Hessen: Ah, I see...well, I'm not going catholic, and so I'll just wait then.
New World: right...fringes! I will check on that tonight.
thx for your help
New World: right...fringes! I will check on that tonight.
thx for your help
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Even better, select the seazone next to the unknown colony. It should have a list of nations that the seazone is 'national waters' for. One of those must own the said colony.
Ah-ha! You all are right...
SO I managed to get a little colony in Nova Scotia for Bohemia!
Sadly, though, I don't get more than a colonist or two every couple of years...and France & Spain seem to own the new world.
SO I might just concentrate on unifiying the proto-Germany...or make an uber-Balta if I can get Denmark, Norway & Sweden into the fold...
SO I managed to get a little colony in Nova Scotia for Bohemia!
Sadly, though, I don't get more than a colonist or two every couple of years...and France & Spain seem to own the new world.
SO I might just concentrate on unifiying the proto-Germany...or make an uber-Balta if I can get Denmark, Norway & Sweden into the fold...
OK - Game #2. The Bohemia game got to a point, in the ~1700's where it looked like a 'snowball' game - one where it was just a coast to victory. SO I started a new one.
To recap- I'm playing the Mac port of EUII.
Genoa, Easy/Weakling. Late 1400's.
I won't be left alone...
Austria, Papal States, Venice - three different alliances, none of which will let me in, attack me in succession. As soon as one war ends, the other one attacks. I have a few pieces of Northern Italy - Lombardy, Mantua, Florence, etc. - that are spoils from previous wars (that I won) but now my BB is about 45%, and I alternate periods of bankruptcy with periods of being warred upon. My inflation is up to 60%, I have no advancements (bankruptcy zeros your investments, right?) and with -3 stability, I have no revenue to speak of. My soldiers are outclassed, my lands a shambles, and frankly, as a player, I'm thinking about loading up Crusader Kings instead, because this is no fun.
A) How do I break this cycle?
B) Are f12 event# codes supported in EU like they are in HoI or CK, for instance?
C) Should I become a vassal to Austria, or someone, just so they won't attack me?
D) with no $, how can I improve my diplomatic standing so I don't get attacked?
E) is there an f12 to get a little help, as opposed to a lot of help? (because Monetzuma, for instance, is too much help. I don't need $50,000, I need $500.
I don't want a hand out, I want a hand up...
To recap- I'm playing the Mac port of EUII.
Genoa, Easy/Weakling. Late 1400's.
I won't be left alone...
Austria, Papal States, Venice - three different alliances, none of which will let me in, attack me in succession. As soon as one war ends, the other one attacks. I have a few pieces of Northern Italy - Lombardy, Mantua, Florence, etc. - that are spoils from previous wars (that I won) but now my BB is about 45%, and I alternate periods of bankruptcy with periods of being warred upon. My inflation is up to 60%, I have no advancements (bankruptcy zeros your investments, right?) and with -3 stability, I have no revenue to speak of. My soldiers are outclassed, my lands a shambles, and frankly, as a player, I'm thinking about loading up Crusader Kings instead, because this is no fun.
A) How do I break this cycle?
B) Are f12 event# codes supported in EU like they are in HoI or CK, for instance?
C) Should I become a vassal to Austria, or someone, just so they won't attack me?
D) with no $, how can I improve my diplomatic standing so I don't get attacked?
E) is there an f12 to get a little help, as opposed to a lot of help? (because Monetzuma, for instance, is too much help. I don't need $50,000, I need $500.
I don't want a hand out, I want a hand up...
1st of all you have to stop all the wars your in, give them land if necessary.
2nd try looking for other alliances, not only your neighbors make good allies, try making an alliance with some country that have borders with your main enemies (Poland, Hungary, Bohemia, german minors...)
