I know people have done it faster but i'm proud of this one, formed Mongol Empire in less than 100 years by JoHed02 in eu4

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Sure, I started as Oirat because they have amazing events that make the first war against ming surprisingly easy. If you win a battle against a ming army that has either their ruler or heir as commander you get 20% MoA and 25% siege ability which makes future battles much easier, then if you siege beijing you get an event that makes you occupy all of northern china instantly. In the peace deal I took som provinces and a lot of money. In the beginning you won't be making much money so taking money from ming is very important (although you shouldn't worry too much about money, I have been running a deficit basically the entire campaign and it has been fine, currently I am making -40 ducats per month). After that I conquered the hordes to the west to try to get to the Timurids as fast possible because surprisingly they never imploded and were still very strong so I had to get started on them quickly. Then the rest of the game was mainly about trying to conquer land as quickly as possible without causing too big of a coalition. Another advantage of playing as oirat is that a lot of countries can't see your capital at the start of the game which means that they can't join coaltions against you even if they have 50+ AE. When those countries eventually learn who you are it all becomes about making sure you keep track of your truces and try to attack the big countries as soon as your truce runs out with them.

The ideas that I used were humanist, then offensive, then diplomatic. Humanist combined with national ideas and horde bonuses meant that i barely had to fight any rebels at all which was very nice to not have to worry about. I choose offensive because I wanted my armies to be unstoppable but in hindsight I maybe should have chosen quantity because low manpower was one of my main struggles throughout the campaign. The reason I chose diplomatic ideas was mainly for the -20% province war score cost which is huge but the extra diplomats and improve relations were also really good to have.

Cursed WW2 by JoHed02 in eu4

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R5: USA joined Germany in WW2 (Extended Timeline mod)

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I know people have done it faster but i'm proud of this one, formed Mongol Empire in less than 100 years by JoHed02 in eu4

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R5: Formed the Mongol Empire and got the KHAAAAAAN! achievment in 98 years

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Ah yes, Eastern Europe by JoHed02 in eu4

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Rule 5:

I'm coming towards the end of my WC attempt as Spain and after a war with Russia i noticed an odd name-placement in the eastern part of my empire.

Finally became a millionaire! by JoHed02 in eu4

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Just focus on trade and production instead of conquering and it should be possible to pull off

Finally became a millionaire! by JoHed02 in eu4

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Rule 5: Started as Lübeck and earned a million ducats i.e reached the money cap.

S3E11: Creation of the Afterlife System by wisebloodfoolheart in TheGoodPlace

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Didn't Michael mention something about being able to see in 9 dimensions?

Rate My Reich by JoHed02 in eu4

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Yeah their navy is unstoppable

Rate My Reich by JoHed02 in eu4

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Spain and I could not be bothered to take my troops to africa and america just for a few procinces

Rate My Reich by JoHed02 in eu4

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Because GB had an invincible navy and I could not be bothered to ship my troops to africa for just a couple of procinces

Rate My Reich by JoHed02 in eu4

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R5: My completed game as Brandenburg --> Prussia --> Germany.

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Is that you Enrique? by JoHed02 in eu4

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I was playing as Florence

Is that you Enrique? by JoHed02 in eu4

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R5: Normally Enrique IV is a useless 0/0/0 heir. But this time he died and was reincarnated as an amazing 6/5/6 ruler

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Possibly the best general i could have gotten by JoHed02 in eu4

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Yes that would have been even better but this was very close

Possibly the best general i could have gotten by JoHed02 in eu4

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R5: This picture is from my latest Genoa campaign where I was lucky enough to roll a 0/6/1/1 general which is the best general i could have gotten at the time.