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You don't make much in comparison to late game, but you still make money compared to your overall expenses. The reason why it seems so low is the amount of goods that are produced is lower early game. Prices rise for goods throughout the game. And finally more goods actually flow to Europe towards the end of the game. But trade can be useful even early game depending on the nation. Netherlands, England, France, Venice etc can all make substantial money off of trade due to their trade nodes by pulling from feeder nodes like Lubeck or Constantinople.

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@@ViktorVildras could you do one for Byzantium too? I followed your last guide for Granada with a bit of tweaks and it was actually pretty chill, but Byzantium man, it's breaking me

@viniciusyugulis7278 ive been holding off on byzantium just because its gonna take a long time. New job that is letting me, hopefull, go remote will make that a bit easier soon though.

I mean, they have patched things I have made videos on before, so expecting it to be patched. That said, we are coming to the end of the line for EU4. So they may just not.

@@ViktorVildras okay so. as of 1.37. Colonial Ventures "greed" can still be done like in the video. Now, for my own shenanigans... Aragon is no longer "stealable". it's too big. or gets to big from AI placing Holy Orders everywhere. Soonest i've seen the Iberian wedding event fire this patch is 1466. and it costs 136% warscore to transfer them at that point. So that's a bit of a shame guess going for Sweden might be my new "move".. if they don't get independence by then. Taking Sweden and 1 province/half of iceland is doable in one war.

Naples would be cool

Alright. I think mine is probably out of date seeing how it is 2 years old.

The reason why I focus it is to progress down the mission tree you need to revoke villianage. While it can be done even with granting the privileges early, you don't need to worry about timing seizing land if you just wait for a bit. You also tank your tax income granting out the crown land, as you both loose tax efficiency but you also spike autonomy. I just take the extra income and hire advisors instead, then take the privileges later. Granted, I know I have insane luck with heirs, so maybe your way is better if you consistently get heirs who's chief skill is drooling.

To be fair, ​@@ViktorVildras, England has some insane scripted heirs.

Don't get me wrong, I like both, but I do love me some minor gameplay. Doing a pirate game or Lubeck etc is far more entertaining to me personally.

@@ViktorVildras Lubeck always end up dominating North Germany in my games for some reason

​@@ViktorVildras I dislike most majors except England and Mamluks, idk they feel so unique and cool to play as, while other like Poland, France and Ottomans are just a souless blobfest, or Castille/Portugal a boring generic colonizer

​@@ViktorVildrasTernate and Tidore are great OPMs for a chill colonization/conquest game. With Cloves, they're hardly minor.

I prefer Florence, but their republic type sucks. Venice is stronger start, but Florence has great development cost reductions.

By handing it over to a scutaged vassal they can't occupy it. France's wargoal will be to occupy Maine, but Maine isn't in the war so it can't be occupied. None of my provinces can be, so my war exhaustion won't spike while dealing with disasters.

@@ViktorVildras yeh I get the vassals but why not sell Maine so you can declare whenever instead of hoping for a late Treaty of Maine to fire

​@@Speedster___you can only PU France during hundred years war if you choose British path

@@viniciusyugulis7278 I’m stupid. I thought you could take the mission later before declaring your oath. Thanks

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And that is cancelled out by having the PU. So bo, it may be subjectively better but objectively it doesn't matter much. Just easier to not bother with it.

@@ViktorVildras It sticks even after integrating them

@viniciusyugulis7278 must have misread it then.

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You can. Most may not have the option or opportunity to and to show the best option generally available I don't pursue PUs outside of the mission tree unless it is extremely common (ie Burgundy).

It can be, especially since going religious orthodox means cheap expansion into Europe

What country?

@@Speedster___ Any country, the privilege has just “Has no further modified” and “Has no effects upon being granted”

@@legitplayin6977 so it doesn’t display anything huh. Just close eu4 and relaunch it the

@@legitplayin6977try to close game and relaunch it

Welcome back brother

Thank you

What ya mean?

@@ViktorVildraswould like to see shorter jump cuts and more stream-esqe I think

@Speedster___ i will have to think about how to do that, as it just isn't registering at the moment. But I am tired and in lawyer brain mode lol.

