Well, I did it. I’m still a newbie, at least to EU4, but with the help of many of you here, I was able to form Italy. I kind of thought it would take longer, but I did it by 1547. In the end, I took a lesson you guys taught me to keep Castile out of the war (allied to me and to the Papal States). So, now just looking over Italy, and I want to make sure I sort of see the direction offered by the missions.
It look likes the far left line of missions is aimed at taking the peninsula. The far right line is about the Adriatic, the Eastern Med and the OE. And the middle two lines are about Europe, split between France and Austria. Is that basically it?
I know you don’t have to necessarily follow the missions, but with the rewards about cores and claims and such, seems like the idea. Right? So, since I am currently allied to Austria, Castile (still not Spain) and the Commonwealth (Poland/Lithuania), I have some decisions ahead. If you saw my other thread, then you know Castile is on the southern part of the peninsula, so I guess that’s my first target since I want to control the peninsula. But boy I wish there was another way rather than war. I’d much rather have Castile being a threat to France’s southern border relative to wars with them. I didn’t realize that Italy could gain claims on southern France, but even if I didn’t want to go there, the Provence and Savoy areas are mine to claim. And then to go down the Adriatic puts me in conflict with Austria too since they still control Triest.
I‘d appreciate any thoughts about direction or warnings. Is there a chance that Castile just gives up Naples? What about waiting on the OE to come on up the Adriatic, taking Triest for me? Forget them all and go ahead down to Africa, Tunisia? Will Muscovy take out the Commonwealth—meaning, I remember in EU2 that Poland/Lithuanian could never hold it together against their enemies (HRE, Russia, OE)? One mission says to ally with Ethiopia, which I can now see….if I ally with them will that pull me into wars and issues too far away to really be useful?
I need one more rival, and my choices right now are France, Castile or Austria…seems like the game is pointing me to the same crucial set of decisions.
Oh…somehow, the southern part of Italy, including Rome, has become Protestant. And also Mantova is Protestant. I don’t remember getting any kind of choice regarding that for Mantova. When I tried to send a missionary, there was clearly no progress possible with 100% zeal. I left them alone for now, but having just taken some of the Papal States land to form Italy, I now have more provinces as Protestant. I plan on staying Catholic, so…not sure what to do with that? I was able to get my one missionary to work in Rome where the game says it will convert back to Catholic in six years. Just was surprised to see PS land as Protestant (along with the rest of the southern peninsula) and then to see that in general, my missionary could not convert them back. Is there some coded event after the Reformation motors along for a while that will decrease the zeal that will allow for my missionary to work?
It look likes the far left line of missions is aimed at taking the peninsula. The far right line is about the Adriatic, the Eastern Med and the OE. And the middle two lines are about Europe, split between France and Austria. Is that basically it?
I know you don’t have to necessarily follow the missions, but with the rewards about cores and claims and such, seems like the idea. Right? So, since I am currently allied to Austria, Castile (still not Spain) and the Commonwealth (Poland/Lithuania), I have some decisions ahead. If you saw my other thread, then you know Castile is on the southern part of the peninsula, so I guess that’s my first target since I want to control the peninsula. But boy I wish there was another way rather than war. I’d much rather have Castile being a threat to France’s southern border relative to wars with them. I didn’t realize that Italy could gain claims on southern France, but even if I didn’t want to go there, the Provence and Savoy areas are mine to claim. And then to go down the Adriatic puts me in conflict with Austria too since they still control Triest.
I‘d appreciate any thoughts about direction or warnings. Is there a chance that Castile just gives up Naples? What about waiting on the OE to come on up the Adriatic, taking Triest for me? Forget them all and go ahead down to Africa, Tunisia? Will Muscovy take out the Commonwealth—meaning, I remember in EU2 that Poland/Lithuanian could never hold it together against their enemies (HRE, Russia, OE)? One mission says to ally with Ethiopia, which I can now see….if I ally with them will that pull me into wars and issues too far away to really be useful?
I need one more rival, and my choices right now are France, Castile or Austria…seems like the game is pointing me to the same crucial set of decisions.
Oh…somehow, the southern part of Italy, including Rome, has become Protestant. And also Mantova is Protestant. I don’t remember getting any kind of choice regarding that for Mantova. When I tried to send a missionary, there was clearly no progress possible with 100% zeal. I left them alone for now, but having just taken some of the Papal States land to form Italy, I now have more provinces as Protestant. I plan on staying Catholic, so…not sure what to do with that? I was able to get my one missionary to work in Rome where the game says it will convert back to Catholic in six years. Just was surprised to see PS land as Protestant (along with the rest of the southern peninsula) and then to see that in general, my missionary could not convert them back. Is there some coded event after the Reformation motors along for a while that will decrease the zeal that will allow for my missionary to work?
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