His screen from weird screenshot thread:This Austria, just wtf is going on there
What was your opening? Who did you eat first and did you do anything "interesting" to guarantee the first victory?Three Mountains 1.14
I've heard about India openers but I always figured out that it was actually the second step since I figured you couldn't have coring range that far. Apparently I was wrong.India opener -> DOW'd Kochin, chained wars to annex / vassalize Southern indian OPMs (Kochin claimed Venad, annexed Venad, fabricated on Madurai dragging in Malabar and annexed Malabar + vassaled Madurai), then opportunistically vassalized Bahmanis and waited for Vijayanagar to make a misstep. Oman -> Yemen -> 2x wars against Mamluks to get a border with Tunis then DOW'd them and Westernized off Portugal. Iberia was isolated so that was not a big deal, used Austria as beatstick vs the rest of the European powers, then dismantled HRE + turned on Austria at the end.
Main exploit I used was the template / build in subjects -> free manpower exploit allowing me to beat a blobbed Vijayanagar with my 2 vassals (though probably hit somewhere around 10 war exhaustion since WE gains are scaled vs force limit). Maybe its more powerful than the truce and full annex exploits in 1.13.
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Started as Tabarestan for "Shahanshah" and then went for "this is Persia". Actually wanted to clean up the borders a bit in the last few years, but then got my 4th regency in that game
Those Ottoderps :OThat awkward moment when the late game AI outshines you...
Anyway, finished my bengal tiger - aggressive expander - sun never sets - run with my non westernized theocracy. Starting as Bengal obviously. Also AI Prussia which is neat.
This is one of the ugliest bordergorges I've seen in this game.This my "The United States of Greater Austria" campaign:
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"The United States of Greater Austria" is one Administrative Federative Monarchy of the following realms:
I'm in PU with France and the Emperor of H.R.E. (obviusly) and passed the last reform so this I indirectly control a good part of Europe too:
- Apostolic Kingdom of Hungary
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Kingdom of Croatia
- Kingdom of Lombardo - Venetia
- Kingdom of Croatia
- Arch Duchy of Croatia
- Gran Duchy of Tuscany