Could you increase the amount of relation slots for France? I wouldn't want them not to have 80-120k soldiers involved in this war from their allies and vassals.
Hyw 1.9
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HYW is quite good now actually, it's really hard and only a few players who have the dedication can pull it off.
! WTF?! Milan, Tuscany and Hungary join? WTF WTF 
The HYW is amusing now with the new CtW mechanics, combined with England's habit of launching invasions against seemingly "weak" targets as opposed to defending its own lands. Seeing the entire English navy in the Adriatic Sea in an attempt to invade Venice during the HTW was rather amusing--if the French AI weren't so poor I'd have expected it to seize London...
I can't say I have mastered it but I simply cannot understand how it isn't worth it.
Yes, English control over France during the fifty years necessary to integrate them is very shaky, nonetheless it is possible to do it. Even if it requires constant wars for 50 years straight+protestantism starting+war of the roses. Once you won the first war against Burgundy it becomes one of the best "power-ups" in the game. You can force a succession war against Austria or Castille and Boom! Half of Europe is on your hands.
Soon, soon...
Yes, English control over France during the fifty years necessary to integrate them is very shaky, nonetheless it is possible to do it. Even if it requires constant wars for 50 years straight+protestantism starting+war of the roses. Once you won the first war against Burgundy it becomes one of the best "power-ups" in the game. You can force a succession war against Austria or Castille and Boom! Half of Europe is on your hands.
Soon, soon...
From the nation/bookmark selection screen advance the date forward one year to 1445 and then one year back to 1444. The Hundred Year War now no longer exists. Have fun.
And yes, this does still allow achievements on ironman.
And yes, this does still allow achievements on ironman.
HYW quite insane.. France can ally every guy they want.. England gets -6000 for being at war...
Ehh. I think it was easier than ever, ENG was my first game. The high income from the English channel node and the fixed terrain (mountains in the south) made it easier I think. You just got to leverage ENG's high income from trade into mercs and force the French AI to duke it out in mountains while youre on the defensive. You can also call in Portugal. Only thing I didnt like is that while I couldnt fish around for new alliances because I was "at war -2000", France had no problem to do just that and call them in. I wonder if its an AI cheat or something I didnt figure out yet.
Oh, Im not alone who noticed this. Anyone can explain why? The AI is supposed to be on a level field when it comes to stuff like this, right?
Apparently, defenders in a war can still solicit allies. Not so attackers. Maybe makes sense. Suspect it's WAD, but haven't seen confirmation of that.
I can't decide whether it's easier or harder. It certainly feels like it is easier. But my results are mixed. Certainly the extra cash makes it easier to max out on loans/mercs. You can even go head-to-head in a straight up fight on neutral terrain. Problem is, you might have to settle for that neutral terrain and their general is always going to be at least as good as yours, probably better. The AI seems much more hesitant about attacking into in unfavorable terrain. And FRA seems to recover, even from a defeat better/quicker than ENG. And time is on the side of the BBB, who can call in more allies, and who have more manpower than you, that they aren't as willing to bleed out for you.
You can bring POR in, and some people have found them useful. I've found them pretty useless, though, TBH. Maybe timing is important there.
"Oh no, the game is making something that would've been impossible nearly impossible."
Portugal can be useful if they don't stupidly attack a 20 stack of enemy troops with 11k troops. Their best use is if France and allies attack them and you are nearby to reinforce. Portugal typically has anywhere from 10-20k troops involved in French soil so they are great to offset the allies France pulls into the war. The new income for England honestly makes it a lot easier compared to 1.7 where I was crying for every loss and having to replace them with more mercs I couldn't afford. You can actually match French + vassal numbers so long as you wipe one or both of the initial 4-5 stacks near Bearn. However it should be noted that the vast majority of the time you no longer have access to mountain terrain in Bearn(It's now hills 80%? of the time). Honestly a lot of the difficulty in the current version depends on who France allies and drags into the war. So far I've beaten France twice in the last two days, once in normal to test how hard it was and once in ironman. The first time they allied Hungary and some minor in the HRE and I never even saw Hungarian troops involved in the war. Needless to say that run was a joke. 2nd time they allied Venice and Savoy. All I can say about that one was that it involved a lot of hitting isolated stacks and basically creating rolling retreats by the French where one army would get broken and flee across the theatre of war and then consolidating, getting one tick of morale recovery and hitting a different stack until I managed to stack wipe one of them. Thankfully for some reason Venice didn't seem inclined to send anymore troops after the initial 10-15k they sent. Overall I think it's easier, when I did it in 1.7 it generally took 6 or 7 attempts to win, now I can generally do it in 2 or less. Lastly, the initial advisors are important. You want to restart till you have access to +5% discipline, +2 diplomatic reputation, and -3 revolt risk. Other than that the only other thing you might want is to make sure of is that Austria hasn't rivaled you so you can ally them after you win the war. They're extremely helpful if Burgundy gets it into it's head to declare war on you immediately after you win the HYW like they did in my first game. I barely had 3 months from the end of HYW before they attacked.
Edit: Forgot one thing because it seems so standard from previous strategies. In order to keep the PU with France you want to make sure to give France its cores from Provence. The bonus relations actually starts you at positive relations after the war.
Edit: Forgot one thing because it seems so standard from previous strategies. In order to keep the PU with France you want to make sure to give France its cores from Provence. The bonus relations actually starts you at positive relations after the war.
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