Istanbul isnt the problem (obviously), and Rome should be easy takings with your dominance in the Mediterranean. . Particularly as Poland/Commonwealth, which has a nice set of military national ideas. I'd recommend not getting too much warscore. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV by Paradox Development Studio. I was just bribed to stop being corrupt. Look around Ottoman. Punch Syria out of them if you can. When you control these cities, you gain the permanent modifierCustodian of the Holy Cities. If you don't have either of these or any dlc, don't worry about religion). Although its tricky to avoid, its possible to increase your chances to keep Fezzan alive long enough to let it fall into your sphere of influence. Once youve successfully taken Samarkand, the one area you still need for the Caliphate is. Everybody will then gang up on them afterwards, leading to a downward spiral. Give the UlemaUlema Land Rights, the Merchant GuildsMerchand Guild Land Rights, and the DhimmiDhimmi Land Rights. Ally (a couple) big nation(s) to make them not want to attack me to give me time to prepare. The Ottomans in 1444 are a regional power, in the process of securing control over Anatolia and the Balkans. EUIV: AAR's, Let's Plays, and Fan Fiction, EU IV: Alternate History Short Story Contest Contr. Now observe the situation. To win the Ottomans you'll need quantity (I'm not talking about the ideas). This will deplete their manpower to zero, cause them to take out loans they can't repay and raise their WE to 20 very quickly. Did you find this guide helpful, or did you run into trouble anywhere? Its a lengthy process for sure, but use the guide as a reference point to guide yourself through the ages. Right. The Ottomans are in a precarious position because they need to essentially control two land masses that are not easily accessible. Ottomans should get . Keep some stacks in Europe and the Middle-East, to combat any Spanish troops should they decide to do a naval invasion. When the achievement is complete, you move to a new campaign, the year when you end is not important. Its useful for you to grab important Caucasus provinces early. For the nations you choose to play and the courses you chart for those nations. I'm just trying out Muscovy once more after not having played for while and lo and behold the Ottoblobs get Crimea for free. The Ottomans will have pretty good discipline, a large manpower pool and a good economy for mercs. 43.9K subscribers Let's play Europa Universalis IV (EU4) as the Ottomans! More importantly, the land you had to take to unify the Caliphate should have made you a formidable power by now. If they engage you in a bad position, forfeit the battle to prevent a stack wipe. JavaScript is disabled. You can do this again and again, until they reach stab -3 (they will stab up though, if they can, but just keep going). It's kind of irrelevant though, because even though I have almost two times the total development of the Ottomans, they still have a much larger army and stronger allies. Youll also get an achievement to show off how great youve become at. I usually like to set out goals. Most states are weak, meaning you can diplomatically conquer most of them.. Once youve taken the east coast of Arabia, you can complete the mission toConquer Al-Ahsa. As others have mentioned, you can beat quantity with quality. Your situation might differ from mine, but I had to deal with a massive Timurids that united all of Persia. If there's any blob near him, they usually have him rivaled, allowing easy alliance. Numbers don't mean a whole lot when you can't fight quality+co and offensive for a +15% discipline is good (discipline boost tactics too, so its very good). Just like in actual history, France and the Ottomans make quite natural allies. But it is what it is and it's still a great grand operational war game in my view. Next, occupy Constantinople and vassalize Byzantium. Let's play Europa Universalis IV (EU4) as the Ottomans! 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If Warscore is left make them pay war reperations (remember that you also get 10% from every loan they take, so rebuilding is a bit harder for them) and release countries. Move your army in position and declare war to retake a Transylvanian core like Hunyad. They are superior early on. Ally a powerful nation nearby, such as Great Britain or Scandinavia, and snake your way to Paris from a coastal province. Build your Navy to fight. The only way to stop the Ottomans is to overwhelm them on multiple fronts, since their armies are pretty much always superior to any other nations, even when massively outnumbered. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Fezzan may be allied to the Mamluks. You can also shoot forParisian Pasha. Davids been an avid gamer from a young age, who loves to fill up his free time with all kinds of games. 