As I have already posted in some other thread I deciced to play my first EUIV game as a Byzantium on Iroman mode. Then I, not suprisingly, got obliterated at first. And again. And again. Finally, after 15 hours of trying different approaches I overcame starting obstacles, bringing my first war against the Ottomans to a fruitful final. However, that attempt was not the one I was hoping for. I was successful for a long time, too successful for my own good. For details regarding that calamitous chain of events, follow the link I placed above (post #9).
From that moment onwards, I've never been truly defeated. I set myself a goal of regaining territories of the Roman Empire in its prime, but due to my insufficient knowledge about the game I wasn't able to achieve it. As to point it out:
1. First 150 years kept me focused on the Ottomans and other countries that mattered in the region, therefore I overlooked France getting PU over Aragon and Portugal getting PU over Castille. Furthermore France acquired some territorries in Italy, so by the time I was able to succesfully DOW them, I had to snatch these provinces in the first place. All these events effectively prevented me from recreating Gaul.
2. Complete lack of knowlegde about the fact, if you sell your vassal a province, then diplo-annex him, you'll gain cores on all his provinces (thanks to the forum, I know now that it is called "vassal feeding).
3. Severe loss of ADM points owing to #2.
4. This is most likely the dumbest one: I had lost a PU over GB once because I didn't bother to maitain positive relations with them (I managed to reestablish it later, but I still have no idea on what premises I based my opinion about PU being unbreakable).
I don't feel about the list above being complete, but those are mine most obvious mistakes. I do plan to start once again in the future in order to finally achieve my goal and given my increased understaning of the game, I firmly believe it's within my reach.
Couple of screenshots:
From that moment onwards, I've never been truly defeated. I set myself a goal of regaining territories of the Roman Empire in its prime, but due to my insufficient knowledge about the game I wasn't able to achieve it. As to point it out:
1. First 150 years kept me focused on the Ottomans and other countries that mattered in the region, therefore I overlooked France getting PU over Aragon and Portugal getting PU over Castille. Furthermore France acquired some territorries in Italy, so by the time I was able to succesfully DOW them, I had to snatch these provinces in the first place. All these events effectively prevented me from recreating Gaul.
2. Complete lack of knowlegde about the fact, if you sell your vassal a province, then diplo-annex him, you'll gain cores on all his provinces (thanks to the forum, I know now that it is called "vassal feeding).
3. Severe loss of ADM points owing to #2.
4. This is most likely the dumbest one: I had lost a PU over GB once because I didn't bother to maitain positive relations with them (I managed to reestablish it later, but I still have no idea on what premises I based my opinion about PU being unbreakable).
I don't feel about the list above being complete, but those are mine most obvious mistakes. I do plan to start once again in the future in order to finally achieve my goal and given my increased understaning of the game, I firmly believe it's within my reach.
Couple of screenshots:
