THIS is the ONLY WAY you should start a MING WORLD CONQUEST in EU4!

EU4 Ming is traditionally a bit of a snooze-fest. But today, we're going to play a pacifist Ming! Not really - we're going to be focusing on the EU4 tributary and EU4 mandate of heaven features! If you have high enough mandate, and have passed enough reforms, you can convert tributaries into vassals and enjoy! We're going to be stacking modifiers to reduce diplomatic annexation cost to begin a MING WORLD CONQUEST!

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#EU4

[TheSocialStreamers]

Spoilers: This mechanic is OP as hell.

[andreashecht]

Laith Playing "tall" is more agressive than me trying to play wide lmao

[WhiteLama]

That 50 Admin event usually gives 1 Stability, but you were already at max stability!

[henryglennon]

So reading between the lines, Laith's upgraded from bin burning to breaking into cars and getting in fights? Maybe the next EUIV multiplayer collab will be Zlewikk and the Red Hawk staging an intervention.

[maxkaufmann]

This was a really nice video, in terms of change of pace but also in how you show us what you're doing. I've never touched Ming, it is a bit daunting to me, but now you've made me want to try it.

[IHaveAStripeyHat]

Super excited for a part 2. Really interesting way to play Ming.

[ZarjkPC]

Was waiting for this after the Majapait vid.

[ubershoplift]

Loved watching this as I attempt to claim the Mandate of Heaven as Manchu, while also having +9.41 unrest

[stefanvisan]

I rarely play in the China region, but some time ago i started as a jurchen tribe into Qing. The amount of tributaries i got from picking the exploriation ideea (for the coloniser) is astounding. By the time i unified China for the achievement, i had around 70 tributaries. Ofc, if i cared, i could have gone for more, but it got boring.

[oxjmanxo]

8:30 the 50 admin power is from you already being at +3 stability. I sometimes click it if I’m already at like 95 prestige.

[GrafSchocola]

When he announced the video, I was sure he's gonna do a good old Ming into Tibet into Yuan but I'm excited where this is going xD

[Mr.Bellafante]

This was great, looking forward to the next part.

[dgcu-t]

Ming is kinda misrepresented in EU4. The development of Ming should be doubled, and every country over 1000 development should be given a province debuff to simulate the inefficiency of big empires.

[theone]

I can see it being a pain with 30 relation drop for annexation.

[tigrecito]

24:50 why do you reform on 83 mandate when its better to reform on 100 go down 70 to 30.. then ur only below the 50 for a short period of time?

[EmporerDragon]

I hope this reaches the point to where the pope and the HRE are made into tributaries.

[sufferingincorporatedtm]

imagine bringing all of asia as vassals against russia or the ottomans or someone in europe, it would be amazing

[AlienTreeGuy]

Sorry Laith, they patched out Minghals. Not sure if it works, but I just looked over the Wiki and it SEEMS like you can form Aotearoa as Ming, but I don't know if that works. Might be a fun playthough tho ;P

[xandyreochd]

Lol, hilarious, Hejaz knows that soon Ming will surpass even Ulm!!!

[pileofcheese]

diplo annex (DA) cost is also modified by admin eff (AEf), and all power costs (APC). Which means you can get another 10% if you get yourself to 100 inno, and another 10% from a golden age. The APC modifier is multiplicative with DA cost modifiers tho, so you get cost*(0.5 from DA)*(0.8 from APC) = 40% of cost, and not just cost*(0.3 from DA + APC) = 30% of cost.
AEf is multiplicitive with that, again, so at 50% AEf, you cut those costs in half, again.