@@ViktorVildras honestly I don’t fully agree with Carlton but I would like to see a bit of you actually devving/micro armies. Also do you mean asking what type of law are you practicing/studying?

@Speedster___ i mean i was at work so not thinking about how to improve my videos. As to the micro/deving/streaming I may look at streaming.

I tend to have amazing heir luck. Got a few 6/6/6 heirs in MP games, made people start coalitioning against me.

Well, apparently there is. Here is a CD key for it if only because you were the only one that mentioned it at all lol. VEPDK-KRR96-6W6EX

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I might have. I recorded a few only to realize my gameplay was muted, this one might have been fixed but I still readded the music to it. I'll make sure the others weren't doubled up too. Thanks for the heads up.

Cheers, I looked right past the milaccess

Just wait a bit on Hungary. Lithuania I will certainly consider. If you mean why allying Castile it is because Aragon usually will be taken in a PU, and that can happen mid-ar and it auto-peaces Aragon out. Leaving you without an ally you may have been relying on. And yes, France tends to become a chonker. As for the hordes, I believe I have but I will take a look given they were for older patches.

@@ViktorVildras great! In all my campaigns I never seen France take British isles which is wierd. I didn’t think Aragon got Iberian Wedding before like circa 1475 so for first few wars would think they’d be a better ally

@Speedster___ its just whenever they have a regency, which usually will take a decade, but its completely random.

@@ViktorVildras ah thanks

Castile over Aragon because Aragon has land you want to take for yourself

Which first? I know I didn't do all of the Teutons, but figure if you ask for it give me what ya wanna see first.

Can you do livonian? rarely see a video about it

@@ViktorVildraslivonian Order might be fun, do that first? And then the teutons? It’s up to you of course. We love you’re videos nonetheless

True, I dislike the playstyle so maybe I let my bias interfere. Maybe I will redo it with more trade league and see if it is improved at all. Doubtful, but always a possibility.

@@ViktorVildras I love the gameplay still.. abusing day 1 trade league one provinces like ragusa to be in the league or any rich province to give you +20 income from day 1

Its all except tribal and maybe horde if I recall correctly.

Carthage playthrough?

@@ViktorVildras yes

@@FluffyYeen05 I don't remember saying I would, but I can. Are you looking for a playthrough or a guide?

I know, would be nice. But, alas, spaghetti code.

And most people think that they aren't worth it because they are more expensive. Like cavalry, my main question is if their use makes winning more likely. If yes, I recommend them even if it costs more, as winning wars faster generally means more money long term.

@@ViktorVildras My main problem with mercenaries, they don't really scale well. They are capped by dev and you can't split them. And worst of all, mercenaries company got their tech level from country of origin and you are limited with how many you got. I still use them because I find them strong, cheaper with more manpower than normal unit. (If you play mercenary idea/country with bonus). To my multiplayer non-moded game as Swiss, it gaves me a strong advantage in early/mid game. Not so much after (and it was cool to condotiere 100k troop)

@christian861 yes. But just linking them with another mercenary company or with regulars to fill ojt the line is an easy solution. I don't think they should be your entire army, or even all of your infantry, but having them for your firs wave front line is very, very helpful. The biggest downside is you can't avoid cavalry after tech 20, when cavalry heavily drop off. But if I am leaning into mercenaries that hard its usually a 15-25% discipline shift, so its still worth it.

@@ViktorVildras I agree. it's just a strange feeling to maximise your mercenaries and then have to supplement them with a regular army that won't benefit from the militarization of the special government t5 of mercenaries and other bonuses. That was my feeling as Switzerland.

I think we could just call them Ultramarines at that point. I think Games Workshop would appreciate it lol.

Sorry for the delay, been swamped so haven't been able to record in weeks and forgot to check the comments. Here ya go. PNE2P-KRZRT-MJLMY

@@ViktorVildras thanks man! Much appreciated! 👍🏻

iirc they wrote in one the latest patches that this bug has been fixed ( didnt test that, but to me it looks fixed )

Ya, it was fixed. I just plalyed through a Swiss game (into Germany with just mercs) and they take less. That or Swiss stronk.