feedback :
Dewirix : yeah i will be in trouble, but i won't DoW them without a good reason , and not just a gameplay " they are where they shouldn't "
Range : your hopes will come true
morningSIDEr : i chose to help them , but i didn't thought they'd win
however England is more a burden than anything else with their stupid wars without CB
blsteen : i think i'm done with albion after this update
chapter IX : return to old buddies
In august 1464 , the Pope claims Ancona , but as we are recovering from the great war , and don't want to fight the pope either , we will not answer to his provocations ... i'm just hoping not getting excommunicated for this!
One year after , an occasion arose to get rid of two problems at once , the small northern bishoprics of Mainz and Trier , and war is declared. The rotten swine in England dishonors the alliance , but this does not stop usin vassalizing our two northern neighbors , for two infamy , making the Palatinate renounce its claims , wurzburg is freed for a concession of defeat , but the pope seized the recently claimed Ancona while i was concentrated on the northern front , and sank my 3 cogs that were docked there
Milan would not grand me military access , and to get peace , we had to pay 50 ducats to the papal states to be at peace again , as we can't get to our italian possessions anymore... we will remember that , papal states! next mission is to befriend Baden ... baden? the Burgundian vassal? it would took quite a lot of time , diplomats and money for that!
since our archbishop passed away , Friedrich III came to power , and he's not a total disaster , except on administrative field (6 dip /3 adm /7mil )
contacts were renewed and alliance was signed again with our old friends Netherlands and France , we see here a map of our territory/influence/allies
thanks guys , i really like allies... with a well-timed corruption event my stab drops all the way to -3 , and we were again at war ... but this time the dogpile was on Burgundy and not me! the tactic was to only kill the one or two regiment armies that wome my way , and occupy Baden once again . our mission changes to ... naval race against Milan? they are crazy? i have no navy left! and only 3 ships limit!
Burgundy facing both the Netherlands (that includes England and Milan) coalition and the French coalition is pretty much losing half its territory in two years only.
they surrender four provinces to the Netherlands , and will cede as much to the French... instead of a pig purple state , i'll have a blue one and an orange one ... maybe not much better
A breakthrough in 1468 allows us to improve our trading by adopting shrewd commerce practices
in 1470 , the emperor dies , and the king of the Netherlands is chosen to replace him
In 1472 , the Pisans ask us to integrate them into the realm , but only half of them agreed with that and we now face a rebellion in the still ungarnisonned southern Alsace , they accepted it the first time we formally asked them an entiere annexation! now the swiss are asking us to fully integrate them as a province and not a vassal! but the milanese refusal of military access is still worriying us , having a very complicated route through Netherlands , ferry the troops to Calais , march to Marseille , then embark again and drop in Italy to avoid milanese blocus
included 1472 map
In southern german area , Bavaria and Austria are facing and hating each other , we will try to keep them that way.
Poland disappeared to a Mazovia , and Lithuania is somewhat strong
Baden has been annexed b Burgundy , i guess it's time to test their patriotism
in the West , Castille , France and England are strong , as are the Netherlands
the Hansa sominated orthern Germany and pwned Denmark , and fought Netherlands to a draw thanks to AI naval skill
Quite surprisingly , north Africa hasn't been conquered