Expert Challenge championship of 2013!
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Good job ATBKING! I have to ask, what that AI Hindustan something you influenced or did the AI actually manage that on it's own?
My Story.
My Ending Results, High and Lows. The Paragraph below in the spoiler tab contains my strategy and to how I made it through this. If you dont want to read it, skip it, dont push the tab. If you do read it and use it for your strategy, go ahead. Im just that awesome!!
As to Gukpa's Request, here is my oh so great leader of the masses with a skill of 8 Admin, 6 Diplo, and 6 Military.
My Sliders compared to the the most Advanced who just so happens to be Burgundy..... oh the rage that gave me when I saw it... My highest wwere both in the lower 40's. their llowest was in the upper 60's. I stood no chance.....
My sliders and NI's.
NI include:
Military Drill: Army Moral +1
Church Attendance: Stability Cost -33%
Whatever that 3rd one is, its my first time using it....
Bureaucracy: Tax +10%
National Bank: Inflation -.10
Cabinet: Infamy -1.00
Patron of the Arts: Culture +5 Dont ask why
Superior Seamanship: Navy Moral +1
Scientific Revolution: Tech Cost -10%
South America: Ugly huh??
Southern Africa: Th Mamluks owned all Anatolia to Tunisia to Mutupa. I dont know what caused them to Collapse but they did...
Europe: Truth is, in 1550 Burgundy owned most of the French area. The only thing they didnt own was the Southern provinces which were guaranteed by Spain. Hesse owned twice as much as you see here. Brunswick, Anhalt Meissen, Saxony, Frankfurt, Mainz, Palpatine and Ansbach were all annexed by Hesse. Netherlands owned, from what they have now, add Munsters and Bremens land. You see Meclenberg in Pommerania's land?? thats because Mecklenberg had annexed Pommerania, Brandenburg, Lubeck and its surrounding areas. The only Nation to prosper inItaly was Aquileia. They took over Venice, Eastern Milan, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia till me and Austria stepped in.
Holy Lands: Now The Holy lands were more simple. They were split between two nations.
Section 1) Mamluks of the west
Section 2) A Blue nation I never saw before that started with an S. It owned the entire Area.
Section 3) The Lith Lords of the Plains
Section 4) Actually was all owned by Khorasan till Rajputana and them had a bunch of wars with each other.
Asia ( My Fist time seeing Hindustan. It made me Happy!! Also made me laugh was Ryukyu survived until 1780.
and Finally Oceania.
Thats all for ATBKING's Quest for a Lithuanian America!!
My Ending Results, High and Lows. The Paragraph below in the spoiler tab contains my strategy and to how I made it through this. If you dont want to read it, skip it, dont push the tab. If you do read it and use it for your strategy, go ahead. Im just that awesome!!
My Storyline: At the Beginning, it was fairly hard. The PU with Poland ended in the first few months, then again I play on +5 speed. so It might have been longer. Either way, it didnt last till 1401. My first problem was of Course, the Horde. My money problems, rebel problems and the horde combined made for one hell of a trench fight at the beginning. But that changed in the 1420's, after they themselves ht a rebel problem. My rebel problem pissed me off and I almost quit the challenge!! I started, got a Peasant war in 1402, another in 1408, another in 1416, and another in 1424. I rage quit on the 1416 one, I just closed my laptop and walked away. then in the 1430's I caught my first break. I accidentally PU Sweden. then a few months later, I PU Hungary who had conquered all of the Balkans AND half of Greece. By 1465 I PU Poland, Portugal and Norway. in 1510 I had integrated Hungary and Portugal only. Portugal had landed one province in in Georgia. It bordered the Creek indians who had annexed everyone else. I annexed them through war and waited for them to core in 1552 exactly. then I went to work colonizing the coastline. The only nations that made it through were Hansa, Ireland, Great Britain and the Netherlands, all of whom were in Canada only. By And about 100 years later I grabbed Bohemia. Almost had Denmark(game crashed but they did get my last name), Spain and Austria. After fully minting and gaining a inflation of about 60, I had finally colonized all of the americas in the 1720's. In 1750, I westernized and disbanded every troop in America. and for the next 50 years, I had continuous battles with Mexico, Peru, UPCA, Louisiana, Quebec, Canada, Venezuela, and Haiti and the Aztecs. I ended up not having enough time to annex them all and keep my infamy low enough. That was hell right there.
