If you had finished out quantity you would have gotten the force limit and could merced up. Also if you had merced up the mercenary discipline age bonus would have been very nice

[@ryanokeefe8944]

Awesome way to start a Friday afternoon! Spent a good amount of time with Mutapa, and Kilwa is a major thorn in my side. Thanks for the video, really excited to see what you come up with this time.

[@glitchxero4687]

I got fairly lucky in my Mutapa campaign. Within the first 5 years of the game, I had just finished a war with the minors to the north when Kilwa declared on me. I knew I had to do something right then or they'd become a real problem, so I merc'd up heavily thanks to the gobs of Mutapan gold and won the war. Left them with nothing but Zanzibar at the end (and I would've taken that too, but didn't have enough war score.) Good luck with your campaign!

[@micahbonewell5994]

I did a run as Kilwa not too long ago for their achievements, and it was a lot of fun, highly recommend

[@ChrisVillagomez]

One of the very first campaigns I played until the end was a colonial Kilwa, it was several years ago back when Dharma came out I believe but I still recommend it honestly, it can't be that different or more challenging than before honestly because it was really fun and not difficult at all

[@serhantaskin]

Red Hawk: inflation goes brr but who cares? Me as a Turk: i care man :'(... i care

[@mattssheep4]

Really appreciate how you showed the war with the ottomans in more detail than normal. Very helpful with examples of how to handle difficult situations in wars. I guess you read my comment on a previous video?

[@squigglycircle]

Man, this was one of the best A-Z videos so far. Such a nailbiter, glad you managed to pull through!

[@IronWolf123]

For a fun challenge series, depending on how hard it is; complete all the unique mission trees. You can exclude trees that extend past 1650 like Britain and Austria

[@DvdAvins]

Might have been easier to take a small, quick loss against the Ottos and then beaten them in a second war.

[@vtandromeda6790]

I live to hear you say “pain”😂

[@samwill7259]

It's very fitting that this nation can very easily conquer the area of modern zimbabwe Because we are talking about...Deviantart parentless behavior amounts of inflation sometimes.

[@eldanaroilumbar]

As The Knights, do the Caribbean achievement

[@dr0g_Oakblood]

I think if you had taken the controlled gold mining privilege from the Burghers, that can help with inflation and also the chance to deplete, so that might actually make it so that the optimal production dev in gold raises to like 12 or 14 maybe? I am not certain of the amount it alters the chance of depletion so I don't know how much the optimal dev increases by...

[@iambrando8342]

Best ad read hands down

[@fuadlabib703]

It is ikr

[@Mehdoify]

maybe you know about it and dont like it, but with kilwa and mutapa/butua you have a Mission (you have finished it in the video) where you need like 5 Goldmines or so. then you can take Controlled Gold Mining from the burgher estate. it will drop depletion rate and inflationrate down by 75%. it makes gold even more stronger.

[@Siri190]

Since you always play ~100 years into the game, for at least one of the a-zs you should start in the 1700’s and see if you can make it into a great power before the game ends

[@kremitthefog3881]

We haven't had a multi-player VS a to z since the Aztec episode have we?, when's the next one coming?

[@asdffsasdffaa]

Next time you say "Play Hero Wars, Now" can you make the "Now" sound more menacing, like a kidnapper saying "Open the safe, NOW." "Play Hero Wars. RIGHT NOW"

[@rogofos]

that unmistakable feeling when the ottomans pick quantity

[@osiris3676]

Awesome run!! For The knights you should show the hordes how its done and defeat muscovy using only cav (or as much as the penalty allows)

[@tsarXadam]

That Ottoman war was great to watch!

[@thedanelord2329]

Good video keep op the good work❤😂

[@reverendteej]

Red Hawk! Great video! Did you notice that there is a unique Merchant Guild privilege after you clicked the Gold of Zimbabwe mission? It’s called controlled mining or something! It would have helped with inflation!

[@lys_mara]

Controlled Gold Mining also gives 5% All Power Costs, which makes everything that uses monarch points more expensive, and takes away 10% of your gold income. Most people don't find the cost worth it, compared to dealing with inflation.

[@Alex-zo5bh]

Is there a reason that you didn't increase infrastructure when deving up your capital? It costs a bit of admin but reduces the dev cost by a ton and increases goods produced and whatnot.

