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[EuchreJack]

Yay, free EU III!  My months of subscribing to the Paradox newsletter have payed off!  With EU III, I finally have all the games I need for an epic run!

Epic run, for me, is CK (II if they can get something working) to EU III, to Victoria 2 (dunno why victoria 2 is always refered to with a standard numeral instead of a roman one), to HOI II (it took me forever to realize that Darkest Hour comes with HOI II).  I don't have, and see no reason to get, EU: Rome.

[vagel7]

Hey, so I have huge territory as the British Empire. However there is a problem, I am about double over my infamy limit and if I don't do something soon my Empire will collapse.

Would it be better for me to create vassals till I am within my infamy limit again or should I just try and take the beating?

[Micro102]

Print money, spam government buildings to lower revolt risk, research nothing but government to get the next new idea and make it a reduction of revolt risk, get as high a level diplomat as you can, and revolt risk reduction adviser if you think you can.

That, or say "screw it" and try to take over the world.

[Rakonas]

Gamey solution: Release vassals you have cores on, cancel vassalization, annex with reconquest cb.
Other solution: Release vassals.

[Dutchling]

I think releasing vassals now makes the cores disappear. Might just be the beta though.

[pedrito]

Going over the badboy even while you're stronger than everyone else is mainly a bad idea because of the dozens of rebel stacks that will spawn. A nice way to deal with BB is releasing vassals, and then granting them military access - they will not only help you with your wars but also hunt down rebels on your territory.

Also I got this code for EUIII Chronicles from Paradox which I don't need: 9BC74-BV36V-DPQEP

[Rex_Nex]

I like to start using vassals when I get to the point where I'm large enough that its very unlikely I'll ever use any more of my gained forcelimits. Once I'm sitting around with 100k troops, anything extra is completely pointless. I'll start to release vassals as I grow from then on, but more often than not I quit playing. I don't like the snowball effect.

[Man of Paper]

Being the Holy Roman Emperor as Burgundy is awesome. I have a fractured France to my west, and only have the last two HRE dealies to pass. I've got good relations with most of the electors, though I repeatedly have to put down Bohemia when they absorb some of the OPMs. All my major opponents are fractured, and I've got plenty of time left in the game. The Mings are the biggest threat, but aren't immediate. They've swallowed 90% of Asia, though the nomads have been a great barrier between East and West. My war strategy has been to overrun my opponent and force them to release as many nations as possible. Since I'm not looking to conquer everything, seeing a metric shitton of OPMs doesn't phase me at all.

[Twiggie]

a fractured france? thats terrible for a burgundy, it means you cant PU and get free cores as easily!

also rex you shoulda played the MP game with us, having 300k men is a lot more important then

[Ultimuh]

I just got a cray idea.. Is it possible to somehow conquer europe as the Aztec/Inca/Maya?

[Dutchling]

There is an LP about one of those doing a world conquest.

[Tarran]

Here's an HTTT AAR which kind of does so, getting a chunk of Iberia, and it's in MEIOU one of all things. Though it hasn't been updated in a while. Here: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?498134-Children-of-the-Sun-a-Cuzco-MEIOU-AAR

There's also that Iroquois one by Prawnstar, too. Though it's a bit outdated as it's in IN. Here: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?384744-The-Audacity-of-Hope-An-Iroquois-IN-AAR

[Micro102]

I just got a cray idea.. Is it possible to somehow conquer europe as the Aztec/Inca/Maya?

That's not that crazy. If you want crazy, then try playing as Granada (bottom of castille). Just playing as them. Try it.

[Aklyon]

Don't they get clobbered by not-yet-spain nearly immediately?

[Dutchling]

Try playing as Chimnu (?). Same setup as Granada, but in the new world.