Most FUN EU4 Byzantium Experience I EVER HAD

This EU4 Victorum Universalis video we play as Byzantium and crush the Ottoman menace once and for all, restoring Rome to it's Roman Empire glory
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The following DLC is used in this series:
Eu4 Origins leviathan Emperor DLC, Dharma, Rule Britannia, Cradle of Civilization, Third Rome, Mandate of Heaven, Rights of Man, Mare Nostrum, The Cossacks, Common Sense, El Dorado, Art of War, Res Publica, Wealth of Nations, and Conquest of Paradise.
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[@LudietHistoria]

Want to see Byzantium Exodus to new world and come back kill ottomans? Then click below ✅ Exodus to America - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6bGfHiweNFme7M ✅ ✅ Killing le natives - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGnLo5WXobqsfZo ✅ ✅ Becoming Sparta- kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4rLe3uGZpZpmK8 ✅

[@weetula1564]

plz more Third Odyssey!

[@kennymolloy9817]

Ludi after watching your videos and seeing how much fun EU4 can be, I’ve decided to buy the ultimate edition of the game with all its dlc

[@filiprohn1643]

In the polish succesion event in the video I saw return of the Piast. So maybe that one as a playthrough?

[@irishlad9918]

Hey for the byzantium unit modals did you need a separate mod or did it come with the mod your using

[@LudietHistoria]

@@irishlad9918 thats from the Imperator Rome preorder pack but might come with mod too, not sure tbh

[@benjaminv6039]

I wonder if the tomb of Genghis Khan monument doing nothing is a reference to the fact it hasnt ever been found?

[@LudietHistoria]

could be i guess

[@Outlaw8908]

Probably.

[@orlandogreenhow2870]

It does show the benefits, but you have to hover your mouse over the picture (you can see it briefly in the video) for some reason. It gives prestige, legitimacy and horde unity

[@karnee1]

@@LudietHistoria Some of the monuments are more like Mountains etc, which "can" be upgraded - but gives the bonus at tier 0/1 without having to be upgraded. So make sure to check the first tooltip for effects. Yet - also a lot of "placeholders" still, with a lot of local defensiveness/prestige bonus in castles all over France/Italy/Germany especially.

[@Respbury]

@@LudietHistoria yes modders now talk about to what modifiers we should add to it

[@quandaledingle7166]

I would love to see more of you playing the Byzantines. Watching you play them was very fun to watch!

[@LudietHistoria]

We will!

[@dwarvenminer3329]

I'd love a roleplay series for this mod as well

[@13lackhood]

Ill second that, also seems like the Ottomans have more forts more evenly spread out making it even harder to conquer with Ludi´s horrible Wall Breach Luck, so ill have my bottle rdy for his salty tears XD

[@McHobotheBobo]

This mod is cool af! I'd love to see Byzantines, Majapahit, Scotland, Tunis, Novgorod, Inca, Bohemia, and Huastec runs. I'd also like to see Creek if the NA native mechanics are developed enough for the mod.

[@Otto_Von_Beansmarck]

Don't forget about SUS its seeming quite chunky in this mod I wonder how it will play

[@Shuhan_lie]

what's mod name？

[@Ramazen2137]

@@Shuhan_lie Victorum Universalis

[@Shuhan_lie]

@@Ramazen2137 danke

[@Ramazen2137]

@@Shuhan_lie byte

[@KoW4LsKy]

7:50 Wild Fields or in polish Dzikie Pola, was name for those scaresly populated part of PLC that was technically part of Commonwealth, but its inhabitants had very different opinion on that. bassically XVII century Wild East ;p

[@iluvatar7119]

I was just to write this.

[@tigrosabertooth4757]

Scarsely populated because of neighboring hordes, who regularly raided these lands, pillaging and enslaving. Population began to grow massively after russian tsarin Katherine II dealt with crimean khanate.

[@khazix6187]

Amsterdam having the lvl 4 tradecenter at 1444 is really historical inaccurate. Amsterdam back then was only a local tradecity, being overshadowed by many other Dutch towns/cities and espcially by the Flemish towns like Antwerp and Brugge. Only in the 16th century it would develop into a regional and eventually a world trading center, but definitely not in 1444 already.

