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If you are going for a Catholic/HRE Emperor run, I would highly recommend doing all possible to convert Prague back to Catholic ASAP. The wonder there won't work unless its Catholic, and it is OP with Imperial Authority generation.
Wanted to add one note about restoring the March of Brandenburg: Hussite Brandenburg can also form Prussia, so you may want to go Hussite if you're going to go that route. Probably a good idea for a non-HRE run.
Also, if you want to go protestant instead of staying hussite (protestant is kinda stronger rn), then you should get an event to convert from hussite to protestant and it should convert all the hussite provinces alongside it, so it would be good to start out as hussite and use the center to spread it a bit so that protestant can have a headstart when it does form and when you do get that event
Hey Red Hawk! Long time subscriber here. Even though guides specifically are not exactly too useful for me at this point, I do still enjoy watching them - either to just listen and chill or to compare your opening moves to my own. With this guide in particular I'm a bit disappointed, that it seems like you didn't research how the Elective Monarchy gov reform works and as a result the information you shared are incomplete and somewhat misleading (You can only get ruler from a neighbouring dynasty, so your example with Castile was impossible without taking some land first). I also found it funny how in recent Releasables episode (Lippe) you called elective monarchy stupid and advised against it, yet in today's guide it was apparently a strong point of Bohemia (I know their reform is unique, but they use the same mechanic as default elective monarchy). With that being said, the video was great nonetheless, just wanted to give some criticism where criticism is due. Keep doing great work and do a proper Ming vassal Releasables episode finally!
I fully agree on your joy while watching the video, Red Hawk videos are always nice and chill to watch! Maybe if he had seen my complete guide on Elective Monarchies this Part would have been also true and complete :) (btw there are also a lot more options on the elective Monarchy if you fullfill the right requirements, which give you up to 4 more options to choose rulers even with half scripted stats that you can actually see the stats before choosing!) So I also agree that the Elective Monarchy is a little bit more complex and way more valueable than Red Hawk seems to know :)
@@thestudentYT I saw your video about elective monarchies a few days ago and it definitely qualifies as a great research material, that I had in mind when writing the previous comment. Totally didn't expect you replying here though, hi!
@@YetinskiXD Hi :) Sure as I said imo Red Hawk videos are really nice and chill to watch. And also nice to hear that my explaination on elective monarchy works as intended :)
You get the 10 IA event a second time if you choose another ruler in the succession event, so if you're focusing on IA you should always get another ruler.
13:40 DO NOT develop Prague until you have converted it to Catholic. Deving it up to 30 makes it near impossible to change it to Catholic which is important because the Historical Center of Prague only gives you Imperial Authority if the province is catholic!!
I'm a pretty experienced player (thousands of hours, most of the achievements) so I dont really watch the guides to follow them step-by-step. That being said it is nice to compare opening moves, and as a comparison if I feel like im playing particularly well/badly on any specific tag. Also I love this game and your voice is soothing to listen to.
I did the HRE route. Converted Praha to Catholic right away using: the +2 missionary strength option for staying Catholic in the Hussite event, a missionary advisor, increased stability, both +1 missionary strength estates, and the +1 missionary strength state edict. I also piled up money from the two gold mines, went deep into debt, and increased the monument to level 3. It took a while for the Austrian leader to die, but I already had 2 levels of reform from Austria when I became emperor. I took Religious as my second idea group and crushed the Protestant rebellion before it got off the ground. Every time my leader died, I took a new leader to get the +20 IA election bonus. All this meant that I Revoked in 1524!!! Of course, I also had Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Brandenburg, and Saxony (the two electors switched to vassals from the Revoke) in PUs. Plus I owned the Burgundian lands as my states just like in the guide. Talk about a super easy WC! The new Bohemia nation just might be the strongest one in the current game (except perhaps for the new Ottomans...).
HRE guide next please! We've seen so many nations which could form the HRE, but I'd love to see a campaign which is focused on forming the HRE; extra objective would be expanding Imperial lands as much as possible.
The best Idea for Bohemia is Aristocratic, because it empowers the Bohemian Elective Monarchy by allowing you to take Nobles' Electorate Tier 2 reform!
