EU4 Impossible Persia Challenge - No Allies, Qizilbash Only

[@rkeykey]

Ottomans failing to conquere Constantinople become a bit of a theme for this channel huh

[@fragolastrawberry5920]

I've never had that happen whenever I play this game. They do fail to conquer all of greece sometimes though.

[@rooosgamingden]

I guess so! I promise I'm not 1444ing until that happens :)

[@Joel-kc5jk]

@@rooosgamingden I love how 1444ing actually makes sense after getting into this game. (The phrase / term i mean.. xd) HEYLOOK A BIRD

[@Nosirrbro]

@@Joel-kc5jkflorry viewer

[@peffiSC2source]

They constantly fail to take Constantinople it when I need them as an early ally, like when I'm playing Najd or Ethiopia. But whenever the Ottomans can become a mid- to lategame threat to me, they blob from Afghanistan to Moscow by 1600.

[@designermetal1]

I like how you mention important dates. When I'm trying to understand what you're doing, I can't keep an eye on the top right corner so the fact that your commentary remedies that is great.

[@mjxw]

Really enjoy how low-key and chilled-out the commentary is.

[@worstposterTL]

I appreciate having a non-clickbait creator, and the play is technically very solid too. Restricted gameplay is definitely a very under-utilized way to explore new concepts in EU4.

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks! I really like EU4 but once you’ve played enough the normal game can sort of feel like a solved puzzle. These challenge conditions keep things interesting and people are a lot more into them than I expected.

[@gabri-immortale]

​@@rooosgamingden would you like to play the saruman challenge and trophy . Only vassals and you can only be an opm.

[@joshuasims5421]

I love that you called the challenge rules 'house rules', it's perfect. Fits the tone of these videos really well.

[@martinstulen5515]

You are doing great Roo, hands down my favourite Eu4 creator. Keep up the good work

[@rooosgamingden]

Thank you, that's very kind!

[@DayZilya]

Phenomenal video, great story telling, super entertaining 10/10 Also, really love that you didn't end the video on 33:42 and decided to show case the power of the country you've created

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks!

[@MegaMinetroller]

This is some FlorryWorry level gameplay, but actually well documented and pleasantly explained

[@rooosgamingden]

Florry has forgotten more about EU4 than I’ll ever know, but I appreciate the compliment!

[@blackmoon2128]

My EU4 challange runs are basically "try to play EU4 and not get completely stuck somewhere", can't imagine handicapping myself like that and managing to do so well even so. Still, even if you were doing completely vanilla runs, listening to you narrate and play is very soothing and interesting, keep up the good work.

[@konradkruk9468]

Wonderfuly chill commentary .

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks!

[@henkdevries7573]

Another nice playthrough. Fully agree with stopping when you have achieved your goals, watching you conquer the world would get boring and increasing the video length beyond what is reasonable. Much more interesting to see these unique challenges done with the historical narrative on top. Personally I would like to see what the world looks like at the end of the video, maybe reserve 30 seconds for that?

[@rooosgamingden]

Good idea - I'll make a note to include a short overview of the rest of the world in the next one. Thanks for the feedback!

[@reptilesarecool6739]

I can’t wait to see more of your stuff man. Baffling that this is only your 3rd EU4 video. Your presentation style is one of the best I’ve seen. Please keep it up

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks, glad you enjoy it. Definitely more to come!

[@mattasoEu]

Taking a shot every single time i hear the word "Qizilbash" in this video 😆

[@ThatZackAttackery]

Really loving the videos, really good quality without a lot of "meta" talk. Also loving how long each video is. Having a long video every week or two is much better than short videos every day.

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks! This is very much a part time thing for me, so I'm glad that people aren't expecting daily uploads :)

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

hell yeah!!! I was looking forwards to a new video!!!

[@rooosgamingden]

Awesome, hope you enjoy!

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

@ I certainly will!

[@emeryglas]

Excellent stuff, really nice editing and scripts btw!

[@rooosgamingden]

Thank you!