11 Dec 1444 war Ryzan and take there land as it has feudalism, vassalise Tver if they are in the war. If you can't get to them early, you may need to wait till later in the game. Then, take 100% worth of war score demands on top of those rebel enforcements, including annulling their treaties. I took most of the Levant, snaked my way to Medina, got some more land in the Nile Delta, and cleaned up my African borders. Build strong Alliances around the Ottomans so you can call them in when they are weak. Take forts. This campaign in EU4 is designed around a slower playstyle by myself, Chewy, and doing my best to explain the basics of EU4 while building upon them through actual gameplay. Dont even consider fighting the Ottomans if you arent allied to several strong nations like Austria, Russia or the Mamluks. This area is very wealthy and contains the Islamic Holy cities of Mekka and Medina. After you dealt with the Mamluks, youre the only Great Power left in Arabia. This campaign in EU4 is designed around a slower playstyle by myself, Chewy, and doing my best to explain the. I just said in a different forum two days ago that WitE would be a much better game if Paradox had designed the UI. I cant forget to mention the use of trade companies at this point. Currently Spain. By now, the Ottomans are a powerhouse that dominates the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. I would recommend defensive idea group and drill your armies !!!! Press J to jump to the feed. Make the war goal something I can take and defend easily; the goal is not to defeat them utterly as they have ridiculous numbers to be able to siege them out completely at first. The more of it is under your control, the less will be under the control of the Spanish. However, always have an army ready in case you need it for war. The Great Horde is a great nation to do this with. Let's play Europa Universalis IV (EU4) as the Ottomans! Moreover, it will anger our next target of expansion: Tunis. In the late game, at military tech 19 (for infantry) and tech 18 (for cavalry) The Ottoman units will have less unit pips compared to the western tech group. I'd take Constantinople and Edirne so you have a land block of the Bosporus and the Ottos can't move their troops through. If you can't do that, at least guaranteeing them (if you're strong enough, of course) will keep the Ottos out for some years, wait for them to be on a long war, cancel the guarantee and attack after the truce. Who're they allied to? After that you can trucebreak and catch their troops between you and and the rebels. Just take the province when you fight a war with the state that happens to own it, like Sindh or Gujarat. I wanted to do this without wasting my manpower so I can finish off England, France and Poland right after. That and Quality should give you some pretty good troops. . Moreover, we need a Moroccan province, Ifni. Since you cant annex vassals during the war, use your moments of peace to start the process. . If you share borders, build some forts and have some battles with -1/-2 modifiers. Youll also get an achievement to show off how great youve become at EU4: theDar al-Islam. High debt and high war exhaustion means rebels which means even more trouble for them. Play your cards right, and you'll be on your way to restoring the Caliphate. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. quick and dirty: hudavendigar, constantinople, kocaeli (? This war can be tricky since Hungary could have a high discipline. If Albania is still around you can try the Skanderbeg strategy and whittle away their forces.Its much easier to do early game. is a province you will need to retake the Caliphate. After that it can become too costly and dangerous to challenge them, up until 1750, when the game triggers them to decay. their armies are pretty much always superior to any other nations, even when massively outnumbered. Move your army in position and declare war to retake a Transylvanian core like Hunyad. Last game i played as france and struggled to fight the ottoman military, simply from the overwhelming manpower. This part is for those players who are trying to complete the Unify Islam mission, in which you unite all corners of the vast Islamic world under a single Caliphate once more. When you control these cities, you gain the permanent modifier. Who would win? To add on to this: Another good time to strike would be right after an important military tech, especially if you can grab it a few years ahead of time. Its also important to consolidate your holdings at home. Afterward, you can focus on expanding your coastal possessions to gain more power in the Horn of Africa trade node. You can trap their navies and force them out to reduce their naval strength, but thats completely optional. In my game, I had a problem. I always do a little DLC recommendation to make the run more fun previously I recommended Cradle of Civilization and Rights of Man. Decent generals, high morale and good army tradition can be of great help. If you're a relatively powerful nation like PLC, Hungary, Austria, castille, etc, you can just straight up declare war and beat them before they get big. . This is not specific to this run. Fight them after tech 14, they will no longer have pip advantage from troops. Ottomans declared war on me, me and austria had 32k troops in a mountain province, Ottomans attacked with 17k, absolutely destroyed us with their garbage general while we both had 3 star generals. And dont forget to fabricate a claim, of course. Dont give them land though, thatd be a waste of your precious war score. Note: Be smart about who you declare war on. Not to mention their ability to tech like hell. I took Tripoli, Jerba, Susa, and Tunis and gave everything south of that to Fezzan. I'm not sure how much warscore triggers the call for peace, but I'd stay below 50% if you can. If Medina still exists, you can likely vassalize them to speed up your conquest. I was playing as Byzantium and was able to defeat the ottomans with Poland Austria and Hungary in Early game so just save scum until you can beat them. With a strong navy you can win half the war (or more accurately, 25%, because that's what you'll get for fully blockading them). For your finances throughout this run, trade is