EU4 A to Z - I Got The MOST ANNOYING Achievement In EU4 With MERCS ONLY

[@TheRedHawk]

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[@sebi5219]

First tell me where that country is😂

[@IronWolf123]

@@sebi5219 Brazil

[@IronWolf123]

As Tapuia, own all the colonial territories of Brazil, Argentina and Colombia

[@CattyRayheart]

As Tapuia get to bonus for trading in the T resources, Tea, Tabacco and Tropical Wood.

[@Ulupipo]

As Tapuia own and develop to L3 all the great projects that require a Pagan religion (they don t need to be active, just built).

[@qolives]

Slight error: Mercs, like other special units, do benefit from other army bonuses since they are considered country wide. So for example, if you have +5% discipline and +5% Merc discipline, your merc regiments have +10% discipline (and regular regiments only +5). In the same way, increasing morale or combat ability also benefits your mercenaries.

[@missingmochigumanofficial]

For real? Does this mean that the hypothetical strongest unit in the game has to be a mercenary unit?

[@ianpopp446]

@@missingmochigumanofficialyes. I think if you did a little modifier stacking on to a mission based merc company it would be best

[@bensayre4238]

How does Hawk not know this lol. Crazy how long you can play this game and still learn.

[@andrewrecard5857]

There's been a couple times recently where he's lacked basic knowledge or had a huge misconception from seemingly nowhere

[@maelos61]

@@andrewrecard5857 Yeah, sometimes I watch his vids and he just says something entirely wrong out of nowhere haha. Feel like since playing Anbennar and the utter modifier-stacking that happens there i'm way better at EU 4 lol.

[@eduardoslowpoke]

The 100 Flemish sailors being forever in the pool after Switzerland gave up the one coastal province they had come from...

[@jodiemcadams1418]

Kind of like all the admirals from Austria and Hungry after WWI, 🤣

[@3komma141592653]

Switzerland has a real life navy in Lake Bodensee and Lake Geneva. ;-).

[@TheQwopChampion]

Tapuia is an anagram for Tup a ai, and as we all know, tup refers to an uncastrated male sheep and also refers to sheep copulation. So naturally you should conquer/colonize all of New Zealand while getting a royal marriage on at least 5 continents

[@puppylowl5344]

What about conquering AQ/QQ? They are white sheep and black sheep

[@DylanSargesson]

1:27 modifiers like Infantry Combat Ability still apply to your mercs.

[@juncheok8579]

Yeah, i was quite sure it stacks on top of mercenary discipline

[@3komma141592653]

Really he missed to show off those mercs an the whole game. They have an insane man power pool and are still cheap. You can't run out of man power with those really. The only downside is they fill up a little slow after combat. But you can have merc companies with 200k man power each.

[@Yamcha1717]

So even though you didn't see my comment, I'm glad you went for a merc-only run, I was planning to do one someday with Switzerland so it will be like a guide.

[@wazoniasty032]

it is kinda fun, Swiss modifiers and merc militarizatiom are op for this

[@vortex_master]

Tapuia was actually colonized by the Dutch (not Portuguese as many comments suggest). I say as Tapuia, conquer Amsterdam. You can form the Netherlands too if you want, but only if you want the extra pain.

[@wiel5908]

can we get him to conquer all of brazil?

[@mikefeltes5983]

@@vortex_master love the correction to mine! I support Amsterdam!

[@Eruntano42]

That's not true. The Dutch only made it to Brazil in the 1600s, well after all of the Brazilian coastline was under (at times nominal) Portuguese control. That said, I support this goal.

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

37:00 - A tear rolled from my eye, no joke. That coastal province right at the end of the line....

[@David-bh7hs]

Coastal?

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

@@David-bh7hs Gent

[@silverstar8863]

as qwopchampion said, tapuia is an anagram for tup a ai, an uncastrated male sheep, so you should become the best sheep herder in eu4, meaning you have to vassalize the qoyonlus ( herd the sheep ) and have a colonial nation in new zealand. Bonus challenge could be something like "dont own provinces where sheep cant live directly ( so no jungle for example^^)

[@kazaddum2448]

9:09 Merc companies become more expensive as they grow larger, their size depends on your development. The Homeguard went from 4 inf regiments to 7. Their size only increases if they are not employed by you, so fire them from time to time in the early to midgame so you can rehire them after they expanded.

