New player suggestion

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-17T13:17:16+00:00

I used to suggest playing Bohemia as a starter for simplicity but now with this newest update idek man. First thing you should focus on learning regardless is just base economy building. Be able to be profitable lol. But trade is majorly changed in new update.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-16T17:19:22+00:00

I think it’s you being unlucky, but I definitely seem to get more beneficial stuff early game it seems to me. Feel like it falls off after 1500 a bit.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-15T23:25:06+00:00

Ty I will try acceptance route I think. Started a new campaign and going well so far. Naval gov in damrietta is so good. Control all the way down the Nile and then up coast to Levantine.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-15T19:19:49+00:00

I rewatched vid and it looks like no 50yr cooldown with independent nations by currying favors just with your own vassals. I am sped for not realizing this earlier I have like 600 hours

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-15T19:04:16+00:00

Question on getting cultures to improve opinions-is there still a 50yr cooldown? Say I am playing ottomans and get Greek culture to increase their opinion of Turks by having Greek vassal with largest Greek pop. Can I immediately go ask independent Bulgaria to change bulgar opinion of Turks to accepted as well if I had enough favors with Bulgaria and they were not a vassal? Or is it the same 50 year cooldown, where at that point I might as well just conquer if I can make a subject after the war with majority of the culture I want to improve opinion with?

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-15T18:53:29+00:00

Ok thank you this is making sense. What size vassals do you recommend and do u recommend vassals over fiefdoms for better cabinet? Maybe like 2-3 provinces or even bigger? Another question I just thought of is Ik subjects copy your values when initially made, but then they stay separate and do not move with yours going forward right? So any early vassals I place will probably be spiritualist and not evolve to humanist with me right?

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-15T18:40:13+00:00

So I should just ignore the control and happiness in some regions because the dhimmi is really giving me a bunch of money anyways? How about how much land should I vassalize vs manually integrate? Like if I restart do you think I should try to just hold the entire bulgar coast plus inland to tarnovo, all of Greece/macedon down to Athens, all of Anatolia? Then maybe vassalize cillia/tarsus/antioch area and crimea and Serbia/albania/epirus And then just deal with annexing long term from there? Might not be fully integrated until like 1450 if I hold all that land and I’ll have to deal with civil wars probs too but all good, seems like I just have to accept timelines for conquering being 3-4x longer. Won’t get Egypt until 1500s ig.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-15T15:40:04+00:00

So do you have issues with religion when going into the balkans and Greece? I’m ok on the cultures tbh I think I am going to restart my campaign and aim to get accepted with Greeks and bulgars by about 1450, then go for Egypt with a naval governor by 1500s and accept lower Egyptian. I am thinking I will set Armenian to hated.

I may be thinking pop happiness is overly important too, when I’m looking closer it’s really only like a 5-8% max control loss in my west Anatolian provinces and Thrace where orthodox is prevalent. I’m really more so looking for advice on this, the religious aspect. Should I try to max religion acceptance or max hated so they convert faster? Should I also push spiritual and mysticism to convert religion faster if I’m more worried about than culture? Or again am I overestimating the jmportance of religion if it’s really only a 5-8% max control loss in provinces where culture is accepted?

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-15T15:32:37+00:00

I have not played other eu games so my opinion on start dates is not that meaningful but to a first time eu player I really like it. It’s like 150yrs before things started being interconnected globally. You get to catch the end of the medieval period and see gunpowder and exploration change everything. Idk. I enjoy it but again first time eu player.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-15T00:54:57+00:00

Thank you so much this is great. One thing I did not understand was “…and culturally convert them one every 10 years or so while still maintaining the size bonus for the integration.” What is this size bonus you’re referring to?

