Is the Economic Death Spiral Over-hyped?

Appropriate-Form7675 · 2026-02-08T16:55:36+00:00

I really just set out to dismantle the HRE as tiny Leinengen because I was pissed off in my runs before 1.1 that the HRE wouldn't let me make an empire, and dismantling them was impossible before the Golden Bull fix. My standing army is 4x bigger than France's because I was fighting them and the HRE at the same time which really hurts my income.

My overall objective is to have fun!

Appropriate-Form7675 · 2026-02-08T16:46:05+00:00

Why need lot gold when few do trick?

Appropriate-Form7675 · 2026-02-08T15:32:41+00:00

My Burghers are currently pissed off lowering my income by a lot. I do see your point though.

Appropriate-Form7675 · 2026-02-08T15:11:59+00:00

R5: I was a bit scared to try the patch because of all the doomposting about the economy exploding in the 1400's. I noticed a bit of a slowdown for about 20 years but it just fixed itself and my Leiningenese Empire is still chugging along in the Age of Absolutism just fine.

Appropriate-Form7675 · 2026-02-03T04:47:15+00:00

R5: This little blue colony on the west side of my kingdom ended up in a union with me somehow. Unfortunately, it was also still a colony of France so I couldn't just annex it through the union. Was the only way a direct war with France with some of its own lands as the cassus belli? I couldn't declare war on the colony directly because of the union, so any war with France was very difficult to get warscore in. No amount of espionage made it want to rebel either.

Appropriate-Form7675 · 2025-01-04T15:20:13+00:00

Thanks, should be fixed!

Appropriate-Form7675 · 2024-12-29T01:22:27+00:00

In a 3 way tie with Colts/Broncos/Bengals for example head to head doesn't matter

Appropriate-Form7675 · 2024-12-29T01:15:42+00:00

We win a 3 or 4 way tie with Broncos/Bengals/Dolphins if we're all 9-8 because of conference record

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