How is your EU3 Game going?
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Scotland update!
I've gained Gloucestershire, all I need now is Wessex and London in order to become Great Britain (and change my color away from that of Castile!). Of course, the only problem is that London is the capitol of England (and they have extensive African colonies), and Wessex (along with Cornwall) is under Hessian control, oddly enough.
I have the largest economy in the world, beating France by a couple hundred ducats, my navy is the fourth largest in the world, and my army is rather tiny compared to the world (I'm behind Syria and the Ottomans).
And finally, dat Syria, dat Hesse, dat Bohemia, dat Castile, dat France, dat Prussia, dat Hausa, dat Manchu, and dat Ryazan.
I've gained Gloucestershire, all I need now is Wessex and London in order to become Great Britain (and change my color away from that of Castile!). Of course, the only problem is that London is the capitol of England (and they have extensive African colonies), and Wessex (along with Cornwall) is under Hessian control, oddly enough.
I have the largest economy in the world, beating France by a couple hundred ducats, my navy is the fourth largest in the world, and my army is rather tiny compared to the world (I'm behind Syria and the Ottomans).
And finally, dat Syria, dat Hesse, dat Bohemia, dat Castile, dat France, dat Prussia, dat Hausa, dat Manchu, and dat Ryazan.
Hitti-Litti
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No dat Hungary? 
Mango Elephant
Deity
I love that Scandinavia/Baltics.
Optical
The Fall of the Eleventh
Bohemia 1426. Dat Tunisia. And dat infamy
Optical
The Fall of the Eleventh
The next time I declared war (Imperial Liberation vs. France to free Savoy) I got DoWed by everyone else. I then lost most of my military... and a lot of my provinces too
I probably could have recovered but to be honest the game was losing a lot of its fun - I couldn't really expand more. So I've started a new game as Vijayanagar, for a change. It's going pretty well too. I don't have a screenshot, but I'll post one next time I've been playing.
I probably could have recovered but to be honest the game was losing a lot of its fun - I couldn't really expand more. So I've started a new game as Vijayanagar, for a change. It's going pretty well too. I don't have a screenshot, but I'll post one next time I've been playing.
Northen Wolf
Young Hunter
The next time I declared war (Imperial Liberation vs. France to free Savoy) I got DoWed by everyone else. I then lost most of my military... and a lot of my provinces too
I probably could have recovered but to be honest the game was losing a lot of its fun - I couldn't really expand more. So I've started a new game as Vijayanagar, for a change. It's going pretty well too. I don't have a screenshot, but I'll post one next time I've been playing.
If you are not updated then Cascading alliances were huge issue pre patch 5.1. Other than that, be careful on whom you declare war upon.
germanicus12
First Citizen of Rome
My Byzantine game in the Death and Taxes mod.
Began my conquest of Italy by invading and annexing what was left of Venice in our 2nd war between us. My forces now prepare to invade Naples and secure southern Italy.
The Mamluks and the Byzantines have begun what would become a historic rivalry as we have clashed 4 times in just 10 years. Despite the Byzantines gaining the upper hand in the last 3 clashes we still cannot completely crush them. (I am loving this situation and eagerly looks forward to our next clash with 19,000 men stationed in Alexandria and a 14,000 and 15,000 men armies poised to invade from Greece and Asia Minor respectively, the former by sea.)
I currently control 3 CoT's in Thrace, Alexandria and Venice. I maintain strong relationships with Austria in hopes that they will not take the stability hit to declare war on us. They are currently two land tech levels ahead of us.
The situation in England is confusing and I watch with interest. France is out of the picture, replaced by Burgundy who has constantly been a thorn in my side guaranteeing many of the Italian states. Castille and Aragon still continue their old tricks and I predict a clash with one or both of them in the near future as I work to unify Italy.
Currently I fear Austria, but I keep high relations with them so I do not fear any invasions any time soon. As the tech race with the West gets more and more lopsided I will focus on eliminating the Mamluks, and securing my Eastern border with the Nomadic tribes there. Other than Austria, the only other force I fear or watch with suspicion is Poland who is currently allied with me.
Allies:
Lithuania
Poland
Milan
Georgia
Novgorod
EDIT: Forgot to mention that Scotland is not whole, there is a new country up there that I have never seen before called the Gaelic Highlands. If you look closely you can see the line splitting Highlands from Fife, that is the border between Gaelic and Scotland. To date there are now 6 different countries in the big island.
