Fastest possible Byzantine restoration?

[Day Man]

I was wondering if there are any tips or tricks when it comes to getting your cores back, at least the ones from OE, other than grabbing the Turkish minors and keeping your fingers crossed and waiting for decades until Timurids wipe out Ottoman armies, assuming they don't peace out?

I am thinking that this strategy will yield me the Anatolian cores by at least the 20s, and that's if I manage to grab them with one quick sweep in one or two wars

If you somehow managed to kick start your Eastern Roman Empire early on, please share your methods in detail

 

[General Karthos]

I'm actually just starting an AAR, and I have successfully fought a war against the Ottoman Empire on "Hard" difficulty. The AAR will be going up soon. However, I did start in 1405, rather than 1399. In 1405 you start with five provinces instead of just the two, and the Ottomans are busy fighting with some rebels. But in 1413, I have gained eight additional cores back, three from the Ottomans, four from Turkish minors, and one from patriot rebels I financed in Cyprus.

Despite the temptation, don't fight more than one minor at a time, I think, and be wary of their fleets. They may not be large, but if you commit all your troops it'll still take you a while to take their provinces, and it'll take the AI an annoyingly short time to take yours, even with just one regiment.

I can hardly claim to be an expert, but I did spend a lot of today going only eight years. It's a challenge.

 

[unmerged(445219)]

Use the AI's stupidity in naval battles against it. Force it to chase your single ship with its large fleet, take out its smaller fleets. Eliminate its navy completely. Occupy the entire western side, then let a small portion of their army through the naval blockade. Take care of that, then let some more. Do that until he has no army. Take whatever your mission requires of him then and you can either riase his warscore and attack after the truce ends or break the truce and chain-attack him.

 

[Ashantai]

If you start in 1405 like I did you can regain almost all your cores by 1420. In the end I only had Kaffa left.

 

[ywhtptgtfo]

Declare war on a Catholic minor on day 1 and offer to switch to Catholic. That way, you get DoF Castile/Austria/France/England protecting you from the OE and you can freely retake the cores in Venetian provinces.

 

[Day Man]

what would you say be a good opening strategy for 1405 start, block the strait and get Europe, rush through the strait and try to crush the Ottomans, or grab the minors first then start attacking?

 

[Slym]

If you start in 1405 you can have the ottomans down to a 3pm in one war.

 

[Day Man]

If you start in 1405 you can have the ottomans down to a 3pm in one war.

would you mind suggesting which provinces to grab from them?

 

[unmerged(80402)]

1405 is for weaklings, 1453 is for real men XD.

 

[Slym]

The ones furthest west. You can eat the Turkish minors on all sides of them while you wait out the treaty and then finish them off.

Edit: I mean that's the ones to leave them with. You can get most of them as long as the rebels last long enough.

 

[Lord Finnish]

Depending on which Empire (Trajanus or Justinianus). The former takes well into 18th century depending on how powerful France is but you can do the latter by 1550 if you are lucky.

 

[Ashantai]

I am at 1560, just dismantled the HRE. Have all Italy, Anatolia, Egypt, North Africa, Mecca, Southern France and Crimea.

It's a hard struggle even with Cleansing of heresy because I had a 50 year reigning Empress with DIP 3, followed by a 10 year regency with DIP 3. Because of my mod I have an extra 10 infamy less because of the DIP 3.

I hope to restore Trajan's Empire, I have plenty of time. I'm almost there with Justinian's.

 

[Castios]

In the mp game I seen byz player defeated ottomans by 1420. 1399 start normal difficulty

 

[unmerged(80402)]

In the mp game I seen byz player defeated ottomans by 1420. 1399 start normal difficulty

In mp, byzantine player should be persona non grata, as he makes byzantine influx impossible, as so with third rome.

 

[unmerged(271387)]

In mp, byzantine player should be persona non grata, as he makes byzantine influx impossible, as so with third rome.

They see him rollin',they hatin'!
And romania impossible too

 

[Castios]

Dunno in my mp everyone support him. ._.

And I am playing Russia..

 

[unmerged(271387)]

Dunno in my mp everyone support him. ._.

And I am playing Russia..

They see you rollin',they hatin'
Now say goodbye to -2 maximum WE
Or...
KILL HIM!
Kill Byz Vol 3

 

[Castios]

-4 maximum we.

I hate byz. players now.

 

[Emperor Hans]

-4 maximum we.

I hate byz. players now.

Wasn't establishing the patriarch -6 max war exhaustion ?

 

[unmerged(80402)]

You are all wrong, it is -5. So it is very good thing to have byzantium dead.