HoP - Knights Hospitaller!

[@BudgetMonk]

This game was a little janky. However I kept the run to show you guys how unpredictable and frustrating the game can be. Also we now have an Amassing save file with a really nice ruler! Thanks for watching lads.

[@erik9036]

Thanks for playing! Reinstalled after the last episode and (re)discovered that overcoming the jank is pretty damn satisfying. And with every video I get more ways to do so. Thanks again!

[@WlatPziupp]

It's nice to see even incredible players have the same issues I do

[@theEtch]

These are great thank you! I just have one question if it's okay. How come you didn't try to occupy constantinople by throwing one guy on before ottos declare war while they had no troops so that you get the occupation when the ottomans come and do everything for you?

[@gorelovelive5022]

​@@theEtchbyz has all their initial troops there

[@jackwish420]

monk this series is a godsend, I don't know if the stats reflect that but it really is, keep up the good work

[@Senzaetion]

100% agree, very informative to watch a game being played out like this. Even with 2,5k hours

[@Alkaline997]

these are way more useful than nation guides. having insight into how you adapt to the game in real-time and your logic behind it helps tremendously. pls make more. deus vult

[@VirtueInEternity]

1 hour of budget playing the knights feelsgoodman

[@idontlikerome2744]

For Jerusalem!

[@webbolord4239]

Monk you are literally the best EUIV tutorial creator I’ve ever seen. No cuts, no magic, just one long take, every decision explained, everything that goes wrong calmly dealt with. I’ve learned more from your channel in the last two weeks than any other EUIV KZbinr, so please keep it up bc I love watching these.

[@georgestarkey7941]

such a refreshing EU4 series, being able to adapt to odd things like the ghost stack makes the guides even better

[@gallowglass3339]

If you buy indulgence it increases your relations with papal state by 75 and your papal influence (which you can use to boost stability).

[@BudgetMonk]

Good point. This is an expense worth buying.

[@David-bh7hs]

@@BudgetMonk yeah, the first month of the game its like 7 ducats

[@Exerosp]

@@BudgetMonk You can also finish the first mission, by also getting the +25 relations privilege, and scornfully insulting the rival of the pope. Day1 150 relations, and claims all over greece.

[@addazarmy6826]

@@Exerosp but is it worth it for the 15 influence

[@TheDJMaffi]

this series is legit heaven. Its so much more usefull then guides. It shows you what to do when what happens. You learn the fundamentals and not just memorize a guide. Pls more of this :)

[@plebisMaximus]

This series is your gift to mankind, dude. Incredible stuff. Teaches as much as watching a stream, but without the constant distracting alerts and chat interaction. Keep the scuffed games going forward, seeing how to deal with the worst possible luck is perfect for this format.

[@raystargazer7468]

The athenians actually did this island trapping to the spartans in the Pelloponesian War. It was at an island around Pylos I think.

[@sasi5841]

Something I learned last night is that there is a monument in west coast of India and another monument in Micronesia. At their final stages they give +1 navy tradition each. So basically you'll have a minimum 40 navy tradition if you obtain both of them and get them to level 3. The Indian one will start out at level 1 or level 2. The Micronesia one starts out at level 0. Also the Indian on give -20% fleet maintenance at level 3.

[@JeepoUK]

Man this reminds me of my Rhodes run through years ago - one of my most fun runs. Excellent video!

[@stupnevroman]

That rapid takeover-release-sqg Byz for island trap thing was beautiful. "You cannot occupy seatile and relief your army, ottobro, I'm sorry, we are not the part of your war" :)) This is what people should call a progamer move.

[@zanewernli9972]

Great video my guy! Really enjoying this HoP series. I'm glad I got to see how you handle some off the wall stuff like the otto ghost stack, no maintence on capitol fort for rebels, etc. Kinda gives me an idea of some things that can happen in my playthrough that I might need to deal with. The frustration is reeeeeeeeeal with this game sometimes. P.s. In Texas we just say YEEHAW no R in it lol :)

[@AngelicPoison1]

Absolute mad lad! Love your videos man. I have over 1k hours in EU4 and I am constantly learning new things watching your vids & especially the new Byz ones!

[@LanceDevonshire]

You can go over an hour like this the commentary part is the gold. I may not be able to watch these right when they come out but I definitely will watch them on my days off.

