England HYW 1.5 still possible?

[cerro]

Anyone win the war without going bankrupt in 1.5? It way easier in previous version. Any strategy/guide to share?

Cheers

 

[highsis]

I'm trying this at this very moment and kept failing over and over.

I'm using a mod that multiplies cost of all units by 1.5 times, making this much harder as I can't maintain fleets nor armies....

 

[Shumpitostick]

I tried and surprisingly succeeded(After lots of failed attempts). Try using this guide. The only changes you need to make from this is that because the great power modifier(although maybe 1.5.1 changed this) you can only have one ally and sometimes you have to restart because they rival you. If you only manage to get one ally, let france carpet siege them before taking their stacks one by one with your troops

 

[Golladan]

Try using this guide. The only changes you need to make from this is that because the great power modifier(although maybe 1.5.1 changed this) you can only have one ally and sometimes you have to restart because they rival you. If you only manage to get one ally, let france carpet siege them before taking their stacks one by one with your troops

You should no longer be able to call another nation into your war with France by calling them into a war against some other nation.

 

[Pippin123]

I did it in 1.5 , emulating MadJinn 's strategy (cf youtube) and tons of micromanagment. I managed to peace out Provence by releasing my aquitaine possessions as a sovereign state, depriving France of an ally and some sieging warscore.
Provence then quickly attacked France too

Sadly, my king died 4 months AFTER I won the war, ending the newly formed PU since France's opinion was still negative from "was at war" modifier...

 

[Shumpitostick]

You should no longer be able to call another nation into your war with France by calling them into a war against some other nation.

I used 1.5 and it worked for me. So I guess it does work

 

[Thund91]

I've done it with both strategies. First one being the Spain/Austria call to war, and the other one that consists of getting MA through Navarra/Aragon and baiting the French army at Bearn.

As long as you stall the war long enough though, I've realized Burgundy DoW's France 100% of the time once their manpower starts drying up. Once Burgundy is in it's a walk in the walk. Problem is Burgundy takes some provinces you'll have to take back later.

 

[cerro]

I tried and surprisingly succeeded(After lots of failed attempts). Try using this guide. The only changes you need to make from this is that because the great power modifier(although maybe 1.5.1 changed this) you can only have one ally and sometimes you have to restart because they rival you. If you only manage to get one ally, let france carpet siege them before taking their stacks one by one with your troops

It worked!! Thanks for the guide Shump!

 

[Bibor]

It worked!! Thanks for the guide Shump!

No problem

Anyway, it should be doable even without foreign intervention, MadDjinn and Shen have done it post-patch, so I guess its doable. War of the Roses and Burgundy remain the biggest threat, so you need to ally at least Castile at minimum, pref. both Austria and Castile to keep Burgundy at bay while you deal with France and its vassals.

 

[Viperswhip]

No problem

Anyway, it should be doable even without foreign intervention, MadDjinn and Shen have done it post-patch, so I guess its doable. War of the Roses and Burgundy remain the biggest threat, so you need to ally at least Castile at minimum, pref. both Austria and Castile to keep Burgundy at bay while you deal with France and its vassals.

Well, there's no malus if you ask them for an alliance on the same day hehe

 

[knoddy]

I tried and surprisingly succeeded(After lots of failed attempts). Try using this guide. The only changes you need to make from this is that because the great power modifier(although maybe 1.5.1 changed this) you can only have one ally and sometimes you have to restart because they rival you. If you only manage to get one ally, let france carpet siege them before taking their stacks one by one with your troops

I can confirm this 100% works, just done it, only thing is, Portugal didnt join for some reason, spain peaced out early but me and Austria managed to finish them off, resilient pests tho, their 5, thats right 5! seige generally made things damn hard too.

also you might have to restart 4-5 times in order to get both spain and austria as neutral.