[@MrDwarfpitcher]

Yeah but this mod like many has either to code that in by events. Which is a ton of work. Or it should have it from the get go. So if we are going to nitpick it, then we should do it with all the inaccuracies. But your point is most certainly valid, the most wealth in the Netherlands used to be situated in the Southern Flemish lands

[@aqvamarek5316]

The Flemish towns have level 5 trade center, and overshadow Amsterdam in this mod.

[@robertkowalczyk6218]

Hi Ludi! As one of the main developers of this mod, I am very happy to see you cover it and enjoy playing it! You can be sure more updates will come soon!

[@LudietHistoria]

Hey Robert, didn't see your comment earlier, but want to give a massive thank you for the work you've done on the mod, it's absolutely great to play and you can clearly see a lot a hard work and passion went into it!

[@robertkowalczyk6218]

@@LudietHistoria Ey, thank you very much Ludi! The mod is being constantly updated and all of bugs you've found in the video have already been fixed. Make sure to check out for the latest version anytime soon!

[@parrot1442]

I wanted to know what was the name of this mod?

[@robertkowalczyk6218]

Victorum Universalis

[@parrot1442]

@@robertkowalczyk6218 Thank you, oh great wise man.

[@cosmicpearl5497]

Considering how prevalent mercenary armies were to warfare it feels pretty intersting seeing the AI having small armies and relying a lot on mercenaries

[@danielmacpherson8487]

especially if they've kept the vanilla merc scaling, where at around 1600 they become too expensive to use a lot of, even for a nation like Switzerland. and end up becoming more of a "sure my economy will die, but so will my enemies" kind of last ditch effort if your armies have been stomped. I've always thought the vanilla SP armies were a bit too comfortable, only been a few times I've had to seriously strain myself to win against even MUCH stronger enemies. I wish there would be more wars like MP were you are seriously straining yourself to achieve a goal. maybe not as hard as in MP where everyone is bankrupt after every war. but a happy middleground between the two extremes

[@sanfelipe9176]

@@danielmacpherson8487 👍

[@hoomanben8455]

If based off Beyond Typhus, the reason development is so high is because they doubled average dev but halved the effects each individual development has (both to have greater dev gradients and to nerf dev cost reduction stacking)

[@alexanderlipowsky6055]

goddammit, how am i supposed to op-dev now????

[@danielmacpherson8487]

I actually kind of like that. I like the idea of development a lot in EU4 but I always thought it could be done a lot better, probably because it was added in a patch (it used to just be base tax till like 2016 I think?)

[@philsburydoboy]

@@danielmacpherson8487 I think the main issue with dev is the mana points. It should grow according to a logistic function that you can influence with decisions, policies, or spending.

[@danielmacpherson8487]

@@philsburydoboy Yeah decisions & events, Global change (like trade good value, what cultures/religions are revered and reviled at the time) and maybe something like a state edict that encourages either of the 3, or perhaps 2 at the expense of one should all impact it in EU5, a lot of people have been asking for a return to population but I think thats too extreme and will hurt the amount of people that enjoy or even buy the game, however, adding some kind of 'Dev Migration' could work, and that could be effected by things like Golden Ages, and the things you and me have already mentioned, but primarily through devastation/prosperity. it would encourage people to actually care for their citizens, building forts in large undefended areas, building a larger navy to hunt pirates and probably a lot of other things too. Now that I think about it, that IS how dev works, it's just done exclusively through events and not a whole lot of them either.

[@peekknuf]

The Russian/Novgorodian distinction is actually quite accurate. The democracy and northern sea trade traditions of Novgorod are nothing like the Muscovite Principalities. Continuing w this mod is a must tho Roleplay or not doesn't matter

[@sanfelipe9176]

👍

[@andriusgimbutas3723]

Note the linguistic differences as well, Novgorod had a distinct dialect, predating even Rus itself

[@peekknuf]

@@andriusgimbutas3723 Good catch!

[@qwertyqwerty-ek7dy]

Please continue to play this mod as Byzantium!

