In my Riga game I've made a nice livonian snake across Russia and the steppes to get into Persia and formed Persia and kept all the rigan bonuses since provinces were in asia
Finally found a mistake in a lemon cake video! 1:55 the moral isnt given by max army professionalism its given by the prussian idea army professionalism. For real tho love the vids
Was searching for Riga videos and saw this video and thought "How come Lemon Cake has a video on Riga AND Prussia that I haven't watched?" and then I noticed the 50 minutes ago
Man, now I'm nostalgic for just after Leviathan dropped. ...not even trying particularly hard, just always pillaging and stealing development, ended the game with ~1.5k dev in my capital in Bumfuck Nowhere (Mong Pai, playing Shan)
@@LemonCake101you can still concentrate dev from your subjects which might have helped you get more manpower. forget which ytber i saw do it but some guy hit 1k dev on ulm whilst staying a free city
@@hankjaffe9542 I mean you def can do it if you build around it, hell if you stack dev cost efficiency (not dev cost, different modifier) you can literally dev for free, and that's doable in this patch too.
Riga is one of my favorite nations to play. Riga into Kurland is really, really fun. I want to try doing Riga -> Kurland -> Netherlands, but that seems really hard. Fun part of Riga -> Kurland is that as Kurland you can get weaker verssions of the modifiers Riga gets in Riga as well and they stack.
Part I mised on a first watch, but the 6 province restriction is only for provinces in Europe... in my Riga -> Kurland -> Mossi run (don't judge me I wanted more missions) I owned large swatches of both Africa and India while retaining my Riga buffs. The buffs stay useful even into the 1700's imo because you can burn tax from Riga and get like 2000-4000 ducats per point of tax. You really don't need to restrict yourself as much as you think you'd have to.
I had an idea once - stacking avaliable loot in provinces modifiers would it be really noticeable or underwhelming, it would mostly help hords or countries that could raid coasts
each -1% decay decrease or +1% increase changes your resting by 20. 5% army tradition decay doesn't decay from say 20% by 5 a year, pdx lies: you lose 1% army trad a year regardless of the current amount, aka it assumes you are always at 100% army tradition. With that, my extra 1.5 ish spare army trad (more 1.75 with 0.75 from forts) leads to around 35 extra resting point over the 100 cap.
@@LemonCake101 thats very much not how it works. you lose about as much as expected by math, just that it displays a yearly loss when it instead calculates monthly decay
@@LemonCake101There has to be a point when an inefficient march with high dev gives more force limit than an efficient one. Quadrupling their dev certainly gives them a higher force limit than the 30% march buff.
@@adisca2k oh yeah I mean I could have had many a little march lets be clear, but frankly: I didn't need to. I had a challenge, I achieved it, no need for further optimizations.
5 provinces *in Europe* means you can own all of africa, asia, amd CNs in alll the regions personally. But the point still stands, even the tall/deepest of tall Anbennar tags are still going to want more than 5 provinces. I don't care if its 5 holds, that's still like 500 development, something like 200 of which is manpower, plus 5 soldiers households. That's just not enough in the late game.
It starts as balten, the baltic german culture. It’s the only province in the game to do so. I think it was prussian before balten was introduced, but that was a few years back at this point (balten was introduced in lions of the north)
This game was Riged from the begining. Btw: you can get riga up to 100 dev with expanded infrastructure and stacking cost reductions from ideas before you start htitting the pay wall.
Wouldn't using the trading city exploit to go colonial be better? iirc riga can make use of that i know someone got all 3 hegemons in 1575 using this i think
3:10 I think that state deletes it randomly, happened to me constantly, Finland just would not keep that building for no reason. That’s probably what happened here
I was wondering why there was a grey swath over Russia and I guess Muscovy collapsing thanks to your invasions helped, but still Kazan had the game of their lives.
I forgot to ask for likes, and a sub to win the 25k sub race, so please help me out and do it anyway :)
I'll unsub and sub again 🙏
@@Style-tw5rp flawless plan
@@LemonCake101 already subbed with 5 extra alt-accounts
@@idontlikerome2744 least passionate Lemon Cake fan fr fr
In my Riga game I've made a nice livonian snake across Russia and the steppes to get into Persia and formed Persia and kept all the rigan bonuses since provinces were in asia
Damn genius!
