[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;28365732]Hey guys I'm planning on getting this game, and I was wondering if it was a good idea to start the game playing as The Knights.[/QUOTE]
It's an excellent idea. There's been some pretty intense debate over this, however many agree that The Knights are probably the second best nation in the game (behind Ryuku, of course).
[QUOTE=K0ppel;28349892]I've learnt something, unless you are a massive military force never become the holy roman emperor, you're obligated to help small countries take on countries triple their size or everyone in Europe hates you and I only wanted to be Emperor so I could destroy Utretcht and Freisland to become the Netherlands and now I'm juggling paying off Portugal so they don't rape my colonies, Spain so they don't change the direction of their unstoppable warpath through Europe, Britain so they don't destroy my navy and now topped onto all of that is the fact that all of Centeral Europe is out for my body it seems like everyone in the world hates the Dutch :saddowns:[/QUOTE]
Being Emperor is the best, all those boosts you get can help you take down larger nations that you normally could not do. :hitler:
[QUOTE=lifehole;28365273]Actually, the WWM doesn't make everyone viable, the indians are still very weak, there is just more indians.
Whoever plays eastern tales, why the fuck does a siege in 1955 take more then a year, I'm pretty sure it didn't take 25 years to take over poland as the germans.[/QUOTE]
It can be a little weird like, I don't have any experience past the 15th century so far but I've learned that siege equipment doesn't seem to scale very well with strongholds as would be expected. It just means take more troops with you next time lol, especially against those behemoth level 25 forts
[QUOTE=HolyCrusade;28367216]It's an excellent idea. There's been some pretty intense debate over this, however many agree that The Knights are probably the second best nation in the game (behind Ryuku, of course).[/QUOTE]
why are you such a dick to newcomers
[QUOTE=HolyCrusade;28367216]It's an excellent idea. There's been some pretty intense debate over this, however many agree that The Knights are probably the second best nation in the game (behind Ryuku, of course).[/QUOTE]
Why are you telling him that, the knights are too easy, trying to make a weakling?
[QUOTE=Killerjc;28368725]why are you such a dick to newcomers[/QUOTE]
If you can't get a WC as Ryuku, you might as well give up.
[QUOTE=Killerjc;28368725]why are you such a dick to newcomers[/QUOTE]
I've been reading the wiki, I was more or less being humorous from the start.
I'll probably get my legs as an easier nation to play, maybe the Order, then do a "fun" run as The Knights just so I can try to create a Templar dominated Middle East (even though I know I'll probably die within 2 in-game years.)
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;28370372]I've been reading the wiki, I was more or less being humorous from the start.
I'll probably get my legs as an easier nation to play, maybe the Order, then do a "fun" run as The Knights just so I can try to create a Templar dominated Middle East (even though I know I'll probably die within 2 in-game years.)[/QUOTE]
You should send mass amounts of children and infants to fight the Muslim horde, as only their innocence will guarantee victory from God.
Rhodes, Morea, Cyprus, Malta, Ragusa and then Beirut,
In that order I gained them, and then the bloody turks got a hold of me.
I really want to see a Let's Play of The Knights, since they sound like, arguably, the hardest faction to play as and thus I'd love to see someone actually succeeding in making them a competently sized nation.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;28370678]I really want to see a Let's Play of The Knights, since they sound like, arguably, the hardest faction to play as and thus I'd love to see someone actually succeeding in making them a competently sized nation.[/QUOTE]
No, Playing Ryuku, and staying with those islands the entire game.
FUCKED UP IN 1399, became korean
Anyone have a version of Whole World Mod that works with the latest HTTT?
If I were every to play as Ryuku I would just sell all my southern territories and become North Korea.
I went investigating around in my Portugal save game file and there is indeed a inflation line that you can change. So you can reset it to zero if you have a high inflation if you feel like a cheating bastard.
Man, Hungary is tough to start out, you're totally mercantilist and your COT is Venice, your tax efficiency is piss poor (something like 26% IIRC) and your manpower is dildoes. This is going to be tough. I moved my slider towards centralisation to be able to westernize as soon as possible, but so far it's 1403 and not much has happened. I'm thinking of taking over some little Italian states, annexing transylvania after 10 years and maybe taking on some other balkan nations.
Also, has anyone ever played a full game from 5 AD to 2100 AD in Eastern Tales?
You know, I should ally with the knights when I'm a big country, after I do this I'll specifically engage war with Ottomans and fight back every single army they throw at me and the knights, then I'll allow the knights to gain a foothold, and make the ottomans cede them territory, Soon as I get them to have a competent country I'll allow them to fend for themselves although a guarantee will always be on them and we'll be the best of friends.