[@pleitegeier7491]

Bro starts season T but is still missing Ryazan from season R. 💀

[@rejemcanal7337]

Hes gonna make himself a mod to eu4 on which there are Ryazan no more on map

[@rejemcanal7337]

All tho its not that hard to play i done run where i crush muscovite and then i had problems with ottoman

[@Ylikollikas]

Dismantling HRE in 1469 is crazy. Switzerland villain arc.

[@siraaron9303]

F.I.N.A.L.L.Y!!! I was waiting yrs for this ;D i remember wondering: "A-Z? is he really going to pull trough?" so ive sticked to it and finally there it is. Thank you Red hawk

[@kumakohai7499]

Well akchuly 🤓☝️ Provence is the primary nation of occitaine culture, but because 1. they don't exist, 2. never had a core in Bresse or Savoy, and 3. The Knights DO exist and are occitaine primary culture. The Knights end up taking priority to spawn rebels.

[@sethwright2096]

Funnily enough this is my favorite nation to play and the switzerlake achievement was enjoyable to get. Eventually expanded beyond the inland areas and formed germany keeping swiss ideas. Thanks for the videos Hawk, hope you enjoy your trip!

[@HyperchargeBrawlStars]

I came to eu4 as a civ player. After the basic England tutorial the first nation I played was Tapuia, because I thought that empty land would be nice. I immediately went into debt and lost a war to my neighbor. So as Tapuia, never go into debt and border 0 u colonized provinces. Sunset invasion and exodus encouraged.

[@Undefined14]

In eu4 all land is empty land 😈

[@HyperchargeBrawlStars]

@Undefined14 true lol. Eu4 players violate 5 human rights and 3 Geneva convention articles per month tick

[@ElAlmiranteJulio]

Because the Tapuian flag (kinda) looks like a mountain chain, conquer every mountain province in South America.

[@freely871]

As Tapuia own Gent.

[@JohnSmith-pv2qc]

16:02 the autonomous Swiss canton govt. reform enables hiring mercenaries without losing professionalism

[@SereglothIV]

I came here looking exactly for this comment :)

[@md_studios9819]

As tapuia, conquer all of the low counties and Portugal

[@Argathon]

Gent is a coastal province Hawk...

[@mikefeltes5983]

As Tapuia conquer Lisbon. Since they were colonized by the Portuguese gotta do that reverse colonization.

[@vortex_master]

They were actually first colonized by the Dutch (from whom they get their name).

[@mikefeltes5983]

@ ooooh, I should have made it Amsterdam then. Damn.

[@homoinsanus4674]

In one campaign of mine, I saw Tapuia convert to Islam and become a regional Power in Brazil by conquering portugese Colonies. So as Tapuia convert to Sunni and defeat Portugal Sunset Invasion like.

[@Gelthon]

I basically did the exact same run a few months ago. Switzerlake with only mercs since day one. It felt insanely strong in the early and mid game and only felt weak at around tech 20, because of the prevalence of cannons in every enemy army. I'm currently in a chill multiplayer game where I do the exact same again, because it's really fun and it works quite good again. One of my favourite playthroughs.

[@fredericcortat9060]

The first time I tried Switzerlake, I was rather new at this game and had no clear concept of what the HRE is and how it works. In particular, the increased AE was not clear to me. I naively chose to expand north, and the campain evolved in the most brutal run ever. Our country was pretty quickly under permanent coalition, but not understanding what it implied, I kept TAKING LAND FROM THEM when ever they attacked us, in the hope that they would "learn their lesson" and let go :D By the time I finally managed to brute force my way up to 99 provinces, our only ally was Tunis (they were in such a dire situation themselves that they didn't mind allying us) and ALL OTHER NATIONS IN THE KNOWN WORLD were in either of two coallitions against us. The world was in such a rage against us, when I stopped playing native americans were canoeing across the Atlantic to fight us :D And the AE with our neighbors was so high (some in the 400s), there was simply no way it would sink under 50 before 1821. That achievement let a bad taste and I decided on a personal ethos that day: when playing for an achievement, never make it in such a way that you leave behind a country you wouldn't want to take over yourself. And after reading a bit about AE, the HRE and coalitions, I did a much more "academical" and reasonable Switzerlake run a year later.

[@betoh7140]

That kinda reminds me of my very first run, where I played the Ottomans. I didn't really understand how AE and OE worked, and had absolutely no clue that the coalitions could declare war on me (I thought it was kind of a defensive pact). So I always kept taking as much land as I could, even from non-belligerents, everything my warscore allowed me to. By the time the coalition declared war on me, I had angered almost the entire known world, as well as the populations from conquered lands. From the West, Castile/Spain, Austria-Hungary, the Commonwealth and a ton of Italian nations and German princes banded together as almost the entire Christendom waged war on the heretics. From the North, Muscovy and the steppe hordes, otherwise mortal enemies, fought side by side against a larger threat. From the South, the Mamluks reconquered their lost territories. From the East, Ajam and the remainders of the Timurids and their vassals saw a vulnerable target. From the inside, several separatist rebels made their voices heard. Needless to say, I was completely stomped and torn to shreds. Following this run, I played Portugal and pretty much only focused on colonizing until the mid-end game.