Began my conquest of Italy by invading and annexing what was left of Venice in our 2nd war between us. My forces now prepare to invade Naples and secure southern Italy.
The Mamluks and the Byzantines have begun what would become a historic rivalry as we have clashed 4 times in just 10 years. Despite the Byzantines gaining the upper hand in the last 3 clashes we still cannot completely crush them. (I am loving this situation and eagerly looks forward to our next clash with 19,000 men stationed in Alexandria and a 14,000 and 15,000 men armies poised to invade from Greece and Asia Minor respectively, the former by sea.)
I currently control 3 CoT's in Thrace, Alexandria and Venice. I maintain strong relationships with Austria in hopes that they will not take the stability hit to declare war on us. They are currently two land tech levels ahead of us.
The situation in England is confusing and I watch with interest. France is out of the picture, replaced by Burgundy who has constantly been a thorn in my side guaranteeing many of the Italian states. Castille and Aragon still continue their old tricks and I predict a clash with one or both of them in the near future as I work to unify Italy.
Currently I fear Austria, but I keep high relations with them so I do not fear any invasions any time soon. As the tech race with the West gets more and more lopsided I will focus on eliminating the Mamluks, and securing my Eastern border with the Nomadic tribes there. Other than Austria, the only other force I fear or watch with suspicion is Poland who is currently allied with me.
Allies:
Lithuania
Poland
Milan
Georgia
Novgorod
Spoiler :
EDIT: Forgot to mention that Scotland is not whole, there is a new country up there that I have never seen before called the Gaelic Highlands. If you look closely you can see the line splitting Highlands from Fife, that is the border between Gaelic and Scotland. To date there are now 6 different countries in the big island.
germanicus12
First Citizen of Rome
Double post... sorry.
Optical
The Fall of the Eleventh
I tend to think the infamy did it. I thought I could handle it - I turned out to be dead wrong.
Duke of Britain
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germanicus12, get the holy land and what remains of egypt ASAP. 
peace-vassalize Georgia and if you can Milan, then ally Burgundy, they will be good for killing Austria (later you get cores in everything that borders the Adriatic, all of Italy and the balkans, if you manage to form Rome of course)
EDIT :
My current Austria game in miscmods!
Also a MP bonus :
Parapointes is Piontes.
and yeah, the regency was a 9/9/8
peace-vassalize Georgia and if you can Milan, then ally Burgundy, they will be good for killing Austria (later you get cores in everything that borders the Adriatic, all of Italy and the balkans, if you manage to form Rome of course)
EDIT :
My current Austria game in miscmods!
Spoiler :
Also a MP bonus :
Parapointes is Piontes.
and yeah, the regency was a 9/9/8
Parapaiontes
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My Byzantine game in the Death and Taxes mod.
Began my conquest of Italy by invading and annexing what was left of Venice in our 2nd war between us. My forces now prepare to invade Naples and secure southern Italy.
The Mamluks and the Byzantines have begun what would become a historic rivalry as we have clashed 4 times in just 10 years. Despite the Byzantines gaining the upper hand in the last 3 clashes we still cannot completely crush them. (I am loving this situation and eagerly looks forward to our next clash with 19,000 men stationed in Alexandria and a 14,000 and 15,000 men armies poised to invade from Greece and Asia Minor respectively, the former by sea.)
I currently control 3 CoT's in Thrace, Alexandria and Venice. I maintain strong relationships with Austria in hopes that they will not take the stability hit to declare war on us. They are currently two land tech levels ahead of us.
The situation in England is confusing and I watch with interest. France is out of the picture, replaced by Burgundy who has constantly been a thorn in my side guaranteeing many of the Italian states. Castille and Aragon still continue their old tricks and I predict a clash with one or both of them in the near future as I work to unify Italy.
Currently I fear Austria, but I keep high relations with them so I do not fear any invasions any time soon. As the tech race with the West gets more and more lopsided I will focus on eliminating the Mamluks, and securing my Eastern border with the Nomadic tribes there. Other than Austria, the only other force I fear or watch with suspicion is Poland who is currently allied with me.
Allies:
Lithuania
Poland
Milan
Georgia
Novgorod
Spoiler :
EDIT: Forgot to mention that Scotland is not whole, there is a new country up there that I have never seen before called the Gaelic Highlands. If you look closely you can see the line splitting Highlands from Fife, that is the border between Gaelic and Scotland. To date there are now 6 different countries in the big island.
