My EUIII Campaign

[Veho Nex]

Going to post some pictures of my first EUIII campaign(I mean first)

I'm playing as the Iroquois This is the very first date possible January first of the new world.



A few years later


And due to my inabilty to know what i was doing i went bankrupt a few times my 3 new colonies revolted and it spread to my original cities, i went into a marriage alliance with huron then was defeated after i tried to take their throne

[Warluster]

I don't have any screenies (Yet) But I can tell you what I control in my two campaigns:

England campaign (start 1453 and is now 1482)
I control England, Wales, Scotland, Meath (Taken by French) Leinster and Ulster are Puppet States. Me and Lithuania are in a personal Union. I controls everal Colonies in the New World (Acadia being one taken from French.) I've had 5 rulers so far and 15 wars.

Bavaria Campaign: (1618 now 1620's)
I took the Palatine and Brunswick, but as I sieged it Austria signed a peace deal making me automaticly assume pease as well so I declared war again and the Empire is all against me.

I've never played the Iroquis, what are they like?

Do they get Explorers and can they explore the Terra Cognitia?

I've never played as the Iroquis, (Only played 2 Campaings and TUtorial)

[Veho Nex]

As far as i know i havnt gotten any explorers but in the beginning every thing was calm for a few years then the brits started arriving and so i got a little worried and declared war on them. the huron allied with me and its the brits and portuguel against me in the Second picture i have taken 3 british colonies and am working on moving towards pushing them outa my country all together

[Zim]

Good luck! My first few campaigns were as 1-2 province minors and I lost a few before getting the hang of things.

I've never even tried a North American faction yet, but I think I will for one of my next few games.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I've got an English Campaign going at the moment. Exactly how does one go about Unification? Is it a random event when you have all the required territories? I control Scotland and England, and I have for years, but no event. Do I have to have cores on all the territories? That might be the problem.

[Zim]

Hmmm, I've never done the United Kingdom event, but all of the other ones give you cores on the territories. Generally after you have the required territories there's some Mean Time To Hit (MTTH in the Paradox forums). You get the option to form the new nation within doublt the mean time. It cn take a while if the game randomly assigns the time for the event as near the end of the scale.

I've got an English Campaign going at the moment. Exactly how does one go about Unification? Is it a random event when you have all the required territories? I control Scotland and England, and I have for years, but no event. Do I have to have cores on all the territories? That might be the problem.

[Slyspy]

I've got an English Campaign going at the moment. Exactly how does one go about Unification? Is it a random event when you have all the required territories? I control Scotland and England, and I have for years, but no event. Do I have to have cores on all the territories? That might be the problem.

All the events of this sort have a Mean Time to Happen as soon as you meet the criteria. So if an event has a MTH of 10 years then you may get it the next day, or in 200 years time, but the chances are that it will be roughly 10 years away.

You'd be much better off checking out the official forums for detailed explanations.

Edit:

To the OP: The native AMericans are probably not the best nations to start out with. They are very restricted and barely playable.

[AntiochusIII]

To the OP: The native AMericans are probably not the best nations to start out with. They are very restricted and barely playable.

With the tech rate of 0.1, it's a wonder why anyone would play them as their first EUIII game.

To further clarify Slyspy's statement: Jkarinen, your nation is extremely disadvantaged in many, many ways. Unless you're a hardcore gamer born and bred, I'd suggest an easier nation to play for your first couple of games, preferably one in Europe. Trust me, the game feels much more exciting when your technological development isn't more than ten times slower than anybody else and your neighbors include more than just two tribes next door.

An Italian game is always fun. Not too big (and complicated), but rich and well-developed, with lots of friends and enemies around. And once you're strong you can always take on France just for the challenge.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Thou hast made us thirsty.

I installed the Magna Mundi mod (great!) and fired up a France campaign:



Finished the 100 years war repelling Poms off the continent and continued aggression by joining a consecutive Scottish offensive against them, which ended up with them denying all claims on Normandie, Calais and Gascoigne.

