Because there weren't enough Ottos One-Tag yet: (Beware, screenshots in German)
Not too much special, had good luck on some parts, less on others. Especially good were my rulers (never lost Janissars) and Muscovy collapsed into Sunni and became a perfect vassal.
WC was done by 1754, One-Tag (annexed Brandenburg with too much AE for diplo-annexing and conquered my protectorate ming in two big wars) by 1782
Released the two yellow CNs (from my vassal Scotland) and annexed them for more glorious green.
Religious Map 1782
17 years later, everything I had converted
My army, mercenaries are all at least 2-4 units behind the current tech, bc it's too much hassle to update them.
Technologies
Military, got very much tradition the last few decades, not quite sure why. Had a lot of forts for the +1 bonus too, paid 700 ducats for it.
Ideas, not much surprise, took offensive for siege ability -> speed
Economy
Fleet, I built 1k big ships for a mission at the end, just for fun.
Diagrams
Rulers, only problem was Mehmet, but he only lived three years so I could keep Janissars
And just for fun a little revolution at the end:
And of course Ironman-Proof:
Important!:
It was not Ironman, but just for fun to show that ironmanproof screenshots aren't a good proof^^
I usually don't play Ironman bc of the monthly autosaves and bc I don't see the necessity for it. If I don't wanna cheat, I don't. The whole thing is on YT (also in German) that's probably more of a proof for not cheating than that Ironman-Symbol.
Did you have anything to do with that Greece?
Did you have anything to do with that Greece?
They rivaled me a while back, unfortunately. So has Muscovy. And half the other European majors - its like the AI will choose the played over other options when available.I'd ally Hungary and take Prussia from the Pole.
I'm assuming this is directed at my screenshots? If so: TBARW w/various add-ons like the white font and user interface lite (Thick Borders and Recoloured Water)What map mod is that?
I have finally completed my gimmicky Spain game and now present you the result:
I'm curious, how'd you manage culture-flipping to Basque as Castile? I'd love to try that some time.
Your Spanish Federation looks very ugly.
That's roughly how. Notice I made two very big mistakes here. I gave up Sevilla, that is very rich on its own and also is a center of trade. And I also gave up the gold mine, not sure why in the world did I do that, as I could sell a different Andalusian province to Granada. I got a very early Wedding, so Aragon and Naples are already junior partners in PUs, after that I was just selling provinces to them, released Leon and tunneled on managing my prestige. Iirc I even got a prestige boost from Pope and kept the prestige advisor until this very point.
Sacrifices had to be made for the culture shift to happen. It turned out quite pretty in the end as you can see few posts above.Your Spanish Federation looks very ugly.