So I was building a flagship and this was the first name the game suggested for it.

https://preview.redd.it/rlddu8spyu1e1.jpg?width=3440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88bb5e42c4c71754b0a9023a2adef69b32f9e544

Just today it’s started doing this where after I hit play on the launcher a tab with no icon appears down the bottom for eu4 and after that nothing. I can’t alt-tab out, the screen is basically frozen this way and the only way to get out is to open task manager and close the program. It was working absolutely fine yesterday so I have no idea what’s wrong with it now, I’ve verified the files and nothings wrong there, I haven’t changed the mods I’m using so everything should be working but for some reason it’s not. Can anyone help me with this? I want to get back to my pirate republic of Japan, Korea had just declared war on me when I quit out yesterday and I was looking forward to the shakeup the war would cause.

https://preview.redd.it/w3669z535r1e1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=844108540f98716e3f7f86ec3d4e9d21ec620db7

For me, it's Scotland. It lasted for quite a while in real life but it has very little content aside from the first few years. I think we should've gotten at least a Scottish lead Great Britain, instead of defaulting to London as it does in game.

Gotta keep up that grandstrategyset and just push through the last 2/3rds.

https://preview.redd.it/gm6ognzqzq1e1.png?width=319&format=png&auto=webp&s=133b22705f2eea5994cb99589a66a16391fbaee3

Only took me 2,5k hours

After grinding since 1.37 dropped I managed to get all of the achievements. Made me wonder how fast this could actually be done. I think if you had the same game knowledge of florryworry, fast PC and if you planned runs better with no backtracking beacause of new achievements (plus backuping the save files for doing branching achievements) this would be achieved in less then 750 hours, maybe less. What do you guys think?

PS. Also if you have any questions about my runs feel free to ask.

Hello, I'm trying to help my friend learn the game. We're playing a multiplayer game, and it's currently 1560 and I'm completely up to date in tech, have finished three idea groups and am waiting for admin tech 14 so I can start another one. My friend who borders me gets institutions 10-15 years sooner than me because of his geoghraphy and our size difference. My friend is 2-3 techs behind in every category compared to the rest of Europe and has taken only THREE ideas in total from his idea groups whereas I have finished three whole groups. I'm a republic and he's a monarchy, and thanks to good RNG he hasn't had a single bad ruler. No matter how hard of a look I take at his nation I cannot figure out where his monarch power is going and why he is behind in tech. He doesn't waste monarch power (mp) in events, doesn't do any government mechanics that waste mp like increasing stability or harsh treatmenting rebels or develop his provinces or anything like that. Basically he isn't doing anything with his MP besides spending it on tech and ideas. For the past 50 years I have been giving him 15 ducats in subsidies every month just so he can afford advisors and he's still falling behind in tech compared to the rest of Europe. I have tried asking where it's going but to no avail since he just says he doesn't waste it. We're also playing on easy. Can the people of Reddit help me figure this out?

I’m playing the Ottomans in 1652 and I lose every battle unless I have overwhelming numerical advantage. My tactics, discipline and morale are always inferior to the enemy, even if it’s an absolute basket case like Transoxania or Fars. Why is this? I have high prestige and power projection and decent generals. I’ve taken quality ideas and am on the latest tech.

My tactics are 2.3, morale is 4.91 and discipline is at 105%

EDIT: thanks for showing me how combat works and how I could see decadence, I had to write off the campaign as starting wars only worsened the situation as I kept losing battles with my Padishah as general even against really small factions with less men.

Administrative Efficiency

National Ideas:
Deccan Traditions +5%
Egypt Traditions +5%
Scandinavia Idea 2 +5%
Qing Idea 5 +5%
Bharat Idea 6 +5%
Yuan Idea 6 +5%
Rome Idea 6 +5%
Germany Idea 6. +5%
HRE Ambition +5%

Absolutism:
100 = +30%
0.3% per 1 absolutism
Each 10 max effect of absolutism +3%

Tech:
Tech 17/23/27 = +30%

Age Ability:
Absolutism +5%

Monument:
Alhambra +5%

Monarchy:
Tier 1: Supreme Shogunate +5%
Tier 1: Polish Autocratic Monarchy +5%
Tier 1: System of Councils +5%
Tier 1: Roman Empire +5%
Tier 11: Political Absolutism +2.5%
Tier 11: Table of Ranks +2.5%

