After 4 Years I FINALLY Played Prussia In EU4

[@TheRedHawk]

Let me know if you want to see part 2! Subscribe so you don't miss it!

[@blagerthorpnonersense1894]

Part 2 NOW!

[@shalalam]

We want to see goose steps!

[@WillieKlinkie]

Yes, yes please!

[@The_Watcher-v6]

Ja

[@richbcul]

Definitely want to see part 2! I'm loving these longer form campaigns, Red! Personally, I would vote for dismantling the HRE.

[@blagerthorpnonersense1894]

Flip it Protestant. Think of how many extra missionaries you get by the princes being your religion and converting for you.

[@ludovicbliesener5716]

Flip protestant and unify the HRE 'cause the HRE emperor was also king of Germany! :)

[@divpadsmitais]

Flip protestant plz! Would make for a cooler campaign

[@uastyrdzhii]

Protestantism is gay

[@ninonysoft6865]

Ngl I do like these longer campaigns. A-Z, and releasables give a fun challenge. But sometimes you just wanna play a game without any particularly difficult goals, and just have fun.

[@tylernelson4901]

Yeah I gave up on going for achievements by now lol I just pick a random nation, and just chill

[@artilleriman]

yeah fuck the rng, only paradox game that is so dependent on it

[@seriodenoyarohi7403]

Protastant HRE sounds fun. You dismantle it so often.

[@eltoncoku4941]

The common way of doing it is to dismantle the HRE entirely so I thinj you should flip the entire HRE protestant

[@davidvarna]

Protestant HRE sounds cool af. Destroying it isn’t terribly difficult with certain strategies, but building it anew, with Luther’s reforms? Now that’s more interesting, and more roleplay-ish.

[@CanAksut]

Hawk, love this idea of grand campaigns. Don’t know why it took so long to start with them but hey here we are. Please continue with them!

[@marooned00]

I think another classic grand campaign might be historic (but better) Castille run. Goals: 1. monopolize new world by owning all of Americas colonized by you or your subject (like Portugal), 2. stay catholic entire game (embrace the counter-reformation, take harsh stand in the council of Trent, join the Catholic League and win the religious war), 3. have fun and chill!

[@diogomelo7897]

He could the whole mission tree for Castille/Spain

[@adrianlopesdesouza7645]

up

[@whatshouldmyhandlebe123]

Tbh Admin is kind of a must for prussia. I get taking early mil ideas for the space marines RP, but honestly I would focus admin and replace offensive with admin ideas. The AE and advisor cost penalties will kill you for the next 50 years otherwise

[@jenoincze8133]

Fight in the Protestant League war and make a the empire protestant

[@fierybuttonbomb7370]

This is so weird, I can see this video from within the challenges playlist but it’s not appearing on your main channel page. Really enjoying the grand campaign series though so I’m excited for this campaign!

[@TheRedHawk]

I forgor to post it 💀

[@Scitch87]

I don't care if it has been done by every other EU4 youtuber ever. If Hawk hasn't done it, it's not done!

[@LOKJAV]

Increased levies already prevents ypu from getting crownland from nobility by seizing so you could have taken Consolidated noble contracts for the core-creation cost

[@emrey.c.316]

I also started a Prussia campaign and now you upload this video. Great timing!

[@arseniiderkach4265]

I absolutely love playing as Brandenburg -> Prussia -> Germany, this was my first full campaign, but I didn't play good so I just finished with almost all Germany, a bit of Italy and half of Poland, it was right before I started watching your videos and definitely will play again with all the knowledge I have now thanks to you and your videos

[@decactus837]

You're honestly just entertaining. Been using your videos while I can't play, but the editing and commentary is the best of anyone I've seen.

[@Hachiman001]

26:00 I like how hawk just says "no" like he's got multiple personality disorder

[@Shiptoast0]

Good lord playing that far into the timeline. I salute your endurance and finally understand how things you love can become a job/chore.

[@iquabakaner]

Should've taken admin early. It's not a minmax thing, you simply can't do anything with the -50% gov cap you need to mitigate that somehow. The gov cap with admin ideas are also additive to the gov cap penalty so it's technically double the effect.

[@KUPSON2609]

Can't wait for another episode, i love these type of campaigns where you just play the game and tell us what you're doing

[@OctavioMagnus]

Another gran campaing: as Mongolia form the Mongol Empire.

[@Elludril]

I love this series ❤ and the most important, I see you also enjoy it!

[@killroy8976]

Love the classic campaigns, keeping it narrative and not just meta gaming!!!

[@polneck]

Poland into PLC grand campaign would be cool

[@92thorstein]

As PLC conquer whole British Empire to become ONE TRUE COMMONWEALTH.