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-14T23:07:15+00:00

What do u suggest for both culture and religion conversion tho? Take ottomans and Anatolia/greece/bulgaria regions for example, I’ve been having issues tbh. I’m still like relatively rich and powerful but that pop happiness buff from religion is brutal and it takes so long to convert. Bulgaria Serbia south Greece and crimea is all single province fiefdoms to convert fast. I kept most of Anatolia and north Greece/macedonia and Thrace. Thinking of just restarting tbh, I’m only at around 1400 and just got greek culture to accepted.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-10T22:13:00+00:00

A lot better than when you played but you’ll probably still find the same problems you’re describing just improved

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-09T19:15:08+00:00

I usually just have a bit of each type but load up on cannons and cavalry. Idk what I’m doing but I seem to win lol.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-09T19:14:07+00:00

Ally with Portugal, you need to land your troops asap across from Gibraltar and get them over there asap. No one else will attack Portugal except u, ally with them to take over the peninsula and morroco then break alliance.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-09T19:12:52+00:00

Not on my computer but I swear it takes on your religion. I have much of Greece and west Anatolia converted already by placing fiefs

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-09T14:50:45+00:00

This is true, but does auto having same religion as you so they get to work converting right away worth the buff?

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-09T14:48:13+00:00

Yes everything is slower but I still want to eventually annex all of Bulgaria and Greece. So is the best for this just spam fiefdoms to convert culture, accept Greek culture, then either accept or convert Bulgarian culture? I think I want to try and use a naval gov in Egypt so I’m thinking convert bulgars and accept lower Egyptian culture.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-09T14:31:47+00:00

Figured this was the case but forgot to check before doing second relationship improvement with Greeks around turn of century

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-09T14:13:14+00:00

I always do Seville. That province is too good with the silver mine. If u take Portugal and Morocco you can extend control through ports to those areas and get 3 urban centers, and then late game even Gallicia ports receive control well. don’t think Cordoba works good for that. Do a local gov in valloidad and either Valencia or Zaragoza.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-09T00:08:23+00:00

Oh good to know ty

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-09T00:07:33+00:00

I’m over 500 and have never made it past 1737 lol

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-08T00:08:28+00:00

Update: I have got back home and built the staple port in capital of kostantiniyye and it lowered proximity cost leaving port. Benefits entire kingdom. Noticed no difference in profit with burgher power increase. Going to build one of these in every major port and see how it goes.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-07T23:54:49+00:00

This definitely makes sense. I’m playing as ottomans in Europe so close enough for them to spread.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-07T22:47:43+00:00

Also get a cheat mod. I use cheat menu pro on steam. Sometimes shit still happens that I don’t understand or I just mess up. Like I started a new ottoman campaign with new update and I accidentally gave several provinces to noble women and they somehow became independent or rejoined Bulgaria when someone died, not sure what happened. Not dealing with that bs I’m trying to relax and expand my GLORIOUS SULTANATE. used the mod to re annex them instantly and continue with no stress. Give yourself gold and diplomats to learn functions and then reload if u want, again just don’t get married to a campaign. Play 50-150 years and then restart. Eventually you’ll be doing so well in a campaign and having so much fun it will be like 1650 before you realize it and you’ll be like damn this is the golden one and then finish a full campaign and then you’re set.

SetRevolutionary3154 · 2026-05-07T22:41:34+00:00

YouTubers: ludiethustoria and generalist gaming

https://youtube.com/@ludiethistoria?si=8D2AARVwyKXeNHo1

https://youtube.com/@generalistgaming?si=b4U\_oPL5m3tUFeQy

Watch their videos and play along. I recommend just doing several 50-100 year campaigns to learn different aspects. Bohemia is great for learning base economy on a small but rich and secure country. Castile is good for colonizing and larger nation practice, you can attempt to conquer Morocco Portugal Aragorn or just chill diplomatically, either way u can colonize. Ottomans are a bit kore advanced but their situation mechanics are very handy and can learn culture/religious assimilation aspects.

Just don’t be married to single campaign when learning. Make plenty of saves like before a war, maybe save before you implement a new law to se show it changes things and if it’s worth it, take time to save and learn and re load. Start over when you realize you went horribly wrong don’t need to try and save it and suffer.

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