6200 hours, and I don't think I've ever played them. Maybe next playthrough I'll give them a shot. I just did a hungary wc, and I noticed that one of the states in korea was close to 300 dev. seems fun.
Bonus tips for Intermediate players. 1. Elective monarchy is a generic gov reform these days. The Bohemian version is an upgrade. You can reliably get PUs if you take Diplo ideas and own a province bordering your target PU. The Student has a guide on elective monarchies. Basically, you can get everything ready (take an adjacent province) and then abdicate strategically. If you can ensure a royal marriage after you abdicate, you can claim the throne, cancel the dynastic ties, and declare war within a couple months. 2. Innovative ideas help stack advisor discount and are another great choice for Bohemia.
Using elective monarchy you have to consider that the second guy from another dynasty has on average 50% lower stats than the other options. It is only worth picking it if you are gunning for a PU.
Q: If you replace your successor, do you get the imperial succession again (so another 10 IA)? (edit: explained near the end that it messes up your succession. Oh well)
Also, if you wish to reduce Brandenburg, consider temp-allying some neighbors that want their other provinces and don't have good relations with them. Call in for promise of land, remember they won't take more than AE allows. Brandenburg is tricky since he's around 100 warscore; without the teuton provinces I think it's possible. If it's a 2-year war, that's 25 diplo per alliance over the limit, probably worth it.
Finally, with Bohemia PU strat, do consider going influence-admin-quality instead. Bohemia is one of the few countries that can get a big diplo-annexation bonus of -15% (and located near Austria, of which it must at least take Vienna anyway :P) so that adds to this particular flavor.
9:45 oddly, I think your local noble option there was better than Jiri. While his stats are a bit more lopsided he'd get rid of the diplo rep and papal influence malus for having a Hussite on the throne
I pretty much did this playthrough but as Hungary. Turned into an easy WC. Tag switched a bit to stack some modifiers, and Finished as Spain, since they have Missions to PU Portugal, and England, making conquering the colonizers much easier.
For second idea group I'd go with Religious as it let's you Deus Vult much easier on protestant and reformed states in HRE. You don't really need economic as you are already swimming in gold. Second Admin group would be Humanist or Administrative for me.
As Czech...seeing a Habsburg on the Bohemian throne...wake's...some unpleasant history memories...XD...Also...Czechoslovak or New lands of Bohemian crown...would be a dream today...
Hey Hawk; I love your videos in general and your guides but I am having a really tough time getting this one off the ground, perhaps one of the watchers can help. Everytime I can do basically the same diplo relations as you have but Austria seems to ALWAYS ally Hungary despite me rivalling them and RM'ing Austria. I am under the impression this will happen a really high percentage of the time due to them sharing an heir...? Any help?
love your guides a lot, maybe the patch changed or i don't know but tried 30 times austria and hungary becomes ally in seconds.. SO did not work for me as start
How do you even win this first war? Hungary always has a 4/4/4 leader and defeats me + electors + burgundy while having the worst possible diplo network themselves. It's just frustrating Edit: it's winnable, but for me it takes like 5 years..
5:15 they get an option to pick a nearby noble house, and happen to be close enough to the ottomans for the osmanoglus to show up IIRC PDX changed it from alliances to royal marriages in a hotfix a few days after 1.35 dropped
@@heisenstein6392 Thank you guys!!! I've been wanting to get into Anbennar but there are just so many interesting nations and start dates that I immediately felt overwhelmed and had no clue how or who to start as.
Yeh, example with him losing the emperorship. He most likely lost it due, to not having the votes. I am 99% sure picking an heir, still makes you eligible.
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England > Angevin
Ethiopia maybe? You haven't done a guide for them since 1.32.
Somewhere in India or Americas
Wallachia!
Bengal or Bahmanis
If you are going for a Catholic/HRE Emperor run, I would highly recommend doing all possible to convert Prague back to Catholic ASAP. The wonder there won't work unless its Catholic, and it is OP with Imperial Authority generation.