[@DjVerox]

oh man its so fun seeing someone that plays smart with their troops! subbed!

[@Formulka]

The challenge itself, the script, the hours of video you have to edit and the commentary is fantastic. Just wow and thank you. // holy persian space marines, damn those stack wipes were beautiful

[@AhkiDraco]

I just want to extend a thank you for making Paradox content while not having horribly obnoxious commentary. Please do more of these.

[@plazmi1]

This reminded me of my run with no ally pirateer way gotland. The start is pretty hard, as being on island prevents you from joining HRE without conquering any continental provinces, but fighting poland, sweden or emperor without any allies as OPM can be quite challanging. I highly recommend this run!

[@rooosgamingden]

I'll add it to my list! Thanks for the idea :)

[@DrunkenStorm118]

Great content. Your channel will go far, sir.

[@rooosgamingden]

I appreciate that!

[@antitheticalelysium413]

Great video once again!

[@rooosgamingden]

Thank you!

[@pavelmihaylov2218]

Hey man, just wanted to tell you i really enjoy your eu4 content. I usually dont comment but i want to support you and bump up that algorithm. Keep up the good work! Love the chill commentary. ❤

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@thecrazytophatman7304]

Another work of art! These videos are simply delightful!

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks, glad you like them!

[@a-damwalrus4026]

You're awesome man, great commentary and skill. Keep going!

[@rooosgamingden]

Appreciate the support!

[@SillyIdea]

Loving these eu4 videos! I watched them all.

[@rsdbhamre_Lala]

extremely high quality eu4 gameplay! Please keep em comin!

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks, I have some more ideas I’m working on.

[@rightfeelI]

I sat through the whole video, it was really well made

[@yesman9781]

Your content is amazing, it’s some of the most engaging and nice to listen to EU4 content out there. Keep it up:)

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks, appreciate that!

[@YC-bk3fl]

I just binged all your EU4 videos in one sitting. Good stuff.

[@rooosgamingden]

Glad you liked them!

[@timpi3000]

Great video. Love me some fresh eu4 content.

[@rooosgamingden]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@zoes-box-of-tricks]

i deeply appreciate someone talking about eu4 and talking about things they actually like i tend to see a lot of negativity when i see the game so its really nice seeing someone actually enjoy their time with it :] making me want to actually play again

[@rooosgamingden]

Thank you! EU4 certainly has its issues but overall I think it's a great game and I enjoy it quite a bit. Glad to see that comes through.

[@AtkinsSJ]

I'm really enjoying your EU4 videos so far. The challenges are interesting, you play well, it's all understandable, and relaxed instead of intense. I think you have a really good sense for what to put in the video too - you actually include details of the wars so it feels like I know what's going on instead of lots of jumping, even though you cut a lot out. Keep them coming!

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@Tommycoolish]

I'm loving your EU4 content!

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks!

[@_Olszewa_]

Another fantastic video! Hope for more content to come. :)

[@rooosgamingden]

Appreciate it!

[@HighAdmiral]

Really like your challenge runs, great work!

[@rooosgamingden]

Thank you!

[@m1nekji165]

I think early game with no allies is almost the most fun way to play eu4. AI loves to start sieging your allies halfway across the continent and it makes wars super anticlimactic. My conquest of Baltic from Poland as Russia essentially turned into sieging forts all the way down to Poznan before I saw first stack myself. Great video! Waiting for more to come

[@Umbrefolfgon]

Please keep making Eu4 content! It's so entertaining! :D

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@ursulcx299]

If I had a ducas for every time I heard you say "The Ottoman not having constantinople without player intervention" I'd have two ducas, which is not a lot but it makes me scared of Venice AI

[@shanelee240]

Once again great video concept ❤, it's so interesting to listen to your narrations while watching the vid😊 please do keep this going on. Thankyou for the vid rooo

[@rooosgamingden]

Appreciate that! I definitely have some more ideas.

