Between over-extension, AE, coring costs, national unrest, war score limitations and war exhaustion, is a WC even possible?
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I'll check them out, but I can't help but suspect they were by the grace of the Console Gods.People do it in the mid-1500s, so evidentially yes. There are regular postings in the "Post your Empire" thread showing various forms of WC, from one-tag to vassals, to even monoculture and "true" one-tag (no Colonial Nations).
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AFAIK the fastest one took just over 50 years, wrapping up by May 1495. I think it was as Oirats.
They weren't.I'll check them out, but I can't help but suspect they were by the grace of the Console Gods.
I guess there's a reason 1000 hours is called "The Demo"They weren't.
I haven't done anything that extreme, but I have done a few world conquests, and a one-faith. It might seem daunting at first, but with practice you gradually learn that you can do a lot of things a lot faster than you might think. (In-game time, that is. You quickly discover that the biggest obstacle to a world-conquest is how tedious it gets in real-life terms.)
Some of the really ridiculous stuff skirts the line on out-and-out bug-abuse (Such as reloading the game every 3 in-game months to stop overexstension events from occurring), but a simple WC by 1821 is entirely doable with any starting nation.
I mean, if you really doubt it, I think there are quite a few YouTube series where you can actually watch WCs being achieved.I'll check them out, but I can't help but suspect they were by the grace of the Console Gods.
Thanks very much for taking the timeHi EU4 Forum, I have done multiple WC without cheating. AMA!
In all seriousness, it is more than possible to do a WC without console or anything that would be considered cheating or 'cheese'. The fastest mentioned is indeed pre-1500, this is using many borderline mechanics. But a 1750+ WC is possible for many players. the difficulty also depends on the country you pick. A first wc is easiest as Ottomans (imo), if you are more experienced it is easier as a horde or Austria.
I would suggest giving it actually a try. Just try to get as big as possible and play till the end of the game, you will probably get closer than you expect. I quickly googled a guide, see below, it is slightly outdated, but will give you the general strategy for a WC.
Apologies, didn't check it after posting, I made it a linkWhat's not to love in text walls
It's very viable (See my reddit post... that doesn't actually demonstrate a full WC, but only because I didn't need to and couldn't be bothered ) . And great for one-faithing, Propogate Religion is equivalent to a significant number of missionaries, that can convert land you don't own, and I also had eight actual missionaries running around on top of that (9, when parliament co-operated)The other well know strategy to WC is with Mughal, but i never tryed it seriously.
Yeah, all this talk about WC makes me want to do one again... I was a bit done with it after my Three Mountains, but I might do one again.It's very viable (See my reddit post... that doesn't actually demonstrate a full WC, but only because I didn't need to and couldn't be bothered ) . And great for one-faithing, Propogate Religion is equivalent to a significant number of missionaries, that can convert land you don't own, and I also had eight actual missionaries running around on top of that (9, when parliament co-operated)
Ah, I'm getting all nostalgic now. If this keeps up I might even boot up EU4 again some time.
lambdaxx recently did a 1472 WC on version 1.31 also starting as Oirat. Of course such a fast time uses several strong exploits and this run took savescumming to the extreme(e.g. redoing the same ingame day hundreds of times till a specific pulse event happend)AFAIK the fastest one took just over 50 years, wrapping up by May 1495. I think it was as Oirats.
That’s just crazy. How do you even win enough sieges in that time?lambdaxx recently did a 1472 WC on version 1.31 also starting as Oirat. Of course such a fast time uses several strong exploits and this run took savescumming to the extreme(e.g. redoing the same ingame day hundreds of times till a specific pulse event happend)
Siege ability and savescumming when the siege mattered. Also with such a fast conquest you have 100 army tradition and as a horde, you get a lot of mil points which you can use for generals, so that you have a lot of generals with siege pips.That’s just crazy. How do you even win enough sieges in that time?