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DDRJake or Arumba. DDRJake probably won't post any vids until he knows how to break the patch, and if you watch his vids you have a limited amount of time to copy his strategies because Paradox also watches his vids. Every patch seems to have something to do with DDRJake or Byzantium.
 

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Absolutely, just watch DDRJake. Second best thing to playing as France.

Quill's audience is quite nice, he also knows how to make tutorials.

Shenryyr is enjoyable to watch, if not a bit too childish at times. Even though primarily a streamer, does show the minimum amount of effort to respond to his comments. Which many don't bother.

Arumba loves micromanagement, analyzes too much, often manages to miss the point. Has an awful fanbase, but he uploads regularly and knows Eu4 well enough. Also uses his keyboard shortcuts, Which I absolutely love.

Alfapiomega also explains mechanics constantly.

Marco Antonio and AlexLifeson are primarily HOI LP'ers but also are quite good at EU4.

That's all I can remember.
Good list. I need a lot work before I can make it on there heh? :)

Let me point out that Marco Antonio is doing a very good job and is the next high riser in my book.
I have a whole list of competent LP'ers and how they are performing, but that's for another time ;-)
 

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In my opinion the best way is to read the wiki/forum and figure out how mechanics work and how you can exploit them and then build from there. Once you have a big of tricks that work for your playstyle you have something to build on.

I have tried using the Wiki quite a bit but unfortunately so much of the information seems to be outdated, even during 1.7, but especially now. A lot of the guides I looked up had a preface like, "Current as of 1.1", and it's like... uh... well I'm sure things have changed! But I do grab bits from the Wiki when it's relevant, and the forum has been most helpful!

Absolutely, just watch DDRJake. Second best thing to playing as France.

Quill's audience is quite nice, he also knows how to make tutorials.

Shenryyr is enjoyable to watch, if not a bit too childish at times. Even though primarily a streamer, does show the minimum amount of effort to respond to his comments. Which many don't bother.

Arumba loves micromanagement, analyzes too much, often manages to miss the point. Has an awful fanbase, but he uploads regularly and knows Eu4 well enough. Also uses his keyboard shortcuts, Which I absolutely love.

Alfapiomega also explains mechanics constantly.

Marco Antonio and AlexLifeson are primarily HOI LP'ers but also are quite good at EU4.

That's all I can remember.

Great list - thank you!

I'll check out your videos, ParadogsGamer - thanks :).
 

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Consider watching live on Twitch rather than on YouTube, if you don't understand something you can often get help in the chat.

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Consider watching live on Twitch rather than on YouTube, if you don't understand something you can often get help in the chat.

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Except if you watch Arumba and your comment is gone in 10 seconds because of the waterfall of comments.
 

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I have tried using the Wiki quite a bit but unfortunately so much of the information seems to be outdated, even during 1.7, but especially now. A lot of the guides I looked up had a preface like, "Current as of 1.1", and it's like... uh... well I'm sure things have changed! But I do grab bits from the Wiki when it's relevant, and the forum has been most helpful!

Well, I meant more min/max type stuff. For example, one of the biggest things for me when switching from eu3 to eu4 was leaning about the differences in combat mechanics. I honestly still struggle with some of that but being proficient at the small things gives you a leg up to build on. It sounds like you might already be at that point or close to it.

From there, i always like reading AAR's/watching people like DDR jake. I can't tell you how much I learned about eu3 from reading prawnstar's no cheese WC as england and then especially trying to recreate it myself. I only recently switched to eu4 but until like 2 months ago and like 1500 hours in on eu3 I was still learning things

If you're half way decent at the game already I'd recommend what DDRjake says though. Pick a really difficult starting situation and try to figure out a way to win and repeat until you do.
 

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I watched through one of Arumba's newest Let's Plays: his 1.8 Brandenburg game. In just the first 20 minute video I've learned three things... didn't know who sent the royal marriage invite mattered, and I didn't know embargoing was so worthwhile... I guess I just never thought or cared to do it. Also I'd have never noticed that little mark in the movement arrow for river crossing. Definitely going to keep up with Arumba's 1.8 game. Plus I'd like to play Poland so since it's in the same geographical area maybe I'll pick up some things pertinent to that region.

I actually think Arumba is mistaken about the third point (the mark in the movement arrow). One of the lines of the patch notes reads: "Added a line on the movement arrow to show when the unit will move to the next province". So the little tick has nothing to do with river crossings.
 

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I actually think Arumba is mistaken about the third point (the mark in the movement arrow). One of the lines of the patch notes reads: "Added a line on the movement arrow to show when the unit will move to the next province". So the little tick has nothing to do with river crossings.

In fact if you click on the province it tells you which provinces traveling to it from have a crossing penalty. It's so easy now.
 

