Europa Universalis III

[rldragon]

Try focusing one tech at the time. It helps.

[CobaltKnight]

That's what's worrying me I suppose. I have done so, but my land tech has now only reached 13 while everyone else seems to have hit 14 at least, with some of the bigger ones up at 14. And their other techs aren't that much further behind either.

[rldragon]

Which country are you playing as?

[CobaltKnight]

Teutonic Order. Recently reformed into Prussia.

[Nerdlinger]

Here's a map of my most recently completed campaign. As usual, I played from 1399. I was England again (later Great Britain, of course), and my main goal was to conquer as much of Europe as I could. My strategy was to eliminate the most dangerous states (France, Burgundy, Castille, Aragon, and Portugal) as early as possible. I wiped out Aragon and France early and was all set to take on Burgundy when they merged with Austria and a bunch of other nations into the Holy Roman Empire. This was the first time I'd seen the HRE form into an actual nation rather than just existing as a loose alliance of nations. This initially made me very nervous, but the HRE quickly fell apart, with most of the nations that comprised it reemerging. By 1821, it was just a shell of its former self, occupying only a dozen or so provinces in the area around Austria. So it turned out to be quite a boon for me, as I was able to gobble up several of the weak, disunited little nations that resurfaced on its western border.

Keeping my infamy manageable was a constant concern for me. Generally, rather than directly annexing minor nations via war, I took the diplomatic approach, vassalizing them and later berating them into peaceful annexation. In a couple cases, stubborn vassals had to be de-vassalized and incorporated the hard way, but for the most part it was a successful tactic. My biggest diplo-annexation was Naples, which at the time occupied the southern half of Italy, four provinces in Central America, Pennacook, Benguela, and Damaraland. I gave away the latter three because I didn't want them, but took the opportunity to expand a little into South America. In every major campaign I've played so far (England/GB twice before, Castille, Inca, Ming, and Ottomans), I've somehow managed to own the province of Cauca by campaign's end. At first it was just coincidence, but once I realized it, I've tried to make it a goal of mine every time.

My thriving economy (which at game's end was almost 5 times the next largest) allowed rapid technological advancement. I reached levels 69 or 70 in all categories, giving me at least a 20-level tech edge over my closest European rivals. I ultimately wound up with 26 universities, though I can't recall having built so many. It was only in the late 1700s and early 1800s that I got around to destroying Spain and Portugal. My last territorial acquisition was the Papal State in Rome, which I diplo-annexed in the waning months of 1820.

This campaign resulted in my largest European gains ever. (I might move up to the "Easy" difficulty level next time....) But frankly, keeping my infamy at bay -- even with a level 6 diplomat and the anti-infamy national idea -- was so formidable that I can't imagine how the experts are able to conquer the entire world, let alone all of Europe. And the higher difficulty settings at which they probably play make infamy significantly more unmanageable. Can anyone clue me in on how they do it?

[rtaker]

Originally Posted by TurkishCapybara

Either:

A: You did not push the GameSpeed Up.

B. You have to much stuff on your computer.

C. You have a really bad computer.

On my Computer, D&T works only slightly slower than DW, while MEIOU is a crawl.

A - I made sure it was on full.

B - That does not affect any other program.

C - 2.2 Ghz, 4GB RAM Laptop


The motions are really smooth though, it's not like, say, there being too many objects on the screen in Dead Space 2, or something, causing a frame rate drop.

[Yelnoc]

DJC, can you link me to the basemap you used for that post?

Oh, and I'm doing an AAR where I switch countries after every king dies. Please check it out! I just did three decades of Ethiopia and didn't do particularly well, but now I am looking for my next country. Please give me your suggestions (the world map is at the bottom of the last post).

[Nerdlinger]

Originally Posted by Yelnoc

DJC, can you link me to the basemap you used for that post?

Oh, and I'm doing an AAR where I switch countries after every king dies. Please check it out! I just did three decades of Ethiopia and didn't do particularly well, but now I am looking for my next country. Please give me your suggestions (the world map is at the bottom of the last post).

Here you go.

[Yelnoc]

Originally Posted by DJC

Here you go.

Thanks, man!

[imperialaquila]

Originally Posted by DJC

Here's a map of my most recently completed campaign. As usual, I played from 1399. I was England again (later Great Britain, of course), and my main goal was to conquer as much of Europe as I could. My strategy was to eliminate the most dangerous states (France, Burgundy, Castille, Aragon, and Portugal) as early as possible. I wiped out Aragon and France early and was all set to take on Burgundy when they merged with Austria and a bunch of other nations into the Holy Roman Empire. This was the first time I'd seen the HRE form into an actual nation rather than just existing as a loose alliance of nations. This initially made me very nervous, but the HRE quickly fell apart, with most of the nations that comprised it reemerging. By 1821, it was just a shell of its former self, occupying only a dozen or so provinces in the area around Austria. So it turned out to be quite a boon for me, as I was able to gobble up several of the weak, disunited little nations that resurfaced on its western border.

Keeping my infamy manageable was a constant concern for me. Generally, rather than directly annexing minor nations via war, I took the diplomatic approach, vassalizing them and later berating them into peaceful annexation. In a couple cases, stubborn vassals had to be de-vassalized and incorporated the hard way, but for the most part it was a successful tactic. My biggest diplo-annexation was Naples, which at the time occupied the southern half of Italy, four provinces in Central America, Pennacook, Benguela, and Damaraland. I gave away the latter three because I didn't want them, but took the opportunity to expand a little into South America. In every major campaign I've played so far (England/GB twice before, Castille, Inca, Ming, and Ottomans), I've somehow managed to own the province of Cauca by campaign's end. At first it was just coincidence, but once I realized it, I've tried to make it a goal of mine every time.

