I usually just rapidly increase and decrease (before the end of the month) my land maintenance slider and watch my neighbors and get nervous and do the same.
-
We have updated our Community Code of Conduct. Please read through the new rules for the forum that are an integral part of Paradox Interactive’s User Agreement.
I surf the web, read a book, sometimes watch a movie, play a different game, .... I always do something else while playing EU IV - multitasking.
I update my long term plan for territorial acquisitions for myself and my allies including list of potential short term war targets, their allies, their rivals and the maximum manpower of their prospective alliances.
I watch the nearby AIs fighting wars, monitor their territorial gains and losses, and consider whether intervening would be beneficial to me.
I keep an eye on the Disputed Successions list to see if I want to fire off a quick royal marriage or claim throne somewhere.
I build buildings, shuffle merchants around, send out my colonists, upgrade my ships, rebuild my armies if I had to consolidate them in the last war.
Rearrange my diplomats, fabricate some claims for my next wars, look around for nations willing to be diplovassalized, check expire times on my claims and random cores that I want to release/feed.
Buy off all the prospective cardinals with the massive stockpile of papal influence I gained during the war.
Pray for any heir with more than one 3 in his stats.
I watch the nearby AIs fighting wars, monitor their territorial gains and losses, and consider whether intervening would be beneficial to me.
I keep an eye on the Disputed Successions list to see if I want to fire off a quick royal marriage or claim throne somewhere.
I build buildings, shuffle merchants around, send out my colonists, upgrade my ships, rebuild my armies if I had to consolidate them in the last war.
Rearrange my diplomats, fabricate some claims for my next wars, look around for nations willing to be diplovassalized, check expire times on my claims and random cores that I want to release/feed.
Buy off all the prospective cardinals with the massive stockpile of papal influence I gained during the war.
Pray for any heir with more than one 3 in his stats.
1. Sell provinces to vassals.
2. Create new vassals.
3. Start annexation of vassals.
4. Declare the next war.
2. Create new vassals.
3. Start annexation of vassals.
4. Declare the next war.
I make posts on the forum. I roll 2d4-2 to determine my ratings in each of "troll", "argumentative strength", and "positive topic focus". Lucky forums off.
Watch the trade system and try to figure out how to get more money.
Look for the most historical and ahistorical areas of the map.
Set things to speed 5, I've got 400 years to get through!
Look for the most historical and ahistorical areas of the map.
Set things to speed 5, I've got 400 years to get through!
Peacetime? Wass is das? There is no peacetime in EUIV. It's not set up to consider such a thing possible.
Oh, you mean Manpower Recovery Mode. I gotcha. Yeah well, during Manpower Recovery Mode I try to build up my income with buildings and ships so I can finance the next war and look out for chances to diplo annex. Then when Manpower Recovery Mode ends, I look for more trouble to get into.
Oh, you mean Manpower Recovery Mode. I gotcha. Yeah well, during Manpower Recovery Mode I try to build up my income with buildings and ships so I can finance the next war and look out for chances to diplo annex. Then when Manpower Recovery Mode ends, I look for more trouble to get into.
I never have time to relax even playing on speed 2 as a trade nation. These are the things I do:
- check the trade map to see if I can improve or tweak my trade and I'm not losing trade
- check the diplomacy of various nations and see if something can be done: protectorates, alliances, etc
- managing colonies and when they are done moving the colonial army to the next one
- checking what is going on in my areas of interests: nations conquering what I want, or expanding too much
- bold armies and navies
- answering to events
- watching the physical map to scout for animals and other fun things such as monuments
- watching the wars and cheering for the enemies of my enemies
- cardinal hell
- check the ledger for comparisons
And more
- check the trade map to see if I can improve or tweak my trade and I'm not losing trade
- check the diplomacy of various nations and see if something can be done: protectorates, alliances, etc
- managing colonies and when they are done moving the colonial army to the next one
- checking what is going on in my areas of interests: nations conquering what I want, or expanding too much
- bold armies and navies
- answering to events
- watching the physical map to scout for animals and other fun things such as monuments
- watching the wars and cheering for the enemies of my enemies
- cardinal hell
- check the ledger for comparisons
And more
Scowl at nations I wish to conquer and stroke a black cat whilst giggling like a maniac....
This guy gets it.... and in MP plot to take down people that are bigger then me.
If your running low of Manpower then you are most likely doing something wrong. In the extraordinarily rare situation when I am low on it I just switch to strait Merc units and continue the conquest game.
After a time of playing EU4, you will rarely be in peace. You understand the game mechanics and know how to delay coalitions, minimize coring time, and so on.
If I'm not conquering, I'm helping an ally with their wars. When coalitions are a problem or for any reason can't conquer anything, I force protectorates in Asian nations.
If I'm not conquering, I'm helping an ally with their wars. When coalitions are a problem or for any reason can't conquer anything, I force protectorates in Asian nations.
Build shit. Diplovassalize/diploannex, maintain relationships (build enforce peace opportunities), secure alliances and diplomacy in general. Convert provinces (cultural too if worth and I have spare dip), send a few random guarantees and warnings to piss some neighbors off, reevaluating rivals, support rebels or subsidize my rival's enemies and watch around for enforce peace opportunities.
Oh yeah, and colonizing.
Oh yeah, and colonizing.
You are obviously at peace way too often. Only one of the things you mentioned require you to actually be at peace. (OK one of them doesn't technically require you to be at peace but it really helps, but that's still only two of them.)
Spend lots of time killing rebels.......for no reason. I'm not a warmonger, but half my nation went protestant or reformed even though I had 3 Cardinals and was Papal controller. (Various Nations) When not doing that planning my peaceful expansion (Colonization) and how much do I need to build to expand cashflow.