Impressive Habsburg AI achievement

[HolisticGod]

Nal,

I've only had one bigger, playing a hands-off test game with Zimbabwe. (used the Alba cheat, neutralizing rebels in order to see how China, Japan and Timur would develop)

If I had a sever or the technical proficiency to use it, I'd post the screenshot. It encompassed all of Germany and Denmark, Hungary, Bohemia, all of Italy, Sweden, Norway, all the western Med. islands, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Lithuania, the Balkans, half of Anatolia, pieces of northern Africa and all of central and south America (apparently it diplo-annexed Spain and Portugal). In 1819, it had just launched wars against Britain and Russia (which was also enormous, having annexed its way through Persia-so much for Timur, India, central Asia, the rest of Anatolia, the middle east and Manchuria).

Granted, this was without rebels, but still... Nice to see the AI can do all right against itself.

 

[nalivayko]

HolisticGod, isn't this ironic? You use Alba cheat and yet you have rebel coat of arms?

Thanks for the idea, I want to try it myself, it really should change the balance of power.

 

[Arilou]

I've seena quite impressive AI achievement (me playing Persia and a friend playing England in the 1492 scenario)

The Ottomans were HUGE!

They bordered Austria (the province) had annexed Crimea, The Hedjaz, Nubia and their western Border was in Marocco...

Also: They were allied with Persia (Me) (i'd taken it easy, only diploannexed Uzbekhs and Baluchis) and Mughals (who had all of their cores + The Chagatai lands)

We were embroiled in a war with Monster Poland (Western Border: Holstein, Eastern Border: Orenberg, Northern Border: Muscowy)

 

[HolisticGod]

Arilou,

With the newest patch the AI OE can get to be enormous.

In most games, it at least takes all of its historical possessions and big chucks of the Ukraine and Lithuania. Once it had (by 1720) conquered Austria, Italy, Hungary, North Africa, Nubia, Ethiopia, India, Malaysia, the Middle East, most of Russia, parts of Germany and Spain and Persia. It'd also solidly colonized Africa and the South Pacific.

Of course, Crete, Corfu and Cyprus were still Venetian.

 

[Arilou]

This was in vanilla 1.07 though.

And the Ottomans had actually taken both Rhodes and most venetian islands. (with the exception of Cyprus)

 

[unmerged(17301)]

I've already seen Austria empire go from north norway plus its colonies to milano (from north to south), with all the german minors in the way, and from britany and netherlands to moldavia and macedonia (from west to east).

Venice was too tiny too, and as the ai manages to build a lot of manufactories they had 54 in land tech level in 1750.

Nothing could stop them. I was playing with the 1.07 without the betas as moldavia, and the situation was a result of :

- A strong bohemia , a strong burgundy and a strong hungary all Inherited.
- This 3 were twice the size of austria before the inheritance events.

After that it was too easy for the ai. No resistance from France, literally cut in two.
Due to the advance in technology, the ai has managed to keep the all entire empire with more than 4000 Victory points !

 

[nalivayko]

I guess we all agree that Austria gets it too easy with Bohemia and Hungary. While Burgundy is fair, Austrians should have to fight for the other two, or, at the very least, not just inherit them, but be forced to make a decision. Inherit and suffer drop of stability and rebellions or gain as vassals and enjoy stability increase. I think I remember it used to be this way long ago. Have no idea what caused the change.

In my old games Turkey used to attack Hungary, gain most of the territory and then Hungary would join Austria and the borders of Austria would closely resemble the real borders it had during Suleyman I reign. Now it's nowhere to be seen.