I played Byzantium in EU4 multiplayer

I finally play one of the most popular EU4 nations, the Byzantine empire in EU4 Multiplayer. This nation starts as one of the hardest starts, being right next to the Ottomans. But imagine playing Byzantium on constant speed 3 with no pauses? Very hard and could lead to disaster! Other players surround us too and threaten our sovereignty. Can we stand the test of time, will we go by the wayside of empires??
Come join me on my journey, restoring the Eastern Roman Empire as Byzantium in Europa Universalis 4 Multiplayer.
Video starts with a small guide for Byzantium that can work today in your single player campaigns. Test it out and tell me how it goes!!
#eu4byzantium #eu4multiplayer #byzantine_empire
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Chapters:
Intro: 0:00
The Opener: 0:50
The War of the Three Emperors: 6:05
The new turkish threat: 7:54
The Phoenix Rises: 17:48
The Phoenix Strikes Back: 24:28
Final Thoughts: 36:03
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Title of Video: I played Byzantium in EU4 multiplayer
Tilte of Last EU4 video: I played my favorite German nation and this happened
Title of my last video: Can I form the Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth as Krakow?? - Victoria 3
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[@AbsoluteHabibi]

Come join the LIVE experience on my twitch at: www.twitch.tv/absolutehabibi

[@f4nbergen]

Ayo whats the Song at 22:44 called?

[@SraoshaReaction]

Yeah yeah ! Maybe in game and your dreams, you can get Persians country 😂 , we had all middle east in DARIUS THE GREAT KING & CYRUS THE GREAT KING , i promise u , if we keep our king now , we rules the world, not USA & ENG , lol , they destroy our country by MOLA'S and Dictator government .... we had GREATEST EMPIRE OF ALL TIME , go and look at guineas record , look DARIUS King Empire ✌️✌️😉

[@AbsoluteHabibi]

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[@wallyvargas-rios9305]

Nonstop pretender rebels. Just historically accurate Byzantine gameplay.

[@danubeisreallypeculiarrive7944]

Have you ever heard about the tragedy of Bulgarian Empire almost becoming Eastern Rome? It's not a story Greek or Turk would tell you.

[@blob7963]

@@danubeisreallypeculiarrive7944 Or the Tragedy of how the Serbian Empire almost became Eastern Rome

[@2Links]

Too true

[@doesnotreallymatterr]

Slavs claiming to be romans is hilarious.

[@petersall1055]

when even EU4 becomes a battle royal so PDX can sell battlepasses

[@grubygrzib6308]

Its rare to see that vassalizing ottomans as byzantium is actually the play

[@auline8531]

Yeah, I'd instantly dismiss the idea as ignorant. I'm obviously not as good at Eu4 as him and many others. I love this sort of out-of-the-box thinking!

[@sasi5841]

23:49 "it wasn't until vijaynagars *winged elephants* arrived" I laughed way to hard at this. It gives off a weird image.

[@AbsoluteHabibi]

Coming down the mountain side

[@sIkLeGAMING]

@@AbsoluteHabibi Was about to say it was a reference to sabaton. Well no longer need to confirm it I suppose! GGs

[@thewhitewolf278]

@@AbsoluteHabibi Hannibal be like

[@florkus225]

12:00 that ottoman clutch stack stopping right there

[@archie_31]

Mvp

[@doesnotreallymatterr]

Vijayanagar literally was the historical UK in this game, anyone about to become too strong? aight ama head in.

[@jessicalindo7977]

Habibi I really appreciate the time you're putting into the videos, from beginning to end it feels like I'm watching a 20 minute long video but I never once found myself even looking away, my entire attention was focused always on the gameplay. The music was perfectly placed, the chapters gave me a good idea of what was gonna be happening without giving away too much. Masterpiece 10/10, thank you

[@blackpaint9093]

Quality+eco+offensive+innovative is the new meta. But i think that quantity is still needed, attrition is so bad without them

[@AbsoluteHabibi]

I think quantity and offensive are both fine as third idea. Innovative I go if I went offensive but if I went quantity I prefer religious unless I have infantry combat ability in my national ideas

[@blackpaint9093]

