Milan colonised next to me, and even battling 2.000 troops of them brings on tremendous losses. But atleast I progressed to Eastern tech group now!
Not quite so for in Nomine.3) If wrong culture they may defect to you (unlikely since they're all small and French). If you get core then you can end vassalation and declare war using reconquest, assuming no other cb get in the way.
4) You won't get core on inherited provinces outside your culture so they're only worth keeping if you want to make sure they don't dow you
5) I'm rusty on the HRE rules in IN, however if you manage to join the HRE, you can inherit other nations in the HRE with core (this may be DW only). Other than that I recall that the HRE election balance wasn't as good in IN so they often have weak Emperors, I was forever seeing 12k stacks from the Palatanate (in DW you get 2 25k Bohemians)
5) I'm rusty on the HRE rules in IN, however if you manage to join the HRE, you can inherit other nations in the HRE with core (this may be DW only). Other than that I recall that the HRE election balance wasn't as good in IN so they often have weak Emperors, I was forever seeing 12k stacks from the Palatanate (in DW you get 2 25k Bohemians)
6) Use Unam Sanctam and force religion to Shinto, should set them back a while as they convert/ fight rebels. Or go hunting for a Western nation and try to Westernise, though again I can only really help with newer nations. If you have naval control then blockade their coastline and drive up WE. If you have military access to a nation they don't then you can leave a stack there and let the AI pile their troops up near you to drive up their WE even further and possibly drain their manpower pool
Provence should be susceptible to rebels in their northern provinces, as they are of a different culture.
In IN all inheritances gives core, independent of cultures. In HTTT and later, the only provinces given cores are those with the same culture as you, except HRE countries gets cores on all inherited provinces within the HRE. It's almost always worthwhile.
In IN, the emperor gets called upon to defend HRE countries irrespective of circumstances - in HTTT/DW not when another HRE nation declares war with a valid cb. Always check if his interference is a threat to you, as mentioned weak emperors are quite likely. You could try to diplo-vassalize HRE minors too, whether or not you integrate them later on is up to you. Furthermore, a country who is currently fighting alongside you in a war cannot join against you in another. Allying countries and drawing them into some fake wars is an efficient way to keep them from interfering with your expansion.
I might try out DW, I've read mostly good responses from its players. But would upgrading it to DW cause me to lose my IN saves or no?No worries, also I do suggest upgrading to DW its a much better experience, though some people hate the 5.2 manpower changes which mean that you have to think about early wars.
I might try out DW, I've read mostly good responses from its players. But would upgrading it to DW cause me to lose my IN saves or no?
I was going to try out EU4, but I missed that sale where it was cheap for a day. Though I have read that a lot of people prefer EU3 actually, and having invested all this time into it myself, I'm not too keen about spending 50 on EU4 Complete right now, that and I need to get a good video card for this PC first, since I cant run full 3D games like Fallout or Skyrim at the moment.
Annexing and then releasing as a vassal works thoughYes. You can't vassalise it though.
The crown indicates that the battle is in the fire phase, the number below it is the difference in fire skill between the respective generals. The lightning bolt is the same, but for the shock phase. Every battle toggles between these two phases, whichever is more significant depends largely on unit types and tech levels. Early on, shock is practically the only one to count.When in combat, I sometimes see a little crown next to the dice. What does it mean? I suppose it has something to do with generals or maybe rulers who became general? What is it effect in the battle?
And what does the lightning bolt mean?
You will lose your IN saves if you upgrade via steam since it will overwrite. I think you also need HTTT before getting DW, however I could be wrong, its best to check.
Hello! I'm thankful that I can be part of this forum.
I require your help, if it's possible:
I have EU3:Complete, playing with Hungary - not westernized yet.
My land technology is on level 10, while the other countries, like Austria, France, Milan or Lithuania have it on level 15. They still don't have cannons or siege weapons, but they manage to occupy my forts in under 5-10 days, with an army of 5000-10000. Not only my forts: I often see Lithuania occupying for example Austria's or Bohemia's forts in a few days as well. ( Bohemia is quite big in my game )
I have made a big army of 52000 ( thanks to my national ideas I have chosen ), but I still need 120-180 days to occupy a fort, if not more! Yes I have got generals too.
Any tips? :sad:
Thank you!
EDIT: All the nations ( in Europe ) have Level 1 forts.