Europa Universalis Stories!

[Imran Siddiqui]

quote: The bad boy value is rather useful when you can take on the rest of the world.

Like I said, isn't the point, of the patch OR the game.

[Victor Galis]

You mean the point of the game isn't to crsuh all powers that stand in your way, and to utterly dominate the world? Now, if you're a minor power, that's understandable, but as France on an easy setting, nothing less that being the ultimate power in Europe (10 to 1 victory point ratio against all but China and Spain) is actually doing well. I mean if I weren't doing this well on this difficulty setting, there might be something wrong.

[Allemand]

You're obviously too good. Put it on the very hard/very aggressive level (similar to Emporeur in CivII).

[Allemand]

Here's one of my favorites:

When I played England I conquered Scotland in the first two years, losing Spain as an ally. A few years later I was attacked by France, Navarro, Loraine, Papal States, Savoy, and one other. My only ally then was Milan and they declined to help.

I figured I would lose Calais, so I concentrated on keeping the French out of England. I was hoping Calais would fall quickly so I could ask for peace, but it held out for a long time. I defeated two armies that landed in Kent and the province next to it, while most of the allied armies were besieging Calais.

The French had a fleet in the channel that was twice as big as my navy, so I moved all my 32 warships to the west to protect Ireland and picked off several fleets of 11 ships each that came in sight, winning both times.

Finally Calais fell and I started asking for peace. First I offered Calais and 250 ducats but the French refused. Then I noticed that Navarro controlled Calais, so I just offered 250 ducats (thinking the French didn't want Navarro to keep Calais) but the French still refused. So I spent the money on another army.

Then the French sent a small army (10,000) to invade Kent, and I destroyed it. Suddenly the French offered me peace and all they wanted was the 16 ducats left in my treasury. That was amazing! Unfortunately, I had to keep Calais, so the French still don't like me. But I'm up to 1529 now and have a much stronger alliance.

[Par4]

France sucks

That's all I have to say, they offered me an alliance, we have a royal marriage and a +120 relationship, I declare war on granada and the lil bastard declares war on me. Then Portugual declares war on me, then England declares war on me, then Venice declares war on me, and a whole bunch of other little countries declare war on me, and I waste a lot of diplomats trying for peace. Well I managed to take over Granda and portugual, and English colonies but I lost all that stuff up in holland and flanders. I could have kept them but Flanders rioted or whatever and took a 120 person army with it. Why the army, which was under the command of some great general, went with them I have no idea.

But I took all of the english north american colonies but I somehow got a -2 stability and nearly all of spain is under 20-50 rebel armies, and the big 80 riot buster army became rebels. Which pisses me off. Spain is screwed but the colonies were doing ok.

I'm going to start as france today, eat some little european countries, the spanish stuff up north, scotland, genoa, papal states, then england when they turn protestant.

[Victor Galis]

Hyderabad fell to the mighty hordes of France, China, and the Mughal empire! Lasting peace has finally come to the Indian subcontinent

I am now starting to be deeply annoyed though. I am slowly losing the war. There are over 20 provinces in rebel hands, and my riot busting armies can't siege them fast enough because there are between 3-8 new revolts every month If only Kazan would fall finally, and Crimea would stop being so stubborn about surrendering a lv. 2 colony to me, I could put down all the revolts without worrying about new revolts.

I hate war exhaustion I wasn't even using those provinces to support my attack I wish I could cut taxes for a revolt risk lowering. I will have to sack Kazan on the double.

I have now, 3 separate land borders with China , 3 with Turkey not counting the trade posts in Africa

[Imran Siddiqui]

quote: I am now starting to be deeply annoyed though. I am slowly losing the war. There are over 20 provinces in rebel hands, and my riot busting armies can't siege them fast enough because there are between 3-8 new revolts every month

I told you that wasn't how to play the game!

[Victor Galis]

No problem though. All my revolt risks will go to 0, once the war ends, and I have enough diplomats to do it... I'm just too greedy, and too lazy to put down all the revolts.

[Par4]

Imran,

playing the game like you say it should be sucks!

Warmongering rules! Especially as France, being colonist is fun too.

[Ramo]

War-mongering kicks ass!

In my first 10 years, as the Ottomans, I completely annexed Hungary, the Mamelukes, and Venice. In addition, I took away a couple Austrian (including one with 100 ducats income) and Polish provinces . I've got 3 COTs!

And I still have a fairly decent Moslem coalition together after all these wars, consisting of Algeria, Morocco, Iraq, and Crimea, with the potential of making a few inroads in the steppe and in the Arabic penninsula.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Hehe... say that at the EU forums... they'll tell you to go back to Command and Conquer (at least that is what they told me, when I said I like to have a little wars ).

[Par4]

Dumb question

What does COT stand for?

[Ramo]

Center of Trade

And screw the EU forum! They're all old farts who forgot how to have a good time pillaging and raping infidels .

[Victor Galis]

Persia, Cyrenica, Sardinia, and Iraq fall before the French hordes My army peaked at 2.8 million men (infantry and cav). Only six nations remain to be subjugated, while i still have 24 years or so (Nation to be subjugated: Non-allied minor power) Soon the Incas will randomly declare war on me, as will Aden (They do this once I have a border with them.)

I never realized a world map could be so blue (My allies Sweden are also blue, and of a shade almost indistinguishable from mine. They have extensive colonies in North America west of the Mississippi, and North of my colonies. They pick up the land every time I go on a English-trade post burning spree )

[Depp]

Guess what Im playing now ? The Knights of St John Talk about a bad starting position.
I have played 20 years and just taken 6 provinces in africa, from tunisia to alexandria, been in war with the french and the english and surivied, and now me and my italian allies are doing the unthinkable and assaulting the papal states
We want to clean up in the corrupt religions offices , erm I have managed to trade maps with spain as well (what where they thinking), so I got the possibility for colonies, but I get no coloniest, must wait to be counterreformatist, or switch to protestant, but that would be really bad in my position.
Im gonna continue my expansion in the middle east, and just try to get to india that way, before the game ends Before I attacked the pope I had a badboy of only 4, but I guess attacking rome will get me in trouble