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#Eu4 manpower bitslicer Patch
At the end of the war, either shove them into one of your freshly consolidated stacks or delete them.EU4 Wiki /r/Paradoxplaza Patch Notes Dev Diaries Paradox Forums Livestreams Discord Welcome to EU4 They are built in like 8 days each, the 25 gold are forgettable by that time, and if they get eaten, so what, they only give 0.1 warscore anyways and cost no manpower. In late game wars, I often hire 2-3 single infantry mercenaries spread out over the warzones to claim non-fort provinces while my real armies advance and siege the main targets. One more use of mercs is the "claimer" units. Rebuild the missing units after coring is done. Since the overextension and devastation following a war lower your income quite a bit, that is the perfect time to be a bit "understrength" to keep afloat.
#Eu4 manpower bitslicer full
After you beat them a few times, you do not need to full wartime army strength any more to siege them down fully and occupy empty provinces, just enough so they do not get cocky and throw your main unit from their capital fort or something. In my first big wars, I tend to come out with smaller armies than I started out with because I consolidate multiple times and did not replace the latest lost units at all. Mercing up by a few extra units right before/during the beginning of a war and then consolidating units after the first major battles to settle down to your "normal" level again works well, too. Even those can drain your manpower in big wars where you are bound to lose some engagements, which then hits your artillery guys. 1600s+) would likely consist of a 50% regular artillery, 2-6 regular cavalry (depending on your cav bonuses), perhaps 2-4 regular infantry and all the rest mercenary infantry. If you get the impression that your manpower is mostly staying up good, mix in a few normal infantry again to save some ducats.Ī typical later army stack (i.e. In the 1500s, do not build any more conventional infantry but use the remaining units together with newly built mercs to form your new armies (you should be having 2-3 stacks now). Build them just a month before starting your first war, they take only about 2 weeks. In the early game, mixing a merc or two into your stack is advisable. Ducats income rises very quickly once you get out of the early game stages and have a few buildings, trade nodes and extra provinces as well as ideas and techs that enhance your income or lower your expenses even further. You simply do not have the manpower to build up development/time-adequate high-quality armies that allow you to be the top dog while expanding all the time without mercenaries.Īlso, the money for those should be there after a while. Merc infantry is not that expensive and since infantry takes about 90% of your losses, they are the important ones. The point is, you basically need to, and should. Result: Paradox is Swedish" Websites and Wikis Please use proper spoiler formatting if you are going to discuss spoiler content in non-spoiler threads: >!Paradox is Swedish!< Please mark a thread for spoilers if there's spoilers in the main post or if there's going to be open discussion of spoilers in the comments To avoid spoiling narrative surprises for others, please adhere to the following guidelines: If you want stricter quality control, go to /r/ParadoxPlaza For information on topics that are temporarily banned, please view our rules page.Ĭontent that breaks the spirit of these rules may be removed at moderator discretion. We may occasionally ban specific topics that have flooded the subreddit. Users may only make one self-promotional submission per week. Explanations should be posted as a reddit comment - referencing the title is not enough.Īll giveaways, surveys, and petitions must be approved by the moderators first. General discussion of piracy or leaked content is allowed.Īdhere to the Reddit content policy and the reddiquette.Įxplain what you want people to look at when you post an image. No links to pirated materials, pirated game mods, or key resellers. No memes, image macros, reaction pictures, or similar. Just the title of the post being relevant does not qualify. Posts must be related to Europa Universalis. EU4 Wiki /r/Paradoxplaza Patch Notes Dev Diaries Paradox Forums Livestreams Discord Welcome to EU4