[@JointSmok]

Loved your recent EU4 videos and it sparked my joy for the game again. Played Trebizond and got its achievement because of your earlier video. I love this one as well ! The pacing, storytelling and voice make it quite enjoyable ! Quick question though, I am at 12:30 and you annex Iraq, wouldn't it be better to vassalize and reconquest its core ? Or do you consider vassals as ally ?

[@rooosgamingden]

Glad to hear it! I like Trebizond a lot, so I'm happy that it's getting some love. I definitely could have vassalized Iraq there, that probably would have been a good idea. I don't think vassals break the ally rule - we end up vassalizing AQ towards the end of the run with Persia's cultural influence mechanics.

[@gabsmaps_]

I absolutely love your videos!

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks, glad you enjoy them!

[@somerandomyoutubeuser271]

You are really making great videos lately. I hope you can get more subs!

[@rooosgamingden]

Appreciate it!

[@gabri-immortale]

I love you man. This is cinema and pop corn time

[@rooosgamingden]

Appreciate it!

[@Unfortunately..]

Your narration style is great!

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks!

[@theyapper1337]

Welcome back Reman's Paradox :)

[@victorkarlsson5183]

Subbed! Great content.

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks and welcome!

[@BlueSky-eg5lc]

If you enable "slacken recruitment standards" the event giving flat manpower and the muslim -75 piety one gets a huge boost from manpower. As it applies the +200% manpower recovery speed to the equation. Best part: you can just disable the slackening after taking the event/piety actuon, making it 1 army professionalism for a 3-4 times higher number of manpower you would otherwise get.

[@salty2427]

Love your videos man

[@Anonymuskid]

awesome video:)

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks!

[@Eronoc13]

These are great! I'm loving the presentation style and the total reframing of the mechanics. After 1.5 thousand hours I haven't played seriously in well over a year, but this might just make me interested again. I'd be curious to hear your mental picture of the reality on the ground, sometimes- you mentioned an RP focus, and it would be cool to hear you expand on that, as hard as that might be to pull off naturally. While a lot of dots can be connected through the gameplay, and the videos are already long, I wonder if you could get away with a small series if you kept up an RP (or story-driven or whatever you like) narrative and made judicious edits. Either way, I don't think many people in the interested community would complain about a few fanciful embellishments.

[@rooosgamingden]

Thanks, glad you like them! I think in some ways EU4 isn't a great game for pure RP narration because it's so buggy and janky at times, and I like being able to point out some of that silliness. But I'll definitely keep your point in mind going forward and think about narrative/storytelling opportunities. Thanks again for the feedback.

[@Nosirrbro]

And I was impressed with myself forming Persia as ardabil normally!

[@rooosgamingden]

Don't sell yourself short! Even without extra challenges Ardabil can be a tricky start - Steam says only 2.5% of players have the Ardabil to Persia achievement.

[@Nosirrbro]

@ To be fair I played it without the mission tree and qizilbash dlc which did make it a little harder

[@louloulenlo]

Love the unconventional play throughs, but would also enjoy some more traditional campaigns if you uploaded them!

[@maxpont8989]

Having no allies is sadly a given for many tags, where there aren't many worthwhile nations to ally with. But restricting yourself to Qizilbash and roleplay ideas was seriously impressive, especially when facing Ottomans, France and a powerful Russia in the same war! Offensive + trade and quantity would have been more conventional pick but your army quality in the end was really insane

[@rooosgamingden]

True. There aren’t many good Shia allies early (Bahmanis is probably the best you can get, and if you’re playing in the Middle East that’s pretty much just a defensive shield) and there are plenty of other tags in that same boat. Glad you enjoyed the run!

[@PanCynik]

Nice one, just simple tip for you: If you ever get situation when you have 0 manpower and get event in which clicking gives you manpower, just pop one leader, turn on slacken recruitment, let the day pass, and only then click event for (almost) free 300% more manpower.

[@rooosgamingden]

Yep, good call.