Theocracy:
Tier 1: Supreme Shogunate +5%
Tier 13: Priestly Autonomy +2.5%

Republic:
Tier 1: Roman Republic +5%
Tier 1: Supreme Shogunate +5%
Tier 13: Table of Ranks +2.5%

Temporary Mission Rewards:
Hungary +5% (25 years) Formable
Sweden +5% (25 years) Not Formable
France +5% (20 years) Formable EndTag
Papal States +5% (20-30 years) Not Formable
Lithuania +5% (20 years) Not Formable

Permanent Mission Rewards:
Mughals +5% - Formable EndTag
France +5% - Formable EndTag
Ottomans +5% - Not Formable EndTag
Ottomans +5% - Not Formable EndTag
Russia +5% - Formable EndTag
Prussia +5% - Formable
Theodora +5% - Not Formable
Savoy/Sardinia Piedmont +5% - Not/Formable
Lotharingia +5% - Formable* EndTag
Dithmarchen +5% - Not Formable
England/Angevin +5% - Formable / EndTag
Timurids +5% - Formable*only while timurids
Teutonic Order(Prussia) +5% - Not Formable
Danzig +5% - Not Formable

Events:
France(Mission Trigger) +5%(25 years) -Formable EndTag

Warscore cost

National Ideas:
Asturias idea 1 - -15%
Evenk Traditions -10%
Thungrian Traditions -10%
Oda idea 2 - 10%
Aceh/Pasai idea 3 -10%
Desmond idea 4 -10%
Montferrat idea 7 -10%
Saxe-Lauenburg idea 3 -7.5%
QQ idea 2 -5%
Ito idea 4 -5%

Idea Picks:
Diplomatic Idea 6 -20%
Indigenous Idea 6 -20%

CB:
Take Mandate of Heaven 50%
Hundred Years War 75%
Imperial Liberation 75%
Border Friction 75%
Reconquest 75%
Independence 75%
Colonial Independence 75%
Nationalism 50%
Imperialism 75%
Contain Hegemon 75%
Colonialism (Attacker) 25%(colony only)
Colonialism (Defender) 50% (all provinces)
DoF 75%
Imperial Ban 75% (HRE only)
Claim Throne(Defender) 50%
Crush Revolution 50%
Spread Revolution 50%
Unify China 50%
Religious League 50%
Maya Confederation 75%
Flower Wars 50%
Force Tributary 50%
Great Holy War 75%
War Against Heresy 75%
Majapahit Campaigns 80%
Malacca Campaigns 80%
Sword of Islam 75%
Gothic Invasion 75%

Government Ability:
Mughals - Assimilated Slavic -15%

Temporary Mission Rewards:
Hysn Kayfa -10% (20 years) Not Formable
QQ -10% (20 years) Not Formable
AQ -10% (20 years) Not Formable
Austria -5% (10 years) Formable

Permanent Mission Rewards:
Horde Mission Event -10%
Angevin Kingdom Mission Event -5%

Hegemony:
Military Hegemon -10%

Events:
Ottomans: Collapse of Mamlucks -10%(20 years)

War Score Cost vs Other Religions

National Ideas:
Aksum Idea 3 -15%
Latin Empire Idea 6 -10%
Arabia Idea 5 -10%

Policies:
Court+Religious -5%

Religion:
Catholic: Council of Trent -10%
Hussite: Sola Scriptura-10%
Protestant: Justified Conflict -10%(10 years)

Government Abilities:
Mughals - Assimilated South Slavic -10%

Monuments:
Kaaba -10%(Islam)
Malta Forts -15%

Monarchy:
Tier 1: Serbian Despot -10%
Tier 1: Caliphate -10%
Tier 2: Crusader Nobility -10%
Tier 7: Imperial Principle -10%
Tier 10: Divine Rights -5%