@@AbsoluteHabibi the thing is that players really need offensive discipline. Inno ideas are really good on their own, and its policies are strong as fuck. I kind of love how with the big nerf to quantity ideas now the meta can be interpreted in different ways. I was arguing with someone about actually taking Inno as second idea instead of eco, which makes sense since inno scale much better if picked before and you end up with a much better mana spending and mana generation. But at the same time i think that the discipline from Eco+quality early on, plus the -10% dev cost on tech 7(the first dev cycle is still beetween tech 7 and 10) make it worth much more to take eco as second group. Also things like -0.5 interest rate are huge in case of death wars against other players(i mean, before 1510/1520 any war is kind of a death war). The construction cost is also huge in nation building(even tho i think now construction bonuses are way too big overall). At the beginning of the patch i was even rethinking Aristocratic ideas, until i got wrecked by an Austria that picked Quality

[@AbsoluteHabibi]

@@blackpaint9093 from personal experience After 125% discipline, discipline gives diminishing returns compared to other military modifiers

[@PascalSWE]

If you have a good leader and limit your early expansion to mostly vassal feeding you can go inno first and scale hard. Get a hugbox and then go Inno->quality->eco->offensive for maximum greed

[@gorbo-dk2fu]

Is getting eco early worth it? I usually go inno quality then exploration if i can colonize if not i go trade

[@catalyst772]

I don't know how you did It Habib, But like yesterday I really really wanted to see a byzantium MP and you pop up giving me exactly what I wanted. Thanks a lot!

[@mrdino9534]

Rule 1 of EU4 MP - Never listen to lawrence.

[@lawrenceofarabia7474]

rule two of eu4 start listening to lawrence when stuff goes wrong

[@mostaverage_gamer]

@@lawrenceofarabia7474 rule 3 of eu4, follow rules 1 and 2

[@tropicalfruit4571]

I never even played a PvP multiplayer session but these videos are always fascinating to me. Plus you learn some min maxing strats that you just don't have to do in singleplayer for the most part.

[@Jman16007]

Very well edited. Not skipping over important strategic plays.

[@Soma_Cruz_]

Really enjoying the constant uploads. The flat 40.000 subscribers suit you, gz, to more growth!

[@ph4sux]

i loved this new story telling video concept especially with my fav nation, keep the good work 👍

[@Bananii_xx]

great video, as always... Good job Habibi!

[@ecuadorianflag2707]

I love playing eu4 mp I’ve only played vanilla though cause gecko and the other mods seem incredibly daunting to tackle

[@robinandersson862]

Man... the Ace Combat music (PS2) brings me back memories of my childhood, great game btw

[@mabeSc]

Oh man, this video is such a gem, another similar video would be so cool

[@InfiniteLegoWorks]

Many thanks to your final thoughts section Recently got a bit back into EU4 and a whole lot has changed since I last played. Imagine my shock when I took Quantity + Eco and muh dev cost reduction wasn't there lol

[@nikushamosidze1951]

FINALLY some habibi content

[@Infidi]

The WW1 trench-war type of eu4 mp wars are the only type of player wars I like and in fact actively enjoy. I despise the early game skirmishes which so many seem to prefer for whatever reason.

[@ugliestweenie8992]

aw yiss i love these multiplayer eu vids and this is a long one!

[@foresthunter1865]

15:50 quality ideas only gives 5% discipline though. What ideas do you think are the best now that the patch has been out for awhile though?

[@AbsoluteHabibi]

With economic it gives another 5 so 10 discipline total. The multiplayer idea build is quality economic, then offensive or quantity, then innovative, religious or trade then either quantity or offensive

[@joelfilho2625]

You're forgetting the 10% infantry combat ability, which is pretty great as well.

[@TheStrossicro]

24:58 Ah that Agnus Dei Megalith OST beautiful. Shattered Skies mvp

[@d4vier822]

Another great video Habibi :) since editing the type of videos you upload takes much time atleast go ahead and play those juicy mod mp-matches if its more fun for you, we viewers wont mind. ha I am already excited for the next video!

[@sugarsenpai8432]

Love your campaigns buddy, also very early gang

[@zarlay255]

I love the idea of rampart, but i do agree it's kinda useless in multi game. So, i think a little bit buff to rampart, Like 1 attrition, deffensive dice roll, fort defensive, and buff is if u want to rush the fort there will be 50% more casualty to the attacker (or make it 100%). I think , this kinda of buff is also needed in vanilla game. Dont get me wrong, in my solo vanilla game against very hard Difficulty, i will still build rampart in my mountain forts.