[@piotrdabrowski9316]

Your videos make EU4 enjoyable for me again! As you mentioned towards the end, I like the early game the most because there is still challenge. Do you have any tips on how I can make the late game fun and provide a challenge?

[@rooosgamingden]

If you put restrictions on yourself the late game can still be a challenge (for example, in my no army run, the late game was harder in some ways than the early game). But for normal runs usually I’ve accomplished what I wanted by 1600-1650 and I end it there. Glad you enjoyed the videos!

[@jimsouch8632]

You sound really similar to an old EU4 youtuber called Reman's Paradox. He used to make really in depth videos on the game years ago.

[@rooosgamingden]

I appreciate that! I watched some of his videos back in the day and that's high praise.

[@battlnerd2128]

cool stuff

[@suleyth]

This one was fucking epic!

[@minimart11723]

11:00 Event that gives a 5/6/5 heir? Don't let him go hunting and have the trained medicus on standby!

[@markobucevic8991]

Oj man, I am curious if you know about or perhaps plan to play "Anbennar" in the future? And your opinion on such mode

[@rooosgamingden]

Honestly I haven’t messed with mods much. Short term I think I’m going to stick with vanilla, but I wouldn’t rule anything out long term. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@dubara7759]

great video! Do Qizilbash regiments have additional bonuses except additional 10 shock dmg?

[@rooosgamingden]

The wiki says Qizilbash start with a 25% maintenance cost reduction and -5% fire damage received. There’s an estate privilege Regimental Discipline that gives 10% shock damage for Qizilbash and scaling discipline (for all units I think). Ardabil also starts with the shock damage Muslim scholar.

[@val.5090]

Great content, though i constantly have to remind myself not to get back into eu4. ❤

[@rooosgamingden]

I know the feeling. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@rod9829]

Very Ard run

[@NiceBoaT_98]

SUBSCRIBED

[@XiskogenX]

Japan next with only samurai similar to this? :D probably waaay harder

[@C1azed]

If you want more challenge and risk in the late game I would suggest tryitmoout the Mod Anbennar, it's a total overall mod but it has more content then the base game.

[@DylanSargesson]

If you turn on slacken recruitment standards you get way more from the mysticism manpower button. If you turn it off straight away you'll only spend 1 professionalism, which you can get easily from just hiring a general.

[@Tosolo-dh2co]

That said, please make a CK3 video in this style!

[@CantusTropus]

Oooh. I wonder, is Muscovy with only Streltsy possible?

[@NuclearDude101]

11:48 they changed it some time ago from Special Unit Force limit to Special Unit cost, sadly

[@rooosgamingden]

I realized this at the very end of making the video. Oops!

[@NuclearDude101]

@@rooosgamingden Regardless, another great and fun video. Keep 'em coming as long as you're enjoying yourself!

[@messeuravril540]

34:53 The crusaders never controlled Aleppo. Maybe you're thinking of Antioch or Edessa

[@rooosgamingden]

You're correct; that's my mistake. Thanks for the heads up!

[@samarthmisra6064]

nice one, how about doing a rajput units only as mewar and uniting India?

[@rooosgamingden]

I'll put it on the list! Mewar is one of my favorite Indian tags, so that definitely has potential. Thanks for the comment!

[@timtrio9862]

Any chance on a norway marines only? ( Except cannons) Perhaps norse religion..

[@rooosgamingden]

Maybe, I’ll add it to the ideas list. Thanks for the input!

[@timtrio9862]

@rooosgamingden yeah after seeing your videos it all looks to easy haha

[@CrappyCanadianContent]

Dude can you please gimme some tips. I can barely form persia without self debuffs 😭

[@juncheok8579]

3:34 i love that trick, found that out one time when ottomans allied france 7:21 wait, what was the trick? The estate diet?

[@rooosgamingden]

Yeah, I could have explained that better. There's a Qizilbash diet mission that involves adding a holy order to a state. Usually you have to take a province or two off a neighbor. But once you complete it you get 4 years worth of manpower which is crazy and probably needs to be tuned down.