Republic:
Tier 10: Imperial Principle -10%

Theocracy:
Tier 1: Caliphate -10%
Tier 1: Fifth Monarchist -20%
Tier 10: Open Public Elections -15%
Tier 13: Proclaim Religious Head -25%
Tier 13: One State Under God -35%

Age Ability: Age Of Reformation:Justified Wars -25%

Temporary Mission Rewards:
Ottomans -10% (50 years) Not Formable EndTag Armenia -10% (25 years) Formable
Grenada/Andalusia -25% (20 years) Not/Formable EndTag
Georgia -10% (20 years) Formable
Byzantium -10% (Reformation End) Formable
Ardabil -10% (Ruler Death) Not Formable

Permanent Mission Rewards:
Kongo -15% Formable
Hisn Kayfa -10% Not Formable
Italy -10% Formable EndTag
Arabian -10% Formable EndTag
Georgia -10% Formable
HRE -10% Formable EndTag
Hordes -5% Formable EndTag

Core Creation Cost(CCR)

Local CCR:

Have a claim -10%
Permanent Claim -25%
Territorial core -50%

National ideas, only max of -25% included(a lot of tags have CCR)
Qing Tradition - Formable + EndTag
Mughals Tradition - Formable +EndTag
Yuan Idea 1 - Formable + EndTag
Ottoman idea 1 - Not Formable + EndGameTag
Kazan idea 2 - Not formable
Golden Horde idea 2 - Formable
Byzantium idea 2 — Formable + EndGameTag
Mongolian idea 4 - Not Formable
Generic Horde idea 5 - Not Formable
Chagatai idea 5 - Not Formable
Roman idea 7 - Formable + SuperEndTag
Italian idea 7 - Formable + EndTag
Crimean Ambition- Not Formable

Idea picks:
Administrative Idea 3 -25%

Policies:
Court+Administrative -5%
Economic+Divine -5%

Religion Related:
Hinduism - Shiva Deity -10%
Norse - Odin Deity -10%
Coptic - Territorial Rights -10%
Mayan - Bureaucracy -20%
Inti - Bureaucracy -10%
Monuments:
Kashi Vishwanath Temple max -10%(Dharmic)

Government Ability:
Iqta/Indian Sultunate - Land Acquisition -5%
Mughals - Assimilated Hindustani -10%

Government Reforms:
Tribal:
Tier 1: Tribal Despotism -10%
Tier 5: Tribal: Centralize Power -5%

Monarchy:
Tier 1: Hermit Kingdom(Korea) Outward Focus -10%
Tier 1: Sultanate of Rum -10%
Tier 1: Beylik-10%
Tier 1: Russian Empire Absolute Rule -10%
Tier 1: Andean Empire:Regenesis -10%(10 years)
Tier 1: Livonian Imperial Reign -15%
Tier 1: Aztec Empire -15%(10 years)
Tier 1: Nahuatl Monsrchy -15%(10 years)
Tier 2: Devshirme System: Local Pasha -5%(10 years)
Tier 10: Regional Representation -5%

Republic:
Tier 1: Civic Republicanism:Expansion -5%(Ruler)
Tier 1: Great Russian Federation -10%
Tier 1: City Alliance -15%(10 years)
Tier 11: Three Social Contracts -10%(Revolutionary)

Theocracy:
Tier 1: Fifth Monarchist Regime -75%
Tier 1: Blood Theocracy -15%(10 years)

HRE:
Reform the Hofgericht -10%

Celestial Empire:
Reform:Establish Lifan Yuan -10% for emperor
Decree:Palace Bureaucracy -10%(10 years)

Estate Privileges:
Junkers(Prussia): Noble Contracts -10%(removed when absolutism above 50)
Eunuchs(Ming): -10%

