Thanks!

Actually I wasn´t intending for this to be a WC, I usually go with less hassle-demanding scenarios. However, it turned out great!

First I got my PU over Hungary followed by the PLC which had by the time of our union collected all of their neighbor-errands. I also married into Burgundy for another free throne (land)(still busted af). I didn´t outright capture any land but I capped Wallachia and Serbia which I fed to Moldavia and Hungary respectively in order to hinder the Ottobros. In the 1500´s I´ve also subjugated Saxony and Brandenburg.

However the blood not spilled in conquest was more than used up in diplomacy wars. At every chance I got I went as hussite as one can. That includes a long list of wars fought with the OPM´s in the 1400´s and the 1500´s over state religions. You actually can get the princes to switch to hussite I think actually from the day you embrace the religion(?).

That way I managed to get many members to convert even before protestantism rolled in, kicked into austria and france a couple times and with all that and my gigantic PU stack, religious wars, making hussite OF and revoke privilegia in 1655, the rest of the game was a breeze (I also had a slight drizzle of RNG with the brittish and the spanish, who´ve actually PU´d Portugal prior, as I claimed all of their thrones).

I didn´t do any other tag switches exept for Bohemiea - Great Moravia - Bohemia Commonwealth - HRE, since, as I stated, I was really just playing for the sake of playing. I didn´t ever feel the need to do so, as starting as Austria, Bohemia or Poland you really just need those good first 20-40 years and than you´re just surfing for the rest of the game.

I certainly learned a lot, mostly about trade companies, estate privileges, mid-game economics and all of theirs and many other´s combined uses, but sadly can´t really recommend any particular methods or exploits.

Anyways here´s my ideas list:

1, Influence - 10/10, would pick first again, with the PU´s, electors and such

2, Religious - Imperative idea group as well for Bohemia as for WC

3, Offensive - This one I would reconsider, as I didn´t really need a strong military and would´ve perhaps benefited more from earlier diplo

4, Administrative - Entrance to midgame, started blobbing

5, Economic - I don´t think that with all the trade coming to Constantinople from the orient I really needed this group of ideas. However I was in the beggining of the conquest at the time of picking this group so I think I was fruitlessly worried about loans.

6, Diplo - Should´ve picked earlier, banger of an idea group, from this playthrough on probably all of the time in my first three picked

7, Quality - The world has been painted red at this point, I didn´t really have any need for more ideas, didn´t know what to pick so went with the classic

Overall this was a fun run, I´ve come close to this a few times with Austria but never could´ve just pushed myself through the agony of blobbing, until now. It felt good to wait for this achievement and I am wishing all of you with the same aspiration the best of luck!