[@eye705]

protestant HRE it happens so rarely in Germany games it would be nice to see

[@polneck]

a HRE grand campaign could also be cool

[@ReaperDL]

Good holiday hawk. I really like this long campaigns. Please give us at least part 2. Related to the question you posted I would like you to explain how to dismantle the HRE but keeping it(becaming protestant Emperor) . Never understood how HRE dismantle works. It would be very informative. Ty for your time 😃

[@marekaureliusz2814]

Oh yesss what a Christmas gift, thank you Hawk

[@Bottle-OBill]

Came for the Brandenburg, stayed for the Brandenburgundy

[@LordUzaki]

I am enjoying the grand campaign videos. Found your channel from your Roman Empire campaign. I have not played EU4 before and your channel has rlly ignited my interest. Just gotta save for some of the DLC, really doesnt seem worth playing without em.

[@bencohen5478]

Yeah it’s a pretty fun game (correct that DLC are pretty necessary though) It’s almost 90% off right now on Steam I think FYI. Otherwise, I’d recommend trying the DLC subscription for a month before putting down for all the DLC (it’s like $6/month)

[@nameplusnumbers5593]

Protestant HRE is always jokes, I say go for it

[@shinythings23]

Hell yeah I'm buckled up for another one of these

[@MrBattlecharge]

Red Hawk, you went and got my hopes up...

[@KRisziFicaTion]

I really like this format! Its cool to Watch how you play the game and I like Your commentary 👉😎👉

[@KingKongveal]

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing your experience with this run. I'm currently doing essentially the same exact run with the same goals (except I also want to conquer all of the Baltic and British Isles regions) on my channel. Though, you got luckier than I did with Burgundy. In my game, they got an heir, so they stayed independent. I dismantled the HRE as soon as I flipped Protestant, so I'd like to see how it looks if you flip the HRE Protestant!

[@simonallum5328]

Definitely a vote for Protestant HRE here. Happy Christmas!

[@electricVGC]

Simply vassal swarm, thanks for the blessings

[@arseniiderkach4265]

Regarding Burgundian Succession - I found that if I'm constantly changing favors for trust to have at least 70-75 trust, Burgundy always chooses me, even if there's some stronger guys. And once as an Austria I used favors to call them in my wars and they chose Brittany, good thing that I was an emperor and could easily steal Burgundy to myself immediately via war

[@redfalcon7598]

This is a surprise. I am also in the middle of my own Brandenburg campaign. Currently caught off guard by the league war. It triggered before I had a chamce to switch religion

[@hippiblue]

I like your start. It's where my grandfather came from.

[@Dederlys]

I'd really to see you do the war of the protestant league but I also understand it is far more convenient to dismantle the HRE. And I suppose at this stage you are not very concerned about small HRE guys being eaten up by surroundings big guys as you're stronger. I'm excited to see what's next. Many thanks for this campaign!

[@semyonmorozov849]

Something strange to me in “horse” event, that I usually release burgundy right after with holland released before fed up with all German provinces from former burgundy. This way you getting two very powerful vassals and don’t mess with gov cap. I also concentrate dev from half of burgundy provinces, move my capital and concentrate another half.

[@acolize8883]

Happy christmas big guy!

[@timothymcmillian4531]

Never have seen a campaign where someone plays as Prussia and guns to become Protestant HRE emperor. I say go for that!

[@carltonleboss]

Flipping the Empire Protestant sounds really cool.

[@Arget-B]

Your videos always make my day. Love you hawk

[@jimith9913]

FIRE 🔥🔥 You should do a holland to netherlands campaign. I am having so much fun in mine. I just took the decision to unite great britain. I am not playing incredibly optimally but its probably my best campaign ive ever done. Making almost 800 ducats in 1640. Almost 600 more than the ottomans. I am really enjoying the campaign!

[@shrimp-n-boots]

I think hussite Prussia would be sick

[@DSVlad]

I love opening with inno-offensive for BB games just for the policy that gives 10% siege ability and +1 siege pips

[@hanibal212]

As prussian space marines dismantle everything a remold it in the name of the Emperor. The Emperor demands it!

[@comic-csg7414]

Brandenburg into Prussia is probably my favorite nation to play in this game

[@wyndhamfreeman1489]

I feel like flipping HRE religion is much more rare than dismantling it, so it sounds like more fun.

[@andrewtrenkel]

The Grand campaigns return

[@Txm_Dxr_Bxss]

Big brain move: lose the league war as catholic emperor and flip after that.

[@michaeltomasicchio6895]

Don’t know what your plans are diplo points wise, but if you’ve got spare points lying around at some point, I love culture converting the Baltic region to the newish Balten culture the devs added for Riga and Livonia a few patches ago. Just a fun side goal I set for myself whenever I play Prussia to sort of rp the growing dominance of the Germans in the area as I conquer it. Will usually also turn the Polish and Silesian areas Prussian culture.

[@biggybrolunch3809]

"Brandenburg: a tough start" - Red Hawk, 2024

[@callanbrown8571]

Definitley flip it Protestant please

[@GyaruRespecter]

Every Bradenburg playthrough asks the same question: What if the Germans locked in on the "Empire" part of the Holy Roman Empire?