You can stack missionary strength quite early on using advisors, edicts, etc. If you're really desperate you could also exploit dev, lol.
Wanted to add one note about restoring the March of Brandenburg: Hussite Brandenburg can also form Prussia, so you may want to go Hussite if you're going to go that route. Probably a good idea for a non-HRE run.
Also, if you want to go protestant instead of staying hussite (protestant is kinda stronger rn), then you should get an event to convert from hussite to protestant and it should convert all the hussite provinces alongside it, so it would be good to start out as hussite and use the center to spread it a bit so that protestant can have a headstart when it does form and when you do get that event
Hey Red Hawk! Long time subscriber here. Even though guides specifically are not exactly too useful for me at this point, I do still enjoy watching them - either to just listen and chill or to compare your opening moves to my own. With this guide in particular I'm a bit disappointed, that it seems like you didn't research how the Elective Monarchy gov reform works and as a result the information you shared are incomplete and somewhat misleading (You can only get ruler from a neighbouring dynasty, so your example with Castile was impossible without taking some land first). I also found it funny how in recent Releasables episode (Lippe) you called elective monarchy stupid and advised against it, yet in today's guide it was apparently a strong point of Bohemia (I know their reform is unique, but they use the same mechanic as default elective monarchy). With that being said, the video was great nonetheless, just wanted to give some criticism where criticism is due. Keep doing great work and do a proper Ming vassal Releasables episode finally!
I fully agree on your joy while watching the video, Red Hawk videos are always nice and chill to watch!
Maybe if he had seen my complete guide on Elective Monarchies this Part would have been also true and complete :)
(btw there are also a lot more options on the elective Monarchy if you fullfill the right requirements, which give you up to 4 more options to choose rulers even with half scripted stats that you can actually see the stats before choosing!)
So I also agree that the Elective Monarchy is a little bit more complex and way more valueable than Red Hawk seems to know :)
@@thestudentYT I saw your video about elective monarchies a few days ago and it definitely qualifies as a great research material, that I had in mind when writing the previous comment. Totally didn't expect you replying here though, hi!
@@YetinskiXD Hi :)
Sure as I said imo Red Hawk videos are really nice and chill to watch.
And also nice to hear that my explaination on elective monarchy works as intended :)
@@thestudentYTyou video was great. I sort of knew how it works but never in full detail. Thanks
@@thestudentYT i also saw your video, after that i cant stop using elective monarchy
You get the 10 IA event a second time if you choose another ruler in the succession event, so if you're focusing on IA you should always get another ruler.
13:40 DO NOT develop Prague until you have converted it to Catholic.
Deving it up to 30 makes it near impossible to change it to Catholic which is important because the Historical Center of Prague only gives you Imperial Authority if the province is catholic!!
Then I messed up..
I'm a pretty experienced player (thousands of hours, most of the achievements) so I dont really watch the guides to follow them step-by-step. That being said it is nice to compare opening moves, and as a comparison if I feel like im playing particularly well/badly on any specific tag. Also I love this game and your voice is soothing to listen to.
I did the HRE route. Converted Praha to Catholic right away using: the +2 missionary strength option for staying Catholic in the Hussite event, a missionary advisor, increased stability, both +1 missionary strength estates, and the +1 missionary strength state edict. I also piled up money from the two gold mines, went deep into debt, and increased the monument to level 3. It took a while for the Austrian leader to die, but I already had 2 levels of reform from Austria when I became emperor. I took Religious as my second idea group and crushed the Protestant rebellion before it got off the ground. Every time my leader died, I took a new leader to get the +20 IA election bonus. All this meant that I Revoked in 1524!!! Of course, I also had Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Brandenburg, and Saxony (the two electors switched to vassals from the Revoke) in PUs. Plus I owned the Burgundian lands as my states just like in the guide. Talk about a super easy WC! The new Bohemia nation just might be the strongest one in the current game (except perhaps for the new Ottomans...).
HRE guide next please! We've seen so many nations which could form the HRE, but I'd love to see a campaign which is focused on forming the HRE; extra objective would be expanding Imperial lands as much as possible.
