Quote Originally Posted by antisocialmunky
Well, the HRE GA is to eventually conquer Rome. I'd attack through Italy and kill the Pope and then turn around and plow through the Italians again.
This is not too easy early in the game . I find it hard to fully
attack anyone with HRE except for Danes and maybe France in the very early
game, and still keep Poland, Hungary and Italians at bay . I usually
try to leave the Pope alone for much of the game, by-passing his lands and
using the attack one/get warning/smash another trick to avoid
excommunication. The biggest problems I have with the Germans are:
loyalty issues, defense on several fronts and excommunication- avoiding these usually means a victory .