William III von Habsburg, whose title should've been 'the fucking amazing', because his stats were 5/6/6.
This should go in the Hall of Fame thread as "luckiest event ever."
William III von Habsburg, whose title should've been 'the fucking amazing', because his stats were 5/6/6.
This should go in the Hall of Fame thread as "luckiest event ever."
Why? You mean any player who ever got a randomly generated 5/5/6 ruler would have to go in the hall of fame? Hell, a few weeks ago I got a Queen Candela (IIRC) of Spain who was 6/6/6, pure RNG.
Well, it's also that, but mostly I mean getting a Habsburg ruler as HYW-winning England right after Henry croaks.
I’d call that ‘a windfall’ rather than ‘lucky’.
It's not super difficult to win the HYW if you have the basic plan ready at the start. Essentially, you get your forces off the mainland, then vassalize scotland with them while the french are sieging your provinces, calling portugal to arms against the scottish (which also makes them join against the french, for some reason). Hit-and-run the besieged coastal provinces until french manpower eventually drops low enough that you have more men than them. After a while, it's also possible to peace out provence, taking almost 10k guys out of the war.How did your Hundred Years War go? Did you force France into a PU?
Well, it wasn't right after; various lancasters ruled for a few decades as I was fighting spain and protugal, but huge amounts of them started dying very young, until the bloodline was extinguished. That von Habsburg taking the throne sure was the reason I stayed with the game, though, never had anything that lucky happen to me before. The dynasty was in control of several thrones by that point.Well, it's also that, but mostly I mean getting a Habsburg ruler as HYW-winning England right after Henry croaks.
Man, you got lucky... In my Manchu game... Russia ate everyone. Even though I stopped their eastward expansion, they decided to just eat crimea and lithuania instead... Then come attack me while I was in the middle of annexing India T_T Equal forces + 6 military tech behind = certain doom for Qing.