[@jamieward3574]

When playing in yhe HRE (except austria), I like to kick off with a show strength war really early. 300 mana is huge at the start of the campaign

[@fargonotic]

Hussite Denmark is so cursed, I kind of want a sidecampaign where Hawk jumps nations to just play them

[@Venatorjc]

I would love a second part

[@КостяЗозуля-е3я]

Prussia is easily a top tier formable

[@guillaumerossi8156]

hello my man, quite happy you do this campain, this is my favorite and most done one, but i was wondering why you wouldn't do all the missions (exept the hre ones)? lot of love bro

[@gnarlynarly1350]

would love a Sweden later down the road or Lithuania commonwealth or maybe even a Ethiopa or a georgia Playthrough

[@BreadyBoi.]

Btw hawk, if you take the manpower privilege for the nobles, it has the same effect as the ccr so it's better to take both

[@xXTheSwedishVikingXx]

Flip the HRE protestant and become the emperor again!

[@jumpkidman8113]

Do the RING OF FIRE challenge. start as a pacific northwest u.s tribe and conquer everything that touches the pacific.

[@noliverk]

Flipping to protestant Emperor would be cool.

[@timawaviking526]

Wtf.. a prussian playthrough when I just did that the last week with a mp game with my friends?! Granted it's Brandenburg and not Teutonic Order but it still funny this came out at the same time.

[@teddys5775]

A Christmas miracle

[@justinfenton9983]

Should do the Protestant HRE just because everyone goes the easier route and dissolves the HRE, which I get, but since this is for end of the year go the hard way.

[@edelsterknecht8859]

Vassalisation is actually not a good idea in the HRE anymore and expansion through conquest is more adviseable. Thats because of the "annexed HRE member" negative modifier, which is 25 for just one annexed member and that decereases for like only 1.0 a year. Annex two minors in he HRE and you get a negative modifier of 50 which is just too much compared to simple AE, which can even be counteracted by ideas. Thats why you want to go Espionage for AE reduction as first idea.

[@kaanrivis]

Going to royal marry with Burgundy while playing with Brandenburg is like cheating

[@ZudrakPaszcz]

Mmm Germany conquering Poland That's new, never heard of it before...

[@BigJayAll]

Next mega campaign could be Peasant Republic Russia, with USSR borders, and their sphere as Vassals/clients

[@bobgooty2594]

Merry Christmas!

[@DvdAvins]

Dismantling the HRE early is optional. Leaving the HRE Is mandatory. You don't need to be a duchy.

[@derrickgonzalez8295]

Gotta flip it dude

[@TheSuperhoden]

I did as wel 2 days ago. Poland went absolute berserk. Couldn't take teutonic lands. Sweden declared independence, and in the peace poland got parts of teutonic. Then they got both Bohemia and hungary in a PU. They have 200k troops in the year 1500. Gods sake.

[@czujaczuja6361]

nobles already have a privilege on manpower that prevents you from taking crown land so you should take the one on ccr

[@Solmyr77]

*wants to play super-militaristic Germany* *everyone tripping all over themselves to become friends and vassals*

[@fuggaak3464]

Fight the league war and flip the HRE protestant! Also show some of the highlight battles from the league war plz.

[@huso1947]

You should add conquering Britain as goal since the royal family has German roots a little bit role playing

[@asdffsasdffaa]

Diplo-vassalizing then integrating OPMs in the HRE is often not worth it, because the penalty for diplo annexing an OPM is a flat -30 to all HRE members, as opposed to AE which varies by geography and is often less than 30 for OPMs

[@thelionofnorth1053]

I think changing them to Protestant would be cooler everyone just dismantle the hre

[@cursedex3755]

I was hoping for a teutonic order into prussia into germany for historical accuracy but brandenburg works too

[@Tankshock55]

I'd say do a Protestant HRE for the boosts. Since it will help a lot if you don't get Admin ideas.

[@arseniiderkach4265]

Despite how slow game works during the war of protestant league I vote for the protestant HRE, because it's cool and I want to see how prussian space marines obliterate the whole armies in this war

[@ikariameriks]

Marthin Luther King ? 😂

[@marooned00]

Grand campaigns are the best!

[@ianboydstun6453]

At some point after this campaign could you play the Prussia path (not crusader) where it focuses on conquering the East? I haven’t seen anyone ever play it.

[@Tel0s]

Embrace the suffering, flip the HRE.

[@DanielReyes-ip4hb]

feliz navidad mis hermanos de eu4 🎄🫂

[@arseniiderkach4265]

in a while if you are still allied with Austria you'll become a kingdom at least, so a bit of gov capacity for free inside HRE for now

[@drakan4769]

go all in on the empire except for unifying it, form germany and revoke privleges with the french and italian minors as a vassal swarm

[@bagusamartya5325]

Protestant HRE lead by Prussia is some Hasburg Nightmare shit... do it

[@SpicyFiur]

Horse happend in my Prussia run. I was like doulbe over cap xD. Woulda done Hussite Prussia to form Prussia early but Bohemia always switches back to Catholic if the Ruler dies. So I never got the chance.

[@CorsairCombat13]

Could you do a run as Teutonic Horde to Mongol Empire? Could be fun

[@Quan10Mack]

I would say that it's better to fight to become Emperor after converting and turning the HRE into the Holy German Empire.

[@dandewaters3982]

I love that hat, king shit