[@NaBihoV]

nice video ! was nice going back to vanilla... for a while only tho xD

[@Bottle-OBill]

We remember, In November, That's the night Adana was freeeeeeed, Made the enemy bleed! THEN THE WINGED PACHYDERMS ARRIVED!

[@antontribelgorn3641]

27:30 i'll recognize ace combat 7 music anywhere. your editor has really good taste in music :D! Edit: 31:49 1 MILLION LIVES!

[@AbsoluteHabibi]

I’m my own editor bro lol

[@ii-nb1mf]

@@AbsoluteHabibi do you know what the song is called

[@erusean8492]

Yup, ace combat OST on these videos goes so hard

[@jakedavidheilemann1208]

THANK YOU took so long to find lmao

[@antontribelgorn3641]

@@jakedavidheilemann1208 happy to have helped, i've been in your situation before

[@fluxy1194]

Great video!

[@Daedwartin2]

On Vijayanagar helping you against Ethiopia, they have the mission "Conquer Aden", which needs them to own Lower Yemen, the Mission "Into Africa", and the mission Zanzibari trade, which needs them to have have 5 provinces in the East Africa region have a trade station investimate and at least one province have the company warehouse or depot investment. Which could mean either having 5 east african provinces or having at least 1 province in 5 different stations in East Africa with trade company investments. In other words, they have a legitimate reason to aid you: For their claims.

[@RedHellFire55]

bro put ace combat 4 music into the video, goated

[@trancecod]

The unwritten rule of eu4 - You should play one game with byzantine every time you come back to the game

[@mostaverage_gamer]

love some of the edits, AUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHH, HUH

[@kingfere]

LOVE U HABIBI!!

[@mattickista]

love the ace combat music

[@trez8570]

Gigs chad Ottoman AI stoping AQ from reinforcing the battle

[@henrykkeszenowicz4664]

The literal WW1 was a more epic ending than the generic Roman restoration imo.

[@kstgbacon7711]

I would like to see a mp deving and construction guide

[@MrThisissparta999]

This

[@ajsciri4]

i love ur content :)

[@James-th2oo]

Idk if you do in your new videos but show us the causalities from the war screen. I would have loved to seen the causalities from your last war with Ethiopia

[@notc9shnoopy634]

babe wake up new habibi video just dropped

[@plux6073]

Nice video

[@wisdomball4584]

Yea in my last vanilla campaign I hit 75% dev cost reduction pretty easily. Didn't even pop my golden age. Devving is probably too easy.

[@NTeiras]

finaly another episode of my favorite anime

[@TheSwirlyMango]

Why is the Winged Elephants line so fucken funny!

[@homayunr3754]

Letting the pretenders win was actually harder than wining the war against ottomans xd

[@thespaceman8746]

Vyjanigar trynna “maintain the balance of power” by helping you against Ethiopia

[@alossII]

What You did is simply beautiful ❤

[@archeverything]

14:16 Respect. Love to see honor among map gamers

[@pieceofschmidtgamer]

Yeah, I find you should NEVER let AI allies dictate when battles take place. Better to just eat the war score loss than lose war score AND manpower (at least early game).

[@thefbi3350]

I now scared of the MP I'm bouta have for the first time :/

[@theorixlux2605]

37:32 I'm a single player, but afaik you can do the "hunt pirates" mission with "dock during war". How doesn't that negate your problem?

[@almann4187]

40 minute Habibi video, god is good 🙏

[@minstrel9065]

13:28 this battle of Sivas was so so close holy shit

[@wiseoldman5485]

FUCKING FINALY THANKS THE MAN HABIBI

[@Eluno91]

Giving Burgas to Athens will save your diplo points since its your core already and annexing Athens will still take 1 month, but you release Bulgaria with only 2 provinces instead of 3

[@kalixkatt]

Epic ww1 final fight! Do you not play mp past 1650?

[@3ntra]

legend

[@codpyry]

So what kind of mods do you usually use in mp?

