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memnosOPKind-Hearted•

R5: This was my attempt at Sokoto Ibadi OF WC, without culture shifting, tag switching or using Hegemony. In the end I failed, and had to culture switch to Turkish to finish off the Ottomans. It is definitely doable, I should have just put less constraints on myself.

I started as Mali, released Sokoto in 1454 using this trick by poxks. Prioritized colonization heavily. I cut off Europeans from Africa completely. Portugal managed to set up 2 colonies in West Africa, but I DoW'd them asap, got their Atlantic Islands and used them to conquer mainland Portugal around 1510 IIRC. I had complete control over the Americas by the time Global Trade spawned. I had to go to war over the colonies against Great Britain around that time to stop them from spawning the institution. I conquered Iberia, Morocco and Tunis before Europeans and the rest of Muslims even learned of my existence, so I got barely any AE from the first 100 years of wars. After that I conquered around Indian Ocean for economic reasons. And from there it was standard WC.

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jaboi1080p•

I started as Mali, released Sokoto in 1454 using this trick by poxks

Darn, before I read the post I thought this trick would let you get the "third way" achievement starting as someone other than the 3 ibadi nations.

Bloody close anyways though, how much irl time was the run?

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memnosOPKind-Hearted•

Hard to say. Overall I started in November, but I spent a lot of time optimizing the first 20 years. And then had two failed runs which ended around 1650.

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NingenKillerZamasu:Aragon:•

You actually can, but it's exploity and vulnerable to crashing easily if you fuck it up.

Basically, it's the load custom ideas onto actual nation exploit. I'm not going to explain it since I don't want paradox to patch it, but simply put...

Ibadi. Ottomans.

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opedroq:Mughals:•

Does Sokoto have good ideas for one faith? If not, why Sokoto?

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memnosOPKind-Hearted•

Not the best, but pretty good. They have unique Fulani Jihad ideas:

Traditions:
    −10% Cavalry cost
    +5% Recover army morale speed
Wandering Scholars
    +1 Missionary
Unrighteous Kings
    +15% Fort defense
Fulani Jihads
    +1% Missionary strength
Imans and Emirs
    +10% Morale of armies
Islamic Scholarship
    +2 Tolerance of the true faith
Community of the Faithful
    +1 Max promoted culture
Caliph in Africa
    +1 Yearly prestige
Ambition:
    +50% Army tradition from battles
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hemato-poiesisFertile•

Does playing as Sokoto give any unique benefits? Or is it just for the clout (which is a completely valid reason to do it tbh)

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memnosOPKind-Hearted•

Mostly for the clout. I think it's the first Sokoto WC.

But they have pretty good ideas. +1 missionary, +1 missionary strength and +2 tolerance of the true faith. I had 9 missionaries and around 15 tolerance of the true faith. I could go up to around 250% Overextension and would not get rebels in true faith provinces.

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