Every other post is about the HRE. Anyone who asks a question is either asking about the HRE, or if not, will get HRE in their answer. Why? The HRE is not the only way to play the game. I played one austria game in like 1.1... and I've never tried to become emperor by vassalizing electors and getting free vassals.
My question is, am I doing it wrong? Is that how you're supposed to play? Not try and make a historical empire, and then achieve the ambitions of that country, like building a Pacific Empire with Japan, kicking the Ottomans out of Europe with Austria, or take Vienna as the Ottomans, but instead wedge yourself into the HRE and magically annex all of its land, or even worse, abuse the mechanics to make a pan-eurasian HRE that you magically control without any risks? If I am missing something, please let me know.
I wouldn't object to playing a game where germany or italy forms and takes emperor, nothing spectacular there. or even if poland, Britain, or Spain take the throne and defend the empire. But using the mechanics to annex the earth, is that really the only viable strategy?
Someone asks for a poland strategy: "vassalize electors become emperor add land to empire pass all but last reform add land to empire release vassals"
same for France, spain, italy... seems to be too common of a thing. doesn't that get a bit boring eventually?
am I the only one who would prefer dismantling that hideous turd instead of ruling it? smash the HRE into oblivion I say.
My question is, am I doing it wrong? Is that how you're supposed to play? Not try and make a historical empire, and then achieve the ambitions of that country, like building a Pacific Empire with Japan, kicking the Ottomans out of Europe with Austria, or take Vienna as the Ottomans, but instead wedge yourself into the HRE and magically annex all of its land, or even worse, abuse the mechanics to make a pan-eurasian HRE that you magically control without any risks? If I am missing something, please let me know.
I wouldn't object to playing a game where germany or italy forms and takes emperor, nothing spectacular there. or even if poland, Britain, or Spain take the throne and defend the empire. But using the mechanics to annex the earth, is that really the only viable strategy?
Someone asks for a poland strategy: "vassalize electors become emperor add land to empire pass all but last reform add land to empire release vassals"
same for France, spain, italy... seems to be too common of a thing. doesn't that get a bit boring eventually?
am I the only one who would prefer dismantling that hideous turd instead of ruling it? smash the HRE into oblivion I say.
