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Europa Universalis III
Tyler6498:
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--- Quote from: Trorbes on June 08, 2012, 09:36:27 pm ---So... are alliance cascades just a problem you have to deal with? I decided to play England, but every casus belli looks as if it would unite half of Europe against me, while my measly few allies barely give a damn. I guess it's safest to ignore them for the while, but what kinds of opportunities should I be looking for when I do want to start reclaiming land?
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If you're England you really don't have to worry about this much at all. Just make sure you have the biggest navy in the world by a long shot. Just wreck their navies and if you don't want to face their armies just keep them from landing forces untill they're forced to default into a white peace. Easy!
England is pretty much in the best spot in all of Europe and it's trival to keep invaders off your soil if your wreck their transports and/or navies.
As England I usually just pick off all the island nations and let mainland Europe do it's own thing while I go colonisin'. Come back in a hundred years or so with enough Red Coats to block out the horrizon and reclaim Europe for the glory.
It's good to weaken Castile and Portugal at the start so they won't be competing with your for colonies. Consider an alliance with Granada so you can enter a war when Castile tries to finish the Inquisition.
From there on steal Iceland from Norway and wait for a core, colonise Greenland and wait for a core, then you'll have the whole North of America which nobody will be able to touch for centuries. After you have the Americas the world is your's. remember to oppress those dirty colonials, a free America is an unproductive America.
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Don't forget about The Azores! This is why you want to keep the Iberian Peninsula weak! If you hold both Greenland and Azores, Europe loses pretty much all access to America for boatloads of time.
Catastrophic lolcats:
Yup, they'll be forced to colonise Africa which for the most part has pitiful poor provences.
Remember to wreck the New World tribes so a stray European explorer doesn't send over an army to conqure them. I usually conqure them and release them as vassals so it doesn't slow down my tech too much. You can do the same to the African tribes as well to slow down expansion from European settlers. You can be dragged into border conflicts with them and also have an excuse to burn down their colonies with this method.
If the Azores ever does get colonised don't forget that you can fund a native uprising with a spy which will burn down their colony. Very useful.
Domenique:
--- Quote from: Tyler6498 on June 08, 2012, 08:33:18 pm ---By any chance was the OPM The Knights? Because I know their provience is Greek Orthodox, but it is ruled by Catholic Castalians.(Spanish culture I can never spell.) and usually ends up having all the big names defending it.
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The Knights are Cosmopolitaine if I remember correctly.
Catastrophic lolcats:
Nope, Maltese (Divine Wind). They can form Spain however, what's the deal with that?
Errol:
Well, that's one more thing to do in EU3...
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