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Thanks. Mercenaries are more expensive than I thought, though! Burned through my entire gold stockpile =/
Keep going, you are doing fine yourself. Can not win everything.
Herbert said:
Thanks. I am expanding there because:
1. Gain a vassal/buffer - increases my forcelimits.
2. Eventually Austria and Bohemia will get their act together, and retake the entire region. I would rather they did NOT! (makes goal 6 a lot harder) (Bohemian/Austrian snake to the Pacific? NO thanks!)
3. I will have to border them eventually as Byzantines anyways.
4. Out of necessity, because they reached Aquilieian lands after I annexed them.
5. Extra vassal income without increase research cost.
6. Gain experience fighting hordes. I rarely have to fight them, and I have a mega Timurids again to deal with soon. I doubt they will collapse anytime soon.
Update coming soon.
As I promised.. The stato del Mar:
With my new peace and wealth from my limited trade, and while I was still not very large, I decided now was a good time to move capitol:
Hire an Artist:
While I was at it, might as well convert culture too while I was dawdling about:
3rd NI, QftNW:
Madeira and Cape Verde not colonized yet. Remember I still have Oran? well, I am close enough to colonize them both!
Might as well convert religion. The only way to convert without stability and foreign relations reduction is to allow yourself to be force converted:
I find some weird people across the sea with the same color flag as Venice!! Only Venice is allowed these colors! And these people..building lvl 1 forts.. how dare they!:
My first "loss" hehe:
I take the Atlantic sea province and the inland one that borders both Gulf of Mexico provinces. I am hoping for a boundary dispute on the sea to expedite my colonization:
My nice leader dies, and I have to elect another. It turns out to be a real dud:
The Ottomans get what's coming to them, after all those terribly timed DoW's earlier while I was fighting the Golden Horde...
Give me my shizzle:
Unfortunately, I gain a new border with the GH in Bulgaria...but the favor is even more with me now:
Land techs 12/13/14/15 are always cheap for me, no matter what country I am playing...I have always wondered why!:
Europe as we know it. My military lvl 9 doge fails to produce a genius, but he is ok, and will be put to a lot of action! Republics are awesome, their leaders are expendable.
Thanks for reading, comments welcome. I hope it's ok I don't write too much, pictures paint a clearer picture, I think.
With my new peace and wealth from my limited trade, and while I was still not very large, I decided now was a good time to move capitol:
Hire an Artist:
While I was at it, might as well convert culture too while I was dawdling about:
3rd NI, QftNW:
Madeira and Cape Verde not colonized yet. Remember I still have Oran? well, I am close enough to colonize them both!
Might as well convert religion. The only way to convert without stability and foreign relations reduction is to allow yourself to be force converted:
I find some weird people across the sea with the same color flag as Venice!! Only Venice is allowed these colors! And these people..building lvl 1 forts.. how dare they!:
My first "loss" hehe:
I take the Atlantic sea province and the inland one that borders both Gulf of Mexico provinces. I am hoping for a boundary dispute on the sea to expedite my colonization:
My nice leader dies, and I have to elect another. It turns out to be a real dud:
The Ottomans get what's coming to them, after all those terribly timed DoW's earlier while I was fighting the Golden Horde...
Give me my shizzle:
Unfortunately, I gain a new border with the GH in Bulgaria...but the favor is even more with me now:
Land techs 12/13/14/15 are always cheap for me, no matter what country I am playing...I have always wondered why!:
Europe as we know it. My military lvl 9 doge fails to produce a genius, but he is ok, and will be put to a lot of action! Republics are awesome, their leaders are expendable.
Thanks for reading, comments welcome. I hope it's ok I don't write too much, pictures paint a clearer picture, I think.
Did you just double post that last post? 
Great work though! Btw is that Castille in Sweden?
Great work though! Btw is that Castille in Sweden?
Did you just double post that last post?
Great work though! Btw is that Castille in Sweden?
Did I double post?
Anyways, yes. Britain, Castile, Burgundy scattered in Scandinavia. Quite a smattering. Also, Notice the British territory in Africa! How silly.
Cascading alliances is really killing this game!
Also, my war with GH not going quite as well as I was planning =/ THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM AGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!1
Now you just need to stomp out Ottomans, and then you're set for remaking Byz And yes, GH normally Blob fairly well But there really isn't alot to do about it except keep killing them ofcourse Looking forward to seeing you're massive Vassal empire(s) in the Balkans!!! It's always good for a bit of money
And yes, GH normally Blob fairly well But there really isn't alot to do about it except keep killing them ofcourse Looking forward to seeing you're massive Vassal empire(s) in the Balkans!!! It's always good for a bit of money 
This is the idea.Now you just need to stomp out Ottomans, and then you're set for remaking Byz
OK!