Then I waged war against Bretagne; in the first war I annexed Finistère. As soon as the truce expired I campaigned again, diminishing them to bare Vendée.

It's 1467 and I can use some suggestions. I'm considering to finish off Bretagne to secure my back and then wage a bloody war against the Bourgogne-Alsace-Lorraine, who lack strong allies abroad. Aragón to the south own half of the Mediterranean and are allied with entire Iberia, whom I can't take. No casus belli remains between England and us, and we're no more allied with the trouble maker Scots.

What do you veterans say?
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[AntiochusIII]

How good is your ruler? Usually when I play a France game, I spent my first diplomatic king's reign annexing as many vassals as I can. Those same-culture, same-religion core provinces really helped in the long run.

Once the Gallic homeland is yours the World itself is France's to take. Even after several nerfing efforts by the mod team France is still Europe's premier nation, in wealth, in manpower, and in sheer awesomeness...if the Ottomans aren't overrunning everybody that is.

About your upcoming plans for war with Burgundy, do note that in Magna Mundi Gold at least (requires Napoleon's Ambition), France gets a free annexation on Burgundy post 1500. Or at least, the Burgundian Duchy proper and a border province or two on the Lowlands' side. The rest goes to the current Emperor as his Imperial Demesne.

Now, if France is the Emperor...

[Mouzafphaerre]

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All my rulers have been decent ones, except the current one's name: Joachim! (I think I'm gonna dive into the namelists.) If there's anything like that in the game, Le Roi Joachim had pretty much training in the battlefield against Bretagne as well as the unfaithful plague rebels.

I started the game with every petty princedom as my vassals. Added Navarra to the list at the end of the 100 years war and Bretagne is doomed to be mine. Bourgogne and her vassals (Alsace & Lorraine) remain the sole obstacle before Imperivm Francorvm.

Would you advise exploration and colonisation?

I don't have NA installed, therefore my MM isn't Gold.
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[AntiochusIII]

Would you advise exploration and colonisation?

France is one of the few countries who have the resources (though not the Idea Slot) to do everything at once. It really is up to you, though for roleplaying purposes I always colonize the historically "French" area of the New World.

However, if you plan on fighting the Spanish regularly in the next few centuries, colonization is a must. You'll need to take down their colonies if you intend to get high war scores out of those wars.

That and taking Aztec gold is always a benefit.

Magna Mundi is much harder on both you and the AI in terms of colonization, however. While in vanilla EUIII, North America would be full of colonies by 1500, it's much slower in MM, which reduces both colonization chances and colonist numbers. MM Gold is even worse, since Quest For the New World there is a much, much harder idea to get. There may not be that many Spanish colonies to loot and conquer in Magna Mundi games, and probably few to no Italian colonies at all.

Also, if you didn't play Magna Mundi games before, I have to warn you that taking the QftNW idea too early (think pre-1500, give or take 5-10 years) will viciously slow your tech progress. There's an evil penalty event that can really ruin your day. And, amusingly enough, if you, as a major European nation, take the idea too late (or not at all), you'll also be penalized, though not nearly as harshly as the first one.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Thanks for the warning mate! I think I'll consider colonization after 1550s then.

Is there any kind of MM manual or gameplay FAQ?
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[Csargo]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...play.php?f=357

Maybe searching around will show something. Sometimes they have AARs that help.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Thanks Should have checked the forum before asking away.

There's a magnamundi.com!
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[Csargo]

No problem, I can't wait to play whenever I get home. I guess I'll install that mod before I play.

[Ayachuco]

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All my rulers have been decent ones, except the current one's name: Joachim! (I think I'm gonna dive into the namelists.) .
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I remember Joachim! He was that horrible French king that keep launching wars against my English provinces of Normandie, Caux, Picardie. I guess he didn't like it that my lands surrounded Paris. I mean that guy was annoying, with the help of my ascension to the Holy Roman Emperor, I was able outman him and sent out my armies to destroy his kingdom and annex the upper half and vassalize the rest. But that was on 1.3 patch w/o Magna Mundi...And you can tell since I had colonies that stretched to the Ohio River and I dominated the entire Southern African provinces and it was only 1569.

