Also i have the save of my game at 1445, before the war against ottos, and a save 2 years after the first war. I was dangerously low on manpower, and Ottomans had low war enthusiasm. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Find their latest Europa Universalis IV streams and much more right here. I've read so many Byzantine strategies on this sub and every time it inspires me to try again only to get my hopes and dreams destroyed. Just need help and opinions :). Become a patron of BudgetMonk today: Read posts by BudgetMonk and get access to exclusive content and experiences on the world’s largest membership platform for artists and creators. I finally won the war with the Ottomans, but it went into a whole different way: I managed to keep the fort on the Anatolian side occupied, which meant Aq (their ally) couldn’t come over to the Balkan side. He is chosen to accompany a small … The Albania allying strat is actually pretty solid, it's just sometimes the ally opinion isn't the same from round to round and the 5k troops move to where you don't need them to be, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Very Hard Byzantium One Faith! Nope standard, I wanted to try it out with normal settings to see how effective it would work. Here's to take 12 of my Rysky Byzniz iron man, Ill sell you initial post otto war save file for 1 Kharma :P. You can always take the safe and sure way of the East Frisia no-CB. Also i had very bad events and i did the war with -45 prestige and got 2/3 stab hits during the war. I wanted to unsiege Constantinople, but a new 33k stack was sieging down the fort on the Anatolian side very quickly, so I placed our and managed to get a lot of land. Hopefully before their armies get back you can also siege down an ottomons province next to them to prevent too much black flagging. Money over quality. Do this and you should NEVER have a garrisoned fort: You must log in or register to reply here. So i moved the units to morea i took out the fort lowered maintenance on the army but never mothballed the fort ( more chances of getting attacked) First i improved on Walachia, Mamelulks and hungary, checked hungarys and Mameluks rivals, venice was rivaled and rivaled by both.I rivaled Venice and allied wallachia when posible. peacing out with crimea is fairly easy - they will attack selanik and you can siege down enough before they finish. I didn't give Serbia the land I promised because I needed money, and Serbia broke the alliance afterward but I don't need them anymore. Good luck man, just keep on keeping on. Took some loans, hired 4K mercs to attach to my army. I'm not sure basing the entire strategy on the fact the Ottomans mothball their fort in certain circumstances is a very good idea, although it probably makes for quality clickbait YouTube content. JavaScript is disabled. BudgetMonk and the majority of written guides out there rely heavily on the fort snipe maneuver. Remember BudgetMonk’s strategy for Byzantium 1.28? I know the frustration. (I do know that the current patch is 1.28.3, so maybe some things have changed? They should also have a "luck" bonus to fort defense as well I believe. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV by Paradox Development Studio. If you are timing it so the troops arrive on the second, it's probably too late because your troops technically border that fort by sea already. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Byzantium is a powerhouse and a great empire so naturally it is to be feared. One issue I've been having is relation increase with Albania. The position of your army determines whether or not they keep their forts garrisoned. After countless times of trying and trying I came to thee conclusion that I'm simply to untalented to pull off the Budgetmonk strat (5k stack is always on the balkan side, restarted 22 times lol). And at 75 war score i peaced ottos i gave to albania his core and retook my cores. I might have to give ye-ol'-galleys ahoy strat another go then. Them not going to 80 boats within the first 2 years when their force limit is like 30 something is a majorly awesome change I didn't expect lol. DOWNLOAD ANDROID APK (V2.3) HERE Xsolla is an authorized global distributor of Paradox Interactive, EUIV: AAR's, Let's Plays, and Fan Fiction, EU IV: Alternate History Short Story Contest Contr, Jumping around - A 1.30. journey around the world. 470. peak viewers. Although born to rule, Aidan lives as a scribe in a remote Irish monastery on the far, wild edge of Christendom. After trying many times with budget monks, i couldnt achieve it. Follow this guide instead. Problem is that on half of my tests, Albania isn't anywhere near accepting an alliance by April or even May despite having 17k troops, as suggested, and a guarantee on Albania.