EU4 1.35 The Three Mountains -- Two POWERFUL Openings

In this video, we'll get do two alternative openings for the Three Mountains Achievement in EU4 -- both very powerful.

This is one of EU4’s hardest achievements but it doesn’t have to be un-fun! :)

[connorshorts]

This is honestly one of the best eu4 videos I have seen. I respect the effort put into both explaining and playing out different strategies. Im sure that took a lot of time and work

[zezinhodoposto]

Really straightforward and efficient guide, thank you so much! Please keep these guides coming!

[villus]

I was just thinking about starting a play through, and here you are with a perfectly timed video! Your videos are always well thought out and very thorough, and I loved the personal connection in the intro. Great video as always!

[leifkjnny]

Also, humble suggestion for those following the Japan Emperor of China strategy: Instead of going Shinto -> Confucian, you can stay Animist until you take the Mandate and then convert to Hinduism by decision (you just have to own a Hindu province somewhere). Yes, Confucian is very cool but as Hindu you can get another -20% CCR on top of the EoC bonuses, which is incredibly useful for a world conquest.

[danworks]

Really good strategies and also love seeing your love of Okinawa itself, adds a nice personal touch to this video

[YakubianApe]

Been waiting on this, love your style of videos

[emileliseuse]

I recently discovered your channel and it's honestly very good, I have a bit under 2000 hour in the game and I never did any WC but now I really want a try

[henrikfrandsen]

Thank you. This is top tier EU4 content. I hope for much more. An idea for a video. Make the strongest army possible in terms if special unit types, you mentioned having banners and samurais at the same time, together with high discipline, combat ability and morale. Everybody loves a good stackwipe festival.

[Dahiasz]

I have tried to get this achievement a couple of time over the years and have always failed. Maybe me getting recommended this video is a sign to give it another shot :D Love the channel from what I have seen so far, immediate sub!

[paulmeahan]

I honestly think you are producing the best EU4 videos on YT at the moment. I will watch anything you choose to do next! Hell...I would watch long-form campaigns where you just do this stuff (though I recognize that's a very different form of video).

[qudruplem]

You make it seem so easy! Very fun to video to watch. Could you do a little segment on estate mechanics anytime soon? I would love some insight from mr sphere himself

[alessandersmoke]

Great video as always Alex, really enjoyed it

[Wright]

25:28 Once you lower the autonomy, you then lose the -100% chance of rebellions because of recent rebellion.... so you go back into the same situation you had before.

Also great video, cant believe i watch for almost an hour and enjoyed all of it.

[oilydoubloonz]

absolutely love the videos. keep it up!

[Ratlegion]

Love your work, my friend. One day, I hope to spend a bit more time playing these challenging nations.

[matan]

Love the great content-- keep it coming!!

[kamilmajewski]

Your content is amazingly great. Didn't see such 'new' channel for a while. Subbed, liked, ringed,

[elworro_michlalych]

+++
Actually amazing staff is Enforce peace to avoid No CB wars.
I use it very often, especially in HRE to make calm some brave neighbors.

[fredericcortat]

Thanks for this video !! Your thourough and systematic explanations of the different options available and the reasoning behind the decisions you take make this video a fantastic guide to open as Okinawa. I greatly appreciate your systematic and analytic style, thanks for this guide !! The "enforce peace" strategy is absolutely brilliant, thanks for the demonstration !!

Personally I am a big fan of the nations in the Philippines in EU4 and currently testing various opening strategies for Cebu, for the Philippine Tiger achievement. I recently came up with an opening strategy that consists in a no-CB on Korchin in december 1444, to create an early vassal in India and have the opportunity to rotate wars and spread the AE through time during the campain, but today I suddenly wondered if there would be a way to get involved in Japan and have northern expansion as part of the campain as well. In that case, it seems to me that becoming shogun should be a central part of that campain.

As Cebu, at the cost of 2 stab levels (no CB) it is possible to vasalise Korchin before 1446 and then use those guys claims on their neighbours to take Vijayanagar by speed and feed Korchin most of the minors on the southern Indian west coast before 1450, creating a very early foothold in India (the best part of this strategy is that the powerful Indian nations neighbouring Korchin will not know where we are before ~1500, therefore in practice there are no consequences for the AE that comes with the no-CB war declaration since those nations cannot declare on Cebu; it's crazy !!!!).
Taking then either the expansion or the exploration idea group (because of the 2 stabs hit due to no-CB early on, admin points will be scarce and exploration is probably the better choice), in principle one could have a +20% colonial range advisor as soon as the 1st colonist is unlocked (1st idea with expansion, 2nd idea with exploration). This means that, without colonizing Taiwan or even the northern part of the Philippines, Cebu could in principle core provinces in the southern part of Japan as early as ~1557. That happens to be the year you got involved in Japanese politics yourself in your video. Not sure if 2 diplomates will be enough to improve with enough Daimyos so as to have the "enforce peace" option that you explain so well in your video, future testing will have to show if it works or not. At any rate, the core idea then would be to move the capital to one of the provinces conquered in Japan, and develop the renaissance there, so as to be able to shift to a Japanese culture and become eligible for the independent Daimyo governement. Then somehow (??) put together 30k troops, provoque the Shogun and take over.

I think it would be pretty swell to have a campain with Cebu that expands in all directions, instead of the standard Phillipines - Malay - Bengal - India that is implicitly required by the Philippine Tiger achievement. What I wonder is if you know if an independent Daimyo can have subject of their own? Is it possible to combine my Korchin opening with a play for the shogunate 10 years later, i.e. starting the Cebu campain by vasalising Korchin, and then become an independent Daimyo in Japan while keeping Korchin as a subject? The EU4 wiki doesn't say anything on that matter.

If it is possible, I think it would make for some pretty exciting adventures !!

[kretson]

Damn bro, thank's for this. I've gone the Manchu strategy (although without Mongol culture) and managed 3100 dev and 340 income by 1600.

This gonna be gut