Oh my..
You need to be cautious with Austria.
You can either grow and gain power, or try to conquer/balkanize some of Hungary before the Austrians annex/PU them.
germanicus12
First Citizen of Rome
Update in my Byzantine game.
After a lengthy period of peace during the reign of Emperor Angelos I which lasted nearly 40 years before his untimely death, some say he was poisoned by his daughter Zoe I, who promptly took the throne and declared war on the Mamluks, easily crushing their largest armies with armies that were vastly smaller than theirs. In 2 cases our armies were outnumbered 4-1 and still crushed them horribly. We enjoyed a 3 tech level advantage over them and boasted generals far superior than those of the Mamluks and their senior partner Najd. Even our Empress herself, a formidable general (8), led an army to liberate Jerusalem, the war was long and relatively bloodless, to us that is, the Mamluks lost thousands of good fighting men, while the Byzantines only lost 4 entire regiments because of the stupidity of some of the lesser generals who though leaving behind 2 regiment armies in points of interests would be enough to deter a large Mamluk or Hadjz army. These generals were stripped of their rank and banished to civilian life in the most inhospitable place in the Empire... our newly acquired territory of Libya. Which now borders England.
England has regained control of the island and Scotland is no longer the world power it was during the reign of Emperor Angelos I where Scottish ships were seen paying taxes to pass through the Bosporus Strait to land armies against Poland. Currently we see surprisingly numbers of Gaelic Highlands ships passing through the straits on a nearly monthly occurrence, which our agents have discovered is because of their alliance with Poland. Ireland has been formed as reported by our agents who attend the English court, but they are never seen in the Mediterranean sea.
Poland is currently in bad war with many of her neighbors, currently jumping on her are 3 major players, Austria, Lithuania and Brandenburg. The latter of which we see many fleets passing through the straits. Our scouts later report that it is so they could lay siege to Polish regions in Asia Minor. The Empress has executed the agent in charge of overseeing the region for failure to mention this to the court.
In Italy, our plans to invade Naples were scrapped by the Emperor Angelos I just after he assumed the throne after the Regency council. The army stationed at Janina was moved to Africa for peacekeeping before being ultimately disbanded. The Empress brought the army back during the wars in the east where this army was the same army that the Empress led to liberate Jerusalem. It is now preparing for an overseas invasion to conquer Naples. The fact that Naples has nearly conquered all of Italy has several Generals on edge and wondering of the experience and skill of the Neapolitan forces. The Empress has simply given them a cold stare and informed them that if they will not lead their troops, that they should leave her court and army.
The above plan is now scrapped following the death of the Empress' beloved son, Thomas was thrown off his horse during a hunting expedition and was killed instantly. In mourning the Empress has called off all military expeditions including those in which the Empire's allies have requested Byzantine arms, and the Empire returns to peace after 25 years of constant war. With a new heir, Ioannes, who lacks militarily and everything else, the advisers hold little hope that the Byzantine Empire will continue its warmongering ways anytime soon. Especially that with Thomas' death any chance of Westernizing was gone, they now have to wait for another fantastic leader to rise to the throne and lead Byzantium to greatness and a new Golden Age.
Note: Of the two times I had planned an invasion of Naples, only to have them scrapped, the first was due to the early death of the Emperor which led to a Regency Council and the ensuing rise to the throne of Emperor Angelos I, when I realized that I was now 5 tech levels behind Naples and did not want to risk a war with Austria and Poland as well.
The 2nd time was more or less a personal feeling. Naples was already strong as reported by my navy who scouted the coastal waters and saw their stacks. And we are now 2 tech levels behind them. Our trade in Western Arms had managed to narrow the gap but I still wasn't ready to invade just yet.
Denmark became Scandinavia and has 2 provinces north of me in what is Ragusa and another province.
Austria and I continue good relations. Though I am not happy with their expansion at the expense of my neighbors and knowing that I cannot do a damn thing about it. They are 4 land tech levels ahead of me. The minute I Westernize I will determine whether I will attack Naples or reduce Austria's power somewhat by forcing them to release nations.
Local picture of Europe:
Proud to report that my alliance with Novgorod is approaching its 100th year. A first for me to see an ally stick with me for longer than 20 years. The reason I believe this alliance is doing so well is the fact that neither of us invades the other sphere of influence, mostly we both fight eastern nations or hordes and not the west.