[@stephanp9110]

Actually Novgorod dialect of medival Russian was significantly different from Moscow and Kiev dialects. In fact Moscow and Kiev dialects where closer to each other than to Novgorodian at least till Mongolian invasion. Conquering of Novgorod significantly changed Russian language in principality of Moscow

[@jordini3381]

I think the lack of manpower and troops is done to represent the reliance on mercenaries in europe at the time. Rather than professional armies it forces the more historical route instead which is pretty cool

[@dan1_1]

Just an amazing mod it would be nice to see the whole playthrough of byzantium

[@yanathan8527]

Novgorod language at that time was actually quite distinct from Moscovaty in fact if it was not for conquest of Novgorod and various purges by Ivan the Terrible it was at verge of becoming forth part of Eastern Slavic family group language along side with Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian. Also they were never conquered by Mongols and it did leave big cultural mark on Novgorod as well. Simple example might be Veche council institution going back to times of Kievan Rus which derived from elders council of Slavic Tribes in area and it was disbanded by mongols everywhere in Russian region they came across and appointed princes who would have absolute authority in the name of great Khan however it never happened in Novgorod and they still have Veche at beginning of Eu4 making it not forgotten almost 500 year old tradition at 15 century.

[@taurinvandenbrand7574]

We need more of this Ludi! Also your story mode videos like the Elysian one was great, would also like to see more of those! Love your vids, keep up the good work!

[@cyanblue9775]

I’d love a roleplay series of this mod! Maybe as Romania claiming the mantle of the Byzantines?

[@slaviansky]

8:21 Ackchually Novgorodian dialect at the time was completely different from the rest of Russia dialects. So different that some linguists consider to separate it not only as a different language, but as a distinct North-Slavic-kinda language family

[@sean4929]

Love hearing you talk about the accuracy of the map and the different historical features. Have you studied medieval history before?

[@Owenmilan]

Continue the byzantium campaign! Mod looks great.

[@LudietHistoria]

I will!

[@michalhruska362]

Please continue as the Romans I would love to see the Roman Empire brought anew into their past glory :)

[@l.e.a.d.761]

Hope you continue this playthrough, it looks fun

[@Vanet0]

epic, thats all i can say about u Ludi, for keeping urself to SP only u do quite the content and i love it, Role play to restore bulgaria on 3 seas would be amazing to see :)

[@emporiomohito7020]

Wow, that mod is so cool! I would love to see you play this Byz campaign till the end!

[@phnx257]

I definitely want to see more about this mod! So i would like to see bizantium, Brandenburg (to see what's new in the hre) and why not Andorra for a big challenge

[@microjohnson3432]

Love to see more of this mod, looks great and I love your vids!

[@LudietHistoria]

Thanks, will do!

[@jackhenderson2562]

The durham vassal has some history to it. Essentially the city of Durham owing to its distance from London, its proximity to the scottish border and it religious importance the bishop of the city was permitted a great deal of rights which even extended to (but not limitedto) minting his own coins and his own army.

[@comradeotaku]

there is actually a substantial linguistic difference between muscovite and novgorodian dialects at this time. in fact, the novgorodian dialect was more different from contemporary (muscovite) russian than contemporary ruthenian was from russian.

[@florianfehlmann3679]

yes please make more videos with this mod, it looks unbeliveably great, maybe try playing as Austria and release + play as Tyrol (because alps and mountainpasses)

[@hudsoncurtis9589]

Great video Ludi and yes please for the Roleplay videos!

[@beluga617]

Love the map detail, and terrain modifiers. Flavor Uni has the best Byzantium mission tree, very thorough with lots of events.

[@spacejesus709]

Cool to see VU being played. Kinda niche but one of the most challenging & fun mods I've played.

[@spencergauta8160]

Definitely would love to see a role playing video!

[@Divine_Evil]

Play as Bulgaria... No "No CB war"... That would be an interesting start :D

[@tritojean7549]

"a mod that bring historicall accuracy" puts more dev in england than france despite france having 5.5*more population than england

[@Dino2939]

absolutly wanna see MORE of it.

[@fedorshcheglov5534]

I love it when Ludi explains history

[@HoiPolloiNtertains]