The best Idea for Bohemia is Aristocratic, because it empowers the Bohemian Elective Monarchy by allowing you to take Nobles' Electorate Tier 2 reform!
Can you explain the benefits? The wiki says Improved Ruler Elections, but what does that mean?
@@salsa-samba Your candidates has better stats.
@@helachm.159 but arent bohemian elections already improved? does it get them better?
Bohemian election is improved, but it gets even better with that reform@@jesusmartinez2803
Please do a guide on Korea, it’s such a good country and more people should try and play outside of Europe
Agreed, Korea is my favourite nation to play alongside jianzhou
India, Indochina, and SE Asia are the most fun places for my playstyle
Yasss Queeen Eurole is racist
Korea is a better EoC than Ming
6200 hours, and I don't think I've ever played them. Maybe next playthrough I'll give them a shot. I just did a hungary wc, and I noticed that one of the states in korea was close to 300 dev. seems fun.
Bonus tips for Intermediate players.
1. Elective monarchy is a generic gov reform these days. The Bohemian version is an upgrade. You can reliably get PUs if you take Diplo ideas and own a province bordering your target PU. The Student has a guide on elective monarchies. Basically, you can get everything ready (take an adjacent province) and then abdicate strategically. If you can ensure a royal marriage after you abdicate, you can claim the throne, cancel the dynastic ties, and declare war within a couple months.
2. Innovative ideas help stack advisor discount and are another great choice for Bohemia.
If you wait to pick rivals until the mid of december You can pick Brandenburg And Saxony = 2* show strenght even before war against Hungary.
Using elective monarchy you have to consider that the second guy from another dynasty has on average 50% lower stats than the other options. It is only worth picking it if you are gunning for a PU.
Thr only problem with pu's is that they take forever to Integrate and alliances don't break when ld goes down
Stack diplo rep to inherit PU‘s, and form HRE for that juicy +50% chance of inheriting PU
@@larochejaquelein3680 the game sometimes shows -% to inherit because of dev
@@mahdiali872 it's not dev just number of provinces
Q: If you replace your successor, do you get the imperial succession again (so another 10 IA)?
(edit: explained near the end that it messes up your succession. Oh well)
Also, if you wish to reduce Brandenburg, consider temp-allying some neighbors that want their other provinces and don't have good relations with them. Call in for promise of land, remember they won't take more than AE allows. Brandenburg is tricky since he's around 100 warscore; without the teuton provinces I think it's possible. If it's a 2-year war, that's 25 diplo per alliance over the limit, probably worth it.
Finally, with Bohemia PU strat, do consider going influence-admin-quality instead. Bohemia is one of the few countries that can get a big diplo-annexation bonus of -15% (and located near Austria, of which it must at least take Vienna anyway :P) so that adds to this particular flavor.
A tip, the military leaders are candidates for new ruler, you can get rulers with excellent stats.
9:45 oddly, I think your local noble option there was better than Jiri. While his stats are a bit more lopsided he'd get rid of the diplo rep and papal influence malus for having a Hussite on the throne
i think there's a debuff to ruler mana if you choose one through your royal marriage
at least this should be the case with generic elective monarchy
I pretty much did this playthrough but as Hungary. Turned into an easy WC. Tag switched a bit to stack some modifiers, and Finished as Spain, since they have Missions to PU Portugal, and England, making conquering the colonizers much easier.
"You have Hungary, Poland and Lithuania on our side. No matter how strong they are, deafeting Ottomans would be easy"
Remember the battle of Kosovo.
Władysław III: am I a joke to you?
I'd really like a Switzerland Guide with the merc ideas :D
My man realy pronounced Cheb as Čeb
Have you ever done Oirat? Would like to see them or any of those nations in that area of the world
For second idea group I'd go with Religious as it let's you Deus Vult much easier on protestant and reformed states in HRE. You don't really need economic as you are already swimming in gold. Second Admin group would be Humanist or Administrative for me.
You can actually get hungary as a vassal using the age objective thingy if you wage a war against the austrians.