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For EU4 (and CK2) the biggest native English-speaking youtubers with a high quality standard (good mic quality, excellent cutting and editing, loads of experience, steady content, decent articulation, excellent narration skills, good at speaking to an audience, ability to explain things, etc.) are certainly Shenryyr, quill18, and Arumba. They do dabble in other games as well, quill18 usually more so than the other two. But when it comes to Paradoxian grand strategy, you will be hard-pressed to find more consistent channels. Of course, all of them have their own quirks and caveats (from personal experience):

Shenryyr (California, USA) -- "sultry voice", shows the event log, usually rather methodical and strategic, often stubborn and occasionally "blind", probably older than the others but with childish tendencies (renaming provinces or CNs etc.), lots of "that's what she said" jokes, abrasive in tone at times, known to audibly burp and crack his knuckles

quill18 (Northern Ontario, Canada) -- quirky, "nice guy", cosmopolitan attitude, likes to explain things extensively, lots of experience with audiences, often has facecam up, methodical playstyle, at times indecisive and slow, well versed in historical background, strategic

Arumba (Florida, USA) -- ambitious, tech perfectionist (audio/video), quick robotic playstyle with hotkeys, likes to crunch numbers ad nauseam, excellent guides (especially for CK2), complains a lot about the game(s), usually impatient and prone to high-and-mighty attitudes, often easily distracted and oblivious to the historical greater picture, likes to play the "blame game", occasional iffy comments/undertones about women and gay people

Two more niche grand strategy youtubers worth mentioning are DDRJake ("part-time" feel, highest skill, exploitive and crazy, needlessly exaggerated voice at times) and MadDjinn (not as much content, likes to talk a lot and hear himself speak).
 
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You need to see Quill18's videos if you've never played grand strategy, but if this isn't your first game, then see Shenryyr2 or Arumba.
 

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For EU4 (and CK2) the biggest native English-speaking youtubers with a high quality standard (good mic quality, excellent cutting, loads of experience, steady content, decent articulation, excellent narration skills, good at speaking to an audience, ability to explain things, etc.) are certainly Shenryyr, quill18, and Arumba. They do dabble in other games as well, quill18 usually more so than the other two. But when it comes to Paradoxian grand strategy, you will be hard-pressed to find more consistent channels. Of course, all of them have their own quirks and caveats (from personal experience):

Shenryyr (California, USA) -- "sultry voice", shows the event log, usually rather methodical and strategic, often stubborn and occasionally "blind", probably older than the others but with childish tendencies (renaming provinces or CNs etc.), lots of "that's what she said" jokes, abrasive in tone at times, known to audibly burp and crack his knuckles

quill18 (North Ontario, Canada) -- quirky, "nice guy", cosmopolitan attitude, likes to explain things extensively, lots of experience with audiences, often has facecam up, methodical playstyle, at times indecisive and slow, well versed in historical background, strategic

Arumba (Florida, USA) -- ambitious, tech perfectionist (audio/video), quick robotic playstyle with hotkeys, likes to crunch numbers ad nauseam, excellent guides (expecially for CK2), complains a lot about the game(s), usually impatient and prone to high-and-mighty attitudes, often easily distracted and oblivious to the historical greater picture, likes to play the "blame game", occasional iffy comments/undertones about women and gay people

Wow, very extensive profiles. I wonder what will be written about me one day.
But to be fair, their are lot's of good youtubers out there. There is no need to only view the big ones. Find one with a style that suits you. Or shuffle around based on interest in a particular subject. Why watch Arumba play Brandenburg, if you're not interested in Brandenburg? Subscribing to all of us will make it easier to pick and choose.
 

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I think I am as good at EU IV as I am at HOI III. Thank you very much for spreading the word! :D
You should change your name here on the forums Marco.
I'm in for a co-up with you any day by the way. As I stated above, I believe you are one of the coming stars ;-)
 

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I liked ParadoxianLP but he disappeared about a year ago.
 

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I think I am as good at EU IV as I am at HOI III. Thank you very much for spreading the word! :D

:) I should probably have put a border gore warning though come to think of it. :eek:hmy:

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Northernlion really needs to convince Totalbiscuit to pick up and play Paradox games.
 
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How was his style? I don't remember watching him.

He was very laid back and although he clearly knew how the game worked he wasn't obsessive about making optimal decisions. He explained what he was doing and why he was doing it and for that reason I'd recommend him for learning CKI, EUIII and HOI2 if those were still attractive to anyone. He did one blind play of EUIV on release but I wouldn't recommend that. Shortly after he stopped releasing videos.

Essentially without him I wouldn't be playing Paradox games.

Also he had this thick dutch accent that made me imagine he had just been smoking a herbal cigarette before recording which amused me. Don't you love cultural stereotypes? Anyway, I'm off to finish my porridge and fight someone.

Paradoxian LP EUIII Lets play
 

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You should change your name here on the forums Marco.

I'm in for a co-up with you any day by the way.
Not a bad idea! :)

I'm in for a co-up with you any day by the way.
It is not a bad idea either :) but my schedule won´t allow it in the near future. I’ve subscribed to your channel and we’ll keep in touch.

As I stated above, I believe you are one of the coming stars ;-)
Thank you, I hope you are right! ;D Best of luck to your channel too! :)
 

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Youtuber "Chimpeh" although minus the sheer number of views stands out for me; no extraneous waffle or an ounce of fat, just pure lean strategising -he covers many different nations/playstyles from Genoa to Najd to Hundred Years War as England -all very very good. See what you think.