[@NamesSuk]

Another great of hour of power! Its always good to watch a strat and how you adjust then getting recap summaries that don't teach me. Maybe I am just a different learning type but actually watching every play by play is increasing my knowledge!.

[@tonylittle1687]

The "hour of power" has been my favorite thing on youtube.

[@p.s.56]

Don't worry about the extra steps you had to take. This kind of content is supposed to be more educational than entertaining anyway, so the more you suffer the more we learn. Love the series, keep up the good work!!

[@migamaos3953]

These are so much better than any 20 minute guide video, thank you

[@alexanderabramov2719]

I tried the Knights a couple of times in 1.34, seems to me that with the rework of AI mission weights the Ottomans prioritize taking Constantinople over other small wars and this strat (I've been using something similar for ages too) doesn't work like it used to, would be interesting to see a new take from you on it

[@MrBlimko]

Love to see the knights man. You're the best. As a guy who mostly plays knights. I would have recommended you use curia donations from papal screen for 20ish ducats which gives +75 relations to the popeman. So get relations to 75, use curia donation with raiding cash, then use the free claims to declare. Frees up the diplomat to get Venice early as an ally

[@TheGriffinKnight]

What tenacity ! GG indeed ! A wonderful play through, worth the time watching. I was always going for the straits strategy but and full annexation of Byzantium but I wasn’t able to completely wreck them . I will definitely try this out. Really nice, looking forward to part 2 if there will be one!

[@l0os176]

Explaining the flexibility of the strategies is very helpful. Good stuff!

[@ominousflames14]

Love the content you're putting out. Another thing I wish to point out is, if you get 150+ relations to the owner on malta, (which is Aragon at the start) you get that province of malta for free. Which allows you to extend your raiding range for 3 more tiles across the north african coast. I am not sure if that sours your strategy, which I doubt it does. But it's more money.

[@KrokLP]

utterly ratioed + blockaded + trapped + crusade target

[@David-bh7hs]

Excommunicated + scornfully insulted + unlawful territory + out of colonial range

[@tapanivire]

Absolutely beautiful! This video is game of the year material. I always struggled with ottoman navy with knights. But this was beautiful!

[@tvullings]

I can tell you were really frustrated when things didn't go your way but for me it was really helpful to see you trouble shoot the problem.

[@samuelwheeler9678]

I really like this set of in-depth guides. I don't paly vanilla anymore but it just makes you.oook at the game in a different way.

[@orimaor5551]

Average youtube consumer: oh no a 11 minute video its too long Chad BudgetMonk Enjoyer: oh nice another 1 hour+ video of god like gameplay

[@alfonsomures732]

It took me 6 sittings to watch this video, now i need a part 2, we deserve it

[@Aquaria942]

Very nice work! I appreciate the unedited footage so we can see even the tedious parts of the game

[@brentos3674]

Really enjoying this whole premise. I think a follow up for this one would be really nice. In future, some nations I think this would be really nice for is Karaman (A really fun campaign I've done once before) and Granada for something a bit different. I'm also not sure how good it would be, but maybe Finland or Gotland once the new update comes out could be good too

[@wabteytv]

Really like this vid, help me to think better about some mechanics of eu4

[@josh3657]

I know its completely unrelated, but is a 4th Byzantium hour of power on the cards? Edit: I know he mentions it at the start of the video, but he only talks about the game state and the save being avaliable, not a 4th episode, hence my question

[@pabloparronsierra7936]

He said he won't do it since it would ressemble a let's play too much I think

[@charleslathrop9743]

This is way more useful as a teaching tool than any other format. Don't really care if it's technically an hour or not.

[@fabibi_ha]

What do you think about the "Rhodians and other Greeks in the order"-decision?

[@David-bh7hs]

I do it because I like greek primary culture but its honestly not to important

[@kaijohannen4749]

the master at his work - thanks for the episode - better than anything what runs in german tv shows.

[@spudboy699]

This series is great, learning so much.

[@josephplagge6883]

I would suggest this is at least the best content by one of THE best all time goats of EU4. Thanks @budgetmonk for another quality strategy to start as a small opm and dominate.

[@anthroposium]

Isn't buying indulgences right at the start easier to get the pope mission?

