Playing AGCEEP as England, I want to win the Hundred Years War. What is the most effective way to do it? Which event choices to choose? Any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
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Here you can find a strategy for the hundred years war if you scroll down a bit http://www.agceep.com/FAQ.htm
It is somewhat difficult to win unless you do really well at the start while Henry V is still alive. After that the events and leaders of the French are designed to have you lose.Kriszo said:Well, I'm really a noob, I can't win the damned war
Spread your army around and try to occupy as many provinces as possible.Kriszo said:Well, I'm really a noob, I can't win the damned war
Syncronize the looting for like one month and use the money to build more troops.
Try to get good allies.
Losing the HYW isn't too bad for England though as you will have less problems if you want to convert to protestantism and you can still become a world power through trade and colonies.
And that's the true litmus test of success in EU2Sleepyhead said:But with France you'll have an easier time going reformed!
Try and get Aragon in your alliance they can be a bulwark in the south of France. Brittany can also be of some use in your alliance. And if the Scots are on the French side, sign a peace with them as soon as possible, they can wait for another day.
How do you guys define 'winning' the HYW? Making them vassals? I am playing AGCEEP and did fairly well capturing provinces. However, my resulting BB points were so high that I couldn't keep from being attacked on all fronts no matter how much I shored up my relations.
Plus, I discovered in AGCEEP that I'm prevented from communicating directly with Brittany (and Aragon) early on, so I was never able to claim Brittany as a vassal.
Plus, I discovered in AGCEEP that I'm prevented from communicating directly with Brittany (and Aragon) early on, so I was never able to claim Brittany as a vassal.
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This goes for MYMAP, and maybe AGCEEP. Only take the provinces in Normandy, which you have a claim on. Then the Treaty of Troyes will trigger and you will annex France, while I think the Dauphiné will get Picárdie and Champagne. Then, it states that if the Dauphiné no longet exists and all of it's provinces are controlled, you can claim yourself the KING OF FRANCE, for the Dauphiné was the only barrier.
This goes for MYMAP, and maybe AGCEEP. Only take the provinces in Normandy, which you have a claim on. Then the Treaty of Troyes will trigger and you will annex France, while I think the Dauphiné will get Picárdie and Champagne. Then, it states that if the Dauphiné no longet exists and all of it's provinces are controlled, you can claim yourself the KING OF FRANCE, for the Dauphiné was the only barrier.
A couple good tips to winning the HYW:
1st, with your first diplomat, invite Savoy into your alliance; they are the only decent power adjacent to France that you can talk to, and they'll help against Provence and Dauphne.
2nd, the way to win the war is NOT to take Dauphne's provinces in a peace agreement. That just racks up unneeded BB. In order to be eligible to get the victory event, Dauphne must have gotten the 'Collapse of Dauphne' event, which is trigger by them not CONTROLLING any provinces.
So, in your first war against Dauphne, the goal is to capture every single one of his provinces through seige. Once that is done, just wait, and the event will fire that will cede most of Dauphne's land to you BB free. You will then recieve the French cores and culture.
3rd, the best way to defeat Dauphne is using (surprise) cavalry armies. Immediately upon the declaration of war, use one or two all cav armies of around 15K men to destroy all of his armies, only fighting in the plains provinces until his army is almost completely dead. Leave a covering force behind you in each province until you have every province covered and Dauphne has no army, then go back and seige the provinces. Once his army is gone, there is no rush.
4th, use your initial funds and synchronized looting (SL) during your initial war with France to get enough money for the cav, and use SL during your war with Dauphne to replinsh your forces.
That's pretty much it. You shouldn't have to much trouble winning, really. Afterwards, I'd recommend staying Catholic.
1st, with your first diplomat, invite Savoy into your alliance; they are the only decent power adjacent to France that you can talk to, and they'll help against Provence and Dauphne.
2nd, the way to win the war is NOT to take Dauphne's provinces in a peace agreement. That just racks up unneeded BB. In order to be eligible to get the victory event, Dauphne must have gotten the 'Collapse of Dauphne' event, which is trigger by them not CONTROLLING any provinces.
So, in your first war against Dauphne, the goal is to capture every single one of his provinces through seige. Once that is done, just wait, and the event will fire that will cede most of Dauphne's land to you BB free. You will then recieve the French cores and culture.
3rd, the best way to defeat Dauphne is using (surprise) cavalry armies. Immediately upon the declaration of war, use one or two all cav armies of around 15K men to destroy all of his armies, only fighting in the plains provinces until his army is almost completely dead. Leave a covering force behind you in each province until you have every province covered and Dauphne has no army, then go back and seige the provinces. Once his army is gone, there is no rush.
4th, use your initial funds and synchronized looting (SL) during your initial war with France to get enough money for the cav, and use SL during your war with Dauphne to replinsh your forces.
That's pretty much it. You shouldn't have to much trouble winning, really. Afterwards, I'd recommend staying Catholic.
Thats only for inheriting a nation that it costs that little.Mr Me said:It gives you 0.25 bb/province I think. Now if that's major for you...