Are the limit 5 provinces in Europe? Thought it was 5 provinces whole world.
@@zaculliz it is just Europe :)
In my Riga game I went colonial and ended up conquering most of africa directly.
@@LemonCake101 Rigan celestial emprie run when?
Can we just all pause to admire the vassal choices which make a beautiful rainbow with their vivid and contrasting colors?
That was an integral part of my selection, I will be honest
@@LemonCake101 As it always should be. The point is to make the map pretty, after all
How can a cake this short play a tall game of EU4?
Hey, I am not short, I am actually average height for a cake!
@@LemonCake101 oversimplified reference. OP OP
@@LemonCake101right in the middle ground between pancakes and decorative multi-tier wedding cakes
Finally found a mistake in a lemon cake video! 1:55 the moral isnt given by max army professionalism its given by the prussian idea army professionalism. For real tho love the vids
Damn gg you got me!
Should have posted this before mp game.
Can't have people learning about the forbidden technics!
Ironically, the emperor of revolutionary France is Louis XVI
What can I say, its all... back under new management.
Congrats on the coalition achievement! You need crazy luck for that one.
Unironically tried to get that one for like 2 years
@@LemonCake101 Same
Yeah manpower is a real issue for me in the dating world - that’s why I hire mercenaries
... how?
@@LemonCake101 something something, paid...
Can't believe you took me at 3:30.
I am not giving it back
Wow.
Was searching for Riga videos and saw this video and thought "How come Lemon Cake has a video on Riga AND Prussia that I haven't watched?" and then I noticed the 50 minutes ago
Damn, now that's timing!
Now spend the rest of the game Pillaging Capital peace deals and getting a super dev'd Riga province
Considered that to be honest, unfortunately it literally won't lead to more development, everyone else in the world is too pathetic.
Man, now I'm nostalgic for just after Leviathan dropped.
...not even trying particularly hard, just always pillaging and stealing development, ended the game with ~1.5k dev in my capital in Bumfuck Nowhere (Mong Pai, playing Shan)
@@nihilvox Ah yes, that patch... what a patch, back when everyone was a Horde!
@@LemonCake101you can still concentrate dev from your subjects which might have helped you get more manpower. forget which ytber i saw do it but some guy hit 1k dev on ulm whilst staying a free city
@@hankjaffe9542 I mean you def can do it if you build around it, hell if you stack dev cost efficiency (not dev cost, different modifier) you can literally dev for free, and that's doable in this patch too.
Honestly if you were struggling so much for manpower, and have so many sailors. Getting marines would have helped a lot
Riga is one of my favorite nations to play. Riga into Kurland is really, really fun. I want to try doing Riga -> Kurland -> Netherlands, but that seems really hard.
Fun part of Riga -> Kurland is that as Kurland you can get weaker verssions of the modifiers Riga gets in Riga as well and they stack.
Part I mised on a first watch, but the 6 province restriction is only for provinces in Europe... in my Riga -> Kurland -> Mossi run (don't judge me I wanted more missions) I owned large swatches of both Africa and India while retaining my Riga buffs. The buffs stay useful even into the 1700's imo because you can burn tax from Riga and get like 2000-4000 ducats per point of tax.
You really don't need to restrict yourself as much as you think you'd have to.
I love you bro but its pronounced Heh-Jeh-Mon... 😭
I will let you in on a little secret...
I do that on purpose, so I get to say 'If you are a Hegemon, you get to decide how words are pronounced'
Nah he's just doing a slavic impression.
My recent dithmarchen to Prussia game had me at 100 AT with no decay, I was stuck at 100 except when events
Adding marines and you've got a lore accurate imperium of mankind (warhammer 40k).
I had an idea once - stacking avaliable loot in provinces modifiers would it be really noticeable or underwhelming, it would mostly help hords or countries that could raid coasts
Haven't really considered it, but it could be cool for sure!
HURAHH!!
@8:50 where did you get this number from? 2.29/0.005 is 458 not 130
each -1% decay decrease or +1% increase changes your resting by 20. 5% army tradition decay doesn't decay from say 20% by 5 a year, pdx lies: you lose 1% army trad a year regardless of the current amount, aka it assumes you are always at 100% army tradition.
With that, my extra 1.5 ish spare army trad (more 1.75 with 0.75 from forts) leads to around 35 extra resting point over the 100 cap.
