I'm playing the Ottomans and my only real rival is the Commonwealth. We have the same tech and similar amount of men. The problm is, they have 123 army tradition. I only have 49 and have been at war whenever possible. There has to be something I'm missing because this kind of thing has happened several times. The Commonwealth declared war, all my allies refused to join me, and with that morale buff plus their full defensive ideas, this war is practically unwinnable
Army Tradition
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100 Army Tradition gives 25% morale, so for 12.3%, they were at around 49 Army Tradition, same as you. As to how to keep it up, read up on it on the wiki.
https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/Military_tradition
https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com/Military_tradition
i just checked and you're right, my bad. but even with 5 percent more discipline and a fraction more tactics i cant win because they have two 15 percent buffs to morale. Any strategies or ideas so i can at least stalemate them?
Do the usual stuff, fight defensively in mountains, roll a good general, make sure your army composition is right (post tech 16 it's front row infantry, back row cannons + 4 cav)
As Ottomans you are behind the Commonwealth in military if you don't have janissaries or military ideas, as they get huge buff from their national ideas (15% morale, 5% discipline, 33% cavalry combat ability, 10% infantry combat ability)
You can also out eco them by spamming huge merc armies, constantinople area is much richer than eastern europe
As Ottomans you are behind the Commonwealth in military if you don't have janissaries or military ideas, as they get huge buff from their national ideas (15% morale, 5% discipline, 33% cavalry combat ability, 10% infantry combat ability)
You can also out eco them by spamming huge merc armies, constantinople area is much richer than eastern europe
Against better morale it is a good tactic to reinforce to the battle instead of fighting with your whole army from day 1. That way, you can counter measure the morale advantage.
Having a small but fast army around to intercept enemies reinforcement is very helpful for this tactic, too.
Side node: loosing a battle with huge casualties (as every otto vs plc battle results) gives big hit on war exhaustion. You should always try to siege some provinces (not neccessarily forts), to raise their war ex faster than yours is raising.
Having a small but fast army around to intercept enemies reinforcement is very helpful for this tactic, too.
Side node: loosing a battle with huge casualties (as every otto vs plc battle results) gives big hit on war exhaustion. You should always try to siege some provinces (not neccessarily forts), to raise their war ex faster than yours is raising.
A wise man said before; More is more. Throw more man in the fight. Have a normal stack do the fighting, while a reinforcement stack with only inf to enter the battle later.
High morale can at times act as a double-edged sword in situations as this.
It usually results in wining the battle, but at a much higher casualty rate than the losing side. See if you can take advantage of tit with a 2nd army at standby.