This is a walkthrough for up to this point:
Background:
I wanted to try an Ottoman HRE run that plays to instead of against the changes in the Middle Eastern region on 1.23. More tags means more alliances and AE, but also a bigger vassal swarm especially on the Euroasian border. More European provinces also means more Imperial Authority to be gained from adding them to the HRE. As a bonus, Georgian cores no longer have hostile core-creation cost as tradition.
The decision to re-form England removes all provinces from the HRE without checking for whether the player is the HRE emperor. This allows every province to be added twice. I would thus only have to pass around five reforms in order to revoke with 100 IA.
The limiting factor to this run is how quickly England can be full annexed. The limiting factor to killing England is AE. There are two new mechanics in 1.23 that help with managing AE - trade policies and the Muslim Hanbali school.
This run was played mostly on speeds 2 and 3 with frequent pauses. Every detail was microed as much as I was able to. Multiple restarts were required. The first 20-30 years need to unfold perfectly in order for the run to succeed.
Background:
I wanted to try an Ottoman HRE run that plays to instead of against the changes in the Middle Eastern region on 1.23. More tags means more alliances and AE, but also a bigger vassal swarm especially on the Euroasian border. More European provinces also means more Imperial Authority to be gained from adding them to the HRE. As a bonus, Georgian cores no longer have hostile core-creation cost as tradition.
The decision to re-form England removes all provinces from the HRE without checking for whether the player is the HRE emperor. This allows every province to be added twice. I would thus only have to pass around five reforms in order to revoke with 100 IA.
The limiting factor to this run is how quickly England can be full annexed. The limiting factor to killing England is AE. There are two new mechanics in 1.23 that help with managing AE - trade policies and the Muslim Hanbali school.
This run was played mostly on speeds 2 and 3 with frequent pauses. Every detail was microed as much as I was able to. Multiple restarts were required. The first 20-30 years need to unfold perfectly in order for the run to succeed.
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