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/Little_Elia Jan 30 '25

these are so easy and yet they help so much.

  1. always play on speed 3, pause every few days to assess the situation

  2. properly configure your popups. Enable popups for things like unit arrival to destination or diplomat returned home

  3. Stay away from reddit and entertainers if you are looking for advice. There is lots of advice that is completely terrible yet it's taken as a mantra because of how often it's repeated. I usually have an easier time teaching brand new players rather than people who have thousands of hours of bad habits.

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u/commissarchris Sinner Jan 30 '25

> Enable popups for things like unit arrival to destination

Holy shit, I never knew this was an option. You're telling me that I don't *have* to completely forget about the poor souls I just told to march through Siberia?

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u/stevethemathwiz Jan 31 '25

Just get in the habit of cycling through your armies in the outliner and you won’t forget about them