The Third Languish Sunday EU3 MP Game Thread

[Solmyr]

After having played a few years of your Castile out, I think it's not nearly as difficult as you may think.  However, you need to take drastic measures to cute down your payments.  Specifically dismantling some of the regiments (cavalry, I recommend) and cutting the maintenance of your fleet down to 0.

Wouldn't that just be inviting rebels to overrun my provinces if I don't have armies to defeat them? I'm already reduced to hoping that no rebels pop up in Barcelona, since they get 12k infantry and 1k artillery there at Aragon's 14 land tech.

I played it a bit myself, just have to hope that the total war event series triggers and finishes fast enough (of course most events there just drop my stab back to -3). Funnily enough the Ottomans inherited the Mamluks and Ak Koyunlu very quickly in at least two playthroughs. I think we can safely conclude that the French-Ottoman alliance is not going to be taken down this game...

And of course if anyone has gold to spare to ensure some semblance of order on France's southern border, it would not be forgotten.

[Habbaku]

Wouldn't that just be inviting rebels to overrun my provinces if I don't have armies to defeat them? I'm already reduced to hoping that no rebels pop up in Barcelona, since they get 12k infantry and 1k artillery there at Aragon's 14 land tech.

Your RR is ~4% in most provinces and will only fall as you gain in Stability/Legitimacy.  If you keep an army of ~20 regiments, that should be more than enough to just swamp whatever rebels do spawn, artillery or no.  That and the Venetians have already made their offer to assist you.

[Habbaku]

As for the Franco-Ottoman alliance, I don't see that as undefeatable in the least.  It is while Spain's a cripple, sure, but a strong Spain combined with Italy, Britain and Austria could take them down.  Of course, this assumes that the French and Ottomans would even make common cause against that sort of coalition, or that the Ottomans would die for France and vice-versa--not something I'm gamble the house on.

[Habbaku]

I can't give a loan, Venetian bankers didn't become rich by lending money to the likes of Solmyr.  However, I can continue providing rebel whacking help.

Who said the loan would not turn a profit?  I don't think anyone expects to loan money to Sol and not see a return on it.

[DGuller]

I can't give a loan, Venetian bankers didn't become rich by lending money to the likes of Solmyr.  However, I can continue providing rebel whacking help.

Who said the loan would not turn a profit?  I don't think anyone expects to loan money to Sol and not see a return on it.

Venetian banks don't dabble in subprime loans (and they also don't have any cash to spare).

[Alcibiades]

And I can't give a loan to someone who has sworn to attack me at any given opportunity.

[ulmont]

You got yourself into whatever mess you did--live with it.  Castile is by no means unplayable at this point.

Didn't you guys say earlier that switching nations was ok?

[Tamas]

You got yourself into whatever mess you did--live with it.  Castile is by no means unplayable at this point.

Didn't you guys say earlier that switching nations was ok?

Yeah but an AI big-ass Castille is not the same as some ruined reduced small backwater piece of crap.

[katmai]

Aka Sweden

[Tamas]

Aka Sweden

You said it

Oh, and sorry for spamming you with mil. access requests, I was so busy I forgot Sweden had a player

[Anatron]

This Shiite religion is a shit.

[Habbaku]

You could have the Ottomans force-convert you. 

[Tamas]

People! I am determined to -despite my injuries I have suffered in the recent wars- visit Istanbul for the weekend, to conduct high-level diplomacy with the Sultan.

As such, I will need a sub for the weekend. I would like to find one before Friday morning my time, so I can brief him properly.

[DGuller]

I may not be able to make it either, though not sure yet.

[Tamas]

I may not be able to make it either, though not sure yet.

I have dibs on ulmont!