Mewar achievement run, followed by a little bit of Bharat.
Never really played in India before except for my Mughals WC run.
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Mewar achievement run, followed by a little bit of Bharat.
Never really played in India before except for my Mughals WC run.
Do the Ottomans make Mamluks into puppet-Egypt eyalet now?
Mewar achievement run.
And how come that Hadramut and Oman are still alive?
Hadramut not really sure. (will check the situation, they might be an ally of Ottomans). I didn't really have a chance to expand easily into the region because of the Ottomans quickly expanding into Egypt and Arabia by early 16th century because otherwise i would take the provinces in the Hormuz trade node. And because it wasn't the worth the AE i was accumulating as I was continuously fighting muslim nations already in northern India.
Oman was my vassal but I released them to open up a relation slot (very recently) and because I wasn't planning on continuing the game.
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I didn't notice the first question, but yes. And there's something with an event too that triggers but i don't know the specifics, during a war with the Mamluks.
Hadramut is allied to Ottomans, Kilwa & Ajuraan: strong allies.
For Khorasan, i recently ate into them for the Bharat mission tree. They used to be much bigger
AQ also alive but they used to be much bigger. Allied with Transoxiana
Also Oman really isn't worth a relation slot or vassal. i've had trouble managing them in both my Mughal and Bharat game, though I did diplo-vassalize them which is harder than it seems for Oman. So diplo-vassalizing them here was a mistake of mine.
Screenshot from earlier.
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It's okay, I've edited the message and added the question at the last moment.
Previously the Ottomans simply conquered Mamluks, so I am glad that it finally works.
Lucky rascals, if it wasn't for high level of trust, they would'be eaten by the Ottomans - there's no point for them to waste a relation slot on Hadramut.
How's Oman gave you trouble? They seem as a pretty wealthy candidate for vassalization, and with strong naval support too. Or maybe that's what caused their high LD in the first place?
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Well it's very hard to get them to diplo vassalize you (also coastal border still counts as distance modifier and i didn't want to end my RM with them because of the stab hit). I only got them to vassalize after they lost provinces to the Ottomans (and I released them for Hormuz earlier). Because they were a 2 minor province at that point, it wasn't hard to keep them happy and I did have the reconquer claims but i didn't make use of it or saw an (easy) opportunity. They are also ibadi usually which means that even with the Mughals i still didn't have the same religion modifier. And usually i'm not sure if it's worth it to force a vassal to change a religion or not, since often it causes more issues than not. I don't think it's really worth it, usually (unless they're small, they're really happy or there is a very good reason to do so).
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I see. Could you please check the following in the game files:
- Is Mamluks still a primary nation for Egyptian culture?
- Is Aden still a primary nation for Yemeni culture?
I don't know how to do that. In the current game, both are non-existent tags anymore.
I think there's a misunderstanding here. Both Aden (ADE) and Yemen (YEM) tag should be present on the map by the start of the game.
To find what I am aksing about, find the cultures.txt file in the game files and inside it near "Egyptian" and "Yemeni" cultures there should be "primary tag/primary nation=MAM/EGY and ADE/YEM" or something like that. You do play with the current patch and DLC, right?
* MAM is tag for Mamluks and EGY is a tag for Egypt.
Yanuwa. No foreign provinces in Australia, Polynesian Triangle, The Moluccas, Philippines and Malacca trade nodes. Most successful game as Australian minor so far, I think.
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Finally the Mamluks have a decent amount of flavor, it was fun vassal swarming over everything and it helps when you have your borders secured with alliances as well
Allies: Austria, Burgundy, Jaunpur
Ming survived somehow and a 2 province minor exploded into a beast.
Both English colonies
Allies: Austria, Burgundy, Jaunpur
Ming survived somehow and a 2 province minor exploded into a beast.