[@SimplifiedFinanceSiFi]

Is 10 like a magic number to dev gold mines to or is that just random? (because there are better numbers when deving for institutions)

[@kesorangutan6170]

If you exceed 10 production dev, you might get gold mine depleted event.

[@SimplifiedFinanceSiFi]

@@kesorangutan6170 i thought they can deplete at any number

[@kesorangutan6170]

@@SimplifiedFinanceSiFi If you hover your mouse to production dev and read the tooltip, it states the depletion chance of the gold mine :D

[@SimplifiedFinanceSiFi]

@@kesorangutan6170 thats what i mean, it can also deplete at 4, 6, 8 or 12 dev, so why go up to 10 and why stop there. does 10 have the best chance/risk ratio?

[@kesorangutan6170]

@@SimplifiedFinanceSiFi I didn't play it for a while but yeah I believe 10 has the best risk ratio.

[@davidweller483]

I think your best would would've been to let them siege you down all the way until they can get to their lands in Southern Arabian Peninsula. Then let a manageable chunk of their army cross, blockade them in, and then stack wipe. Rinse, repeat.

[@Kasaaz]

You ever get a different Red Hawk skin for the Hero Wars ad. The White Flannel instead of the Red Flannel.

[@louisthomas4475]

Daamn guy you're a good player amazing video and idea

[@electricVGC]

You should have tried putting the manpower state edicts on for money

[@ellingsindre2485]

YOOO MY GUY IS GETTING SPONSORS NOW!

[@amilavxilmen5632]

great game, genuinely thought you're gonna loose to the ottos

[@yetikings]

Awesome video Red Hawk! I was considering doing this run so it's good to see this beforehand. I was wondering, would religious ideas be good as your second idea group to help convert the areas you are taking over? You mentioned you only had 30 religious unity so I thought that might help (plus Deus Vault), but curious why you took Humanist over it

[@donttellnonna]

Kilwa is my favorite nation to play in the game, typically if you're following their mission tree, it's best to start with Exploration then Expansion then Quantity (You will need manpower to keep expanding especially in the colonial regions) then you CAN take religious but I usually just lean into trade and you end up with enough money that you can stomp down any revolt while you brute force convert all of Africa south of the Sahel.

[@yetikings]

@@donttellnonna Gotcha, so there are a lot of exploration related missions. There is also Manpower with Inno idea, right? I'm thinking I would go Explo, either quantity or Inno, and then religious

[@specil-k]

Prepare yourself for Luristan. You will have to form the Ilkhanate with them.

[@flacomarianipavlin6671]

The knights? Jerusalem or the teutonics.

[@madmayson]

Greetings from Malindi :)

[@カスカディア国人]

The weather is nice there it looks like How’s the Sabaki? Seems like a pretty intense River! Greetings from the Puget Sound.

[@madmayson]

@@カスカディア国人 It's hot and the river is full of hippo noses :)

[@カスカディア国人]

@@madmayson can I eat a hippo? Or am I a bad person for wanting to do that at least once 😂 Maybe it doesn’t taste very good Like a lake cow probably

[@madmayson]

@@カスカディア国人 They kill the most humans of any animal in Kenya. They swat us like flies. What you can do is feed them a watermelon

[@カスカディア国人]

@@madmayson oh yeah I know they are dangerous, that’s kind of why I think we should start eating them, we gotta avenge our selves

[@femed1283]

fighting a nation double the dev than yours and completely alone, pretty impresive.

[@martinkunz7155]

Some silly contrived goal for the knights... let's see. Knights > TV show "Knight Rider" > David Hasselhoff > Looking For Freedom > Fall of the Berlin wall As the knights, unify germany.

[@ashtonjohnston7314]

Knights with no DLC

[@sandiguha]

*Yeah, taking a province is same as defeating an empire* Historians will go nuts over this XD

[@HazmanFTW]

To "beat" them you should have done Show Superiority :D

[@Knightly_Mapping]

but they would not accept it

[@marcavis]

Why not develop Pate? It has cloth, farmlands and a center of trade.

[@tsarovich2394]

Alright, I am going to be That Guy(tm). I have watched a few of your vids and I cannot place your accent. From which country do you hail? Thank you in advance.

