Trade in EU IV is as competitive as war: in addition to the political division of the world into various states, provinces are assigned to trade zones. I don’t need Crimea’s provinces I attack for the sake of expanding my trade power and diminishing the Ottomans’. I would lose a war to either, so cultivate an anti-Ottoman alliance network of small states in the area and attack Crimea. I also need two provinces from Hungary, which is much larger than me, and one from the Ottomans, which seems impossible. Conquering Wallachia gets me more than half the required provinces, but they’re also the easiest on the list. Certain states have decisions to switch identities and traditions unlocked by conquering a specified list of provinces and reaching a particular level of administrative technology. General Voda defeats their small army at a place called Basarabia, and Wallachia is wholly absorbed into Moldavia.įorming new nations in Europa Universalis IV is uncomplicated. Uniting the Voivodes is the first step towards forming Romania, and requires I conquer Wallachia, my southern rival. Voda will lead Moldavian troops for thirty years as a national hero, and his next assignment to Unite the Voivodes puts him on the path to greatness. The battle against the Pretender Rebels is also the first outing for Moise Voda, a young noble elevated to a generalship. Roman marshals a small force of pretender rebels that I easily defeat, and he’s never heard from again. Much as a King Roman forming Romania would fit, I reject him because accepting Roman as king also means accepting Polish vassalisation. Roman, the son of a banished co-monarch, demands to be recognised as king in 1445. Moldavia begins with a disputed succession. However, if the Ottomans are Moldavia’s principal threat to success, the most immediate threat to its survival in 1444 are nearby Hungary and Poland, each expecting to vassalise it.
It's extremely difficult, principally because the Balkans will almost always become part of the Ottoman Empire. To get Dracula's Revenge the player must begin as Moldavia or Wallachia, form Romania and conquer the Balkans. To better know some of its changes, and to celebrate the spooky season without the horror of leaving the strategy section of my steam library, I chose to play as Moldavia and attempt the Dracula’s Revenge achievement.
Critically, the update to Eastern Europe and new path to forming Romania arrives in time for Halloween. The Poland Update adds greater detail to Eastern European map regions, increases the volume of events for Poland, Lithuania and others, and adds unique mission trees for Poland, Lithuania, and Tartar and Romanian nations.
Impaling the most powerful early modern ruler in the world is made possible by the latest update to Europa Universalis IV. I captured the province I wanted, but the Ottoman Empire hated me with the maximum possible intensity forever. Instead 6 February 1474 will be infamous in the Ottoman annals as the day the two most important individuals in the realm were murdered in a bizarre and grotesque way by marauders from across the Danube. I could, and perhaps should, have stopped then, having made modest gains and secured the province I needed to form Romania. A few months later Constantinople fell to a Moldavian siege. Moldavia, which in 1444 begins the game with a handful of provinces and neighbours eager to conquer them, defeated the last of the Ottoman Empire’s armies on the European side of the Aegean Sea in 1474. When the Ottoman Empire declared war on tiny Moldavia, my objective was to survive, not to murder the most powerful king in the region. Impaling the Ottoman Sultan was not part of the plan.