Europa Universalis IV announced

[The Minsky Moment]

Why is it, no matter how many battles your general has won, "he died too soon, having accomplished little of note"? 

War.  What it is good for?

[The Brain]

You're only as good as your next battle.

[Eddie Teach]

Why is it, no matter how many battles your general has won, "he died too soon, having accomplished little of note"? 

War.  What it is good for?

Painting the map with your color. 

[crazy canuck]

With the mechanics in place now - not really.  If you are outstripping your ability to make states there is really no point to painting the map.

[Eddie Teach]

Put them in your trade companies?

I'm sure it's been asked before, but which dlcs do people recommend?

[crazy canuck]

The dlcs you get depends a lot on what starting countries you want to play - a lot of dlcs each focus on specific areas.

There are a few general mechanics in each though so I got them all on sales.

[Eddie Teach]

I suppose I should assume any time I declare on an HRE member, I'll have to fight the emperor's alliance, regardless what the war screen says. Blech.

[crazy canuck]

One of the things to look for is whether the emperor is already in separate war at the time you declare.

[Eddie Teach]

Btw, anyone know if it's worthwhile giving monopolies to the estates?

[crazy canuck]

It can be if you need a lot of cash right away.

[Eddie Teach]

Right, but does it cost you in the long run?

[crazy canuck]

It depends how n how many provinces you have producing other valuable goods.  If the short term boost gives you the means to acquire those then it's worthwhile.  I think it is very situational.

[Zanza]

Btw, anyone know if it's worthwhile giving monopolies to the estates?

There are typically better estate privileges. Try to get all estates above 50% residual loyalty. That allows you to increase crownland regularly.

[Zanza]

Next DLC "Lion of the North" will be released on Sept 13th. Basically missions and other content for Baltic countries. As it has new content for Lübeck, I will of course buy it on release day.

[OttoVonBismarck]

I've been on a renewed EUIV kick the last few months, and the Baltic region is one where the play has been lackluster so I bought the DLC, will be interested to see if it makes things like Novgorod or Teutons interesting to play.