3rd that stability as to go up for at least +1
4th what ever you do never annex to many 1 province states in little time because that give the other countries CB with you and increase your BB to much, make them your vassals in peace deals and ask for all their money, this way they'll leave their alliance and sat them back in their finances
5th When the time comes and your vassals are happy with you (relation +190) and in your alliance you can try and annex them, it will only give you 1BB in comparison form the 6BB that you'll win from annexing in peace deals, plus you'll stay with their army (if they have it) making you stronger and making the other countries more reluctant in declaring you war.
anyway here is the list with ALL the cheats
http://www.paradoxian.org/eu2wiki/index.php/Cheats
hope it helps
2nd try looking for other alliances, not only your neighbors make good allies, try making an alliance with some country that have borders with your main enemies (Poland, Hungary, Bohemia, german minors...)
3rd that stability as to go up for at least +1
4th what ever you do never annex to many 1 province states in little time because that give the other countries CB with you and increase your BB to much, make them your vassals in peace deals and ask for all their money, this way they'll leave their alliance and sat them back in their finances
5th When the time comes and your vassals are happy with you (relation +190) and in your alliance you can try and annex them, it will only give you 1BB in comparison form the 6BB that you'll win from annexing in peace deals, plus you'll stay with their army (if they have it) making you stronger and making the other countries more reluctant in declaring you war.
anyway here is the list with ALL the cheats
http://www.paradoxian.org/eu2wiki/index.php/Cheats
hope it helps
BB is not given in percentages. It's just a number. So I am guessing you mean that your BB is 45. This is way, way, too high, for any game except a world conquest.
Your super-high BB explains why you keep getting attacked. The AIs are programmed to prefer to attack the highest BB country around, although high relations will I think prevent it. But high BB causes your relations to drop monthly with every other country. And annexation also causes a large one-time hit to relations with other countries of the annexed country's religion each time you do it. So, you probably have -200 relations with everyone. Thus they attack you continually.
Do not annex same-religion one-province minors, tempting though it may be. Sometimes it is worthwhile to annex one country at the start of the game, to get some BB for your diplomats to work on, especially if you are starting very small. Or if you are the Ottoman Empire. But other than that, don't do it -- it is much better to vassalize, ally, then come back later to diploannex.
Another source of easily avoided BB is DoWing without a casus belli. Don't do that. It is almost always avoidable.
In your case, apparently you've DoWed (without CB) and annexed a few one-province minors. There is no real recovery possible, outside of winning wars and taking enough land to be too large to attack (which as you are finding is quite hard against large alliances). I'd suggest that you simply quit and start a new game, with your new understanding of badboy's effects on the game.
I was not aware that bankrupcy zeroed any investments, although it seems plausible... I'll have to check that.
Your super-high BB explains why you keep getting attacked. The AIs are programmed to prefer to attack the highest BB country around, although high relations will I think prevent it. But high BB causes your relations to drop monthly with every other country. And annexation also causes a large one-time hit to relations with other countries of the annexed country's religion each time you do it. So, you probably have -200 relations with everyone. Thus they attack you continually.
Do not annex same-religion one-province minors, tempting though it may be. Sometimes it is worthwhile to annex one country at the start of the game, to get some BB for your diplomats to work on, especially if you are starting very small. Or if you are the Ottoman Empire. But other than that, don't do it -- it is much better to vassalize, ally, then come back later to diploannex.
Another source of easily avoided BB is DoWing without a casus belli. Don't do that. It is almost always avoidable.
In your case, apparently you've DoWed (without CB) and annexed a few one-province minors. There is no real recovery possible, outside of winning wars and taking enough land to be too large to attack (which as you are finding is quite hard against large alliances). I'd suggest that you simply quit and start a new game, with your new understanding of badboy's effects on the game.
I was not aware that bankrupcy zeroed any investments, although it seems plausible... I'll have to check that.
ST John; Wreck - thanks v. much.
Yes, it's exactly what I did - DoW 1 province minors & annex! lol. Seems like a common rookie mistake. Ok - I will re-start and if I have to take someone on, I will Vassalize; that does make more sense, when you think about it.
Wreck - why would you say 'get some BB for your diplomats to work on'??
Yes, it's exactly what I did - DoW 1 province minors & annex! lol. Seems like a common rookie mistake. Ok - I will re-start and if I have to take someone on, I will Vassalize; that does make more sense, when you think about it.
