Has anyone achived complete or de facto complete world conquest?

[LodovicoAriosto]

I do not think that the world conquest should be the ultimate goal in Victoria but I would be glad to know what is possible with the proper management. I already know that in EU3 it is possible to rule the world as Bohemia and in HoI2 you can defeat anyone as Italy. Is something similar possible in V:R?

What country you were playing for?

What type of government is ideal for conquests? I have experienced much militancy in seized territories while being an autocrat (no MIL decrease by plurality).

 

[Lord Finnish]

I TRIED as Germany but could almost conquer all Europe before falling into wave of revolts and BB wars, in 1930's.

I think that it's impossible to WC in Victoria. Too many provinces and fairly too little time.

 

[unmerged(116276)]

I saw an AAR as Bavaria where all of Europe was conquered. I imagine it would be posssible if you were allowed satalites.

Partisans/revolts would be the major issue though. They spring up FAR more frequently than in HoI2.

 

[JoeGiavani]

If you were to disable partisanship/revolts, you could probably WC with most of the starting nations.
But as it is, there's no point in putting in the effort.

 

[unmerged(127071)]

For an easy Wc play as Uk. Half the world is alrdy yours. you have 100 years to conquer the rest with your massive industry and army.

Though as others have said, partisans will be a micromanagement nightmare. But you could use native regiments instead of regulars as police force for high revolt risk areas.

 

[LodovicoAriosto]

I can imagine almost complete world conquest as UK, Russian empire or China. But it would certainly be very annoying process...

(Notice: I just wanted to know the limits, not to accomplish this in real. For instance, in HoI2 it took me some time to learn the game well enough so that I could crush anybody with Italy or Japan (normal diff.) But it turned to boring and mechanical fighting with no thrilling moments. Now I strive for more historical and challenging gameplay.

That is also the reason why EU3 is not so good. Additional patches, Napoleon and In Nomine made the game harder, but it only slowed down the growth of your blob. There is only one way to play the game well and it does not take much time to make it up.)

In my view, the pace of Victoria is faster than in EU3 or HoI2 so the complete annexation of Russia, China, UK and US seems impossible within the given timeframe.

But there is definitely possible to satellite all major powers and consume the rest. Satelling seems to me very easy but on the other hand, what are the benefits from it besides not being threatened by bad boy DoWs anymore?

 

[unmerged(81390)]

You can actuually annex all countries on earth. It's been done.

 

[Oerdin]

You can actuually annex all countries on earth. It's been done.

Indeed. It is now harder then with previous patch versions but world conquest AARs used to be all over the place. As I recall someone even conquored the world Hawaii; that's right a one province minor with no income and a tiny population.

 

[Marxistbard]

It is rather easy to complete a world conquest as long as you are civilized. You want to conquer Korea/China early on. Sit on them until the revolts calm down (10 years till nationalism dies off) With the manpower boost from those two world conquest is easy. The only problem is that it just becomes a pain to sit on revolters. I think on one of the WC aars they were dealing with up to 20-30 revolts a day.

Plus from my playing BB wars almost become an arc. Evantully your Military score will be so high that people will stop declaring war on you and try to buddy up to you. This allows you to take a few breathers and deal with revolts in between wars.

 

[LodovicoAriosto]

It is rather easy to complete a world conquest as long as you are civilized. You want to conquer Korea/China early on.

I see your point. The manpower from there is inexhaustible.

I think on one of the WC aars they were dealing with up to 20-30 revolts a day.

Oh no! This kind of "game" must be worse routine than working at assembly line in a sweatshop...

 

[Cinéad IV]

I did it once as Russia. Every province on Earth was united under my Tsarist banner.

As mentioned, it was a micromanagement nightmare. I have to say though, I don't think I've ever had a more satisfying game than when I clicked "annex" for the final time