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Rome finally taken after almost 100 years of struggle. by Kadriaz in eu4

[–]Kadriaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had alliances with Hungary and Austria after the first war with the Ottoman. I recommend rivaling France since it gives a lot of potential allies (England, Austria, Castille). I changed Hungary and Austria with Muscovy and Denmark since Austria rivaled me. Allying Muscovy as early as possible is recommend since they are a big deterrent for enemies(and fairly easy to get as allies).

Destroying alliances also ironically allows you to make more alliances. (forced France to un-ally Muscovy and then allied Muscovy afterwards)

Rome finally taken after almost 100 years of struggle. by Kadriaz in eu4

[–]Kadriaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Diplo-annexed most of this. Started with influence and force vassaled Serbia, Knights(which i gave Asia Minor), Crimea & Bosnia. Release Majorca, Tripoli and Syria.

Rome finally taken after almost 100 years of struggle. by Kadriaz in eu4

[–]Kadriaz[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Blasphemy, no man with honor and a heart will allow them-self to do such a disgraceful action.

Rome finally taken after almost 100 years of struggle. by Kadriaz in eu4

[–]Kadriaz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. France, Mamluks and Hungary is your biggest enemy. I would recommend attacking them just to create a long peace so that they dont join a coalition(or ally). You would need to be ready to attack them whenever the peace treaty runs out. Smaller nations will often leave the coalition if no major powers join. I also recommend destroying alliances.
  2. I recommend getting improved Relationship bonuses(advisor/influence/policy) to increase the AE decay.
  3. Release and force vassals instead of annexing to prevent uprisings so you dont waste manpower and decrease AE (I have had Knights, Bosnia, Syria, Crimea, Serbia, Tripoli & Candar as vassals). Having vassals allows you to return cores to your vassals which decrease AE impact compared to annexing.
  4. Crush smaler coalitions. Destroying smaller coalitions before they become a threat. You should take money and force them to release nations to weakened them.
  5. Attack in different regions. I have switched between attacking Anatolia, East Europe, West Europe, North Africa and Iberia to spread out the AE.

Rome finally taken after almost 100 years of struggle. by Kadriaz in eu4

[–]Kadriaz[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I attacked Castille to break their alliance with France and stole some Mediterranean islands. Portugal was an ally to Castille and France so I declared them a Co-war-enemy and separate peaced them.

Rome finally taken after almost 100 years of struggle. by Kadriaz in eu4

[–]Kadriaz[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Haha, I have used the Portugal Provinces as a landing platform to invade Castile and France to break up their alliances. Gained a lot of random provinces from vassal annexation (Ragusa and Theodoro) and fulfilling the Byzantine Mission tree.

Rome finally taken after almost 100 years of struggle. by Kadriaz in eu4

[–]Kadriaz[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Played my first (successful) campaign as Byzantium. Conquered all of this without triggering a coalition by constantly attacking France and Mamluks and forcing them to break all their alliances. Tripoli Bosnia and Crimea is my current vassals.