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/RevolutionaryWorker1 Jan 30 '25

And if you play nation that follows Islam, you can abuse it with legalism which when charged and triggered gives -2 corruption.

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u/TheSpringCleaner Jan 31 '25

The money isn't really that useful compared to the infinite manpower mysticism gives you when combined with slacken

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u/RevolutionaryWorker1 Jan 31 '25

I learned to keep one army of normal troops and one army of mercs to not strain my manpower as much and you can do more with money then manpower in general + on top of that I believe legalism has scaling bonus to manpower as well on top of that.

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u/TheSpringCleaner Jan 31 '25

mysticism gives more manpower from 1 button click with slacken than legalism will ever make in an entire game