instrumental. Build up your naval forces if you are uncertain of your navys ability, take. Upgrade your centers of trade to turn Constantinople into a powerful trade node while developing your centers of trade. Then you declare war on Byzantium a few years after 1444 and pray the Ottomans do so too after you. The best way to beat this navy is to snipe their fleets which they like to spread out since Mare Nostrum. Soon enough, Ottoman Empire was just busy quelling rebellion rising in half the provinces and all I had to do was siege. Make sure to take the cities ofAdenandMasqatas soon as you can, since you need them to restore the Caliphate. Call if Uzbek if you need the help. I just needed to buy enough time to take Tunis/Crete out of the equation. After finishing up Sicily and Morocco, you can cross the Strait of Gibraltar and siege Spain itself. So be prepared. You also take 60%+ of their trade income with this deal. Works better if you have a fleet to block the straight, e.g. I've hit them several times as the PLC in my most recent games after the 1600s, they're not invincible no matter how many troops they have. ThroughHumanistideas andTradeideas, you can make your country less prone to revolt and wealthier. Another front for you to not worry about! All of this conquest you can do diplomatically, but dont be afraid to declare war if you want things to be a little quicker. I'm on 700 development with 89 provinces, they're on 878 development with 93. Spain will be the toughest nut youll have to crack in this entire campaign and kind of the final boss of this, The Ottomans historically had issues expanding into Persia. . If they have a weaker ally (Tunis is often good for this), DOW on them; this will drag Ottos in, but without the benefit of their powerful allies. Tell them not to get called into their stupid offensive wars so that youre not caught off guard. Make sure to at least take Pest for the. You can assign far-flung territories to trade companies to help you bring in some extra ducats. If you get really lucky, others will follow your lead and you can get a huge dogpile going. Time to make some new friends, I guess. By doing so, youll deny the Russians a strategically useful area of operations, and protect your core land. This will save you from a continuous threat in the north and allows you to concentrate against more direct enemies, like the Timurids, Austria, and Spain. It just depends on actually winning the first war. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Best time to hit them is in the first 50 years of the game, and the last 100 years of the game. To maximize your trade income, consider addingWealth of Nations to your DLC list! Basically, you get some strong allies for yourself. I'm currently playing a commonwealth run and even dominating muscovy (they still exist but not really) and colonizing siberia, they have double the army/manpower size i do. The Ottomans are very susceptible to blockades because they have such a big coastline. I beat them 2 times , once as Prussia ( it isn't hard to beat them as Prussia ) and as Great Britain ( I allied Russia so Ottomans had to deal with 2 flanks ).My biggest tip for you is that you dont let Ottomans blob too much .I mean if u see them eating the whole of Russia or the whole of PLC , you have to prepare to go to war with them.Get some good generals , some good moral ( something that ottomans dont have ) and some good discipline and you win . Yeah, they like doing that. Meanwhile, declare war on the Mamluks to take Palestine, Transjordan, and start expanding into Arabia. Oh Hungary, you and your developed land filled with claims which just so, unfortunately, sit right next to me. I strongly recommend keeping Oman around as a vassal for the time being theres a good chance theyll be the last nation to host the Hanbali school of thought. form italy (maybe with milan first cause of the sweet ideias), go quantity offensive defensive. You can take small coastal ports when you peace out their allies to gain an early foothold. Doesn't always work but it's a solution if you don't want to start a war right away. Save up some of the power to reverse the stability effects and war exhaustion and just keep hitting them. This war can be tricky since Hungary could have a high discipline. Avoid tough wars by using Spains diplomatic commitments! When dealing with a large nation, core conquest is a very viable tactic. While if they attack them with you not allied to said nation, it's that big country plus it's allies and then you can start a war with your allies against the Ottoman at the same time. Their military modifiers will be much weaker in the late game usually. Video: Great Khan Achievement with Mongolia. Let me know your thoughts in the comments! Unfortunately not everyone is able to buy all of them. However, prevent the Russians from getting any land south of the mountains by taking out any Georgian state that might still remain. It may not display this or other websites correctly. The longer you drag the war out the better. I think at one point I just did nothing but go to war with them for 50 years as Germany. start again as france and take beter ideas and no CB byzantium early. Now that youre the Caliphate, the world truly lies at your feet. Youll gain claims on this area with the missionConquer Mocha, that you get when youve conquered the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. By writing about games, he can bring two of his great passions together. JavaScript is disabled. Just getting all of the arriving divisions to the front by rail is enough, not