:3:
I find that doesn't work as planned, I did that in my Korea game where I guaranteed the Han and then gave them most of the Chinese territory that I took, unified them and helped them in all their wars + maintained Vassal and then RM/Alliance. Couple years down the line they continuously insulted me and attempted to provoke me with month long embargoes even though I had ~170 relations with them. Jerks... :(
Yeah, I kind of wish relations actually meant something. If the other country is predisposed towards hating you, the game shouldn't even let you get your relationships that high.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;28370372]I've been reading the wiki, I was more or less being humorous from the start.
I'll probably get my legs as an easier nation to play, maybe the Order, then do a "fun" run as The Knights just so I can try to create a Templar dominated Middle East (even though I know I'll probably die within 2 in-game years.)[/QUOTE]
In all serious, you can never go wrong with playing Portugal your first time. If you can maintain good relations with Castille (this usually requires breaking your English alliance), no one will successfully attack you. Thus you can spend most of the game focusing on colonizing, trading, and attacking on your terms.
I always have to take all of Italian.
If I'm ming, I set it to my destiny to travel across half the fucking planet to annex all the italian states, I do not know why.
Someone please explain.
[QUOTE=kamikaze470;28372947]I went investigating around in my Portugal save game file and there is indeed a inflation line that you can change. So you can reset it to zero if you have a high inflation if you feel like a cheating bastard.[/QUOTE]
Or, you could start a new game go to options and turn inflation: Off.
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Also, Frayyyy, try playing as the Kievian Rus in 1020, try to form a Pan-Slavic nation. Fun Shit.
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[QUOTE=Oneperson;28373620]Man, Hungary is tough to start out, you're totally mercantilist and your COT is Venice, your tax efficiency is piss poor (something like 26% IIRC) and your manpower is dildoes. This is going to be tough. I moved my slider towards centralisation to be able to westernize as soon as possible, but so far it's 1403 and not much has happened. I'm thinking of taking over some little Italian states, annexing transylvania after 10 years and maybe taking on some other balkan nations.
Also, has anyone ever played a full game from 5 AD to 2100 AD in Eastern Tales?[/QUOTE]
I doubt it, most people can't get from 1400 to 1800 without their lust for conquest overtaking them and making then fuck the world to smithereens.
BAHAHAHAHA, I fucked up the french, I beat them in a war and made then turn orthodox. 20 years later after getting beat up by Cordoba (mind you this is in 1045) they have a revolution to the french revolutionary republic, yet they are still orthodox.
AKA: French Orthodox Revolutionaries in the beginning of the feudal era.
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My empire as it is now. I can either go to America (which I'm going to do sooner or later, but I don't know which areas to colonise first) or build up strength to take on the Ottomans, who are growing to dangerous size.
Fuck America, the Ottomans need a good whooping to show them who's the big baddie around these parts.
[QUOTE=kamikaze470;28381624]Fuck America, the Ottomans need a good whooping to show them who's the big baddie around these parts.[/QUOTE]
Fuck America, the Chinese need a good whooping to show them who's the big baddie around these parts.
[QUOTE=lifehole;28382045]Fuck America, the Chinese need a good whooping to show them who's the big baddie around these parts.[/QUOTE]
Fuck China, the Indians need a good whooping to show them who's the big baddie around these parts.
Here's a tip to get pretty much whatever demand you want from a large nation
Basically, occupy all their provinces, and wait. If you can keep your war exhaustion down, and handle the rebels, after about 20 years or of constant occupation the war score you need will have dropped a fair bit you'll be able to make them a vassal/gain lots of territory/whatever, and eventually integrate them. I did this as Castille to Portugal and Aragon, so it might not work with an enormous empire like France but try anyway
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;28382160]Fuck China, the Indians need a good whooping to show them who's the big baddie around these parts.[/QUOTE]
Fuck Indians, the Africans need a good whooping to show them the light of Christianity.
[QUOTE=Frayyyy;28382425]Fuck Indians, the Africans need a good whooping to show them the light of Christianity.[/QUOTE]
Fuck Africans, the Russans need a good whopping to show them who's the rightful owner of Kexholm.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;28382447]Fuck Africans, the Russans need a good whopping to show them who's the rightful owner of Kexholm.[/QUOTE]
Fuck Russians, the Iberians need a good whoopping to show them the wrath of Allah.
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Also, the fucking byzantines have near a million troops in 1065, and I have only 450k, its REALLY, REALLY hard to support more, I am already half up the minting slider to avoid loans.
[QUOTE=lifehole;28382689]Fuck Russians, the Iberians need a good whoopping to show them the wrath of Allah.[/QUOTE]
Fuck the Iberians, the-
Wait, I [i]am[/i] the Iberians. :ohdear:
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