I exclusively play this mod and I can tell you it has some issues. Firstly, any start date beyond 1444 likely had nation/border issues (Spain exists but so does Castile and Aragon, all independent, the Commonwealth is a mess). Events and missions may be locked even if you meet the conditions. If you start during the American revolution and win too fast and peace out without triggering the events for France, Spain, Netherlands, and Prussia you become hard locked from a ton of American events and missions. So knowing how to search through the files and use the debugger is pretty important. Also, there’s far more flavor than you’ve seen. New monuments pop into existence based on cultures, religions, national events, dates, etc. Monuments are 100% how you gain power in this mod, far more than provinces and development. As America, if you take over their borders the monuments you get make you practically unstoppable. You’ll be the most broken militarized republic with infinite prestige and Republican tradition, plus constantly increasing arm tradition and professionalism. It’s insane how strong monuments make a nation. There’s also a lot of mechanics you couldn’t have seen in that short of a time. Unique vassals, colonial subjects, governments, you can unlock different government reforms by focusing on nobility reforms, clergy, etc, and a lot of other really cool features. Brandenburg becomes Brandenburg-Prussia, then Prussia, and you can make unique German vassals which are stronger, don’t take a diplo slot, but are very difficult to keep loyal. The HRE has a lot of new events and mechanics. Natural wonders exist as monuments that can’t Ben upgraded but always give you their benefits. You can build trench networks. Definitely a fun mod for sure. Well worth it in my opinion. Just practice your debugger skills, cause this mod needs some TLC to iron out event, mission, and border issues.

[@mixpilergaming123]

You should definately continue this byzantine run!!

[@aronaskengren5608]

This takes me back. I worked a lot on this mod last year, mainly on adding and improving wonders, finding unique pictures for provinces and a hidden amogus event for sus. I unfortunatly had to leave the dev team due to ongoing studies. I miss working on this...

[@jonahrippeth5439]

dont worry you are cool

[@LudietHistoria]

thanks jonah, you are too bro love you :D

[@andreaskosmet]

I would definitely be interested in seeing a proper Ludi video playing as byz in this mod

[@cappy2242]

Suomenusko Sweden or Finland sounds great to me. BTW great video, keep it up Ludi!

[@jutm_n5969]

6:44 i bet you've also never heard of new england in black sea. It was a varangian colony established after the norman conquests. It's depicted at least in the voltaire's nightmare (in 2nd start date)

[@jakubmrocek3661]

New Lubi video lets gooo

[@pablobenito4635]

man i would love to see another video of this mod

[@fubuma534]

I’d like to thank you for trying out our mod! I am everywhere Ludi. In every mod. I am where you least expect it

[@cantbearit5621]

please play more of this!

[@DovahFett]

Have you played the Byzantine Resurgence submod for Beyond Typus? It's probably the best treatment the Byzantines have ever received in a mod (besides Third Odyssey). It has a huge mission tree, a ton of events, and the ability to "re-Hellenize" the former provinces of the empire with Greek cultures. Great for roleplaying.

[@nicolacadeiconti7756]

A venice campaign in this mod would be awesome

[@razoner1399]

Vodka in Poland! Oh shit, here we go again. I must download this mod and play Poland again xD

[@noonespecial9704]

*turns golem* More... more of my precious mods... more of the precious Romans...

[@CAPT4305]

I'd love to see you do a Wales playthrough.

[@stupnevroman]

Wild field is not a reference to cossacks, lack of stability and they having additional autonomy. It is about crimeans: burning, raiding, enslaving, looting, all the standart horde activities, and about the fact that kind of steppe fun/ constant raising made this land deserted, despite very good agricultural potential.

[@EliasMatthiessen]

This is great, but is another Third Odyssey video coming as well?

[@Theslyfoxfan12345]

Continue this series!

[@adefender3399]

Yes! Do some roleplay in this mod; huge potential!

[@reverendteej]

You’re still cool bro! I’m 27 and it’s good to know we can still play EU4 when we’re 31 haha

[@crowolf3862]

I'd really love to see that roleplay video. it helped me want to play mods a lot more. I'm usually much more of an achievement hunter, but this makes things fun for me too

[@LudietHistoria]

Noted!

[@yeeyee5057]

Oh yes, I do love a rp around this, maybe do a letsplay with a tall Netherlands?

[@owenbenson8082]

Would love a role play series for this mod!

[@tomwushu]

If you play this mod as Byzantium, you have to download the extended family mod pack and of course the Byzantine Resurgence mod that is made for victorium. The resurgence mod adds a new crazy good mission tree.

[@OSWALD_the_neet]

The Prince-Bishopric of Durham - only abolished in 1836.

[@LudietHistoria]

yeah never heard of them before, so a pleasant surprise to find out about

[@R0dolphus]

The Colossus? I need to play this right now!

[@PrinsMaandag]

I would like to see longer videos

[@todd-octavebrabant4660]

Role play from a flavour EU4 mod? HELL YEAH!