Wreck - why would you say 'get some BB for your diplomats to work on'??
Just that it's a waste, in a sense, to have zero BB. Your BB is always being decreased slowly if it is nonzero, so you always want to have at least a little bit of BB, all else equal, because building your empire entails taking on BB.
Of course, if you can find any more efficient way to convert BB gained into empire -- i.e., taking just a single province from a country with 2+, or whatever -- then by all means, do that. But especially at the exact start of the game, it is possible to DoW some countries and beat their relatively modest starting force, before they build the "cheating AI single-province stack o' doom". And annexing them then might just be worthwhile -- you'll have lots of time to burn off the BB, and for the player there is a big difference between being one province and being two.
In Genoa's case, of course, there is no obvious annexation possible for 3 BB, because you have no unowned cores and all of your neighbors are Catholic. So, stick to vassalizing them, taking provinces only from those with 2+. There will be plenty of those soon enough, as they annex each other.
by the way, I tested bankruptcy and sure enough, you do lose all investments into tech. Good eye there. I've updated the wiki.
Of course, if you can find any more efficient way to convert BB gained into empire -- i.e., taking just a single province from a country with 2+, or whatever -- then by all means, do that. But especially at the exact start of the game, it is possible to DoW some countries and beat their relatively modest starting force, before they build the "cheating AI single-province stack o' doom". And annexing them then might just be worthwhile -- you'll have lots of time to burn off the BB, and for the player there is a big difference between being one province and being two.
In Genoa's case, of course, there is no obvious annexation possible for 3 BB, because you have no unowned cores and all of your neighbors are Catholic. So, stick to vassalizing them, taking provinces only from those with 2+. There will be plenty of those soon enough, as they annex each other.
by the way, I tested bankruptcy and sure enough, you do lose all investments into tech. Good eye there. I've updated the wiki.
As a very very long time player of HoI & CK, I keep a sharp eye for the foilables (sic) of Paradox. Believe me, I was bummed the first time I noticed that I was bankrupt, and I no longer had any progress towards Land Tech (3) or whatever it's called...
I'm away on business till Sunday; I've give the suggestions a try on my return. Wish me good luck...
I'm away on business till Sunday; I've give the suggestions a try on my return. Wish me good luck...
Good luck! 
And remember you'll go bankrupt when you ask for 5 loans and can't pay them when the time comes
And remember you'll go bankrupt when you ask for 5 loans and can't pay them when the time comes
Good luck!
And remember you'll go bankrupt when you ask for 5 loans and can't pay them when the time comes
That's not correct. You go bankrupt when you are not able to pay your monthly costs (for maintenance and interest) either from the treasury or from your monthly income (or a combination of them). Check the wiki.
Yes, but when that occurs you take a loan, after five times like that you'll go bankrupt
The "5 loan" thing is old; they changed loans somewhere before 1.09.
You don't get 5 loans. You get a variable number from 1 up to... dunno at the high end. A single province country just gets one (I think it depends on income how many you get, so a single province country on a CoT might get 2.) Very large countries can borrow huge amounts I think, but not sure, because large economies don't need to borrow.
If you cannot pay your high-priority outlays and cannot take a voluntary loan, then you may get one more loan: a "forced loan". If you cannot pay your high-priority outlays and have used up your forced loan (and not paid off any other loan), then you bankrupt.
You don't get 5 loans. You get a variable number from 1 up to... dunno at the high end. A single province country just gets one (I think it depends on income how many you get, so a single province country on a CoT might get 2.) Very large countries can borrow huge amounts I think, but not sure, because large economies don't need to borrow.
If you cannot pay your high-priority outlays and cannot take a voluntary loan, then you may get one more loan: a "forced loan". If you cannot pay your high-priority outlays and have used up your forced loan (and not paid off any other loan), then you bankrupt.