[@fredericcortat9060]

@@betoh7140 Aha, excellent!! Cheers to our early missguided EU4 experiences!!

[@wiel5908]

as tapuia conquer all of brazil, conquer amsterdam and maybe form netherlands if you want or something, bonus point if flip reformed

[@warpod]

The reaction at 38:01 was priceless

[@arseniiderkach4265]

waited for this reaction since Gent was taken

[@IslandHermit]

Watch as TRH takes Ghent. Wait for it. Wait for it. Wait...for...it... 38:00 !DING! The penny drops.

[@WerderJim]

Got 99 provinces but a beach ain't one.

[@drakan4769]

22:31 styria does start with cores on gorz and krain, but since they are of a different culture group they are removed 50 years after game start

[@blankanaximander5231]

I did the same achievement the way you did and I thought it was pretty fun. I mean spending ducats with that unique gov reform and going all mercs get mercs ideas. I mean there are quite a bit of monuments to steal around Switzerland. France was my best bud the entire campaign.

[@zubal6121]

Great videos, I really love watching them

[@Sulidaire]

Switzerlake was my favorite achievement. Got it pretty late into the game as I was rivaled by Austria and France mid game. Poland and the Ottomans also hated me. Spain was my only ally for a majority of the run, but they didnt want to help me in any war unless it was against the French lol

[@ServiusSiliceus]

Red hawk tuah play that thang

[@ServiusSiliceus]

Bro is still draggin it 💀💀💀

[@rejemcanal7337]

AS TAPUIA HAVE AT LEAST 300 DUCATS A MONTH FROM PRODUCTION EXCLUDING GOLD

[@danielmatheus6620]

this is by far NOT the most annoying achievement. Most annoying for me was the one where you have to devastate the Tunis area or stuff where you have to wait until a certain date (like the yemen coffee achievement) Switzerlake was actually quite a fun playthrough for me.

[@griff3n227]

As Tapuia do an anti Switzerlake EU4 Achievement meaning you own 99 provinces while all of them are coastal.

[@waswoschdu94]

Hopp Schwiiz!❤

[@freedomgoddess]

i did this achievement many years ago. even as a noob, this was surprisingly easy. i wanna do this again.

[@evanneal4936]

Actually, you didn't get the achievement this run because you have a single coastal province in the Netherlands area by the English channel...

[@arseniiderkach4265]

After Sweden war I started the game to look if Gent is a coastal province lol

[@therealsonicfan123]

My first Germany formation was literally this (I did make some cannons later on tho). I really wished they had more fleshed out missions.

[@ursulcx299]

The reason I dont dismantle the HRE isnt that I dont know I can or that I dont know how better it is. I dont dismantle it because I love Voltaire's nightmare

[@andrewbrian7659]

25:26 Red forgetting Hannover, like the second most important German minor after Prussia is peak sadness.

[@JasonLoftin]

@RedHawk, please add nation guides into your video rotation again. If you start your grand campaign series videos with a nation guide, that seems ideal.

[@bifflowman2948]

I cringed when I saw you take Ghent, but at least you caught it before the video end! 😂

[@Solmyr77]

You don't actually have to fight Three Leagues as Switzerland. Just complete the first mission and get them to +100 relationship and an event will let you annex them outright.

[@izab3ru]

16:05 Swiss government reform. Also isn't Provence the primary occitan culture?

[@siege_dad6290]

Here is my video idea for you. Form the Holy Roman Empire as France. Love your videos I haven't missed one in years

[@greenmushroom4258]

For Tibet, keep the theocracy, vajrayana, capital in Lhasa. Take and religious and culture convert all of China! Bonus points for northern India as well

[@diogomelo7897]

I think for lower saxon the midtier formable is Hannover, and I thought the main occitan country was Provence

[@samueljohnson5310]

I love hawk, but I think he relies way too much on his allies 12:44. Is he just not the best at combat since he never shows it?

[@revanreborn2548]

I am just waiting Timmi comes up, I have a doozy of a suggestion for that video.