to mention everything else. Fortunately, theres a good chance these guys are allied. In around 225 hours of EU4 I have not once beaten the Ottomans, mind you. I recommend annexing any vassal that has no more foreign cores you can take. Alternatively, you may be able to ally with Russia. Arabia shouldnt give you any issues. No you're not. I was sowing discontent Ottoman Empire right from the get go, but at this point I started funneling my extremely large treasury into supporting the Ottoman rebellion. aside from just taking quantity ideas myself, what can i do to counter this? Genoa and Venice still hold on to some of our rightful territories. In this area, you may want to expand recklessly to the point that it nearly breaks your nation. I also connected my Crimean holdings to the mainland, so I can defend it more easily. Luckily for you, the AI in Eu4 is incredibly stupid, so you'll likely only face a portion of their full military at first, and this is a wonderful time to stackwipe a third of their forces. all are full except expansion. Make sure you are not behind their mil tech level or you will be destroyed, as such it's recommended you weaken them early, They tend to pick a discipline advisor to combo with their 5% discipline tradition, recommend to get as much morale as you can, Use terrain/good generals to your advantage, Get as many good alliances as possible but never declare if they are behind the ottomans in mil tech, You can deny their cores, which is one of the main sources of their strength, You can call a crusade against them if you're the pope which can give you good bonuses. The Ottomans tend to be hard to beat around the mid game, when they build up their Jannisaries (sp?) Late game - wait until their troop strength falls below western strength. By now, the Ottomans are a powerhouse that dominates the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. You can run up their war exhaustion very easily. Even if you don't plan to attack them, using this tatic will slow their development as you keep them from taking Constantinople (or Byzantium, or Istanbul, if you will). Congratulations on restoring the Caliphate! Personally, to me all of this necessary micro is the worse aspect of the game and what drives me away from it the most. I control most of Northern Africa and Central Europe. Itd give me a serious coalition I dont want to face yet. With everyone on different sides, and AI sucks at doing multi front wars, Ottoman will usually go for one country instead of everyone at once, allowing the rests of the nations to siege freely. Oh Hungary, you and your developed land filled with claims which just so, unfortunately, sit right next to me. Try to disconnect their capital from asia. Cordoba is a landlocked province, so its tricky to fabricate a claim. Moreover, it will anger our next target of expansion: Tunis. Europa Universalis IV: Wealth of Nations Release Trailer, In case this is where you enter the series, first of all welcome! However, you might have other priorities, and Tunis gains wiggle room. This is part 3 of the Ottomans made easy EU4 guide. With everyone on different sides, and AI sucks at doing multi front wars, Ottoman will usually go for one country instead of everyone at once, allowing the rests of the nations to siege freely. Cookie Notice I also guaranteed the Moroccans, to prevent Spain from consolidating its foothold in the Meditteranean. If I put all of my allies into one battle (Me, France, Venice, Nogai, Genoa) then I might have a chance, but now I've had to dissolve the Venice alliance so I didn't get dragged into a war with just me and Venice. It shouldn't be hard man .. . The last thing he needs is for an opportunistic Austria + friends to form a coalition, even if it's inccurred making a DoW against Otto, and then have to deal with large stacks of rebels in the midst of two wars. . Just tried this out but the blasted PLC AI was hell bent on losing and had to delete the save since I'd already given up half my country to separate peace Aragon. The QQ exploded in my case and gave birth to an independent Kurdish state, Soran. If you need a repeatable method, dont annex Morocco after youre done. They are Sunni with the Shafi'i school and have the unique Mamluk government. At the time the achievement fired it was all of France and Netherlands essentially. One of the biggest flaws for the Ottos is that they're very spread out across three continents (most of the time) meaning they are pretty prone to splitting their forces. So, currently I'm playing as Lithuania (first game and vanilla, sigh) in 1609 and I've expanded quite a bit, mainly annexing the Livonian Order, Great Horde and Crimea, as well as pushing Russia back a bit. From 1500 onwards, its time to fight anything, anywhere, all the time. This selection contains highly anticipated releases, sequels, ports and some f We're in the home stretch! In my case, Hungary got into a war with Austria, which saw both their units occupied. with Castille/Aragon/England or smth. Yeah, they aren't the scourge of Christendom for nothing. needs you to core Rome, Moscow, and Istanbul. These vassals make up your siege troops. Once call for peace is sounded, you should peace out after a few months as it quickly becomes too expensive in dip to maintain. There we have it the end of our EU4 guide, as we made the Ottomans easy! Thanks anyway :). Keep that Navy under constant pressure. Europa Universalis IV starts on November 11th 1444, . Continue building up your army as the force limit grows, but beware of your dependence on janissaries. You