So after a few a games as 'minors with issues' like Denmark, Bohemia, and Genoa, I'm comfortable enough that the 'historical' game isn't too boring, so I'm re-started as Castille, and carefully managing my expenses, my expansion, my allies, and my wars. I am eaking along, not as compellingly as the real spain, but doing ok. It's 1480, I'm still in soldier & sailor 3, but have allied with portugal, and have Aragon & Navarra as vassals. I am thinking I put the smack on Morocco next, and capture Algiers too- a 9-territory group than I can vassalize so I don't have to deal with the religion-revolts.
Make sense?
Make sense?
Navarra you should just diploannex, unless you plan to go north and east. Which is not at all a bad idea. France is mostly Catholic, and has many good provinces. Italy has many of the richest provinces in Europe.
For Algeria, vassalizing them seems reasonable, although it's not really that big a deal so long as you already have at least one vassal. (You always want one vassal, at least, for the manpower bug/boost.) But they're on another continent, so you won't gain any manpower from them via having them as a vassal -- just the minor tax tribute (about 1-2d per month). Do invite Aragon to the war, and try to get them to take as many provinces as possible. When you inherit Aragon, those only cost you 1/4 BB. You can then either free them as a vassal if you've eliminated Algeria, or give them away in a war with it for the normal 1 BB each. Can lower your BB considerably.
In vanilla 1.09, with the strait of Gibraltar being a real strait, you do want to own a corridor through Fez and Morocco, and then Songhai, to land-connect yourself to the rich provinces and manpower-rich pagans in West Africa. You might even ally with the pagans and help them expand north. Then you stab them, war, and annex them BB free. You'll want at least land 9 to attack them, though; otherwise the crawl through Africa against their huge AI stacks is very costly. Do explore them somehow before attacking: either ally and use a war to explore, or bribe them up and get military access. Having even one unexplored province when you attack a country is a big no-no.
For Algeria, vassalizing them seems reasonable, although it's not really that big a deal so long as you already have at least one vassal. (You always want one vassal, at least, for the manpower bug/boost.) But they're on another continent, so you won't gain any manpower from them via having them as a vassal -- just the minor tax tribute (about 1-2d per month). Do invite Aragon to the war, and try to get them to take as many provinces as possible. When you inherit Aragon, those only cost you 1/4 BB. You can then either free them as a vassal if you've eliminated Algeria, or give them away in a war with it for the normal 1 BB each. Can lower your BB considerably.
In vanilla 1.09, with the strait of Gibraltar being a real strait, you do want to own a corridor through Fez and Morocco, and then Songhai, to land-connect yourself to the rich provinces and manpower-rich pagans in West Africa. You might even ally with the pagans and help them expand north. Then you stab them, war, and annex them BB free. You'll want at least land 9 to attack them, though; otherwise the crawl through Africa against their huge AI stacks is very costly. Do explore them somehow before attacking: either ally and use a war to explore, or bribe them up and get military access. Having even one unexplored province when you attack a country is a big no-no.
ok. Mid 1500's now. I own what is now algiers & morocco, the south west of france & navarra, and snippets of the Med (Crete, Southern Italy) and some other randoms.
I have the first glimmers of the carbbean & north america...but no explorers?
No columbus, no cortez? Where are my genocidal maniacs? Is there some trigger I'm missing??
I have the first glimmers of the carbbean & north america...but no explorers?
No columbus, no cortez? Where are my genocidal maniacs? Is there some trigger I'm missing??
You did choose to become Spain, right? Spain automatically gets a vaste horde of conquistadors and explorers.
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Yes, I chose Spain...so if I'd stayed Castille, I would be all over the world? Because I have no-one! Is it because I have territories sprinkled over the Med?
No: it is Spain that gets all the goodies. And Spain always gets them (unless she does not exist). That you became Spain, but did not the numerous Spanish leaders, is inexplicable. I can only guess that you have somehow removed the leaders file for Spain. (Look in your db/leaders/ folder: is there a leaders.spa?) You must be playing something other than vanilla EU2. Have you gotten any leaders, at all?
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No leaders at all - in this game...but I did in a game from a month back, when I was playing Bohemia...and I check the files now, and I do have a leaders folder, 109 files in it, and among them, a .spa which I am assuming is the Spain file...
crazy!
crazy!