@@LemonCake101 thats very much not how it works. you lose about as much as expected by math, just that it displays a yearly loss when it instead calculates monthly decay
@@252525105 really? I tested this granted... around 4 years ago, but that's the information I was given. Good to know!
This is a cool idea. Would it be easier to run as Ashikaga, maybe? Should help a little.
Oh most likely, I just wanted to play Riga
@@LemonCake101 we need the Shogunate is Weird video frfr
Can you please fix the pixels attached to the lemon cake image's foot the poor lad already had it's foot bend the other way... xD
I have had the option many times but at this point it’s almost a meme keeping it ngl
You still get double the forcelimit from marches even if they have more than 25% of your dev if I am not mistaken.
Yes, but they had em... well over 100% of my dev.
@@LemonCake101 2000 Forcelimit for 170 income does not sound bad to me
@@whitehunter2545 no as in I won't gain the Forcelimit, if they are over 25% my dev. That march buff won't apply.
@@LemonCake101There has to be a point when an inefficient march with high dev gives more force limit than an efficient one. Quadrupling their dev certainly gives them a higher force limit than the 30% march buff.
@@adisca2k oh yeah I mean I could have had many a little march lets be clear, but frankly: I didn't need to. I had a challenge, I achieved it, no need for further optimizations.
Lemon. I love your channel.
Thanks :)
5 provinces *in Europe* means you can own all of africa, asia, amd CNs in alll the regions personally.
But the point still stands, even the tall/deepest of tall Anbennar tags are still going to want more than 5 provinces. I don't care if its 5 holds, that's still like 500 development, something like 200 of which is manpower, plus 5 soldiers households. That's just not enough in the late game.
No exactly it’s cheesable, but I didn’t want to cheese this ‘challenge’.
@3:38 what are you on about? Riga starts as Prussian culture.
It starts as balten, the baltic german culture. It’s the only province in the game to do so.
I think it was prussian before balten was introduced, but that was a few years back at this point (balten was introduced in lions of the north)
Nope, had to switch primary culture for dip points so can confirm. It does start as a German culture though.
@@teamfossil6312 ah makes sense. But yeah I remember considering a culture conversion then seeing I didn't need to.
@@teamfossil6312 Nothing ever stays the same :)
This game was Riged from the begining.
Btw: you can get riga up to 100 dev with expanded infrastructure and stacking cost reductions from ideas before you start htitting the pay wall.
love video
Riga mentioned raaaah boldrejaja on top
More Latvians here? LOL! 😃😃😃
I revoked the privilegia and have 900something forcelimit with riga&prag 2 province nation. Very fun nation.
Ah, the HRE revoke build. A classic, but a bit too classic.
In my 5 province Riga game, I snaked to Krakow for 2 free merchants.
I considered that too I will be honest, but frankly I preferred prettier borders.
Wouldn't using the trading city exploit to go colonial be better? iirc riga can make use of that
i know someone got all 3 hegemons in 1575 using this i think
I mean yes, but exploit.
3:10 I think that state deletes it randomly, happened to me constantly, Finland just would not keep that building for no reason. That’s probably what happened here
Huh, does sound like something the AI would do though.
I ASKED AND I DID RECIEVE
RAHHHHH!!!!
Riga gaming
Why didn't Wolgast form Pomerania? Is that locked behind not being a vassal?
Yes, you need to be independent :(
Reading this I couldn't help but imagine it as "Why didn't Wolgast form Pomerania? Are they stupid?"
Baltsia
Wait, You actually Play EU4?
Only occasionally :P
I was wondering why there was a grey swath over Russia and I guess Muscovy collapsing thanks to your invasions helped, but still Kazan had the game of their lives.
Muscovy was doing well but yeah they where an unfortunate side effect
1:40 - ... Because you're tired of people trying to cut and eat you?
They can't any more!
Why did you take Gotland and not say Stockholm
Monument, and it looked nicer on the map.
the way you say hegemon has to be rage bait.
Damn you guys are figuring it out
First? disregarding the Lemon Cake...
You actually beat me typing the comment, so yes!
Buut it is a dwarven hold Of Riga so why expand
More dev, when one can’t dig down one must dig sideways
@@LemonCake101 now i want a mod were Riga become dwarves
Ew, tall.
Based. That's ok though, I had a couple 'vassals'.