Most Shameful moment in EU4

[PsychoLold]

In my latest England game the "War of the Roses" spawned with 26 pretender regiments and a 5 shock general. So, I merc'd up, rolled an acceptable general (2-2-2-0) and attacked. To spare you the details, here's the end result of my War of the Roses:

• 40k mercs hired
• 9 (!) loans
• almost 40k manpower lost

How did I mess up so badly? Well, I don't know for sure. The moral advantage (3.2 over 2.9) of the enemy was significant, the shock advantage devastating. In the end, I was just able to get a close victory in a battle in farmlands, when I outnumbered the enemy 2 to 1.

It was shameful, because while I usually try to fight 'clever' and use terrain and such, in the end I just took loans and threw men at the enemy like a maniac, while vastly underestimating the enemy in every. single. battle.

 

[petertel123]

Forgot to make East Anglia (London area) a state as Scotland for like a 100 years.
Accepted culture province of 32 development, an estuary and a centre of trade sitting at 75% autonomy...

 

[Mrlorne]

I once dissolved 75% of my army at once during the war because I had mistaken them with a mercenary stack.

 

[duartesilvaaa]

I once had the seppuku event in a "unnificattion of japan" campaign.

 

[Earmuffs]

Getting way too confident as Brandenburg and not thinking much of attacking a HRE nation that has a couple OPM HRE allies forgetting just how much those OPM troops add up when they're all stacked up together. Resulting in getting stomped back to the stone age.

 

[gronak]

I can remember my first game on Europa. I skipped the tutorial, and dove right in as Castile. I declared war on Granada, no CB of course, and fought their army. I remember thinking their ally Tunis is across the sea, they'll not be able to get to me. I was wrong. Tunis landed on the peninsula and stackwiped me, and I did not know how to build any more troops.

 

[Fanstar1]

In my latest England game the "War of the Roses" spawned with 26 pretender regiments and a 5 shock general. So, I merc'd up, rolled an acceptable general (2-2-2-0) and attacked. To spare you the details, here's the end result of my War of the Roses:

• 40k mercs hired
• 9 (!) loans
• almost 40k manpower lost

How did I mess up so badly? Well, I don't know for sure. The moral advantage (3.2 over 2.9) of the enemy was significant, the shock advantage devastating. In the end, I was just able to get a close victory in a battle in farmlands, when I outnumbered the enemy 2 to 1.

It was shameful, because while I usually try to fight 'clever' and use terrain and such, in the end I just took loans and threw men at the enemy like a maniac, while vastly underestimating the enemy in every. single. battle.

its always 26 regiments, though you really got unlucky with them getting a 5-shock general

 

[TenshiN]

Played Ming, painted most of eastern asia, westernized, was going to invade Japan that was only 2 miltech behind.
Only had 100-ish mil points, both general rolls were terrible, so i said screw it, they can't both die, and made ruler+heir generals. They were both fine generals, were pushing the Japanese back and... they both died on the battlefield the next month and i was PU'd by Shan which i married to diplovassalize after the war.
Yes, back in the times when the entire world could have PU's

 

[birincikalite]

Declared war on France.

 

[Fanstar1]

Declared war on France.

as who?

 

[Catherine of Bosnia]

Having 80,000 soldiers ready, as France, and then losing to 50,000 Austrian soldiers that were fleeing from me.

More saddening than shameful.

 

[Fanstar1]

Having 80,000 soldiers ready, as France, and then losing to 50,000 Austrian soldiers that were fleeing from me.

More saddening than shameful.

Burgundy dows my ally provence (while I was playing as France). I join, expecting it to be easy. 10 minutes later... RAGE QUIT!

 

[Senstrae]

I was all ready to dismantle the HRE, I had all of the remaining electors occupied... and then allied Bohemia held onto Austria's capital, instead of transferring occupation. I was not able to push the button as a result.

 

[Råttan]

Declared war on France.

as who?

I think the joke is: "Anyone!"

 

[Toni Martoni]

While losing a battle, spamming the button to flee as soon as possible, finally click on the province right next to the battle, followed by the ennemy army, get stackwiped

Back in my noob days, not in iron man, I lost 20 years trying to prevent a coalition from attacking me after taking Vienna, restarting the game each time a member declared on me (at least 20 times), just to finally manage to sign a peace with nearly no loss

 

[Starisc]

Great England start: Got Castile in a PU within 5 years, start war with Castile and Aragon against France. Get stack wiped twice. Ragequit.

 

[Jules Brunet]

Multiplayer game with a Bengal- Nepal alliance. Nepal player and me decide to declare war on a bloobed Delhi... Nepal Declare, move is army on one fort and I keep my in back up to come to the rescue. Delhi army arrive, I try to click to move my army but nothing work. The battle start (22k vs 11k) and my 30k army is there eating curry because..... Nepalese player forgot to call me in the war.

 

[grandadmiralbob]

I....... Formed France as burgundy

 

[Drukaris]

I....... Formed France as burgundy

... please deinstall ...

 

[Republic of Mercury]

... please deinstall ...

To be fair, back in the day forming france was the only way to get all the french cultures accepted automatically. Although I must admit that forming France instead of the Netherlands seems a bit wasteful.