How is your EU3 Game going?

[W|M]

Oh, WIM! Hire a diplomat, embrace the Cabinet and get lots of cardinals. You have no need to cheat!

The cabinet doesn't come until a certain technology, and I'm not sure how to get lots of cardinals.

 

[Love]

Well in order to get cardinals you need low infamy since it spoils papal influence

 

[Arakhor]

I forgot the embassy, but yes, that's very important!

 

[Luckymoose]

France 1465. I have a bunch of vassals but my laptop refuses to do the empire + vassal map.

 

[Civ'ed]

... That's Leinster, right?
Outside Greece and Norway nothing wrong.

 

[W|M]

Is that Austria between Transylvania and Hungary?

 

[Tee Kay]

Dat Qara Koyunlu

Also, the Golden Horde still in Ukraine? What happened there?

 

[W|M]

I've seen weirder, in my current Bohemia game, the Mamelukes control an empire stretching from Sudan to Kazakhstan/Mongolia.

 

[Tee Kay]

That's kinda pretty cool. Better if they don't collapse.

 

[Northen Wolf]

@Luckymoose
Whoa Lucky, I wonder what'll your end game nation look like.

That's why I cheat by reducing infamy, and also because it makes the game a bit boring.

If I would play with no/low infamy, I would probably be ruler of entire world by 1750.

The cabinet doesn't come until a certain technology, and I'm not sure how to get lots of cardinals.

1) High relations with Papal nation (it is important, 150 relations is not good enough, try to aim at 200 or 190 at least)
2) Many catholic provinces (more, the merrier)
3) Papal influence boosting national ideas, that will also stop other religions from spreading to your provinces

Great Britain, 1741. I still have Lancasters ruling my nation, Lancasters have spread to 7 nations (growth of 4 nation, if compared to ~55 year ago).

Spoiler For combination of two maps :

I want to get direct land connection to my indian and african provinces by end game!

 

[chegel]

1) High relations with Papal nation (it is important, 150 relations is not good enough, try to aim at 200 or 190 at least)
2) Many catholic provinces (more, the merrier)
3) Papal influence boosting national ideas, that will also stop other religions from spreading to your provinces

4) Positive Innovative/Narrowminded, the more to the right the more influence.

 

[W|M]

I feel like Yivo here:

 

[W|M]

If you have any cores that aren't in the empire, get them to join. It's how I formed the Empire.

For me, the only country that disagreed on the revocation of the privilegia was Holland, and they were easy to deal with.

 

[Northen Wolf]

omigosh FC, first time I see HRE being formed(yes, I'm a noob). Still, I bow to your skill in awe.

 

[chegel]

This is one large Empire and the reformation hasn't even started yet. Nice work there.

But why is your war exhaustion that high? I guess you haven't been in peace much but still... Is it war taxes or blockades by the evil Englishmen or ungodly attrition?

 

[Civ'ed]

Now try keeping it together

 

[Love]

First time I formed the holy roman empire I was chocked by the mass of land I got. It's incredible.

 

[W|M]

Do you still have any external vassals/allies?

 

[Ninja Dude]

Formed HRE with Hungary, and proceeded to get tons of rebels. Not really dangerous, but kinda annoying.

 

[germanicus12]

As Milan, 1478. I have nearly united Italy, is currently Holy Roman Emperor, which came as a surprise to me and something I despised as it draws me into needless wars with member states far to the north. As soon as my current leader dies I am leaving the Empire.

My most notable wars were against Naples and the Papal States. The latter is surprisingly strong, almost as strong as me and has always been a thorn in my side because they ally with every nation left in Italy and I do not desire to fight the Pope again and again. Though they have been slightly weakened after I took Palermo and that province now cutting them in half.

Spoiler :