As to Gukpa's Request, here is my oh so great leader of the masses with a skill of 8 Admin, 6 Diplo, and 6 Military.
My Sliders compared to the the most Advanced who just so happens to be Burgundy..... oh the rage that gave me when I saw it... My highest wwere both in the lower 40's. their llowest was in the upper 60's. I stood no chance.....
My sliders and NI's.
NI include:
Military Drill: Army Moral +1
Church Attendance: Stability Cost -33%
Whatever that 3rd one is, its my first time using it....
Bureaucracy: Tax +10%
National Bank: Inflation -.10
Cabinet: Infamy -1.00
Patron of the Arts: Culture +5 Dont ask why
Superior Seamanship: Navy Moral +1
Scientific Revolution: Tech Cost -10%
South America: Ugly huh??
Southern Africa: Th Mamluks owned all Anatolia to Tunisia to Mutupa. I dont know what caused them to Collapse but they did...
Europe: Truth is, in 1550 Burgundy owned most of the French area. The only thing they didnt own was the Southern provinces which were guaranteed by Spain. Hesse owned twice as much as you see here. Brunswick, Anhalt Meissen, Saxony, Frankfurt, Mainz, Palpatine and Ansbach were all annexed by Hesse. Netherlands owned, from what they have now, add Munsters and Bremens land. You see Meclenberg in Pommerania's land?? thats because Mecklenberg had annexed Pommerania, Brandenburg, Lubeck and its surrounding areas. The only Nation to prosper inItaly was Aquileia. They took over Venice, Eastern Milan, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia till me and Austria stepped in.
Holy Lands: Now The Holy lands were more simple. They were split between two nations.
Section 1) Mamluks of the west
Section 2) A Blue nation I never saw before that started with an S. It owned the entire Area.
Section 3) The Lith Lords of the Plains
Section 4) Actually was all owned by Khorasan till Rajputana and them had a bunch of wars with each other.
Asia ( My Fist time seeing Hindustan. It made me Happy!! Also made me laugh was Ryukyu survived until 1780.
and Finally Oceania.
Thats all for ATBKING's Quest for a Lithuanian America!!
No, I got Tired of going to recruit an adviser and seeing my culture at 33 and not wanting to use my Wizards to increase it.
Squeezed in a couple hours last night. Poland's monarch died within a couple years. It's now 1420 and my country is doing very well as I'm racing towards QftNW.
I'm trying to expand as fast as possible. I'll deal with revolts and instability now so that I have a strong, wealthy country to colonise America with.
Preferably without 60 inflation, but that was an impressive feat, ATBKING.
I'm trying to expand as fast as possible. I'll deal with revolts and instability now so that I have a strong, wealthy country to colonise America with.
Preferably without 60 inflation, but that was an impressive feat, ATBKING.
i thought you needed to get greenland?
It is neither Canada, Mexico or USA. It is "North America", but so is Haiti.
These have been my first games on Normal mode for a long time now and I don't agree with hard or VH being easier. I do agree that the bonuses make you able to punch out more money and have stronger vassals, these are universal truths but on normal mode you can wreck an enemy of almost any size with scorched earth and abusing the AI's love of throwing their weight around. Couple that with them no longer having their bonuses including moral and you've got a much easier time waging wars on normal mode; their War Exhaustion skyrockets and just doesn't come down.
But then, like most things that's just my opinion.
I am sorry for being late . I was really busy playing an ottoman game . I will be thankful if you accept this .
I am sorry for being late . I was really busy playing an ottoman game . I will be thankful if you accept this .
Sorry,but I can't
My Ending Results, High and Lows. The Paragraph below in the spoiler tab contains my strategy and to how I made it through this. If you dont want to read it, skip it, dont push the tab. If you do read it and use it for your strategy, go ahead. Im just that awesome!!
