Honestly, by the time you completed #4, the rest of the game is smooth sailing. Dismantle HRE+Conquer the Germans/Try to be HRE Emperor.Next, invade Iberia, hopefully allying with Aragon/Castille against the other one, before Iberian wedding fires.Once mainland dominance and objectives are secure, you can work on England by prelanding troops on your Scottish provinces to conquer them.Deal with Burgundy if their succession didn't fire your way and they remain independent (if you can).Your navy should be enough to deal with Scotty at least. Can diplo-vassalize a random Irish minor and snake your way to Scotland with vassal claims.Now, slowly integrate vassals and clean up Provence and Brittany.

At this point I pretty much ignore England since they will be weakened for while with their events.

Reconquer all your cores in one swoop, taking parts of Portugal too for war %.Castille may join you if you promise land (but dont give em any) Ally Castille/Aragon and declare reconquest war against England.Ally with Burgundy if they haven't rivalled you and rival Austria - this improves your chances for Burgundian Inheritance.Improve relations with Pope - they have a tendency to excommunicate you sometimes.The penalty will decrease over time, so just be patient. To avoid coalitions, consider spacing out your wars and declare wars in various locations to avoid racking up large opinion penalties. Coalitions can be joined by any nation that has an Aggressive Expansion opinion penalty of at least -50 against you and they may even declare a war to retake the land you won! This is a value that provokes a negative opinion penalty when you start wars and when you take provinces in a peace deal.Ĭountries who are fearful or angry at you will due to these actions will have varying opinion penalties, but if they reach the magic number of -50 they are suddenly able to start a coalition against you. There is, however, a game feature that aims to curb this: Aggressive Expansion. It is far too easy to get ahead of yourself in this game when you start racking up the victories and expanding your country outwards. A warning about aggressive expansion and coalitions in when starting a war in Europa Universalis 4

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