Temporary Mission Rewards:
Bengal -5% (50 years) Not Formable
Franconia -10% (30 years) Formable
Livonia -15% (25 years) Formable
Poland/PLC -15% (25 years) Formable/EndTag
Danzig -10% (25 years) Not Formable
Inca -10% (25 years) Formable
Denmark -10% (25 years) Not Formable*
Sweden -10% (25 years) Not Formable
Cuzco -10% (25 years) Not Formable
North Indians -10% (25 years) Formable(Nepal)
France -10% (25 years) Formable+EndTag
Chinese Kingdoms -10% (25 years) Not formable
Japan -20% (20 years) Formable
Andalusia -20% (20 years) Formable+EndTag
Armenia -20% (20 years) Formable
Bavaria -15% (20 years) Formable
Aztecs -15% (20 years) Not Formable
Byzantium -10% (20 years) Formable+EndTag
Gujarat -10% (20 years) Not Formable
Hisn Kayfa -10% (20 years) Not Formable
Mossi -10% (20 years) Formable
Saxony -10% (20 years) Formable
Bohemia -10% (20 years) Not Formable
Milan -10% (20 years) Not Formable
Hungary -10% (20 years) Formable
Lithuania -10% (20 years) Not Formable
South Indian -10% (20 years) Not Formable
Angevin -10% (20 years) Formable+EndTag
AJam+Vassals -20% (15 years) Not Formable
Yuan -10% (15 years) Formable
Moghulistan -10% (15 years) Not Formable
Tartars -10% (15 years) Not formable
Mongolia -10% (15 years) Not Formable
Georgia -10% (15 years) Formable

Italy -5%(Until Reformation Ends) Formable+EndTag
Rassids -10% (Age of Discovery) Not Formable
Yemen -10% (Age of Discovery) Formable
Timurids -10% (Age of Discovery) Formable*
Mughals -5% (Age of Discovery) Formable+EndTag

Ardabil -20% (Ruler Death) Not Formable
Finland -20% (Ruler Death) Not Formable
France -15% (Ruler Death) Formable
France -20% (Ruler Trait) Formable

Permanent Mission Rewards:
Russia -15%(Mission Event) Formable
Armenia -10% Formable
Trebizond -10% Not Formable
Russia -10%(Novgorod only) Formable
Timurids -10% Formable* only while timurids
Hordes(Mission Event) -10% Not formable
Italy(Mission Event -5% Formable EndTag
Germany(Mission Event)-5% Formable EndTag

Events:
Russia: Eastern Expansion -10% (25 years)
Ottomans: Mamluks Collapse -10% (20 years)
Tengri: Confusion Syn. -5% (10 years)

Leader Personality:
Iron Crowned -20% (Exclusive to France)

Max Effective of Absolutism

National Ideas:
Great Moravia Ambition +15%

Permanent Mission Rewards:
Chinese Kingdom +10%
Hungary +10%
Bohemia +10%
Mughals +10%(from decision)
Mughals +5%
Netherlands +10%
HRE +20%
Russia +10%
Hysn Kayfa +10%
Ming +10%

Monument:
Brandenburg Gate(Prussia mission) +10%

Estates: Clergy(Maya) Oversight by Clergy +15%

Age Ability Absolutism(France only) +30%

Monarchy:
(Tier 1)Holy Imperial Monarchy(HRE) +10%
(Tier 10)Strengthened Bakuhan System 20%

Overextension Impact

National Ideas: Great Moravia idea 1 -25%
Eranshar ambition -20%
Nagpur ambition -10%

Government reforms
Monarchy
Tier 1: Divine Kingship(maya) -10%

Temporary Mission Rewards:
Prussia -5% (20 years)
Bohemia -20% (10 years)
Hysn Kayfa -25% (20 years)
France(Mission Trigger) -10% (25 years)
Teutonic Order(Prussia) -5% (20 years)
Danzig -5% (20 years)

Permanent Mission Rewards:
Arabia(Monument upgrade) -10%
HRE -10%
Aragon -5%
Maya -10%
France -10%

Just combined my lists, someone who knows how to edit the wiki should plug it all in. I really just wanted a place I could keep the bulk-information together.

I started an Aztec run and it's 1490~. I passed 2 reforms and doing well in terms of doom, but I don't get how am I supposed to keep low doom and expand..

Should I have just abandoned the original aztec religion?

Trying to ballpark this as occasion decisions come up, such as a -10% tax rate for a limited time, or to build a GP to get a increased tax rate...

How does the adjustment affect what's on the Economy Tab?

I have a 22% tax that generates 30 ducats of income per month. If I had a 10% change in the rate, how much is it expected to affect the income? I would think 3, but am unsure.