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1. Portugal, to make them the great power they could have been. Colonize south america, personal union spain, conquer India and Indonesia
2. Pisa, unify tuscany and make a great trading empire
3. Hillah, reconquer Iraq and develop the crap out of the tigris and euphrates
4. Mamluks, develop the nile and conquer the levant subcontinent
5. Serbia, byzantium lite™: Prepare for byzantium run
6. Byzantium, Try to restore eastern roman empire borders
7. Venice, have a chill game, conquer outposts in the balkans, alexandria, retake constantinople and colonize
8. Papal states, conquer Italy to make papa Leo proud
9. Castile, play as the most powerful nation in europe to see what I can do
10. Muscovy, become the big eastern blob, spread orthodoxy
 
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10 is a lot! For me it would be:
1. Ottomans, now and always.

2. Egypt, if it's possible to get rid of Mamluk government form as soon as possible. Peaceful and focused on development.

3. Sarbadars, amazing option, an Iranian urban republic surrounded by nomadic hordes. Crush Mongols as them.

4. Kartids, descendants of Ghurids, form Mughal Empire asap, persianise and iranise as much population in india as possible.

5. Granada or Morocco, restore Al-Andalus asap.

6. Golden Horde, peaceful and focused on modernization and stability.

7. Timur or other central asian Muslim state - turn east, attempt to invade china.


Replay each of these probably.
 
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Al-Khalidi said:
10 is a lot! For me it would be:
1. Ottomans, now and always.

2. Egypt, if it's possible to get rid of Mamluk government form as soon as possible.

3. Sarbadars, amazing option, an Iranian urban republic surrounded by nomadic hordes. Crush Mongols as them.

4. Kartids, descendants of Ghurids, form Mughal Empire asap, persianise and iranise as much population in india as possible.

5. Granada or Morocco, restore Al-Andalus asap.
Replay each of these probably.
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I find it slightly amusing how when I see a list like this, my brain goes "oh classic (insert flag country) only playing tags from their region!" then I realize looking at my list I pretty much did the exact same thing lmao. So... Yeah! I hope you enjoy all of those!
 
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Sirbab said:
I find it slightly amusing how when I see a list like this, my brain goes "oh classic (insert flag country) only playing tags from their region!" then I realize looking at my list I pretty much did the exact same thing lmao. So... Yeah! I hope you enjoy all of those!
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Funny thing here is I'm not from the region actually, but am Orientalist by education and heart, since 12 years playing only as islamic countries :D not sure which region is yours, hope you enjoy that one too!
 
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Based on the information we have and how unbalanced some countries are and how much money they make, my list has been reasessed:

1. Castille still first. Super easy OP to learn the game without a drop of sweat. Learn colonization, economy, war, diplomacy, blobbing pace, cultures, religion etc.
2. Venice. Perfect nation to dip into the trade system and micromanage it to become an arbitrage nation. Getting goods from the middle east into my market and then resell them into the rest of Europe.
3. Byzantium. It actually looks challenging and fun.
4. Holland. To form the netherlands. Trading with more of an Asian focus. Force to have a strong army and diplomacy to survive and also play the trading and colonization game but in Asia. I get too see how expansion in Asia works and if it is realistic and does not require blobbing and conquer all of India by 1700, but actually I can just set up buildings and buy small outposts to trade peacefully until I make so much money all of a sudden I can take the land for myself.
5. Austria. Austria seems challenging between OP Bohemia and Austria. It will be a challenge to overpower these two nations and PU them. Also unify the Empire, remove protestantism from it so I can keep a hold on it and keep it united and centralize it.
6. Hansa. Pure trading nation, playing arbitrage of all the trade in the north of Europe and between southern and northern europe. It should be a lot of fun.
7. Brandenburg. On release hopefully it will be a lot more challenge to expand in the HRE. Play the diplomatic PU game, expand slowly, building up industry more than trade. Have a super strong big military.
9. Musocvy. Freeing itself from the Tatar Yoke and unify all the small tags around it sounds a lot of fun. Then you have to keep expanding to form modern day Russia. Sounds challenging and fun.
10. Depends on how it releases and how challenging it is, a Japan run could be fun.
 