Both English colonies
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After that Egypt, I feel bad showing mine, though to be fair, I started as Najd. My aim for this run was to get Desert Power (which requires starting as an Arabian tribe), I don't like sand (I really hate it, this was like my third attempt between runs in the vicinity to get it), and I thought while I'm at it, I'd also pick up Protect the Secret. So after gaining control of some Yemeni provinces I gradually started to culture convert my provinces so I could form Yemen once I was done with all the Najd missions (everything before you'd have to form Arabia). After that I mopped up what remained of the Mamluks and took over the North African and Sub Saharan desert and coastal desert provinces. Then a 50 years-ish lull set in during which I didn't expand at all, just developed Arabia until I reached 1000 dev there (all desert and coastal provinces reached 20-30 development). When that was done, I checked how much dev I would need for I don't like sand, and I realized I was pretty close, with around 200 missing after I released my non desert and coastal desert provinces as vassals and client states (I was racing Austria and the Commonwealth, who each had around 1900 development). It was during this time that I was changing everything possible to eek out more development cost reductions that I realized that if I switch to Iqta, I could then reform the Mamluks and also get Breadbasket of the World. So I did that, but for I don't like sand I had to get rid of the Nile Delta (which I gave to my vassal Syria). Not having the Nile Delta disables exporting grain, so I had to re-annex them. While that was progressing, I managed to support the Independence of the USA, and while that war was going on I positioned my troops in Aragon (who was another supporter), because for the grand finale I had to fight a death war against Portugal so I could gain provinces in the New World and Oceania to get over the distance modifier for exporting my grain there. That was a pure nightmare, as his quality was way beyond mine (and I had no European ally willing to join), but eventually I gained the upper hand in Iberia, sieged his capital and with enough war score and length of war I could snag the 3 islands I needed. After that I allied Colombia (the only Portuguese CN who broke free somehow, he had an iron grip on all of South America) and Zeelandia (used to be Tierra Austral), exported my grain to the missing regions and sighed with relief.
(Don't mind the bugged For the Glory)
(Don't mind the bugged For the Glory)
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After multiple tries. A lot of tries. I have succeed in my Ardabil run, i finish all of it's mission. A screenshot before i formed Iran.
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My 80th EUIV run: Rassids.
I was intending to have my 2nd King of Kings run with Oman, but, sadly, it didn't receive any new content in this update. On the other hand, I was surprised that Rassids got some unique content and their own version of the Yemeni mission tree. At first I thought I would make it into a Shia Yemen and takes Hedjaz as an extra, but I changed my mind, when I looked at the mission tree. I thought it would be a cool idea, if I went a bit wider than intended and conquer Egypt and some parts of the Levant and make it into a Fatimid successor state.
Since Rassids start with pretender rebels and the pretender has random stats, it's a good idea to restart the run until you get one with excellent stats. Mine was 4/4/5, much better than the starting ruler. To not waste time, I recruited a free company and attacked the 2 Shia states in the North and annexed them. In a few months, the rebels enforced their demands. Next up was Yemen itself. Strangely, it hadn't made any alliances and was up for the grabs.
The same couldn't be said about Aden and Hadramut, both were allied to Adal and some other Somali states. I was too broke to make a navy and blockade the straights. The only available option was to quickly siege down Aden and then defeat the incoming armies. After several retries I succeeded and Ethiopia declared war on Adal and even ended up annexing them. Since the main enemy - Adal was out, it was easy to take Hadramut straight after Aden.
After that I planned to take Hedjaz, at least most of it. The Mamluks were at war with Qara Qoyunlu. Although I was much weaker, It was a good opportunity to attack. I focused on kicking out their allies, Yas, Fars and Transoxiania, first and then tried to besiege Mecca, but by that time, they already had finished their war. Luckily, the Ottomans decided to attack them, too. While I had to fight back their armies, they occupied most of the Levant unopposed. I had to settle with just Mecca and Medina areas, Tabuk was too much.
This war also opened the gates for the Ottoman expansion and they started to grow rapidly, they went all the way to Sindh. I was attacked a few times, too, but I barely managed to keep them at bay and each time took a few provinces in Levant and Egypt. I was also able to snake my way into Egypt proper through Sinai and denied them conquering anything below Cairo. Soon enough, time came when the tide turned and I was able to launch my own wars against them and eventually took all of Egypt and most of Levant for myself until they eventually collapsed due to decadence and their neighbours took advantage.