Well, I've just installed the Magna Mundi Mod (sadly only 1.31 version since I do not have Napoleon's Ambition and thus cannot use Magna Mundi Gold) plus two Byzantine mods and a Medieval mod that works with EU 1.2 patch.

I've started a Byzantine game and am whooping Ottoman arses, however rebels are ransacking my European provinces and all I have is Morea and Thrace firmly under control. Stupid general deserting my emperor event. Alright I've managed to get a peace treaty with the Ottomans and everything is good on the Anatolian Penisula. Now I will turn my attention to the west; the Austrian/Hungarians have declared War on me, but I was able to defeat the Hungarians and get a white peace treaty with them. The Austrians have just attacked me and I was able to beat some of the rebels and claim two of my provinces.

My Byzantine Map

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Well, I've started a new game as Saxony with the Magna Mundi mod (I'm a little sad that I can't fast forward to the thirty years war bookmark but then I guess that would be a waste of the mod's ability to make the events more historically and react on your actions). I have successfully blitzed Hannover (that province didn't know what hit them) and am now recovering from that one year war (I did have to take two 50 ducat loans and put down one revolt). I've established healthy relationships in the Eastern HRE including Brandenburg, secured an alliance with the Burgundians and Bohemians, and have a 200 relationship with the Austrian Emperor. I like how the loan system is callibrated with the nation size and power is also relative to nation size.

Well, this is all that happened in the 15 minutes I've played. I wonder if you can tell which nation I'm going to invade next.

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My nation up close

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and my diplomatic relations

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Added Byzantine screen/more recent campaign info

[Mouzafphaerre]

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I decided to strike Bourgogne first and did so. A long and bloody struggle was fought. Their allies, Lorraine and Leinster, fell to white peace one by one. Kingdom of France and her vassals defeated and destroyed the enemy, Bourgogne and her vassal Alsace; besieged and captured their castles. Finally they agreed to hand over Vlaanderen and recognise the sovereignty of Nevérs.

Not much later, Nevérs attacked Bourgogne and we decided to side with them. Earned Picardie and Franche-Comté in return. However, the unlawful Duc de Bourgogne was not only calling himself a king but he also managed to bribe the countless petty princes to recognize himself as the Emperor. Bah! Anyway, he insolently demanded Franche-Comté, which he lost in a war and handed over in a treaty, back, claiming it as imperial fiefdom.

We are at war again:



This is how France looks like in 1479; and friends & foes:


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[Mouzafphaerre]

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Bourgogne, Alsace, Lorraine and Liege were utterly defeated while the rest of the alliance begged for peace on their own. The Archbishopric of Liége is now a vassal of France.

I decided to bring an final end to the Bretagne problem and attacked the last remaining province, Vendée. They were allied with Aragón, whose all mainland armies were crushed and castles besieged. However, she had the power and will to transport troops from her Italian colonies so we made peace. The Duchy of Bretagne is now a vassal of France.



REGNVM FRANCIAM MCDLXXXVI AD
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[OverKnight]

I just picked up EU III. I've played the first incarnation, along with HoI 1 and 2, but every time I start a Paradox game, I get the same information overload feeling.

Any tips from more experienced players? I'm making my way through the manual and wiki, but a little advice from others would be great.

I'd ask over at paradoxplaza, but I figured I get yelled at by crusty Grognards.

[Csargo]

Use the pause button often.

[Csargo]

Well this is my first campaign. I've went to war with Sweden twice and you can see what I've taken. I've also annexed a couple of minor German states. I really wanted to take some more of Sweden's lands, but Russia had taken most of the lands I wanted. :(

[Zim]

I second Ichigo's pause button advice. And you're pretty wise not to ask questions at the forums. Somtimes they jump on you if they think it's too basic. Haven't played the first game, so I'm not sure how they differ, and some of these you may know.