My thriving economy (which at game's end was almost 5 times the next largest) allowed rapid technological advancement. I reached levels 69 or 70 in all categories, giving me at least a 20-level tech edge over my closest European rivals. I ultimately wound up with 26 universities, though I can't recall having built so many. It was only in the late 1700s and early 1800s that I got around to destroying Spain and Portugal. My last territorial acquisition was the Papal State in Rome, which I diplo-annexed in the waning months of 1820.

This campaign resulted in my largest European gains ever. (I might move up to the "Easy" difficulty level next time....) But frankly, keeping my infamy at bay -- even with a level 6 diplomat and the anti-infamy national idea -- was so formidable that I can't imagine how the experts are able to conquer the entire world, let alone all of Europe. And the higher difficulty settings at which they probably play make infamy significantly more unmanageable. Can anyone clue me in on how they do it?

They basically just ignore infamy and use sheer military strength to keep attackers at bay.

[Nerdlinger]

Originally Posted by imperialaquila

They basically just ignore infamy and use sheer military strength to keep attackers at bay.

I've gone past my infamy limit and it's not foreign invaders that are the biggest problem -- it's the constant, widespread revolts in my own territory. They have to be devoting about as much military power to keeping peace at home as to foreign conquests. I just don't see how that's sustainable.

[rldragon]

@Cobalt knight: Then I have no idea.

[deathgod]

Returned to D&T now (computer couldn't quite handle MEIOU). Playing a game as Shimazu. HAIL KYUSHU.

[TurkishCapybara]

Originally Posted by deathgod

Returned to D&T now (computer couldn't quite handle MEIOU). Playing a game as Shimazu. HAIL KYUSHU.

I played as Xia in D&T, tried to conquer Japan, but only had Kyushu by 1500.

But that doesn`t include my vast territory ranging from Yunnan to Siberia, Xinjiang to the Yucatan.

[CobaltKnight]

Some things by this point:
-I feel like I've finally put Bohemia down, but I'm not holding my breath
-France? What is a France? Burgundy is top dog out there.
-Britain is no longer great because of a totally collapse internally due to a war in which it was against pretty much the entire Mediterranean... and Brittany
-The Mamluks were totally occupied by various forces for over 20 years. Problem was, they weren't all allied. It ended pretty much with a White peace.
-My favorite thing is the expansive Sicilian Empire in the Med/MidEast



My soon to be thriving American Empire. While the fools scramble for Africa, I am soon to dominate a continent. Except Britain and Denmark aren't suppose to be there.


Now, the world. I've adopted a fairly isolationist policy so I can work on my colonies. And my tech is no longer quite as dismal as I was worried about. This, ironically, creates a problem, as I have too many provinces to build buildings.And that British colony in Greenland? Last I checked it had 10 colonists.

[catboy637]

If anybody remembers, a while back, I posted a map of a soon to be converted Croatia game from Crusader Kings. Now, I'm a little closer to 1399, so I figure I'd share my map.

[Cataphract]

Just thought I'd post one more time, we are still accepting new players in our EU3 match! the time is 7pm Tuesdays and Sundays, the only rule is to pick a non-major power. ie, no bohemia, austria, england, france, etc. you need hamachi and ventrilo, and direct any more questions to reddit.com/r/reu3.

[deathgod]

My current Divine Wind / Death&Taxes game. I started as Shimazu, which is a two-province minor on the southern tip of Kyushu in 1399. Around 1425, I united Japan. Steamrolling people is fun -- in the end, it was only the Unification decision and the cores that came with it that safed me from dying due to overstretching and badboy. I quickly went on to take Korea, then parts of the Qing and Ming Okinawa, Macau and Hainan (rather simply by defeating the Ming navy and blocking the straits), waiting for their War Exhaustion to climb higher and higher ... some Japanese-funded revolts broke loose in Chinese-conquered Indochina and were extremely successful. Gotta love those ninjas. With Indochina, Tibet and accidental PU lesser Orissa/Bengal in my pockets, I went on to expand in Northern China, weakening the Ming further in the process. I have a navy as big as the next smaller ten navies combined and am lagging behing in tech only slightly.
In Europe, Castile formed Iberia and began colonising. Obligatory Castilian Ireland, of course. Burgundy is fighting to keep its realms connected, Hungary is hilarious, the Italian Wars began rather early between France, England and the Papal States and Germany is a mess. That yellow thing in mid-Germany? Frankfurt.
The year is 1462.



Empire of the Rising Sun only:

[Volksgrenadier2006]

Here is a map of a game I had been playing on for a long time.
Its the year 1709 and I have never finished it.
Its a colonial ming empire.
I think its kind of shitty that you can't colonise alaska from Kamchatka and Island hopping doesn't get you across the pacific before the Europeans either. Does anyone have a solution for this? I also tried a game with Japan, uniting it with Fuyiwara as fast as possible, but its no good either.
I think the best way to do it is to rage a blitzkrieg on the incas/ astecs/ mayas as soon as possible and grab some territory, but with the long supply line and the open ocean it can only be a one way trip for the ships.

[deathgod]

Originally Posted by Volksgrenadier2006

Here is a map of a game I had been playing on for a long time.
Its the year 1709 and I have never finished it.
Its a colonial ming empire.
I think its kind of shitty that you can't colonise alaska from Kamchatka and Island hopping doesn't get you across the pacific before the Europeans either. Does anyone have a solution for this? I also tried a game with Japan, uniting it with Fuyiwara as fast as possible, but its no good either.
I think the best way to do it is to rage a blitzkrieg on the incas/ astecs/ mayas as soon as possible and grab some territory, but with the long supply line and the open ocean it can only be a one way trip for the ships.

From around 1600 you should be able to send colonists to the Aleuts from Kamchatka.