The battle for the new world will be quite intense I think. But right now the Lombards are annoying me and Austria looks like it wants to eat me...
Did you ally Austria?
Good luck again!
I hate allying AI countries, because I always get dragged into retarded wars against opponents who will most likely destroy me. By the time I am big enough to not need protection against a rival, I do not need alliances.
Thanks for your support!
They are not as rich as you might think. They are busy building province buildings and everything! The only modification I am using is that level 1-4 buildings are not destroyed upon conquest, core or not.
Of course!! To restore Byz:
Code:
country_decisions = {
restore_byzantine_empire = {
potential = {
NOT = { exists = BYZ }
NOT = { tag = HRE }
primary_culture = greek
religion = orthodox
}
allow =
{
owns = 151 # Thrace
owns = 149 # Edirne
owns = 147 # Salonica
owns = 148 # Macedonia
owns = 146 # Athens
owns = 145 # Morea
owns = 1773 # Achea
owns = 316 # Bithynia
owns = 317 # Bursa
owns = 318 # Smyrna
owns = 1853 # Kozani
war = no
}
effect = {
BYZ = {
add_core = 151 # Thrace
add_core = 149 # Edirne
add_core = 147 # Salonica
add_core = 148 # Macedonia
add_core = 146 # Athens
add_core = 145 # Morea
add_core = 1773 # Achea
add_core = 316 # Bithynia
add_core = 317 # Bursa
add_core = 318 # Smyrna
add_core = 163 # Crete
add_core = 164 # Naxos
add_core = 320 # Rhodes
add_core = 321 # Cyprus
add_core = 322 # Anatolia
add_core = 323 # Konya
add_core = 319 # Antalya
add_core = 324 # Karaman
add_core = 325 # Kastamon
add_core = 326 # Angora
add_core = 327 # Adana
add_core = 332 # Mus
add_core = 328 # Sinope
add_core = 330 # Trebizon
add_core = 285 # Kaffa
add_core = 142 # Corfu
add_core = 143 # Albania
add_core = 144 # Janina
add_core = 1765 # Nis
add_core = 150 # Bulgaria
add_core = 1764 # Burgas
add_core = 159 # Silistria
add_core = 1846 # Yazgod
add_core = 1848 # Hamid
add_core = 1853 # Kozani }
random_owned = {
limit = { culture = greek }
base_tax = 1
}
random_owned = {
limit = { culture = greek }
base_tax = 1
}
centralization_decentralization = -2
prestige = 0.1
change_tag = BYZ
BYZ = {
capital = 151 # Constantinople
}
}
ai_will_do = {
factor = 1
}
}
}Greek culture, orthodox, bunch of provinces, and have to be super, mega awesome!
Update coming soon.
I love how it says NOT = { tag = HRE } - as if someone who just formed the HRE will go through the trouble of culture shifting to Greek culture, become Orthodox and form the Byzantine Empire. (Both italics are rather, hm, infeasible for the HRE...)
On the other hand, if someone does go through that trouble, why not reward him?
On the other hand, if someone does go through that trouble, why not reward him?
Great idea for an AAR,I'm subscribing.
P.S. I like how Montenegro owns almost the entire balkans but not....you know their homeprvoince Zeta
P.S. I like how Montenegro owns almost the entire balkans but not....you know their homeprvoince Zeta
Have you considered that it's fairly plausible to force convert the HRE electors to Orthodoxy as BYZ and get elected Emperor and form HRE that way?
Have you considered that it's fairly plausible to force convert the HRE electors to Orthodoxy as BYZ and get elected Emperor and form HRE that way?
...and then after becoming the HRE, reforming the Byzantine Empire again? Sounds... interesting.
I can not become HRE because... I am republic?
Thank you!
Great idea for an AAR,I'm subscribing.
P.S. I like how Montenegro owns almost the entire balkans but not....you know their homeprvoince Zeta
Thank you for your support! Well Montenegro's little problem is solved soon
Have you considered that it's fairly plausible to force convert the HRE electors to Orthodoxy as BYZ and get elected Emperor and form HRE that way?
I am a republic, and will stay a republic. My last goal is to disband the HRE. I have started to convert some idiots to Orthodoxy.
not happening xD You can not be the HRE and then become Byzantine again. Code will not allow it.
Looks good, hope you make it! Good luck
Thanks!
This next update has been really crazy. Stupid Lombards!