A hindustan in distress, need help!

[bengast]

So I've been playing for quite a while and I have hit a serious snag where I need your veteran advice fellow players

Without further due, let me introduce you to my sticky situation. I'm playing Hindustan and the year is 1582, I'm behind in every tech, probably have too much ducats banked and am surrounded with truces or alliance break that could spill the end for me.

I have a truce till 1594!!!! with Sind and Delhi, Jaunpur is my vassal to feed them their cores back and more land. Bengal is my ally and allied Malwa for reasons that I shall never understand.

Now onto my economy during peacetime

I'm adm10, dip13 and mil11 having finished economy, quality and doing admin ideas right now (3 out of 7). I've embraced every insitution except printing press >.> I developped renaissance and colonialism myself so its the reason why i'm behind in tech compared to my neighbors lol.

should I no-CB someone? and who? or just wait another 12 years sitting on my hands lol. And sohuld I sink money for lvl 2 or even lvl3 advisors?

 

[Dominion]

So I've been playing for quite a while and I have hit a serious snag where I need your veteran advice fellow players

Without further due, let me introduce you to my sticky situation.

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Glad I could help.

*disappears*

I'm playing Hindustan and the year is 1582, I'm behind in every tech, probably have too much ducats banked and am surrounded with truces or alliance break that could spill the end for me.

I have a truce till 1594!!!! with Sind and Delhi, Jaunpur is my vassal to feed them their cores back and more land. Bengal is my ally and allied Malwa for reasons that I shall never understand.

Now onto my economy during peacetime

I'm adm10, dip13 and mil11 having finished economy, quality and doing admin ideas right now (3 out of 7). I've embraced every insitution except printing press >.> I developped renaissance and colonialism myself so its the reason why i'm behind in tech compared to my neighbors lol.

should I no-CB someone? and who? or just wait another 12 years sitting on my hands lol. And sohuld I sink money for lvl 2 or even lvl3 advisors?

Get better advisors. Break alliance with Malwa. It's a short truce.
Open your own diplomatic interface and switch to diplomatic feedback (= rightclick your nation, press "d").
Set one province per nation bordering your vassals as province of interest (= leftclick Hormuz, Ajam, Transoxiania and Nepal once)
Their provinces turn red. Your vassals - assuming they're loyal - will now fabricate.

Use their conquest cb to declare war on them and don't give the land to your vassals. You can core through them as long as they're on the same continent as you are. No need to border these provinces yourself.

 

[sebas379]

I think you should definetly get the better advisors, especially if you can get half priced lvl 3 ones. You have a crapton of money, are there any useful buildings left to build?

 

[bengast]

*snip*

I'm allied to bengal and Bengal is allied to malwa, if only Bengal would break their alliance, but alas they're the 8th great power /s

I can only get half priced lvl 3 diplo, the other estates hate my guts for not giving them land lol.

I'm waiting on my next adm tech to build a bunch of textile manufacturies....

edit:

While I wait I have decided indonesia can do with some NO-CBing lol!

 

[sebas379]

Let the other estates influence drop if needed and then gice them that land. Itll help you a ton

 

[Dominion]

I'm allied to bengal and Bengal is allied to malwa, if only Bengal would break their alliance, but alas they're the 8th great power /s

I can only get half priced lvl 3 diplo, the other estates hate my guts for not giving them land lol.

I'm waiting on my next adm tech to build a bunch of textile manufacturies....

edit:

While I wait I have decided indonesia can do with some NO-CBing lol!

So don't break your alliance. Point still stands. Let vassals fabricate for you and take the land for yourself this time.

 

[cuendillar]

12 years truce with all neighbours is a long time, but it also means that you have that long to fix things up internally without worrying about being attacked. You even have plenty money, so that won't be a bottleneck for you.


First priority should be to sort out your troublesome estates - 60+ influence and loyalty would be ideal as a steady state. Advisors could and should be gotten right away to handle the tech issues, as well as all relevant buildings. As your military would be otherwise idle, you might want to consider decreasing autonomy in whatever land gave you that truce as rebellions could be handled easily with no war looming.


Perfect time to consolidate, really. You're in fine shape unless you're in a serious hurry to conquer new land. Seems better to take the opportunity to build up your nation than to make concession just to get a new war.

 

[C.N.]

Have you consider going after Malacca, or something else in that area? Preferably someone not a tributary of Ming. That seems like the best bet if you can't go north.

 

[bengast]

Have you consider going after Malacca, or something else in that area? Preferably someone not a tributary of Ming. That seems like the best bet if you can't go north.

I did, Malaca is a tributary tho (and allied with Bengal LOL, someone wants to get killed). So after a bit of shuffling I broke Bengakl and Malwas alliance and dowed Malwa, they're pretty much gone. Now I'm siting on a shit ton of loans because manufactories, yes I burnt torugh that fat stack fast lol. Now I'm just trying to spawn global trade on my node, 8 ducats shy off Bejing (who finally adopted instituitions form me oh-oh). Guess alliance epxloit time is gonna be starting soonTM.