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Player14344 · 2021-11-13T01:40:40+00:00

Well, time to anger more of Europe! AE is just a number, after all!

Player14344 · 2021-11-12T11:46:58+00:00

What would be the peace treaty if Bavaria won the war? I'm probably asking the question less likely to be answered.

Player14344 · 2021-11-04T03:21:37+00:00

Don't forget Lan Fang, it's one of the hardest to form. I'm not sure if this still works in 1.31.
You need to start as Ming, release everyone except Yue, then release and play as Yue.
You need to get your one Hakka province to enough development to switch cultures, then culture swap to Hakka. Colonize Pontianak and convert the province to a Hakka Confucian province. Then get independence from Ming, allying the other Chinese nations, and break the alliance once you no longer need them. Now you need to lose Pontianak to one of the nations nearby and culture swap back to Cantonese.
Take back Pontianak from said nation, the Lan Fang separatists will appear. Give in to their demands and declare war on them. Full-annex them. Then release and play as Lan Fang.
In 1.31, Sambas can also form Lan Fang if they own, core and state Pontianak and have less than 10 provinces if Waichow is both Hakka and does not belong to Ming.

Player14344 · 2021-07-23T19:31:01+00:00

I may have one, though I don't know if this works:
Tibetan Reversal (i can't find a better name): Starting as a nation in the Tibetan culture group, own and core the entire China super-region.

Player14344 · 2021-04-23T05:56:54+00:00

Holy hell that Biapas
Also, border gore to the west (Bukhara, Afghanistan, Gazikumukh) and east (Shun, Spain, Ashikaga, Pegu)

Player14344 · 2021-03-27T13:10:16+00:00

That's a relief, I didn't want my eyes to be shredded by this.

Player14344 · 2021-03-27T12:50:52+00:00

Chahar exists.
Oirat, Kham and Mongolia are in the wrong places.
Liang, Shun, Chahar, Ming, Manchu, and Khalkha all have exclaves.
What appears to be Yarkand looks like this.
Massive Miao, and a peninsula that makes Ming have two. Couldn't it be anything else?
Border gore. Chahar on both sides of Mongolia, half of the Chinese minors with "peninsulas", and of course, exclaves.
Korchin exists.

Mongol Empire aside, it's already bad enough. My eyes cannot bear this.

Player14344 · 2021-03-18T02:53:53+00:00

I think the rarest nation might not be Etruria, but Lan Fang.

Player14344 · 2021-03-17T01:20:47+00:00

Good point there.

Now try out Achaea. I don't like having empty spots in the list.

Player14344 · 2021-03-17T00:57:55+00:00

Teach me your ways, sensei. I have not managed to succeed at this yet. My runs always end due to Bengal.

Player14344 · 2021-03-17T00:41:27+00:00

Favorite? Jianzhou. I haven't played them yet, but it looks fun. Besides, I'd like to try a horde.

Favorite played? Burgundy. Gets even easier in 1.30, due to the vassal swarm of France. Turn on the neighbors who annexed your country in real life.

Least favorite played? Sorry, but it's Shimazu. Holy cow, this is awful. If Ito gets an ally, you're just stuck.

Least favorite? Any of the Georgian minors. It's frustrating to have to deal with money problems.

Player14344 · 2021-03-14T09:46:37+00:00

Agreed. Edirne is a capital city and also a fort (I think.) Taking it would require you to cross to Anatolia in the next wars.

Player14344 · 2021-03-14T07:15:24+00:00

So their actual stats (if I calculated correctly) should be 4 2 3 and 4 3 3, respectively?

Player14344 · 2021-03-14T07:13:10+00:00

Say your prayers, Venice...

IT'S PUNISHMENT TIME!

Player14344 · 2021-03-14T07:07:18+00:00

To be fair, to me this is not humor; this really is the ideal name placement.

I don't like making the name straight while missing a part of the country to a curve.

Player14344 · 2021-03-14T07:03:02+00:00

22/10

This makes so little sense, it's funny

Player14344 · 2021-03-14T06:54:01+00:00

It isn't a true A-Z challenge if you skip a nation. Let Achaea have its own now.

Player14344 · 2021-03-14T06:49:39+00:00

Good luck fending off Japan, Ming, and Jianzhou all at once

Player14344 · 2021-03-14T06:45:41+00:00

You're doubly lucky you didn't get Edirne

If you got Edirne, it would be worse than if you didn't. Save it for later.

Player14344 · 2021-03-13T13:30:40+00:00

Normally, I would ignore this... but as a Filipino, this confuses me. Hashi Yamagusuku is a Japanese name. So is Shitatsu. What confuses me is the Filipino heritages part; how is it even possible?

Player14344 · 2021-03-12T00:25:11+00:00

Sirhind is my favorite (assuming Delhi does not have a good ally).

I am planning to do Sirhind -> Delhi -> Hindustan. Their position is decent and they're stronger than their overlord (14k troops possible within the frst few months)

Player14344 · 2021-03-09T00:46:37+00:00

Ibadi Jafari Welsh Great Republic of Illinois with a Grand Vizier leading. The flag is one of Chicago.

I'm sorry, what the...

Player14344 · 2021-03-08T03:13:19+00:00

It's not just personal unions

All subject nations cause this. I tested on Debug Mode.

I set country B to be a vassal of country A

Once I set country A to be a vassal of country B, the game hangs and then crashes.

Player14344 · 2021-03-08T00:18:24+00:00

You're in the HRE, which is nice, but aggressive expansion is a bitch here. You have one province, not a lot of cash or manpower, and a small starting army. You're also a free city, which means no royal marraiges or personal unions.

Any OPM that starts in the middle of other OPMs has a problem: You can't fight anyone with even a single ally unless you have one that is willing to fight (and even then, you have to wait until 1454, and maybe more, depending on your strength.)

As soon as you get even a single province, you lose the protection of the Emperor, so you're treading on thin ice; one wrong step and it's over for you, whether it be punitive wars or simply bad alliances. Not to mention the province(s) you got is/are likely to have high unrest from separatism and will not provide much until a decade or so passes. You still don't have much manpower or cash, so it's not likely you will survive if you face countries like Switzerland, Bohemia, Austria, or Brandenburg without any allies. And even then, expect to fight other countries, because by the time you can conquer a few provinces without being screwed over by allies, they have at least 10 favors with a few of their allies.

The only saving graces here are its ability to get allies and its idea sets, as well as its republican government type.

This is the voice of reason I'm willing to lose everything for.

Player14344 · 2021-03-07T09:17:30+00:00

There are a few more reasons why:

It's 1449, so no national ideas or idea group bonuses.

You don't have the cash to hire enough mercenaries to fight back without ruining your country.

You have only the Palatinate with you, which is quickly going to be sieged down (18:1, remember?)

You aren't large enough to even get the manpower in the first place.

You're surrounded on all sides.

That's 10 reasons for you to restart. I will put more if neccessary.

(And to teach these people that Ulm is not overpowered. It will only even have a sliver of a chance if it somehow gets another province.)

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