Next, ally Wallachia, Herzegovina, Bosnia - practically any who is willing to ally you in the west. It will take several wars to cut down the Ottomans and the first two should be defensive as it allows you to call in all your allies. Last week This is actually a stroke of genius! Our long tradition of back to school sales is back!
Once you have around +50 relations with Wallachia, take your diplomat, ally them, wait for them to send a royal marriage request, accept it, and improve relations to +150.

You need to sign in or create an account to do that. This might allow you to pick the battles against their second army. The fort in Gallipoli and Opitamoi will prevent you from moving into Anatolia, but that is not of any concern as the Greek part is what you should focus on. I assume there will be a generic tree for countries that don't have a specific one yet.i really liked it, i hope this patch also add some provinces too balkans especially greece bulgaria walhachia The mission paths are also split for their different directions to go in, catering towards Western expansion, Anatolian recovery and reclaiming the islands. Complete mission- free claim in Arabia; Improve relations with Hungary and Medina.

However, if they are to ally anyone, they usually go for Tunis, Aq Qoyunlu, Morocco, or Crimea. All rights reserved.

Prepare for war against Byzantium- get 11 stack (7 inf 4 cav) in your transports and sail next to Constantinople.

This will be important in the future.

Next, make sure you boost your army to 11k so you can easily complete a mission that right away gives you a little of a morale boost and reduces troop maintenance by a tad bit at the start for 25 years. Also, improve relations with the Mamluks, it will open up for a later alliance with them, and during wartime with the Ottomans, they will most likely give you subsidies.

© Valve Corporation. However, mission to conquer Asia minor coast, which gives you claims all over Western Anatolia is available, so you should take it.

They can make the reconquest a little harder, but considering their distance and all the small Iraqi, Turkish and other Irani states they have to go through, attrition will affect their manpower and thus reduce their army sizes when they make it over to western to central Turkey.

When you are at this level, your navy should be stronger than the Ottoman navy, and you will easily beat them step by step. Like I stated in the guide, you want to be careful with sticking with Hungary/Mamluks as allies for a long period of time due to their mission trees expanding into Bulgaria and Turkey. Mission rewards must be claimed in order, although all missions can be completed throughout a campaign.

If the Ottomans invade Albania early on, and you are allied with them, you are most likely in luck, because this means that Ottoman navies will be wiped out by the combination of strong Venetian fleets and yours as well. Your network of somewhat small powers should be able to slightly outnumber the Ottomans. How to Get the Three Mountains Achievement. Venice too can prove a threat. A useful strategy is to have an ally to the west of the Ottomans and to the east of the Ottomans. As long as you keep ahead on technology, especially military, your armies will be among the strongest in the world. While doing so, keep an eye on Poland and Lithuania who might form the Commonwealth and also on Hungary who, if they stay independent, can be a deadly threat to you as you expands Northwards. In the beginning of the game, you need to acquire the right amount of allies that will make the Ottomans attack you, but will allow you to beat them in battle if you are careful enough. Enjoy up to 80% discounts on games and DLC! I can see that Ottomans have that mission in their tree, but presumably once they've achieved that then it won't resurface again? However, if you want to restore Byzantium, you must eventually break the alliance.

It also maintains a decent amount of army tradition, eventually giving you better military generals as well as rulers and heirs.

Once you find Byzantium ahead of tech and ready for your first idea, you want to start with Defensive ideas. Conquest Byzantine war of aggression War goal: Vassalize Reason: Restrict Ottomans Alongside the new expansion is a free update for all EU4 players. When the budding Byzantine player reconquers Greece, they will be given a timed reward as well as the claims to help fulfilling the next missions: Recover Albania and Conquer Bulgaria. Jump to navigation Jump to search. However, the Commonwealth can through missions get permanent claims on Bulgaria which can make it tricky to keep them at bay. This is 100% ironman capable.

While the truce is in effect you can spend time getting better allies to fight the Ottomans again, later on. However, you must be careful not to be their ally for too long, or you may be dragged into a war against Hungary that you cannot afford to partake in, and risk a high chance of invasion by Venice/Ottomans.

Additionally we have added generic missions for all nations as well as region specific missions so that Europeans can have different missions available to them than, say, Africans or New World Natives.

It is unlikely that any strong powers will want to ally you, improving relations with them can therefor be a waste of time - instead focus on getting many smaller allies. However, if you want to succeed as Byzantium, you must seek allies, specifically Wallachia and Albania at first.


Wallachia is your easiest diplomatic target, as they too are soon to be doomed by either the Ottomans or Hungary, also have no allies, and are Orthodox brothers.