[@Jacking0ff]

Always love watching you on stream. I sometimes fall asleep because you are very relaxing to watch. Definitely not because your boring

[@remonvvug]

Damn this guy is good at pre-recording!

[@noaccount4]

Oh man, island playthroughs of Knights are fun. I once did a run where I did a self-imposed islands only rule, and ended up dominating the medditerranean sea from majorca to chios. Until the British arrived to destroy my fleet before going home ;[

[@ertuzun21]

One suggestion, maybe avoid putting red outline on your thumbnails. It kinda looked like the marker that youtube puts for the videos you've watched so i thought this was an old vid i've alraedy watched. Otherwise love the vids!

[@Anbennar_Guide]

Another great video. I actually enjoyed warching a great strategy getting scruffed but still working

[@archie_31]

1:10:50 jerusalem doesn't give you kingdom government type. It gives you "crusader state" tier 1 reform for theocracy which is basically free deus vult cb. Other than that great vid as always. I was wondering if you could do hour of power for countries in different regions than eastern europe like mzab, nagaur or ryukyu which are very fun to play.

[@David-bh7hs]

You can switch to a monarchy though, if you're going for the pu game

[@archie_31]

@@David-bh7hs yeah what i mean is it doesn't automatically make you a monarchy. Plus you can also switch to monarchy as the knights as well.

[@David-bh7hs]

@@archie_31 what I mean, is that you can keep the crusader state level 1 reform as a monarchy

[@steffanlloyd7411]

I think he meant government rank, i.e duchy, kingdom, empire equivalents

[@carlmalheim7161]

Hour of Power, a.k.a. a cup of joe.

[@Spo0ny_]

I really enjoy the HoP series! Keep it up! :)

[@the_niss]

This format is already my fav eu4 content

[@milanius6283]

Nice video, just wanted to say in the thumbnail it looks like theres the red underline like on videos I already watched. So I thought when skimming over that I already watched this one.

[@digilydave9923]

Would you use a "baiting and trapping" strategy like that in one of your challenge runs or consider it as cheese?

[@matomatic4599]

I remember forming Jerusalem as the Knights. Somehow Byzantium allied Poland and the Ottomans got steam rolled, making my playthrough surprisingly easy.

[@RadicalJTK]

I love this series holy frick

[@imperatorgub6681]

Can we get a part 2 on this?

[@SamuelAndersson]

... got any more of those hour of power? I'm sitting here refreshing like some addict.

[@mrfloppydonkey7287]

I wonder if there's ever been a historical example of just trapping the enemy army on some random island lol

[@horsemcgraw9631]

Really enjoying this series

[@ThatOneSevie]

Im enjoying this series very much!

[@32stevo]

i prefer when runs dont go perfect so we can see how you react to the situation, games rarely turn out exactly the same so its nice to see what to do when things dont go your way.

[@davidandersson422]

Came for some knights pwnage, stayed for the thumbnail lol

[@nikolaitregouet]

Did you get Malta or did I miss it?…

[@SmashingCapital]

loving your videos mate, i really like your hour of power videos

[@manolisbach2380]

I still remember ur last knights run it was awesome

[@JJG18]

Knights follow up when?

[@Nimarioos]

That was nice! I love long footages! Gj bro

[@Ricardo-zo1ti]

Nice video! Hoping for a part 2 on how to beat the mameluks now :)

[@MRJoMama966]

supper cool strat! thank you for the video!

[@BigRedMohawk]

Thats the most impressive thing I have seen someone do in this gane

[@disgoyknows88]

Really love these HoPs

[@KeoniPhoenix]

Well played strategy, even if the AI went derpy and didn't play along.

[@Oboe3511]

Now for some shenanigans, you could flip to orthodox and possibly restore the pentarchy very quickly.

[@marcelpiotrowicz5791]

Great video and don't worry at all about the bad luck ;)

[@kyleadelaide]

Would it be worth sticking a single 1k stack on Constantinople and letting the Ottomans siege it down for you when they attack?

[@JakeTheDog00100]

Really loving to see you in KZbin. Twitch is not reslly my thing

[@Dodovacer]

Dude... this is so impressive how you fixed it "on the fly" ... no need to redo anything (ofc after 7 month this doesnt matter, but as a "normalwc-andy" I have to say that I really respect the skill).