-watch your BB rating, your neighbors start sending spies your way and attacking you if you get too agressive.

-With large countries, it's easier to get them to release countries than to get lots of territories in one war. This creates allies for you from the new countries and weakens them at the same time.

-Getting a country to accept vassalization is also easier than taking lots of territory, if they're big. It also means a lot of money for you each month, and and insta ally with big armies.

If you have any specific questions I'd be happy to try to answer them

I just picked up EU III. I've played the first incarnation, along with HoI 1 and 2, but every time I start a Paradox game, I get the same information overload feeling.

Any tips from more experienced players? I'm making my way through the manual and wiki, but a little advice from others would be great.

I'd ask over at paradoxplaza, but I figured I get yelled at by crusty Grognards.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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-watch your BB rating

Is it that "we have a tarnished reputation" thing? What exactly are the levels? I know respectable, honourable and tarnished.
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[Csargo]

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Is it that "we have a tarnished reputation" thing? What exactly are the levels? I know respectable, honourable and tarnished.
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BB is your badboy rating. It was just a number in the other games. It's a number that shows how aggressive you are and higher the number the more likely it is for the AI factions to try to control your madness.

You can check it by dropping down ~ and typing in badboy, or that's how it was in Vicky.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Which key, geographicaly, is "~"? (I don't think AltGr + Ü would be an intended combination. ) Also, what is an ideal number? (I got the popup warning for watching my aggression already and nobody will ally with me. )
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[Csargo]

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Which key, geographicaly, is "~"? (I don't think AltGr + Ü would be an intended combination. ) Also, what is an ideal number? (I got the popup warning for watching my aggression already and nobody will ally with me. )
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It's the button to the left of the numbers that are above the letters.

Edit: It turns out you can't check it, but if you hover your mouse over your reputation it shows you a number. That's probably considered the bb number, unless someone else knows how to check it.

[Zim]

If I recall correctly you check it by hitting your faction shield in the top left corner, then the little waving flag button among those lined up at the top of the menu that opens.

It should give your prestige, ranking, and BB. BB will be shown as a fraction (first number being your level of it, second your upper limit).

For BB, the higher the worse. The upper limit changes depending on your monarchs Diplomacy rating, but is usually in the 20s or 30s. Tarnished is fine, "pretty bad" and you may get neighbors hiring privateers to harass your ports, inciting riots, or using their spies to infiltrate your own (gives some kind of penalty for actions by your own spies). "Very bad" (getting close to 20) and people are more likely to attack you, and you'll get a lot of annoying messages saying this or that country's spies did something to you. "You are hated by the whole world" (over the numerical limit) and pretty much any neighbor who isn't a vassal (very rarely, even some who are) will attack you.

I don't have all the numbers down completely, but I think you get two per province taken from the peace deals from a war, one per province taken peacefully (i.e. Diplo annexing, or inheriting someone), and a huge 6-7 if you annex a country down to their last province.

It goes down at a fixed rate per year, depending on you monarch and whichever advisors affect rep (philosphers I think, it will say when you hire them). I wouldn't start to worry unless yours was "very bad".

Creating vassals (from your land) also lowers it, at 1 rep per province they get. Losing provinces in a peace deal may lower it, I can't recall, and usually when I lose provinces I'm too angry to check to see if it lowered my bb.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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you may get neighbors hiring privateers to harass your ports, inciting riots, or using their spies to infiltrate your own...this or that country's spies did something to you.

All of the above are already happening to me.
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[Zim]

Ouch. Would you happen to have bad relations with the countries doing it? That has an effect as well.

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All of the above are already happening to me.
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Since this has become partly a post your EU empire thread I might as well show two of mine.

I have an aar going on where I switch between Novgorod (since having become Russia) and Venice (since having become Italy). It's been pretty fun, especially as sometimes the AI does stupid things with a country while I'm playing the other.

Russia. Their territory now actually extends pretty far east as well.



Italy. They also have extensive holdings in South America and South Africa.