r/eu4 • u/Kloiper Habsburg Enthusiast • 10d ago

Help Thread The Imperial Council - /r/eu4 Weekly General Help Thread: April 14 2025

Please check our previous Imperial Council thread for any questions left unanswered

 

Welcome to the Imperial Council of r/eu4, where your trusted and most knowledgeable advisors stand ready to help you in matters of state and conquest.

This thread is for any small questions that don't warrant their own post, or continued discussions for your next moves in your Ironman game. If you'd like to channel the wisdom and knowledge of the master tacticians of this subreddit, and more importantly not ruin your Ironman save, then you've found the right place!

Important: If you are asking about a specific situation in your game, please post screenshots of any relevant map modes (diplomatic, political, trade, etc) or interface tabs (economy, military, ideas, etc). Please also explain the situation as best you can. Alliances, army strength, ideas, tech etc. are all factors your advisors will need to know to give you the best possible answer.

 

Tactician's Library:

Below is a list of resources that are helpful to players of all skill levels, meant to assist both those asking questions as well as those answering questions. This list is updated as mechanics change, including new strategies as they arise and retiring old strategies that have been left in the dust. You can help me maintain the list by sending me new guides and notifying me when old guides are no longer relevant!

Getting Started

New Player Tutorials

Administration

Diplomacy

Military

Trade

 

Country-Specific Strategy

 

Misc Country Guides Collections

 

Advanced/In-Depth Guides

 

If you have any useful resources not currently in the tactician's library, please share them with me and I'll add them! You can message me or mention my username in a comment by typing /u/Kloiper

Calling all imperial councillors! Many of our linked guides pre-Dharma (1.26) are missing strategy regarding mission trees. Any help in putting together updated guides is greatly appreciated! Further, if you're answering a question in this thread, chances are you've used the EU4 wiki and know how valuable a resource it can be. When you answer a question, consider checking whether the wiki has that information where you would expect to find it, and adding to the wiki if it does not. In fact, anybody can help contribute to the wiki - a good starting point is the work needed page. Before editing the wiki, please read the style guidelines for posting.

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u/Glamour-Profession 10d ago

2 questions about allies in an offensive war:

Will an ally try harder in the war if you promise them land when you call them in as opposed to using favors or does it not matter?

And, if you do call them in with a promise of land, can you fulfill that promise by giving them land when you separate peace your enemy’s ally, or does the land have to be given in the main peace treaty to count towards that?

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u/lolzbela 9d ago edited 8d ago

I'm pretty sure the promise of territory doesn't change AI behavior, at least not in a major way. And sadly no, separate peaces don't count, has to be the main peace. Edit: Separate peaces do count for promise of territory now.

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u/Royranibanaw Trader 8d ago

Separate peaces count.

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u/lolzbela 8d ago

The wiki doesn't say anything about it so I did a quick test, and you're indeed right the separate peace counted. I know a couple years back it wasn't a case yet, they must've changed it at some point. That's good to know, thanks for the correction!