[@elmonetina9696]

This format is cool

[@bardon1384]

If you need to improve relations with the pope or other nation quickly, you could insult their rivals at the start of the game. You lose 5 prestige, but the Burghers give 20 prestige, instead of 15, so you pretty much get a free insult.

[@TheKlaun9]

That seemed to me like a straight up misplay - can't believe I'm saying this as a noob in comparison. Maybe someone has an explanation - diplomat timing or something like that? Have to try out if the knights maybe have 5.01 prestige at the start which prevents it or something like that

[@steffanlloyd7411]

The ottoman bankruptcy... THIS is the play

[@jimmyspuds5341]

Hey Monk! Thanks for all of these HoP episodes, they are great for seeing how to adapt in the early game against the odds! Would we be able to get a video outlining early expansion in the HRE and managing the AE & relations to set up for mid-late game?

[@nikolaitregouet]

Can we please please please get a part 2?..

[@oORoOFLOo]

That thumbnail made me think im on facebook

[@matthewhartzell7890]

Best Series

[@PanPafcio]

Goat series

[@panagiotismanis9417]

Hi there just a couple of comments. You could have given Istanbul to Byz , so that they convert it greek and christian again. At the 1 stab event, you could have manually increased stab by 1, so that the event gets you to 2 and you can then get the knights decision for culturally accepting greeks that gives you mil bonuses . I would have had the albania areas for knights (to snake to kosovo) and use the idle diplomat at the end to claim on ragusa and declare immediately . This is the easiest truce reset since turks guarantee ragusa ( they will join if they do not go bankrupt). you can then spawn bulgarian rebels like in your byz opening follow up. You also didnt use venice so far. you could have allied someone else( like aragon that gives you malta or milan or the pope) so that you can declare against venice for the 3 dalmatian provinces and form dalmatia. This is an easy kingdom rank and better traditions while you still keep the missions of the knights to form jerusalem. You can declare on cyprus and involve mamluks due to guarantee , cyprus maintains war leader. you capture cyprus and wait on warscore and time, mamluks cannot access you. You land in the egyptian western province( bengaz i think) with 2 troops and keep 2 cogs there. time is that way so that once the egyptian stack moves to liberate the province you land 2 others on antioch and tick 1 month to capture province, use cogs to take the 3 bengazi troops safely. Ask cyprus to hand you antioch and nothing else, complete the other knights mission for more mil bonuses.

[@aaee2815]

loving these vids but how are you canceling patronage of the arts instantly?- It says I need to wait to cancel it..

[@Relevant_Irrelevance]

Excellent game, Monk.

[@alandavies3295]

Let's see part 2!

[@2009worstyearever]

it would be nice as a quality of life improvement for them to add 'raid coast' mission the way you have a pirate mission or a protect trade mission.

[@basedemalves1044]

Can we have a part two and three? Best series ever and very helpful to beginners aswel as it shows on its fullest how to deal with stuff through the rest of your playthrough as opposed to 20 minute video guides.

[@hermesi8583]

Legendary video! GG!

[@josephcantu4943]

Very cool strategy monk, don’t sweat it taking a while. Just goes to show how good it is if RNG was better

[@nenad_9220]

Very cool videos i have at work 1h break perfectly to watch your videos 👍 an trebizond guide how to destroy the ottos fast would be very cool 😎 thank you

[@grantwithers]

yeah bro great vid, don't get too discouraged, the whole game is an exersize in frustration lol (o you're winning a war? don't worry, a new nation will attack you in your finest hour!)

[@otpezdal]

1:14:24 ottoman army after Ferraran peace with Venice: vanish

[@BudgetMonk]

They deleted them the same way they delete forts as soon as you peace out. It is because he was literally going bankrupt.

[@otpezdal]

@@BudgetMonk my guess was that they didn't have military access with Corfu and Naxos (as independent nations) but in one month peace deal and ottoman bankruptcy is quite RNG

[@Aerozona23]

i love this

[@Zander977233]

This was crazy

[@Kyryyn_Lyyh]

I too, disrespect the estates whenever I can. Only the nobles are even slightly a danger. Lower taxes don’t matter when I can press the DEBASED button

[@eurobeatboy6352]

Truly a BASED button

[@AlphaSections]

Hah! so the solution was there all along! Just subcontract out your galley production to the Romans "under new management!"

[@greenmushroom4258]

I want 2nd part!