A world map:
After a lengthy period of peace during the reign of Emperor Angelos I which lasted nearly 40 years before his untimely death, some say he was poisoned by his daughter Zoe I, who promptly took the throne and declared war on the Mamluks, easily crushing their largest armies with armies that were vastly smaller than theirs. In 2 cases our armies were outnumbered 4-1 and still crushed them horribly. We enjoyed a 3 tech level advantage over them and boasted generals far superior than those of the Mamluks and their senior partner Najd. Even our Empress herself, a formidable general (8), led an army to liberate Jerusalem, the war was long and relatively bloodless, to us that is, the Mamluks lost thousands of good fighting men, while the Byzantines only lost 4 entire regiments because of the stupidity of some of the lesser generals who though leaving behind 2 regiment armies in points of interests would be enough to deter a large Mamluk or Hadjz army. These generals were stripped of their rank and banished to civilian life in the most inhospitable place in the Empire... our newly acquired territory of Libya. Which now borders England.
England has regained control of the island and Scotland is no longer the world power it was during the reign of Emperor Angelos I where Scottish ships were seen paying taxes to pass through the Bosporus Strait to land armies against Poland. Currently we see surprisingly numbers of Gaelic Highlands ships passing through the straits on a nearly monthly occurrence, which our agents have discovered is because of their alliance with Poland. Ireland has been formed as reported by our agents who attend the English court, but they are never seen in the Mediterranean sea.
Poland is currently in bad war with many of her neighbors, currently jumping on her are 3 major players, Austria, Lithuania and Brandenburg. The latter of which we see many fleets passing through the straits. Our scouts later report that it is so they could lay siege to Polish regions in Asia Minor. The Empress has executed the agent in charge of overseeing the region for failure to mention this to the court.
In Italy, our plans to invade Naples were scrapped by the Emperor Angelos I just after he assumed the throne after the Regency council. The army stationed at Janina was moved to Africa for peacekeeping before being ultimately disbanded. The Empress brought the army back during the wars in the east where this army was the same army that the Empress led to liberate Jerusalem. It is now preparing for an overseas invasion to conquer Naples. The fact that Naples has nearly conquered all of Italy has several Generals on edge and wondering of the experience and skill of the Neapolitan forces. The Empress has simply given them a cold stare and informed them that if they will not lead their troops, that they should leave her court and army.
The above plan is now scrapped following the death of the Empress' beloved son, Thomas was thrown off his horse during a hunting expedition and was killed instantly. In mourning the Empress has called off all military expeditions including those in which the Empire's allies have requested Byzantine arms, and the Empire returns to peace after 25 years of constant war. With a new heir, Ioannes, who lacks militarily and everything else, the advisers hold little hope that the Byzantine Empire will continue its warmongering ways anytime soon. Especially that with Thomas' death any chance of Westernizing was gone, they now have to wait for another fantastic leader to rise to the throne and lead Byzantium to greatness and a new Golden Age.
Note: Of the two times I had planned an invasion of Naples, only to have them scrapped, the first was due to the early death of the Emperor which led to a Regency Council and the ensuing rise to the throne of Emperor Angelos I, when I realized that I was now 5 tech levels behind Naples and did not want to risk a war with Austria and Poland as well.
The 2nd time was more or less a personal feeling. Naples was already strong as reported by my navy who scouted the coastal waters and saw their stacks. And we are now 2 tech levels behind them. Our trade in Western Arms had managed to narrow the gap but I still wasn't ready to invade just yet.
Denmark became Scandinavia and has 2 provinces north of me in what is Ragusa and another province.
Austria and I continue good relations. Though I am not happy with their expansion at the expense of my neighbors and knowing that I cannot do a damn thing about it. They are 4 land tech levels ahead of me. The minute I Westernize I will determine whether I will attack Naples or reduce Austria's power somewhat by forcing them to release nations.
Local picture of Europe:
Spoiler :
Proud to report that my alliance with Novgorod is approaching its 100th year. A first for me to see an ally stick with me for longer than 20 years. The reason I believe this alliance is doing so well is the fact that neither of us invades the other sphere of influence, mostly we both fight eastern nations or hordes and not the west.
A world map:
Spoiler :
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
Dat Novgorod
Optical
The Fall of the Eleventh
Possibly one of the ugliest Austrias I've ever seen...
