Carnifex
SasqWatch
Back to focusing on Everquest two a bit, Hunters quest is now available plus Bloodlines and Splitpaw content. More stuff to do!
Yeah… it's brutal. They certainly don't ease you into it. Even the first level feels like it's a continuation of the end of the base game. I'll come back to this later. I've had enough of Doom for now.
I don't know if you've played as a Holy Roman Empire country, but the thing is, it doesn't matter how small your target is if attacking them brings in Austria. I've expanded quite a bit and have 100,000 troops.. but Austria has 300,000.
I didn't just start this game. Not counting my vassals, I'm about 5x as big as when I started in 1444.
Attacking outside the HRE doesn't help because I'm surrounded by the HRE with the exception of Poland. Poland is 3x my size and military strength. You can't get claims on countries you can't core. (You can get different kinds of cassus belli, like trade related ones, but you can't conquer territory with those). Forming Germany would require the absorption of at least 40 provinces that all currently belong to somebody in the HRE.
gobblegobbleimafrog
8 mo. ago
Expanding in the HRE is now dead. Can't do shit but wait around. Can't vassalize as the vassals have too much dev. Can't take over land because everyone in the HRE will hate you.
I have no idea why the primary goal of so many of these updates seem intent on making eu4 into nothing more than a waiting game.
I did but this was years ago.I don't know if you've played as a Holy Roman Empire country, but the thing is, it doesn't matter how small your target is if attacking them brings in Austria. I've expanded quite a bit and have 100,000 troops.. but Austria has 300,000.
In EU4 does the emperor automatically declare war if you don't hand back the territories?
Hmmm, like I said. It's been too long. Maybe I'll give it a go when I finish Elex again before starting Elex 2.No. If you aren't allies with the emperor (usually Austria) with a good relationship they'll call it "unlawful territory" and demand that you return it. If you've taken more than one province, they probably won't ask for all of it. If you refuse to return it, that province gets a bunch of maluses, like less tax, higher unrest, etc, and you get an opinion hit with everyone in the HRE.
"Also those trade and humiliation wars can be quite useful, as they may allow you to weaken enemies for future wars."
Humiliation wars are indeed helpful, not so much because they weaken their target, but because they increase your own power projection (and maybe prestige; I can't remember). But they are still defensive wars for your target and they still bring in the HRE to defend just like wars of conquest.
I'll give it a go today - but I don't have many hours to play - you said 1444 start, right ?EU4, as Brandenburg. It's becoming very difficult to get anything done. Either Austria/the HRE gets dragged into anything I attempt, or somebody like France does. To form Prussia, I need a few provinces that Poland currently has. They're massive and have no real enemies.
Of course I'm sure. I've played EU4 for 350 hours.@JFarrell71
Are you sure you're getting valid cassus belli before fighting ? I don't seem to have issues with Austria if I do... Or did you leave the HRE first ?
I never got very far into Mass Effect 1 back in the day, so I thought I'd give it a shot now with the legendary edition. And man, I'm at the start and already losing steam... I keep wanting to get to ME2 since I heard that’s better?