[@martinhorosario1156]

I’m pretty sure you had a privilege to make gold cause no inflation with Kiowa 😅

[@jackoakes1328]

Ya -75 % inflation

[@augustosannita9329]

Yes, it does but it's a trap. Never take it

[@94sjolander]

that privilege also gives 5% all powers cost. Really not worth it just to get lower inflation

[@thepopeofpineapples6275]

Bit late, but video 3 of asking for an Ireland guide.

[@asadbaig4422]

Brilliant

[@DeanRasmussen]

Not using colonist? Curious

[@Stevonicus]

The Knights love islands so conquer Gotland

[@gabri-immortale]

I never see a worst for line ever. This is not hoi4 you only want fort on defensive province + ramparts . Also the fort should be 2 space away from each others . If you build forts in a line like your video the enemy only need to take 1 to penetrate the defense! Zone of control tutorial !

[@fem530]

Wait generals and shit don't cost for the ai?? No wonder 😑 They need to fix that

[@victornunes900]

Wait untill you hear the AI also doesn't get call for peace, but if you're in a war that your ally declared and they refuse to peace out you still do.

[@yothitweeling9691]

yo nice ad.

[@ZeusPleaseUlt]

as the knights, convert to sunni islam and conquer all of italy

[@D.AbyssMusic]

controlled gold mining was ignored??

[@LerpsaUkkola]

As the knights conquer all of arabia and because it will be arabian knights

[@94sjolander]

Red Hawk sounded very low energy this video. Take care of yourself and don't force yourself to put out videos.

[@glanlotiel7471]

I disagree, if you beat Kilwa as Mutapa then Mutapa becomes the strongest Sub-saharan country imo.

[@lukaswilhelm9290]

I just like the idea of honouring other's country by adopting their flag as yours and having nationalist bickering over it hundred years later.

[@С.Н.̥]

Really? 3 advertisements of the same game in the one video? Bruh...

[@thule1823]

This is way too many ads man.

[@spencer...---...]

Day 42 of me asking you to form brazil

[@arieees39]

can we agree this run was pretty bad I'm pretty sure Hawk didn't take the special gold mining privilege unlocked early on in the mission tree and this was really supposed to be just pure quantity merc run honestly with this kind of money should've been a no brainer and draining the Ottoman manpower by fighting them in the mountain forts I'm not sure just seemed pretty obvious how to make this way easier

[@victorconway444]

It also feels like this is not at all how Kilwa is "supposed" to be played. Between it's national ideas, having 100% port provinces, and starting with the eastern plutocracy gov, this is clearly more optimal for a tall naval-based trade empire playstyle than this blobbing crap we've seen a million times.

[@Turamwdd]

@@victorconway444 Playing tall is significantly more boring to watch especially in an easy area like Kilwa. Playing tall as Lubeck or Riga is significantly more engaging and harder than doing it as Kilwa.

[@arieees39]

@@victorconway444 well true that all but I was saying that how Hawk played it made it unnecessarily difficult not that that's how u need to play Kilwa

[@11DNA11]

Butua is stronger than Kilwa

[@matheomatouan5171]

I've stopped watching when you were around B or C, and you advanced well since

[@Paulie.mp3]

This gives me Ukraine vs russia vibes

[@n3vascared501]

Caw, caw

[@maurice4348]

Wow these ads are toxic, if I see this again I might genuinely unsubscribe

[@kesorangutan6170]

I am not a fan of mid-video ad man :/ Atleast tell me they paid you handsomely.

[@gabrielgalvis9684]

7th to comment

[@soumajitsen1395]

Title: Can I defeat The Ottomans and The MAMLUKS as This AFRICAN Nation? Mamluks: I think I am Asian, mom.

[@anonguy6523]

First?

[@Podzhagitel]

you did it. you’re the best. we all love you.

[@BratJalowiec]

meh, as kilwa u want to go admin idea and then india + indonesia for giga trade route, also adal has monument with spawns institution for free so ur wasting ur mana points, pitiful playstyle

[@Raig228]

His goals were to defeat two specific nations with the one he was playing, do so in an entertaining way to make a video, and accomplish the run quickly to save his own time. He understood his objectives and achieved them all instead of messing around in southern Asia for decades/centuries in order to produce a boring, if crushing, victory. Best playstyle.