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I will start with Portugal for sure, several games.

Then, maybe Japan, something in India...

Africa, maybe Mali or Kongo

This is where I'll post about all games feeling the same... Well, I hope not

Then maybe the HRE (yikes...), form Germany and all...
 
1. VENICE, guys I live there. and anyway I would like to create a mercantile empire and stop the Turks
2. BYZANTIUM, try to restore Roman Empire
3. PAPAL STATE, I wanna create the Kingdom of God
4. UK, classical colonial empire game
5. MUSCOVY, try to blob properly
6. BRANDENBURG/TEUTONIC ORDER, Germany run
7. HOLLAND, colonial game but more challenging
8. FRANCE, try the world conquest? or at least European
9. OTTOMANS, wanna see how nerfed they are
10. GOLDEN HORDE, just to destroy everything
 
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DidamDFP said:
1. Brandenburg
Might not be my first playthrough since forming Prussia -> Germany is likely not going to be all that easy without a grasp of all game mechanics,
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Actually, forming Prussia -> Germany will be super easy, barely an inconvenience. You just have to get what they had IRL, supreme luck.
 
Ottomans, Byzantium, Poland, France, Portugal, Castile, horde (too early to tell which), Brandenburg, Sweden, Yuan
 
1. Cape Colony (I'm a 'Cape Coloured') - hopefully it's playable as a in a 17th century starting date
2. Low lands minor (form the Netherlands and colonise the Cape xD)
3. Ottomans
4. Aztecs
5. Englad
6. Oda
7. Muscovy
8. Jurchen
9. Mughals / indian minor
10. Ethiopia
 
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For now but I'll see when loading up the map

No specific order
  • Florence
  • Papal States
  • Netherlands minor
  • France
  • Japanese Daymio
  • Technotitlan
  • Cuzco
Then maybe
  • Byzantium
  • Brandenburg
  • Sweden
I guess I'll start as France as I am afraid big countries are too easy and better do them first

Also I am switching to Anbennar when it's ready
 
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off the top of my head

1. Hamburg: take over the Hansa from Lübeck and conquer Nothern Germany, Denmark, Netherlands and Baltic Coast - become the Serene Republic of the North
2. Portugal: Try out the colonial mechanics and form a global trade empire
3. ERE: reverse the downfall of the Roman Empire
4. Florence: lead the Republic into a Renaissance golden era and beyond, maybe form Italy
5. Brandenburg: form Prussia and eventually expand to German Kaiserreich borders
6. minor Zoroastrian tag in Persia: bring back the Empire while defending against the Timurid threat
7. Greenland: try to colonize North America as Vinland
8. Japanese tag: as a Daimyo become emperor during the Sengoku era
9. Majapahit: form an island empire in the Indonesian region
10. Ottomans or other beylik: bring back Seljuk glory and form the Turkish Empire
 
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After seeing some gameplay, and assuming they don't add any more settled states to the Americas (if any of the Caddo confederacies are added, I'm definitely playing them):

1. England for my first game
2. Kilwa
3. Majapahit
4. Greenland
5. Any of the smaller Swahili Coast countries (Sofala, Mozambique, etc.)
6. Cahokia
7. Sweden
8. Castile
9. Novgorod
10. Cusco
 
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  1. Trebizond (The Komnenoi are the true Romans!)
  2. Aragon (Consulate of the Sea)
  3. Verona (Ghibelline dominance in Italy)
  4. Bohemia (Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, had a long and successful reign...)
  5. Scotland (Freedom!)
  6. Württemberg (Swabian restoration)
  7. Muzaffarids (Sunni Persia)
  8. Chagatai Horde (Timur!)
  9. Ayodhya (Ayutthaya)
  10. Giduwah (Cherokee SOP)
 
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In no particular order:
1. Kyiv. Restore Kyiv Rus' to its former glory!
2. Lithuania. Be the last stronghold of paganism in Europe
3. Bohemia
4. Hungary
5. Some bank/BBC, don't know which one yet
6. Scotland. Make England Celtic again.
7. Ethiopia (or, better yet, Semien, if it will be available from the start)
8. Some North American SoP
9. Some horde (preferably Tengriist)
10. Brandenburg > Prussia
 
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