Manchu advices (2 questions)

[hermithill]

Hello,
I'm currently playing a Manchu game, my first 1.21 game (actually the 2nd one, but I restarted my first Manchu game in order to kill Ming asap). It's now ~1600
Should I move my capital to Europe (in Muscow) in order to get trade companies? I suppose so, but is there alternatives?
Should I change my syncretic faith (still confucianism)? And for which faith? Hindu? Shinto? Confucianism is nice, but I have several states that I can't culture convert because you can't change the religion of provinces of your syncretic faith - and thus that can't give banners.

 

[bly08]

Yes and Hindu for the unrest

 

[hermithill]

Thanks - I have no unrest, as I took humanism as my third ideas group (and Manchu have -2), so you would still choose hindu in this case?

 

[bly08]

Yes because every -1 unrest = being able to take 20% more OE.

 

[hermithill]

Thanks. I understand that 20% OE = 1 unrest, but with Manchu ideas and humanism, I haven't seen a revolt (except a few from events) for 150 years (1650 now) and I almost constantly sit at 95-100 OE. Or do you mean that you use this to go past 100 OE (I generally avoid it)? - it helps with the +15 unrest from separatist sentiments but you can't avoid the nasty events (or do you ignore them?).

 

[bly08]

You can sit on 200-300 OE comfortably as long as you leave some time in between for rebel progress to tick down. Don't click on the events that pop up, they'll still trigger but later.

 

[Agostinos]

What are your idea set and what is your goal?

Since you already have Humanism you should have no syncretic faith to get -20% unit cost and 25% cav ration for a full cav armies backed up by cannons. Extremely powerful, especially with banners and manchu shock god generals.
Usually you want aristocratic and diplomactic(-20% province warscore cost) as horde, but there is a case to be made for ditching diplo with espionage ideas to get the 20% cav combat policy, even further increasing the strength of your full cav armies as pure tengri horde.

 

[hermithill]

You can sit on 200-300 OE comfortably as long as you leave some time in between for rebel progress to tick down. Don't click on the events that pop up, they'll still trigger but later.

OK, I will try that (I generally avoid it).
Concerning events, pulse timing is delayed if you don't click?

 

[hermithill]

What are your idea set and what is your goal?

Since you already have Humanism you should have no syncretic faith to get -20% unit cost and 25% cav ration for a full cav armies backed up by cannons. Extremely powerful, especially with banners and manchu shock god generals.
Usually you want aristocratic and diplomactic(-20% province warscore cost) as horde, but there is a case to be made for ditching diplo with espionage ideas to get the 20% cav combat policy, even further increasing the strength of your full cav armies as pure tengri horde.

My goal? Have fun! Joke aside, at least "I'll graze my horse here.. And here..." achievement. As I will have to play probably until 1720-1750 for that, I'll probably try to finish the WC (I alraedy have the achievement, and I find the endgame rather boring..., so I generally stop before).
Idea set is: Admin, Off, Huma, Explo, Quality and the two next ones will be diplo and perhaps influence (I know that influence is almost mandatory for a WC, but RCC + razing helped me to have a good pace for the moment).
Situation is rather good, There were only 2 countries with FL>100 around 1600 (Russia: almost killed, and OE, with ~270 FL, but I have already beaten them twice - Manchu, that's just crazy: I don't use MP - and being at 50% of FL is enough...).