can also take some cash from these extremely wealthy merchant republics. Make sure you are stable both in terms of unrest and economy and move your armies to Morocco. Depending on how large the Mamluks are, you can finish them off before 1600. Especially if you got France on your side, the Spanish got a bigger fish to fry, so the heartland lies right open. After you dealt with Genoa, you can complete the mission Conquer Caffa for a temporary trade power boost in the Black Sea. The AI is really pretty terrible, even a mediocre player shouldn't have that much trouble beating them. More governing capacity means more states, and more states means more money. Aside from sealing off the Black Sea and connecting your territories, theres mostly no need for you to conquer anything north of the Caucasus mountains. The earlier you consolidate around here, the better it is for you. They will then continually build more troops there for you to destroy. We need at least one province deep Persian territory Samarkand. A few suggestions on improving existing mechanics: Yeah shipping troops around is not the most fun thing to do for me either. FML. What can you guys suggest? So what i prefer to do is basically base race my opponent and take down any forts blocking my way to their capital. I have a good navy and army but I definitely can't beat them alone. From there, you can also go back to the southern tip of Arabia and take out the states in Yemen there before youve dealt with the Mamluks in Arabia. The intent is for you to play along and improve your skills and understanding of the game, and have fun all the while! You are using an out of date browser. Its useful for you to take this before a rising threat, Russia, can show itself. Its useful for you to take this before a rising threat, Russia, can show itself. The Ottomans are at such a crossroads of trade routes that good trade can make them very very wealthy. If you annex them, you can no longer get the -10% Aggressive Expansion bonus. I took most of the Levant, snaked my way to Medina, got some more land in the Nile Delta, and cleaned up my African borders. That and Quality should give you some pretty good troops. Particularly as Poland/Commonwealth, which has a nice set of military national ideas. If your army has at least 20 Janissary regiments or over 20% of the army is Janissaries, and your stability is negative, you may be facing the. . Not saying quantity is worse, cause quantity is AMAZING for what it does, which is usually worth it for countries with either eh or downright shitty land and therefore economies, but outclassing the Ottomans is the key to victory in this case. If you have questions do please leave them below and I will answer any and all that I'm able to! THIS CAMPAIGN IS BEST VIEWED THROUGH THE PLAYLIST! Simply declare war for your permanent claim on Caffa, and take your cores back. So their tech 12 infantry are the same pips as western tech 15, giving you parity, until tech 19 when you can edge ahead. Helping out AI friends and building up long term rivalries and friendships can break the monotony. In my game, Austria has been beaten down and is pretty tiny, Russia is getting slowly annexed by me and the Malmuks aren't doing much. Simply take some Spanish lands and repeat after the truce timer runs out. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Thats right Europe seemed to have forgotten what weve been doing to the other states, so its time for a friendly reminder. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Note :In The runs with Prussia and Great Britain I beat the Ottomans in the last 10-20 years of the campaign, And another thing that I forgot to mention. Once youve successfully taken Samarkand, the one area you still need for the Caliphate is Thatta, in India. This will often make them take the long way around the Black Sea in wars, slowing them down considerably. When youre already allied, youre giving that country a diplomatic relationship slot anyhow. Most nations will want to be your vassal; conquer the remainder. For example, in my Italy game I was fighting the Ottomans and their 200k soldiers with only 80k in the 1570's(no allies cause I just didn't stop eating). We need at least one province deep Persian territory . Its fundamental throughout this guide that you use little diplomatic entanglements to further your conquest. The techs that give morale are HUGE (4, 15, 26, 30), and can give you a massive advantage in battle. Ally a powerful nation nearby, such as Great Britain or Scandinavia, and snake your way to Paris from a coastal province. It's probably a bit late now anyway, once I finish my first game I'm getting a couple of the DLCs and probably not playing as Lithuania again. The Ottomans are hard to take down the longer you leave them undisturbed. At this point, you might be running into government capacity issues. Although they may be weak, theyre sitting on at least one province we need to restore the Caliphate Cordoba- and they may have taken Sicily, where we need two provinces: Palermo and Messina. Just make sure you can control your allies, and that their armies aren't so small as to be wiped instantly by the Ottoman hordes. The best way to beat any AI is to let them bleed all their manpower in small stacks, so try to and block the Bosporus if you have naval advantage and let small stacks through (small here being less than 20k or so), then wipe them with a numerical advantage. Their treaties of Africa trade node ) big nation ( s ) to make some new friends i... 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