My Storyline: At the Beginning, it was fairly hard. The PU with Poland ended in the first few months, then again I play on +5 speed. so It might have been longer. Either way, it didnt last till 1401. My first problem was of Course, the Horde. My money problems, rebel problems and the horde combined made for one hell of a trench fight at the beginning. But that changed in the 1420's, after they themselves ht a rebel problem. My rebel problem pissed me off and I almost quit the challenge!! I started, got a Peasant war in 1402, another in 1408, another in 1416, and another in 1424. I rage quit on the 1416 one, I just closed my laptop and walked away. then in the 1430's I caught my first break. I accidentally PU Sweden. then a few months later, I PU Hungary who had conquered all of the Balkans AND half of Greece. By 1465 I PU Poland, Portugal and Norway. in 1510 I had integrated Hungary and Portugal only. Portugal had landed one province in in Georgia. It bordered the Creek indians who had annexed everyone else. I annexed them through war and waited for them to core in 1552 exactly. then I went to work colonizing the coastline. The only nations that made it through were Hansa, Ireland, Great Britain and the Netherlands, all of whom were in Canada only. By And about 100 years later I grabbed Bohemia. Almost had Denmark(game crashed but they did get my last name), Spain and Austria. After fully minting and gaining a inflation of about 60, I had finally colonized all of the americas in the 1720's. In 1750, I westernized and disbanded every troop in America. and for the next 50 years, I had continuous battles with Mexico, Peru, UPCA, Louisiana, Quebec, Canada, Venezuela, and Haiti and the Aztecs. I ended up not having enough time to annex them all and keep my infamy low enough. That was hell right there.
As to Gukpa's Request, here is my oh so great leader of the masses with a skill of 8 Admin, 6 Diplo, and 6 Military.
My Sliders compared to the the most Advanced who just so happens to be Burgundy..... oh the rage that gave me when I saw it... My highest wwere both in the lower 40's. their llowest was in the upper 60's. I stood no chance.....
My sliders and NI's.
NI include:
Military Drill: Army Moral +1
Church Attendance: Stability Cost -33%
Whatever that 3rd one is, its my first time using it....
Bureaucracy: Tax +10%
National Bank: Inflation -.10
Cabinet: Infamy -1.00
Patron of the Arts: Culture +5 Dont ask why
Superior Seamanship: Navy Moral +1
Scientific Revolution: Tech Cost -10%
South America: Ugly huh??
Southern Africa: Th Mamluks owned all Anatolia to Tunisia to Mutupa. I dont know what caused them to Collapse but they did...
Europe: Truth is, in 1550 Burgundy owned most of the French area. The only thing they didnt own was the Southern provinces which were guaranteed by Spain. Hesse owned twice as much as you see here. Brunswick, Anhalt Meissen, Saxony, Frankfurt, Mainz, Palpatine and Ansbach were all annexed by Hesse. Netherlands owned, from what they have now, add Munsters and Bremens land. You see Meclenberg in Pommerania's land?? thats because Mecklenberg had annexed Pommerania, Brandenburg, Lubeck and its surrounding areas. The only Nation to prosper inItaly was Aquileia. They took over Venice, Eastern Milan, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia till me and Austria stepped in.
Holy Lands: Now The Holy lands were more simple. They were split between two nations.
Section 1) Mamluks of the west
Section 2) A Blue nation I never saw before that started with an S. It owned the entire Area.
Section 3) The Lith Lords of the Plains
Section 4) Actually was all owned by Khorasan till Rajputana and them had a bunch of wars with each other.
Asia ( My Fist time seeing Hindustan. It made me Happy!! Also made me laugh was Ryukyu survived until 1780.
and Finally Oceania.
Thats all for ATBKING's Quest for a Lithuanian America!!
Will be very hard to you win
When is the deadline? Sunday 18:00 GMT?
I have finished the challenge, but I'll post a short AAR about it later this week.
I have finished the challenge, but I'll post a short AAR about it later this week.
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