My golden rules for Chinese Technology tree (How to use your Monarch points). This item will only be visible in searches to you, your friends, and admins. I also can't fabricate claims on Korean provinces, because they are too far away. Daimyo may also declare a "War for t… Start up the game, immediately I'm running a 3 ducat deficit November 11, 1444, with all my vassals disloyal. The way i did it was when your vassals declare on one another go to enforce peace and you will be able to join a war against your vassal or vassals you'll get one of the vassals to help you its a much easier way to do it and you can take all of Japan pretty quickly. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Español - Latinoamérica (Spanish - Latin America). Try to buddy the most friendly vassals, still losing money like crazy. Is there a cheaper way to raise that limit? Decided to play as Japan after finishing up a game as Ethiopia, no iron man since I make many mistakes. Sorry if I missed the answer in your guide. it's strange BTW that all your vassals are disloyal to you, I've never had that situation. But i have to wait 10 years until i can annex vassals, and they start their revolution before this waiting period is over. Now that Japan is yours and upgraded thanks to the poor daimyos you annexed earlier, it is time to show the world the might of the islands. I should try this. All rights reserved. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. When playing westerners the principle is quite simple as everything is steering your way. All rights reserved. Daimyo are special vassals that do not occupy a relation's slot. You simply add merchants along the way with some lights ships fleets to boost the steering power. I used to play as japan quite a lot and I could declare war on my vassals. Español - Latinoamérica (Spanish - Latin America). Demolish my two forts and spend some mana on development, barely make +.10 ducats a month. I have no love for ironman mode or other appraoch that remove the feeling i'm playing a game and getting too serious. How are you supposed to even get past the first couple years as Japan? just annex vassals as quickly as you can and take the missions that give you claims on korea. They may ally, rival, and fight other daimyo (particularly with the "Sengoku" casus bellithat gives 25% less aggressive expansion), but not external countries. Well I palyed another Japan game, and it came out different, but still a failure. Im pretty much reaffirming what Deep Hurting said. Then all my vassals hit diplo tech 4 and I'm losing ducats again. In my play through the vassals blobbed up quickly. It is important to colonise and invade if you are to reach the critical mass required to be one of the top dogs for the end game. A comprehensive user-freindly guide for the average player. Press J to jump to the feed. I did notice however that i can find my way around most challenges. you can with a lot of other nations that start with vassals. You need to expand the Ashikaga lands militarily as soon as possible if you're going to survive. When I play as Japan, I just wait to start annexing. Stay away from China until you can easily beat them. Also, when you delcare war, I think you get a free broken vassalization so then you can declare war again later. Play as Japan (Ashikage) EU 4 1.22 Russia. Playing with the Chinese technology tree can be challenging for players missing crucials informations. Total EU4 noob here. The simple answer to this very important question is : SLOW! Decided to play as Japan after finishing up a game as Ethiopia, no iron man since I make many mistakes. I had to make extensive research to find them, as they are spread thin and without keywords for quick research.