Going to weigh in here in favor of the ottomans, in my current game in 1.8 I have almost finished with the Mamelukes, need to integrate iraq, have eaten my way into the HRE with a sunni syria vassal and through hungary to touch poland. My only problem in game is that i cant individual peace poland and austria coz they are in the coalition together. I have had 50+ PP since my first war vs the Mamelukes and so I have always had monarch points to spare.
This is all before 1500, I now have 320 years to jump on france, eat my way through the HRE, carpet muscovy, eat castile and portugal and just generally chomp my way through asia. People underappreciate how good admin ideas are for ottoderps, with claims everywhere almost every province in the game costs me 10-40 admin points to core.
Im just waiting for the autonomy nerf atm, Ive tripled in size since game start and ive had one rebellion. Low autonomy isnt realy worth the revolt risk.#
Also PS on the castile screengrabs without a date your empire is almost meaningless, there is a huge difference between having an empire that big 200 years in and 300 years in. Without context all you have shown is that player controlled nations are OP.
This is all before 1500, I now have 320 years to jump on france, eat my way through the HRE, carpet muscovy, eat castile and portugal and just generally chomp my way through asia. People underappreciate how good admin ideas are for ottoderps, with claims everywhere almost every province in the game costs me 10-40 admin points to core.
Im just waiting for the autonomy nerf atm, Ive tripled in size since game start and ive had one rebellion. Low autonomy isnt realy worth the revolt risk.#
Also PS on the castile screengrabs without a date your empire is almost meaningless, there is a huge difference between having an empire that big 200 years in and 300 years in. Without context all you have shown is that player controlled nations are OP.