Europa Universalis IV

This is off base here, but I can't stand people who play games like EU like they play Starcraft. Constantly clicking and opening/closing boxes and selecting units and then doing nothing, like they just drank five cups of coffee and have to be doing something. Aside from annoying, it looks totally inefficient. Sorry, just watched some of the only "et's plays" of EU4 on youtube. Anyways, I'll be up for some EU4 multiplayer in about 6 months

 

I'm pissed off. Bought CK2 on Gamersgate and EUIV on Steam (Because what's the point of buying it elsewhere if it has to go through Steam anyway?) and naturally I can't save convert. The free copy of CK2 on Steam doesn't have all the DLC, only the converter, and as a result I can't save convert. (Export button doesn't even work.)

Christ, this pisses me off.

 

Fucking hell. Is a save converter really worth $10?

 

No, but you are free to buy it, now or at a discount later.

 

Sure it works. Just start the steam version of CK2, load up your save, select a christian country to play, start and then select "export game" in the menu.
The "export game" button on the game over screen doesn't work, for some reason.

 

Well, at least I'm enjoying the normal game. Just subjugated the fuck out of the Teutons as Poland. It seems odd though, it looks like Poland and Lithuania aren't in a union.

 

I can't believe I didn't think of that. Good thing I preserved a few Christian kingdoms, they're almost extinct.

Thanks bro, I owe you one.

 

I never touch the major mods, usually just stick to stuff like CK2+ for example. The only overhaul mod that i have played and keep tabs on for Paradox games is the GoT CK2 conversion, otherwise, vanilla is always preferable.

 

They were at union in earlier state of the game, but users from Poland are very vocal minority on Paradox forum, and it happened that way, that at the moment of game start union between Poland and Lithuania wasn't yet decided matter. Which is not very suprising, since game start right after Varna Crusade, that failed because polish king died very stupidly, but heroic (I guess it's synonyms in that case), so Poland was in period of uncertainty.

CK+ also counted as major mod. But yes, it plays almost exactly like vanilla. And that is the reason, why i don't like it much. Although some features like creating titular titles are very nice.

 

Just checked for you bro, and EU4 does NOT require Steam to run. Really surprised me since it has Steam achievements, Steam Cloud save support, and Steam multiplayer, but it absolutely runs without Steam.

 

Well one of the selling points is greatly increased networking. Haven't tested it yet though.




Game looks good so far, if this holds up codex MP gaem is a must.

 

I played a bit with glorious Poland. I can already see a great potential here. Game is harder than vanilla eu3 and harder than most mods. AI seems improved too, plays way smarter. Expansion is harder and wars can be extremely punishing due to how manpower works. Religious conversion is extremely slow unless you specialize in it. Cultural conversion is too easy on the other hand. Can argue with some design decisions but overall its WAY better than eu3 at start and seems to be at least equal to eu3 with all expansions.

 

Playing my dumb baby game as England. So far I've won every battle (By the skin of my teeth due to a better general and sitting my ass on spots to force the French to take river crossings) but France is able to throw around so much shit I'm not sure I can handle it. I called Portugal in and they're helping a little, but not as much as I'd like.

Glorious.

 

Try allying with Burgundy, Aragon or Castille.

 

Playing as England, took the mission to "vassalize Scotland", in negotiations vassalization costs 110%, making it impossible...

 

Burgundy hates me (Event happened), Aragon doesn't give a fuck, and I've been buttering up Castille to be my new best friend.

At a point in my war which I would call a victory. France is willing to give up Armagnac, cancel all treaties with Scotland, and give me 116 ducats for peace. Now I'm not sure if I wanna take that and run so I can get to work on taking over Ireland and Scotland, or keep fighting since France's army is in bad shape. Mine kinda is too, but I only lost 3 or 4 regiments and France lost a hell of a lot more and has some rebuilding to do.
Just looked it up, I probably should keep raping France. France has like 5k standing troops, I've got 19k (10 regiments of which are still sitting in England because I don't trust Scotland and my rebel risk is kinda high) and France has 1,500 manpower left and I'm at 12,000. I actually hit them a lot harder than I thought. Only problem of course is I'll likely get massive overextension and shit if I take a lot of French territory. At least Armagnac is already a core for England.

 

I've only played Victoria 2 and I can't find my way around EU4. Can you increase/lower taxes or are they fixed? I can't find how to change them.
I also can't find how to release a nation. Is it possible?
I hate how nothing is explained in the tutorial.

So far diplomacy seems to more complex than in V2 but everything else is confusing o_O

 

Castille, Aragon and (later) Austria are the best allies for anyone fighting the french. Castille is what keeps France out of Iberia, in all my Portugal games, if I decide to say "fuck it" and take over Castille, France always get into Iberia, which is very very very bad.

I suggest you go ahead, they're pretty defenseless. Try to get territory you can reinforce, near friends for easy reinforcements.

Bear in mind France is HUGE, they're getting manpower from their vassals too if I remember right.
I think it is best to take some more stuff to weaken them and keep them a few more years out of your hair. The way you described it, they might get pounced on by Burgundy after you finish. Why not liberate a few nations from France and garantee them? Its a easy and cheap way to weaken their strength. Divide Et Impera. You diploannex them later when you're King of England and France.

Then its time to take care of Scotland, if you can quickly anihilate the French its better to vassalize Scotland soon, so you can concentrate all your power on France.

Are you going for WC? England was pretty good to WC in all EU games.

 

In EU3 french used to be fucking annoying with their huge unit limits and they tend to eat up vast majority of the europe, same in Victoria 2 afaik.

 

If you win a total victory you should be able to demand anything like other Paradox games.

 

Don't know what WC is. World conquest? I guess so, I just chose England since I figured they'd be a fairly easy starting point for getting the hang of EU4. Starting with a war with France was a bit rough but due to a decent general and some good rolls I pulled through.

Got my warscore up to 70+% with France and I think I'll just stop now. I'm getting MASSIVE war exhaustion (+2.8 a month which is an assload) because my people are telling me to stop fucking around and end the war, and all that war exhaustion is a pain in the ass. At this point I can take Armagnac from France, 114 ducats, have them drop their cores on all provinces I own, and drop their alliance with Scotland. Only problem is that likely won't hurt them much long-term. They'd only be losing a single territory, 114 ducats is no big deal, losing the cores on territories I own might (I guess?) give them less reason to attack me later, and no alliance with Scotland just means they won't get in my hair when I decide ITZ time for Scotland.

Hmph. What a pointless war for so many casualties.

Edit: What the fuck, Castille has me listed as a rival. Even though we have good relations they don't want an alliance because HURR YOU'RE MY RIVAL. GOD DAMN IT CASTILLE. PORTUGAL'S COOL, WHY CAN'T YOU BE COOL?

 

Oh yeah, this was my first event. Old news from where I am now but I figured I'd share some Crusader Universalis 24.

 

Think I've got a bug. Been sieging this province that rebels took for nearly a year, and somehow the fuckers have had 0 morale loss while my MASSIVELY BIGGER THAN THEM ARMY is falling to pieces. I've even got a general leading the army. The moral of the story is the mighty French? You can take Paris with no big deal. Some angry shitsmeared peasants who took a province while you were busy with France? SPESS MEHRINES FIGHTING FOR THE EMPRAH AND WON'T GIVE AN INCH OF GROUND.



Edit: Though I just realized I'm an idiot and not blockading. DURR I BET THAT WOULD HELP.

 

Blockade it.