How to win the 100 years war as England
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Mercs. England early game is loan simulator, I took out at least 20+ loans last time I played, you'll pay them all off in a short space of time once your trade gets going anyway so it's not a big deal.
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As some have said you can either get loans and use mercs to beat down France alone with more troops or you can restart until Burgundy, Aragon or castile (or 2-3 of them if you can) are friendly with you and rivalled to France or want their land so you can ally them and call them into the war promising land and giving them nothing. Make sure to improve relations with any nations that may join a coalition while at war and make sure you don't finish the war with France until after the war of the roses event has fired. When this event starts you get a new ruler and will lose the PU if you peace out before it.
Some players will now conquer France as England (rather than forcing the PU) due to enforcing PU's giving higher AE now, but you can still force PU them as long as you improve relations with nations that would join a coalition.
This is a older guide on YouTube from 2 years ago and will still work to win the war now. He allies and calls in Castile with a promise of land as a distraction while using mercs so that the enemy spends its time sieging down your ally while you siege down France. Just remember to improve relations to avoid a coalition forming as its more AE now than 2 years ago.
Edit. Even better when you are friendly with Burgundy and can ally them to get the Burgundy Inheritance also
Some players will now conquer France as England (rather than forcing the PU) due to enforcing PU's giving higher AE now, but you can still force PU them as long as you improve relations with nations that would join a coalition.
This is a older guide on YouTube from 2 years ago and will still work to win the war now. He allies and calls in Castile with a promise of land as a distraction while using mercs so that the enemy spends its time sieging down your ally while you siege down France. Just remember to improve relations to avoid a coalition forming as its more AE now than 2 years ago.
Edit. Even better when you are friendly with Burgundy and can ally them to get the Burgundy Inheritance also
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Hmm, so the worst comes to worst; you have a very disloyal subject, 15+ nations hostile to you, most of them HRE members with a lfl of at least 7 the rest are rivals that match your strength and allies that may or may not join you because of the size of the coalition.
If this does fire, you'd be fighting an army 4 times your own with your French subject disloyal and not participating except in defending its land and AE impact making the whole of europe red for at least 50 years.
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Just did a quick 30 min game as England. With the right start (Aragon and Burgundy joining the war) along with Portugal. You can even ally and call in Brittany and the Pope if you co-belligerent Provence and promise them land if Provence don't have any worthwhile allies.
Only a few minor nations will get pissed about the war and they are easy to improve with. Could have prolonged the war another year to get all but France in the list.
Within 20 years you have a loyal France and alliance and RM with Burgundy who now don't like Austria meaning 100% chance of BI also.
Only a few minor nations will get pissed about the war and they are easy to improve with. Could have prolonged the war another year to get all but France in the list.
Within 20 years you have a loyal France and alliance and RM with Burgundy who now don't like Austria meaning 100% chance of BI also.
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Why Burgundy
I won 100 year war when I got the English Achievement for completing all Missions. I did not do surrender of Maine (sold Maine) but rather got allies. Castile is friendly 90% of the time. Burgundy is another good ally but they are often hostile and even if they are friendly, they will turn on you. Castile is a better option for an Ally.
(Another problem with Burgundy is sometimes France will declare on them and they can call you into the war if you have the allow enter wars).
(Another problem with Burgundy is sometimes France will declare on them and they can call you into the war if you have the allow enter wars).
It's VERY rare you get a game without them rivalling, however it is possible, but yeah, it's rare, I think it took me 15-10 tries before I got it.
Selling Maine to Provence is a very good opener (exploit it first). Aragon and Burgundy. Loans and mercs.
AE can be high, but you can and should put a merchant in the Rhineland and set on "Establish Communities" -- seriously, this helps a lot with AE. +15% relations is nothing to sneeze at and everyone that will hate you (almost) trades in that node.
AE can be high, but you can and should put a merchant in the Rhineland and set on "Establish Communities" -- seriously, this helps a lot with AE. +15% relations is nothing to sneeze at and everyone that will hate you (almost) trades in that node.