My vassals: Majerteen, Dongola, Iraq, Dawasir, Oman, Gujarat, Madurai.
My allies: Tunis (I force converted them to Shia).
There's a HUGE Hungary. It almost never survives, somehow it managed to defeat Poland and snatch most of the Balkan states before the Ottomans do. Later on, when the Ottomans started collapsing they used the advantage. They also got Lithuania under a PU and then inherited them.
Prussia formed by Brandenburg with almost historical shape! It's the first run I ever see it being formed by Brandenburg.
Expansionist USA is eating up Portuguese and Spanish colonies lol.
I was intending to have my 2nd King of Kings run with Oman, but, sadly, it didn't receive any new content in this update. On the other hand, I was surprised that Rassids got some unique content and their own version of the Yemeni mission tree. At first I thought I would make it into a Shia Yemen and takes Hedjaz as an extra, but I changed my mind, when I looked at the mission tree. I thought it would be a cool idea, if I went a bit wider than intended and conquer Egypt and some parts of the Levant and make it into a Fatimid successor state.
Since Rassids start with pretender rebels and the pretender has random stats, it's a good idea to restart the run until you get one with excellent stats. Mine was 4/4/5, much better than the starting ruler. To not waste time, I recruited a free company and attacked the 2 Shia states in the North and annexed them. In a few months, the rebels enforced their demands. Next up was Yemen itself. Strangely, it hadn't made any alliances and was up for the grabs.
The same couldn't be said about Aden and Hadramut, both were allied to Adal and some other Somali states. I was too broke to make a navy and blockade the straights. The only available option was to quickly siege down Aden and then defeat the incoming armies. After several retries I succeeded and Ethiopia declared war on Adal and even ended up annexing them. Since the main enemy - Adal was out, it was easy to take Hadramut straight after Aden.
After that I planned to take Hedjaz, at least most of it. The Mamluks were at war with Qara Qoyunlu. Although I was much weaker, It was a good opportunity to attack. I focused on kicking out their allies, Yas, Fars and Transoxiania, first and then tried to besiege Mecca, but by that time, they already had finished their war. Luckily, the Ottomans decided to attack them, too. While I had to fight back their armies, they occupied most of the Levant unopposed. I had to settle with just Mecca and Medina areas, Tabuk was too much.
This war also opened the gates for the Ottoman expansion and they started to grow rapidly, they went all the way to Sindh. I was attacked a few times, too, but I barely managed to keep them at bay and each time took a few provinces in Levant and Egypt. I was also able to snake my way into Egypt proper through Sinai and denied them conquering anything below Cairo. Soon enough, time came when the tide turned and I was able to launch my own wars against them and eventually took all of Egypt and most of Levant for myself until they eventually collapsed due to decadence and their neighbours took advantage.
My vassals: Majerteen, Dongola, Iraq, Dawasir, Oman, Gujarat, Madurai.
My allies: Tunis (I force converted them to Shia).
There's a HUGE Hungary. It almost never survives, somehow it managed to defeat Poland and snatch most of the Balkan states before the Ottomans do. Later on, when the Ottomans started collapsing they used the advantage. They also got Lithuania under a PU and then inherited them.
Prussia formed by Brandenburg with almost historical shape! It's the first run I ever see it being formed by Brandenburg.
Expansionist USA is eating up Portuguese and Spanish colonies lol.
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I see the infamous Austrian map painter was born a couple centuries earlier on this timeline...
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This is exactly what I thought about, too. Hungary doing Operation Barbarossa lol.
Aragon -> Byzantium -> Rome, attempt 2
Khorasan, Georgia, Ukraine, Carpathia and Belgica are subjects
I wish for a run with non-atrocious RNG
Khorasan, Georgia, Ukraine, Carpathia and Belgica are subjects
I wish for a run with non-atrocious RNG
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No that was all the AI they were allied to QQ. The Great Horde took an opportunistic war against Muscovy during the Swedish Independence war and demolished them so Russia never formed
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