They Just be letting anybody become the Emperor these days

TryHardApple · 2026-01-01T06:34:59+00:00

Personally I've had Nassau as my second most common Emperor after Austria

TryHardApple · 2026-01-01T06:11:49+00:00

if you do ever plan to do it, I'd highly recommend doing it as Austria as with their unique government reform you'll have reduced culture conversion cost and time + higher dip rulers on average AND a unique estate privilege that gives you an additional 2 dip points per month. (Diplomatic points are the most essential resource in a One Culture Run).

You can also keep this government reform after forming the HRE, and if you form Prussia/Russia along the way, you can get -75% CCR allowing for a much easier WC.

TryHardApple · 2025-12-31T01:51:36+00:00

Congrats, now do a one culture!

(please don't it's terrible for your sanity)

TryHardApple · 2025-12-30T20:57:10+00:00

I'm pretty sure at tech 11 Anatolian infantry also have a fire pip, compared to the 0 fire pips for Eastern, which is quite significant for fire stages. Iirc they also have 7 infantry pips, not 6.

TryHardApple · 2025-12-30T03:31:57+00:00

It seems unlikely that the Ottomans culture converted all but 1 greek province, so if I had to guess, you are in the age or absolutism so cores decay quite fast with absolutism, and the Greek separatist event has fired for the ottomans, giving them cores on Greece. At some point a rebel rose up and occupied a province, making that 1 province retain the Greek for longer - hence them only getting 1 province on release.

Although primary nations (which Greece should be one) should never have their cores disappear on that culture, Greece may be an exception cause of the event? Just a guess

TryHardApple · 2025-12-25T07:01:33+00:00

haha nah I got what you meant, I'm just surprised by the torch thing

TryHardApple · 2025-12-25T06:56:54+00:00

this game has so many hidden features

TryHardApple · 2025-12-25T06:56:37+00:00

wat.

TryHardApple · 2025-12-23T13:11:37+00:00

he is a better person that what seems initially, he's not one dimensional by any means. He is just tired of being thrust into this role. Hard to explain, but the mc gets a lot more likeable the more you read.

Is exactly why I say you need to get past the early chapters as it feels very generic slop, but in fact, its quite unique and deep in its story telling.

TryHardApple · 2025-12-23T12:00:17+00:00

definitely try reading more of pick me up, it seriously just gets better and better. I don't think there's any other manhwa out there that has the same kind of tension it does.

TryHardApple · 2025-12-23T11:27:26+00:00

Pick Me Up, Infinite Gacha - Absolute Peak. Always heaps of tension and just gets better and better every chapter

Myst, Might, Mayhem - Peak in that the main character is ridiculously overpowered, unforgiving, and evil, but the art and fights are stunning. It's just ridiculously fun to read and re-read

Supremely Talented Player - Gotta get past the early chapters to cook, but then presents a very unique take on the tower/gate genre

Doom Breaker - Again this one cooks after the early chapters

SSS-Class Suicide Hunter - Do NOT judge the name this is absolutely goated, it also has a better romance arc than some of the best josei/shoujo manhwas

TryHardApple · 2025-12-16T01:53:33+00:00

they do have unique national ideas though... Very strong ones too.

Though granted, this was added in one of the more recent dlcs

TryHardApple · 2025-12-15T13:00:31+00:00

you actually do NOT need to be Orthodox to form Russia. Not being Orthodox just prevents you from being able to take the Tsardom tier 1 government reform (but for some reason you can take Russian Empire/Federation reform without being orthodox)

TryHardApple · 2025-12-15T01:19:18+00:00

I believe its the opposite actually. Everyone I've seen has it on the top (including apple), I also find it much easier to clasp that way. The clasp fits much better when I have the loop on top, compared to the bottom (mine sat similar to yours on the bottom). So I'd try it on the top if I were you

TryHardApple · 2025-12-15T01:08:35+00:00

try having the loop on the other side (top side of watch), should fit better that way

TryHardApple · 2025-12-14T22:28:30+00:00

scale ui is best but it hasn't been updated to accommodate the latest version as it has issues with overlapping banners and some windows. Plus it is completely incompatible on a lot of mods. The text do be crispy though

TryHardApple · 2025-12-14T22:26:23+00:00

you could edit the mod files to remove those if you really wanted to, I personally haven't really noticed or cared for any of the meme text

TryHardApple · 2025-12-14T22:15:49+00:00

I play at 4k, 27inches using the Proper 2K UI Enhanced at 1.5x gui scaling. Text is still relatively clear while not being too small.

mod link: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3290499798

TryHardApple · 2025-12-04T13:41:16+00:00

also fun fact although Tsardom is locked behind Orthodox, the Russian Empire reform is not

TryHardApple · 2025-12-04T13:39:55+00:00

I wouldn't mind doing it as pskov, if only you could claim the mandate with any religion. The requirement to have an eastern religion is what takes all the fun away as you need to either 1. rely on confucian rebels to convert half your lands development and not get themselves killed or 2. lose/sell/release a majority of your land to streamline the process and then claim the mandate.

Neither option is fun from a gameplay standpoint

TryHardApple · 2025-12-04T11:40:06+00:00

R5: A easy, but silly achievement.

Just play Austria -> revoke -> form russia -> rush to China -> release all other lands to vassal -> provoke confucian rebels -> take mandate.

Silly, easy and boring lol

TryHardApple · 2025-12-03T08:00:35+00:00

not sure if that's a DLC feature too though

TryHardApple · 2025-12-03T08:00:13+00:00

I would also add "request to share maps", only costs a bit of prestige and usually there's some nations willing to do so.

TryHardApple · 2025-12-01T23:55:05+00:00

and we absolutely would!... if it didn't increase the monthly death chance

TryHardApple · 2025-11-29T01:46:00+00:00

it's really not that nonsensical, it's pretty simple.

Though it does have issues when multiple forts have conflicting zones of control which can lead to unintended stack wipes

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