Bump to Speed 5 and cruise until you can fabricate on Kastamonu. Once your diplomats return home, begin fabricating on Candar, and improve relations with both Poland and Hungary.

Building 4x heavy ships will allow you to rule the seas during your upcoming battles. Build to 11 troops (sometimes you may start at 10 force limit, but it will always cap at 11 within a few months). Don't touch the Berghers, as you won't be able to fish anything good from them. By giving Morea to the Nobles, you can 'Call Diet' and ask for 150 military support. Sell one to Athens, and two to the Mamluks for a sum of 20 ducats and 40 ducats respectively. Your second job is to sell your light ships. The one hurdle I've come across has been Hungary's refusal to remove the Von Habsburg dynasty from their throne, resulting in a PU under Austria in 1460. Hungary is almost guaranteed to ally you as they rarely fill all their diplomatic slots. In the case of the latter, you'll have to wait until they diplo-vassalize Mazovia (anywhere between 1460-1480).Īn alliance with Hungary is much easier. Poland can either break this alliance by refusing to give Neumark to Brandenburg, or continue their alliance. In my experience, they've almost always allied Brandenburg until the conclusion of their war against the Teutonic Order. With the new 'Too Many Alliances' debuff, Poland is guaranteed to ally Lithuania, has Mazovia as a vassal, and Moldavia as a march. Once you roll a game where they are not rivalled, hold off improving any relations. If Poland is rivalled and/or rivalled back by Hungary, I recommend you restart. Whatever your reasoning, I'll skip the introduction and begin with the opening strategy.īegin the game by checking rivalries.

I understand most of you don't care for my explanation of Byzantium's pros and cons, and only want a fun gameplay, or the coveted 'Basilius' achievement.

The Ottomans now save Byzantium for later, opting to first attack Albania, then head east for either Aq Qoyunlu or Candar. I'd argue, however, Byzantium has never been easier. With the recent addition of the 'Too many diplomatic relations' debuff, many players were left stumped. Ever since the release of EUIV, there has been a constant request for a Byzantium strategy almost every patch.

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