Really feeling this Prussia start
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imgur.comPosted Mar 3, 2016, 3:37 AM UTC
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imgur.comHow in fuck did you do this? When I went to dissolve the HRE I had it done by 1755 or something...
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Well I won't deny that I got very lucky.
Early on in the game I managed to get my dynasty on the Bohemian throne. They start off with a regency with no heir, so it's a bit of dice throwing but it worked out for me.
I also got lucky with Austra losing the HRE to a female heir.
Furthermore, all the electors were weak, except for me and Bohemia, which I obviously both control.
I got close to being able to do it some 50 years earlier, when I annexed Saxony when they were Emperor. But I was missing control on one elector.
The way I did end up doing it however:
I declared war on Oldenburg, who was the emperor, and it dragged 2 electors into the war with them. The Palatinate and Pomerania. They were also allied to Bremen and England.
I quickly occupied Bremen, then occupied Oldenburg and the electors.
Oldenburg had 4 provinces with only one ford, Pomerania had 2 provinces and The Palatinate only had 1 ford for his 6 provinces.
There wasn't much I could do to England, but they were busy elsewhere so I left them be.
This left 2 electors remaining, since myself, Bohemia, Saxony, Pomerania and The Palatinate where already under my control.
Magdenburg was under attack by a neighbouring prince, and they were only an OPM. Meaning they'd go away soon enough.
The last elector was Münster, who was allied to an independent Norway, who's only other ally was Lithuania. I had formed a claim on Akershus previously, went to war, occupied Münster... which was again an OPM.
Which gave me control over all the electors and the Emperor's capital, so I said bye-bye to the HRE.
After that I spend some time fighting Lithuania to white peace with Norway. The war with Oldenburg ended with me taking what was left of Pomerania and the province East Frisia. England came around to helping out at the end of that war, but at this point I managed to get my 30% infantry ability from Prussian Ideas and Quality Ideas so I beat them back.
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Lmfao at English Iberia
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Yeah, that's going to be fun when I conquer the British Isles.
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You may want to backstab and murder that Austria soon . . . it's already too big. Double-checked, no inheritance, that's good at least.
Where to next? Sweden or Lithuania?
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Austria is indeed climbing positions in my hit-list. They are however allied to Hungary, so I'll need to see how I take care of that.
As for where to next, I need to increase my control over the Lübeck tradenode and start making some more money from trade.
Sweden might be up next, to completely control the Baltic Sea trade and use the income to push further into the Germany area.
I usually take Lithuania later, when I have some Administrative Efficiency. Though it seems Hungary will be looking to nibble into them, so I might have to push those plans forward a bit.
I also don't want Muscovy eating away at them.
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I dissolved the HRE, broke up the PLC Personal Union, conquered Denmark, formed Prussia, infantry is sitting at +30% combat ability, and I have the decreased AE from Influence Idea as well as the decreased coring cost from Administrative Ideas.
I'm pretty much in position to start expanding in all directions once my manpower recovers. Time to teach Europe the meaning of the word Blitzkrieg, me thinks.
Any tips on how? I always find to hard to take off in my Prussia games.
I restarted until neither Bohemia nor Poland rivaled me.
Royal Marriage with Bohemia to gamble for their throne, ally with Poland. I also formed a Royal Marriage with Austria.
Allying Austria is useful. If they're the Emperor they won't demand Unlawful Territory and they're a good soak for enemy units while also providing a strong army of their own.
Poland called me in for a war against TO. This is why we allied Poland. It's important to keep as much Teuton land out of their control as you can.
I was really lucky and managed to beat them to every province, sending as few as 1 unit to each province just to get the control when the province was sieged down.
I did end up transferring control of the one Polish cultured province to Poland. They peaced out, took the polish cultured province, returned Neumark to me, cancelled all of TO's alliances, and released Danzig as a sovereign nation.
From there my Bohemia gamble played out, I claimed their Throne and took it through war. I managed to get an Alliance going with Austria as well.
Pomerania had attacked Danzig and annexed them during my war with Bohemia. I used the Pomeranian Succession mission to get claim on their provinces, went to war, took Danzig and I believe 1 or 2 other provinces from them.
From there the truce with TO was just about expiring. I already claimed one of their provinces that neighboured Danzig and I declared war on them. Took everything the warscore allowed me to. Then Immediately declared war again to take their remaining provinces.
I spat them back out as a vassal, keeping Danzig because they had lost the core on them when Poland forced it out of TO.
After that the entire Balic Sea region decided to form a coalition against me. Denmark pulled the trigger, but the Emperor came to my defence. Which was of course Austria. Who brought in their friends called England, Aragon, and Hungary.
That war didn't end so well for the coalition.
It's not very difficult. Take your time, get four military ideas (Offensive, Defensive, Quality, Aristocratic for me), fill up Prussian ideas. You won't get the Space Marines on day one, patience is key. Start with some small conquests (e.g: Brandenburg, Pomerania) and work your way up as you unlock more ideas.