[@Sarre_Casme]

Idea for a challenge: as Austria you can only declare war once per ruler and you need to have a Habsbourg on the throne of 12 nations

[@StrudelerOfTheTSociety]

Sweden heard you got claims over Swabia and then went into a panic to topple you as both realms (probably) have the same linguistics roots.

[@ThePikachuThing]

As TAPuia monopolise the worlds taps by owning every coastal province.

[@mappingshaman5280]

Tapuia is in Brazil and you are going to Brazil! As tapuia own every slave province in the world. Bonus for abolishing slavery and thus being much further ahead than IRL Brazil in doing so.

[@TheSaoMagnifico]

So easy to just print money as Switzerland. One of the most underrated countries in EU4.

[@Dimaskovic]

This felt cozy

[@browningcm]

How did your professionalism get high while hiring mercs, you ask? Iirc the perk of merc ideas is also in swiss mission tree (Correct me if im wrong its been a while since ive done a swiss run)

[@MrBattlecharge]

Ghent is a coastal province! Ya ficked it!

[@bloodycommander2951]

Where can you see how much AE you currently have?

[@crocworks]

Tapuia is a South American tribe. And I just want to see a Sunset Invasion and the OP High American units. That's the goal for them.

[@LadrixiaThorne]

Interesting looking neutrality, but hey, stay positive as their flag!

[@twocows360]

11:51 i had england jobbing to WALES the other day. WALES. no strong welsh alliances, england not bankrupt and not colonial yet, they just didn't fight back. did they contract out the most recent patch to a french dev while they worked on eu5?

[@pushol4474]

where is Theredhawk from?

[@Obloms]

Surprised you didn't break England's alliance with Sweden every time you fought them.

[@elijahcatherall2960]

When I did this achivement I got super lucky to get Poland as a pu

[@jonathanlangdon9140]

Nice coastal province

[@Bottentc]

This was one of the first harder achievements I ever did

[@lokithecrusader]

pain you failed at the very end

[@TeeHaa0032]

Was I the only one yelling "DUDE! Gov Cap!!!" at the screen? ;)

[@Bagman666]

0:36 >spicing it up >play only merc as Swiss... Man, rly, to spice it up You should play no mercenaries at all 🤣🤣🤣

[@Parzoi]

yea got +300% manpower for mercs and -80% discount. Swiss are beast

[@rewriting-history]

Did somebody say Switzerland?

[@johannes968]

22:16 it’s actually provence

[@iarwain89]

i don't understand why the swiss mission tree is so small

[@OddlySpecificGaming]

I take it “Formables” is the next series??

[@btah4785]

Since your capital is "Espirito Santo"...become Catholic and convert all your provinces

[@pepegarcia8988]

Play tall as Muscovy

[@sprites75]

98 provinces and one coastal one....

[@electricVGC]

Dismantled HRE in 1469 nice

[@JavadHedayat-gs1vn]

You stayed Catholic as Switzerland while you used Jean Calvin picture for the thumbnail. You should have flipped Reformed.

[@jruss609]

He’s got 99 provinces and a coast ain’t one.

[@Oskiinus]

Most annoying achievement? Lmao. I went for African conquest XD Also works for African and Asian provinces, just 99 provinces and no sea access. Can be easily done like 100+ and then just make vassals/client states on the coasts.

[@ChaoticArcane]

Was watching the Provence A to Z before this; I was confused as to why I had never seen this video before until I saw the "15 minutes ago" 💀

[@bartomiejwojciechowski3167]

Looooool 😅 gent is costal 😂

[@thule1823]

Which interface and font mods are you using, and what resolution? It looks crisper than I remember. Almost like the proper 4k UI, but I don’t see the notifications bug, so it’s not that.

[@IronWolf123]

Gent is a coastal province

[@batuhansarp313]

Get the mehmeds ambition !!!

[@lukefiggins6851]

Oof, failed run, feelsbadman.

[@thegrumpyraccoon]

You said mercenary only run as if it is bad😆

[@oberstkostlich6794]

Gibbel di buuuuup😅😮

[@Podzhagitel]

NOOOOO WHAT HAPPENED TO 1444-1821 NO WARS 😭😭😭

[@carloshabsburgo]

Bro cant read

[@woutergobert5028]

When are you making red hawk two?ah

[@Roberternst72]

Goalpost-moving isn’t honorable.

[@Roberternst72]

42:05 Uhm… no, it hasn‘t… you took a coastal province… therefore: FAILURE.

[@rejemcanal7337]

Again fail becous of having coast

[@jasonmain6398]

Discipline and infantry combat ability effect mercs 😂