Please, Hawk, make part 2 for Bohemian PU master 🤲🧎♂️
As Czech...seeing a Habsburg on the Bohemian throne...wake's...some unpleasant history memories...XD...Also...Czechoslovak or New lands of Bohemian crown...would be a dream today...
Excellent guide.
To the mission with Brandenburg. I am pretty sure it is bugged and has been for ages. No matter what you pick, you still get the 0.1 IE penalty.
Hey Red, first of all, nice video.
Off topic, but can you explain to me how the Franco-Ottoman alliance works? Thanks! I might try to get it myself.
Hey Hawk; I love your videos in general and your guides but I am having a really tough time getting this one off the ground, perhaps one of the watchers can help. Everytime I can do basically the same diplo relations as you have but Austria seems to ALWAYS ally Hungary despite me rivalling them and RM'ing Austria. I am under the impression this will happen a really high percentage of the time due to them sharing an heir...? Any help?
Reset for a diplo rep advisor because you kinda need it to get the alliance before Hungary
I am having tha same problem. The diplo rep guy is not helping. following the guide exactly as descriped. any Help? Have restartet 15 times now
Good guide as always, but you seemed to spend a lot more time than usual repeating yourself.
Please make a part two of this run
I hope in the next guide is the mamluks i just don't know how to play them tall or wide with vessels or not? So i hope its the next guide
no cb byz, plus vassal swarm
I doubt he'll do a mamaluk's guide this patch since next DLC is the Arab World update.
Do you think Religious ideas are worth it to help convert to Catholics since you are getting a lot of provinces that are Orthodox and Sunni?
This is nice, I like this
love your guides a lot, maybe the patch changed or i don't know but tried 30 times austria and hungary becomes ally in seconds.. SO did not work for me as start
Hey Hawk, could you please do a guide for Mamluks or Naples?
The Irish minors also have a smaller scale elective monarchy, I once got Tudor, De Avis & Hyundai 💀
Very OP.
Love your videos bro
How do you even win this first war? Hungary always has a 4/4/4 leader and defeats me + electors + burgundy while having the worst possible diplo network themselves. It's just frustrating
Edit: it's winnable, but for me it takes like 5 years..
LETS GO
Red Hawk with these guys
And those guys
Red hawk will u ever play basra !1!1!!1!1!1 (in relesables)
I got crap rng, ottomans conquest Hungary make them eyelet, then then I don’t get emperor in hre…
Do you have a guide for hussite Bohemia?
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I went in to do play this way and I forgot to turn ante bellum off💀💀💀
In my plaxthrough i've seen an Osmanoglu on the bohemian throne. HOW?
Bohemia tends to ally ottoman but i dont know how they royal married sunni bohemia?
otto ask for relative with favors prolly
@@Demhine But can they even do that without a royal marriage?
5:15 they get an option to pick a nearby noble house, and happen to be close enough to the ottomans for the osmanoglus to show up
IIRC PDX changed it from alliances to royal marriages in a hotfix a few days after 1.35 dropped
is there a way to get your save for this game?
I will always adore vassal swarm mission trees. Anyone know any good vassal swarm mission trees from mods?
Verkal Ozovar, Averynn, and Amldhir in Anbennar!
lol, you beat me too it.
@@heisenstein6392 Thank you guys!!! I've been wanting to get into Anbennar but there are just so many interesting nations and start dates that I immediately felt overwhelmed and had no clue how or who to start as.
Is that reuploaded? I have a feeling like I’ve seen it already 11:23
Not first!
Easy wc.
I always conquer Hungary, never PU it is my way to Balkan
You can just PU them and then Hungary will get claims on balkan nations, especially if you set the provinces as high priority
@@corcra_. Exactly. For newer players, just set the land as special interest and your vassals will make claims.
Yeah i dont know, austria isnt a rival yet still absolutely hate my guts and wont agree to the marrige
This is really incomplete and misleading guide. Why don't you research some info about the elective monarchy gov and then create a guide about it?
How is it incomplete and misleading at all
Yeh, example with him losing the emperorship.
He most likely lost it due, to not having the votes.
I am 99% sure picking an heir, still makes you eligible.
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All this in 60 years is so dirty
can do same with hussite lusatia?