[@dudewithamustache5027]

What is the name of the song in the phoenix strike back chapter

[@aetu35]

this dude got antigonids as his dynasty

[@vlvd3067]

they said my byzantium was weak

[@AbsoluteHabibi]

You can’t take on this Ethiopia

[@svevlad7228]

@@AbsoluteHabibi true 🙂

[@siretriste4045]

I get heavy LOTR vibes from the track at 27:40

[@daneelolivawpancras9657]

Can someone please tell me what the opera song is at 28:43? Shazam is tellling me songs that have used the opera bits as covers, but I can't find the original opera bit. Its driving me crazy

[@Shaeris]

hey, in case you never found it and still wondered, it's Ace Combat 4 OST - Megalith Agnus Dei

[@daneelolivawpancras9657]

@@Shaeris Youre an absolute legend, thanks.

[@khazadincodes]

even its just 20 mins i felt so fuckin tired in last war and cant imagine what happened to u in stream habibi

[@dimitrivuyadinov8007]

whats the fire music during the ethiopia war??

[@nathanieltalcott8171]

They need to remove the +1% professionalism from recruiting a general or increase the mana cost. Once you reduce the general cost to 5 mana you can get 100k troops for 25 military power. It's essentially unlimited. I don't even use slacken professionalism even in a single player match. It's too easy to abuse. The same with concentrating development... sometimes the game is better without using a feature tbh. They could easily fix (remove) these features. It seems like lots of minor changes and no systematic fixes.

[@tomaszlewy8827]

Vijajangar's winged elephants. XD

[@therobber]

what music is that at 15:45

[@valk_7233]

You have to give us the music you used in the video Habibi 😉

[@fadedmythfm2483]

holy batchesting fuck its that campaign where i subbed 10 nations

[@viorp5267]

what a tooper

[@igor_pavlovich]

sir please tell me song name 22:50

[@deniss6654]

what mods he talking about at Final Thoughts?

[@ryanfu3016]

When the winged elephants arrived!

[@lerojenko2517]

At 12:00, is that Ace Combat music?

[@sweetbutterlove]

nice bideo smoile

[@Skull.man00]

25:20 what song is that?

[@masonlau5744]

First time watching eu4 multiplayer. These people fighting world wars 0.01 to 0.99.

[@sotirisl9388]

MORE !!!!!

[@guilhermelopes9430]

does someone know the name of the song at 13:00

[@x0lopossum]

23:40 LOL 💸🐘

[@majdavlk649]

"theres 90% sure way to always win"

[@thanatosexcelsior3711]

25:37 heyy I made it into the video look bottom left haha

[@evillee420]

you looked so dead when fighting the forever player war 😭

[@crafter6415]

whats the song at 16:24

[@jamesyan6075]

would be better to do bulgaria strat and fight one of the ottoman's allies / guarantees to reset truce timer imho

[@AbsoluteHabibi]

Defensive morale pips win you battles. It can be argued though that if you have high combat ability that offensive is better though

[@nocturnalcb]

Music? At @11:22

[@wiktormarski5677]

When the winged elephants arrived 😂

[@karlo5967]

Albania culture shifted to dalmatian and formed croatia ,illyiran dream

[@old_hipster9441]

25:00 music name?

[@demonade9518]

still better than vanilla vic2 mp

[@8thinput80]

Vijayanagar just likes to go to war I guess

[@nerdmassa9086]

Vinjanagaffasfdf WINGED elephants arrived! Hurrah!

[@luccamateosabinigomez3861]

Strong Andalusia better andalusia. The thing over the last war is that becose of the vanila bugs of no retriting troops, we got a lot of stackwhipes. The war 3v2 was pretty fun and balance.

[@AbsoluteHabibi]

It was a bit boring in my opinion just sitting waiting on fronts versus the back and forth 1v1

[@luccamateosabinigomez3861]

@@AbsoluteHabibi I have probably, a strong vic 2 mentality. The funny thing about privatering is that is only better if in the node comes gold fleats, instead of protecting and collecting in that node

[@joexalo6840]

Winged elephants😭😭

[@VastoBoi]

For the love of god what's the song of 32:00

[@rodahlerg9861]

Alicorn from Ace Combat 7, if I'm not mistaken

[@VastoBoi]

@@rodahlerg9861 shit it is the one, but the version in this video is different, can't find it

[@VastoBoi]

Its The Hero of Comberth Harbor from Ace Combat 7

[@kekero540]

big brain is having low legitimacy so the ai accidentally fights them and becomes weaker

[@DarkFeyz]

Eu4 vanilla real ww1 experience infinite casualties