save way to increase War Exhaustion

[Wildcat_PL]

I want to do it as Holland to get the Veterans Home for Army Tradition. AFAIK I need to have WE over 5 and be at peace. So it seems it's an event you get after a lost war. Yet I dont want to loose any wars, risk of being annexed as small country is too great. Any suggestions?

 

[Kaazmodan]

Veteran's home is a gift. Don't ever count on it. Even if you meet the prerequisites, it's still a staggering 1200 month MTTH (100 years). Short advice: just don't go for it.

Just for good measure, here is the wiki for it: http://www.paradoxian.org/eu3wiki/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars

 

[Wildcat_PL]

Yet I've seen countries like AI France with 3 of those, by 1650s.

 

[Vainfall]

Kaaz, it's a province event. Every province that meets the requirements has a 100 year MTTH. So, if you have 8 provinces meeting the requirements, it's actually a 12.5 MTTH.

 

[Wildcat_PL]

I can get a couple of provinces bordering the National Focus so this will reduce the MTTH. I also feel no shame about reloading 10 years if it doesn't fire.
Alright. I know the way to minimize the reduction of WE is a low administration ruler. Any way to increase WE. Savely? Perhaps in peacetime?

 

[cywang86]

I can get a couple of provinces bordering the National Focus so this will reduce the MTTH. I also feel no shame about reloading 10 years if it doesn't fire.
Alright. I know the way to minimize the reduction of WE is a low administration ruler. Any way to increase WE. Savely? Perhaps in peacetime?

That's easy, just stack all your regiments on the same province.

 

[Wildcat_PL]

I'm sure that overstacking a province will empty my manpower reserve. Will it in long term increase War Exhaustion? Even in peacetime?

 

[przemo_li]

I'm sure that overstacking a province will empty my manpower reserve. Will it in long term increase War Exhaustion? Even in peacetime?

REALLY SAFE way (if you can call playing with your WE that way ) should be some minor in asia/africa. Just get 2 provinces in one war. Then start another. Let enemy occupy those provinces. En tact war taxes (to earn some, and to get +1 WE).

1) Make sure that your WE rise slowly. So you can end war when WE is high, but not that high.
2) Do not increase WE in any other way. As other ways (attrition, naval blockade) will weaken your military or economy. Never a good thing.

Alternative would be to get some fresh colony (turned into city) blockaded by pirates. Then DoW some land locked african country. Pirates add to WE during war by naval blockade.

 

[DDRJake]

REALLY SAFE way (if you can call playing with your WE that way ) should be some minor in asia/africa. Just get 2 provinces in one war. Then start another. Let enemy occupy those provinces. En tact war taxes (to earn some, and to get +1 WE).

1) Make sure that your WE rise slowly. So you can end war when WE is high, but not that high.
2) Do not increase WE in any other way. As other ways (attrition, naval blockade) will weaken your military or economy. Never a good thing.

Alternative would be to get some fresh colony (turned into city) blockaded by pirates. Then DoW some land locked african country. Pirates add to WE during war by naval blockade.

Neither of these will work for peace time, which you need to be in for Vet's Home to fire.

But in the latest beta, Vet's home is no longer a random event, so I wouldn't worry about it.

You get the effects of an enemy's Vet's home (and unique buildings) by occupying them though. Make of that what you will.

 

[przemo_li]

Neither of these will work for peace time, which you need to be in for Vet's Home to fire.

But in the latest beta, Vet's home is no longer a random event, so I wouldn't worry about it.

You get the effects of an enemy's Vet's home (and unique buildings) by occupying them though. Make of that what you will.

I assumed that he need to collect WE without really exhausting war. So gave recipe for war with high WE but without killing your economy and/or army.

 

[Ranger Blue]

Neither of these will work for peace time, which you need to be in for Vet's Home to fire.

But in the latest beta, Vet's home is no longer a random event, so I wouldn't worry about it.

You get the effects of an enemy's Vet's home (and unique buildings) by occupying them though. Make of that what you will.

He can simply end the war once WE is high, and hope that the event fires while WE is running down. If not, repeat by raising WE again or just reloading from when you made peace.

 

[Wildcat_PL]

He can simply end the war once WE is high, and hope that the event fires while WE is running down. If not, repeat by raising WE again or just reloading from when you made peace.

I dont usualy get such high WE during war, and if a get it's because I'm loosing. And it would be hard to peace out of war without big losses. Not interested in this method.

And the simplest solution is working. Massively overstacking a province is working. But I need to put over 40 regiments in a 3supply limit vassal province to counter the peace and ruler WE reduction dring peacetime. With multiple provinces bordering national focus the MTTH is lowered and I'm testing for results.

 

[unmerged(80402)]

Take war taxes - this way you will easily get enough WE, even without losing a war.