[@IronWolf123]

Qizilbash only? Reminds me of Florryworry's marines only

[@cbalpha1]

Is there a reason you don't attach your stacks? Or at least time their marches so they arrive on the same day and in proper formation?

[@rooosgamingden]

I’m not great at army micro. I can get away with that for the most part in single player, but I’m sure I would get demolished in mp.

[@cbalpha1]

@@rooosgamingden The attachment mechanical is a little scuffed (last I played the game in 1.35), particularly with mercs, but it works okay with regular armies. A lot of your battles are going several rolls with only partial front lines and you end up with infantry on the flanks and cav sandwiched in the line, so I'd give it a try in the future. Particularly, when you're facing hard fights. Alternatively, make a template of your smaller stacks, then just merge them all before the battle and after use the conform to template button to separate them back out easily. For 3 or more stacks, merge into doom stack and then separate back out with the template button is the easier option as sometimes it can get confusing which army is the "top" army for attaching.

[@rooosgamingden]

Good tips, I’ll have to try those out.

[@hafahya6545]

23:30 fort garrison is 140 men, why didnt you assault it.

[@rooosgamingden]

I forget about assault sometimes; I definitely should have there.

[@Speedster___]

6:34 I assume you know the slacken trick?

[@rooosgamingden]

I do, it’s really effective but I don’t like using it like that. Not judging people who do, but it’s a little too close to an exploit for me. It’s one thing if I’m already slackening, but specifically toggling it on for an event, and then back off feels weird.

[@amininja]

lmfao fucking amazing

[@hope3186]

Ok so as a iranian the pronunciation of the word is qa zal bash

[@C1azed]

Why does this guys voice sound like somone I know?

[@MadNut93]

What is difficulty level?

[@rooosgamingden]

Normal/ironman. I actually tried this start (Ardabil/no allies) on very hard a couple times, but Ajam kept declaring on me with 26k troops within the first year.

[@kalixkatt]

What difficulty?

[@rooosgamingden]

All my posted runs so far have been on Normal. My original idea was to do Ardabil Very Hard/No Allies, but Ajam kept declaring on me with 26k troops within the first year, so I decided to try something different.

[@adamfabian6969]

forsen

[@Damian-cilr2]

21:55 my guess is that the ai trying to be "fair" to the player because the player is outnumbered Or its just the ai being dumb,one of the 2,but idk how eu4 ai works so its iust a guess,but the ai is pretty dumb so...i wouldn't put it past them that the ai is just a big dumb idiot...

[@fyodorvasilev1964]

AI being glaringly inept is such a turn off. It breaks immersion.

[@timpi3000]

For me it immerses me more. I see it as other countries being inept because of internal rivalries, factionalism, overconfident rulers etc. Countries are historically very inept at times.

[@fyodorvasilev1964]

@timpi3000 Yeah, but how come the player's country is always brilliant?

[@Admiral_Jezza]

@@fyodorvasilev1964 I wish I could get AI this bad in my games. They always deathstack, which sure hurts them thru attrition, but makes actually fighting them impossible.

[@andrzejnadgirl2029]

Well, there is overall rule in history that any country that had 3 concussive rulers that were ranging from good to decent were able to push their legislation into very favorable spot in terms of balance of powers and just establish some.good traditions that eventually put them into being powerhouses. So imagine if a nation is run by single, immortal, capable person, no wonder it always ends so well. Though it would be fun if you could let AI run the country for like 3 leaders and you take over again but it would need to process all of the world in very rapid manner as no one would be waiting two hours for that to happen xD

[@sparrowhawk346]

My GF left me, gotta 1444 I guess

[@BkennyP]

The ottomans allies were disgusting 🤢 🤢

[@rooosgamingden]

They were. I've seen Ottoman-France plenty (there's an event that fires for that) and even Ottoman-Russia occasionally. But never France, Russia, and Aragon combined lol.

[@bathroomattendant]

Man has said qizilbash so many times it's lost all meaning