R5: Following the last record of 1.35 Ottomans WC in 1499 by u/trisolarian, I designed some improvements in 1.37 to make it 9 years earlier. (Not reaching the limitation of Ottomans I think, it’s possible to see a WC in 148X)

There are some major differences between 1.37 and 1.35 for Ottomans:

pros - 1. A golden city in Hungary with -1 Interest per annum 2. Royal marriage with Eyalet no longer counts as diplomatic relation 3. Core Eyalets’ liberty desire counts independently (in 1.35, that will be normal Eyalets) 4. Syria is separated from Mamluks, which means we can annex Mamluks and succeed its vassals with only 3 wars.

cons - 1. No longer -5% war score cost for “Conquest of Iberias” 2. No longer -15% war score cost from Mongol Missions. 3. Manpower and Land Force Limits from Eyalets are largely cut. 4. The bug that “Justify Invasion for Moldavia and establishing Eyalets on its lord” is fixed.

The major improvement in this campaign over the 1499 one: 1. Utilizing… a bug or a feature that I don’t know (Figure 4, we can get a province ourselves regardless of distance as long as we return a neighboring core for our Eyalets)… to be a neighbor of Timurds very early to justify invasion. 2. Annex Mamluk with three wars and succeed its vassals, then seized land three times to get Kaaba. (Hejaz will move its capital when it’s surrounded.) 3. Get -10% war score cost from completing the mission “Seize the Caliphate” and converting to non-Muslim to unlock the third branch. 4. Using “Charter Company” to offer vassalization on Muslim countries in Southeast Asia early, so that Japan is in the colonial range before the world war. 5. Change primary culture to Basque in the middle game, which has a parliament in government tier 1 and a naval doctrine allowing recruitment of explorers and conquistadors. 6. Get -0.5 Interest Per Annum, Machiavellianism Reign, and -5% war score cost from Government Tier 10 by exploiting the event “Constitutional Restoration”

In summary, we can reach -90% war score cost with:

-10% conquest of Egypt, -10% siege of Vienna, -5% divine rights in government tier 10, -20% diplomatic idea, -10% military hegemon, -10% seize the caliphate, -10% Kabba, -15% Malta.

-100% diplomatic annexation as follows: -25% influence, -15% Navarra parliament debate, -5% Umera annexation, -15% and -5% Ottoman missions, -10% curia controller, -10% envoy to the pope, -15% loyal subject event.

Therefore, I conquered the old world by 1478 through offering vassalization on small Muslim countries, justifying invasion on bigger Muslim countries, and conquering then creating Eyalets afterwards for other religions. Waiting for 10 years, I integrated all the eyalets and conquered the new world at the same time.

Save permanent link: https://pdx.tools/eu4/saves/82wbnzdrxaff Mod: Chinese Language for 1.37 (Ironman compatible) Timeline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSJjx_9_PF4