[@joze838]

Wow I never noticed before how well educated you are! You know so much even about the middle east.

[@soontir_fel1816]

Alright I need to see a playthrough with this, IDC what country you pick just play this. This mod looks so good

[@hippityhop9522]

"South Slavic is pretty accurate" says that while Serbs are assigned on Herzegovina and Dubrovnik even though they moved north west after Ottoman invasion and orthodox expulsion.

[@datbo1]

We would most definetly like to see you play byzantium in this mod

[@khaledaljundi91]

This mod is so cool when you have a passion in history, I think Granada would be a good playthrought

[@jduke6793]

Would love to see you do a campaign of this mod

[@VaultBoy1300]

I'd love a full Byzantium video

[@Mustafa-dz7yb]

Brooo last summer I was at ancient tombs of lycia and it was the exact place shown in the mod damn

[@mark-A-antonius]

I’m a simple man. I see Ludi post a Byzantium video and I click, everytime.

[@Baromanthefool]

All up for some Ludi RP! :P .... this mod is intense !

[@johnnyzhu9867]

I like the idea of making river more strategically important. I hope EU5 adopt it

[@peachprincess758]

You’re exceptional, cause you’re a stud

[@mudzsri]

Definitely need a playthrough as Andorra. Make Iberia Catalan ludi

[@walx274]

Victorium universalis is my fav mod for EU4 Most my games have been played in the mod

[@Sireus1]

I want a playthrough now :)

[@mythicfilmsu.s.584]

I’d love to see A continuation of the Byzantine into Rome lol full rome though into England

[@shubhaamgokko1361]

Yo Ludi. When are we getting the Byz guide for 1.33 vanilla game?

[@bilbobaggins8794]

Considering Beyond Typus was released later than this mod I think it is fair to say that Beyond Typus took some ideas from this mod, not the other way around

[@zenmastakilla]

BT is way older than you think

[@mirastor1796]

I like this mod. With all those shippable rivers navy gets kinda important or at least some indirect buffs with strategic blocking and supporting a ton of sieges. Now imaginge ships could interact with landforces along the rivers in some form of enemy atrition/lowered movespeed if a fleet is nearby or just add some dicerolls for naval support fire. And now imagine Naval/Maritime ideas would be viable :D

[@brianatkinson3516]

47, hooked on map games since Nobungas Ambition on NES

[@AmariFukui]

About Gengis Khans Tomb giving nothing, i'm not sure if its specific to that monument but there are some which cannot be upgraded, you simply gain the benefit for owning the province and meeting the requirements, I learned this from a "Monument" in California that improves colonization speed

[@Lucasek3]

great job Ludi, we want more roleplay please! 🇪🇦❤🇹🇩

[@unpouletfermier3126]

I'd LOVE to see an Andorra campaing

[@alexis_aka_alexandra]

Yass, role play with eu4 good

[@TrickyRandom]

Rp video sounds great. : )

[@NessieAndrew]

*Ludi every time he zooms on Romania* "As you can see, this is not at all historically accurate. "

[@LudietHistoria]

ahahah there was like 6 other instances i cut out Q_Q

[@NessieAndrew]

@@LudietHistoria Esti vocea noastra unionista

[@KaiLindsay2001]

Would love a Byz playthrough for this mod

[@mugluvin3300]

I like how they even have the little Danish (today German) island of Heligoland not going to lie love the detail. Through I guess technically speaking Galata was not defended by the Theodosian walls.

[@baileygregory9192]

I love how he calls Durhum, "durani" lol

[@HacKill25]

Dude just unveiled eu5

[@sergiedo4756]

Andorra is there. You had my curiosity but now you have my attention!. Honestly I have to try this mod and (re)conquer all Aragon and form a Comerce Empire.😂😂 And BTW the primary ciltural group in Aragon should be Catalan since it used to be the most influencial culture there. I still don't understand the seppsration between Catalan Valencian and Balearic culture.

[@martinvukovski4370]

Ludi! Lovech fortress campaign!

[@Amnok]

Campaigns with this mod certainly be more refreshing than vanilla since the same game has been played for over 8 years haha. Can't guarantee the 'historical accuracy' after mid-game but at least the details of the starting situation are just fascinating in my point of view.

[@LudietHistoria]

i fully agree