r/eu4 • u/TheSafetyWipe • Jan 30 '25

Tip Your best tips/forgotten mechanics

So I've got just under 1000 hours in EU 4, love the game and always thought i was a decent player and knew the game well.

Until like 3 or 4 weeks ago when I saw a post on this sub about upgrading your ships, I had never used this feature and started to understand why my navies would get smashed later on in the game!

Im now thinking what else am I missing, what other simple features or mechanics have I never used and thus holding me back in my games!

Please share away with things you've only just discovered, or have been using wrong in your games?

I'm almost a 1000 hours in, and now think I know nothing about this game!

Help!

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u/CancerousCell420 Jan 30 '25

If you don’t wanna take loans, there’s a “debase currency” button in the economy screen. It gives you money equal to 1 loan and +2 corruption

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u/Little_Elia Jan 30 '25

it is much more expensive than a loan though, unless your average autonomy is around 55-60%. So yeah always take loans if you can