It's a good thing we now know that it is indeed NOT a role-playing game!

that should be one of its tags on steam "not a roleplaying game"

@@scorchinggoat9589 You know what, somebody should get on it.

It's a shooting game right? I don't think that was very clearly conveyed in this video :/

CK4 is a role-playing game

Thank you! That really means a lot to me :D Maybe some day it will :)

Damn this video was made about year ago and he still replies.. what a legend :)

Hanger quill18’s guide I actually liked.

flowerz ye but it’s really only good if eu4 is your first paradox game

Its nearing the top

Thanks! :)

Thats the worst lol. "This is how you do this, but I cant show you right now bc I didnt set it up" gee, thanks... and thats why theyre 3 times longer than needed because they just ramble without direction.

I think I have learnt more from EU4 than from history lessons

@@GameStach agreed

@@GameStach same

The problem is not history lesson the problem is you who don't listen well to history lessons

Yes

Thanks! That was precisely the reason I made this video. :) Hope it helped!

@Wraith I learned watching this video first for the basics and then i searched the little things i didn't know in reddit, steam or paradox forums.

"Balanced, just as all life should be"

@@GameStach respect guys. Respect to this man

@@GameStach If it's not too much, could you do a quick tutorial on Heart's of Iron 4?

Glad to see that we're on the same page about that! Thank you for your compliment! Hope you'll enjoy Eu4 :)

thats why i only watch tutorials on paradox games to see how the game is before i get it or for a small thing i want to know

Half of playing a paradox game is learning how it works. CKIII is my game of choice, and despite playing hundreds of hours I still discover new little mechanics and stuff about the game every now and then. This tutorial is great because you want to prod the player to the point where they can figure out the game while playing it. Certainly that's how CKIII has been for me - the most fun is had when you're experimenting.

Wow, thank you! That is so nice of you to say :D And about those teenagers: those "WHAAAAAAAAAAT IS UP GUYS MY NAAME IS BLABLA AND WELCOME TO TODAY'S VIDEO HEHEHEHEHE" KZfaqrs really piss me off. I'm actually considering doing a sarcastic video on them. But that is probably something for a later point in the year. Anyway, thanks for subscribing! Welcome! :)

Yeah you are right they do start like that. I’m usually like come on come on I don’t have 12 hours on my hand to watch this. Also can’t believe you responded but thx. Good intro too.

@@GameStach "Heyyyyy guys, if you could stick a like and subscribe, comment down beloooooooww, it really helps the channel...etc etc etc"

What an honour! You've just gained 20 Prestige! :D

@@GameStach doing such a great video gave you +3 stability!!

Thank you for the compliment! Yeah, EU4 is one of the worst games to learn by yourself ... Glad to hear you're having fun! :D

Isn't that secretly what we all want to do?

@@GameStach shh we don’t talk about that.

@@abdughar911 LMFAO as a native american I'm terrified of the comments lmfao

@@bradleymianscum939 you won't be terrified long because we are coming soon to you 😘

@@GameStach ..or not so secretly

Glad I could help! If you have any questions, feel free to leave another comment :)

Jel bio težak početak, isplati li se kupovati?

@@adookahsa bogami, isplati se

1. Dan godisnjeg , jesam li najebao s instaliranjem igre ? :D

Thank you! That's really kind of you to say :)

Now he has more,

@@howie3750 only a few more

@@brandon0_091a lot more now

StupidityKiller - Thank you! Really happy to hear you liked it :D

Hey, thanks for your comment! Glad to hear it helped! If you have any more questions, just let me know :)

Much appreciated! Thank you! :)

"Vaguely understands the game" after 2500 hours lmao... thats encouraging ;)

Ayo wait what? You have 2500H and still vaguely understand it? I was hoping to know this game by 100-200 hours 😭

@@jamiefowler7722 I alredy understand Victoria 2 and havent even played for 100 hours, so dont worry everyone learns at a different pace

YOLO

What an honour! Thank you :)

Vassals cannot improve relations.

Thank you! I also find it hard to start playing EU4 sometimes. I come up with a whole of reasons not to play, but when I finally DO play it, it's fun. So I would suggest: Just try it again :)

Thank you! That's great to hear! Have you tried it in a game already? How's it going so far?

@@GameStach It's doing well thanks!

This game can be really tough. I also struggle to not get into debt with Castille. It is a deceptively difficult nation in my opinion (even though it is listed among the "recommended nations"). I personally prefer Aragon over Castille when it comes to playing in Spain. Good luck! :)

Thanks for using the generally accepted English spelling of Castile. One of my pet peeves of Paradox's EU and CK games is that they spell Castile with two Ls. And don't get me started on Victoria giving the names of German provinces in German when so many other countries have their provinces in the English equivalent.

Thank you! That's very nice of you to say :D

Thank you for the compliment! Glad to see you can appreciate my intention here :)

Yeah, it's crazy how much stuff gets added, right?

Great to hear! Thank you very much :)

Thank you, Gustavo! :D

Haha, I have been there 😅 Thank you! I hope you'll keep enjoying EU4!

You're welcome! If you have any question, feel free to ask :)

Thanks mate, really happy to hear that! Enjoy playing with friends; my friends all hate EU4 :(

Great to hear that! I hope you'll enjoy the game =)

Amazing tutorial! Just one more thing, when and where should i invest in development? Should i wait till iam ahead of tech and at peace? Should i invest primarly in my capital or everywhere?

That is a good question! I don't have a definitive answer to that, unfortunately. However, I'll tell you what I usually do: Investing in development is primarily used to increased the stats of your provinces. It will gain you most to: - Increase Admin Dev. in your capital (however, that is expensive) - Increase Diplo Dev. in provinces with high value trade goods (this depends on the period your in, but Gold is always highly profitable) Secondly, you can use development to help the spread of institution. For example, let's say you are very unlucky and "Global Trade" spawns in China and you're somewhere in Europe. It is not smart to wait until it all spreads to Europe. Instead, you can increase development, which will help the growth of that institution. (Just try this out in a game and you'll get what I mean). My rule of thumb of when to invest is generally: - I need the institution (as explained above), or; - I have an excess of power points and I have nowhere else to spend them on. Hope this helps :)

@@GameStach great! Thanks a lot, i feel like you though me everything i need to properly play eu4 now

@GameStach thx for tutorial. Do you know, if I started the basic game without dlcs and afterwards I would buy a dlc, will I able to continoue my save game with dlc ? Which dlc gives me the right and chance to give some occupied region to my ally at peace? Cosscks maybe? Thx in advance

​@@roninodikai If you start the game without dlc, and then buy ones, you can no longer play that save game sadly :( I have had this lots of times. I believe that transfering occupation is not part of a DLC anymore. You have to click the province, and that is where you can transfer occupation. If you want to give the province to you ally in the peace deal, simply select it there. It should now show up in the summary of the deal :)

Thanks! Great to hear! Hope you're enjoying EU4 :)

Dom Graves Great to hear! It was a real headache for myself when I just started out, so I’m glad you’re already enjoying it! What nation did you try first?

@@GameStach I've really liked England so far. I love the idea of unifying a geographic area with clear borders and islands are as clear as they get

Yes, that is nice indeed! Preventing map gore and such, haha! I had some real trouble with England when I just started out because of France. Nice that it is going well!

Great to hear! Let me know how your first game went :D

Thank you! That is very nice to hear! :D I also have a few tutorial series that could be helpful. You could check out the Ottomans if you're interested in playing them or if you want to learn more about the basics of the game (kzfaq.info/sun/PLneeyHrEgpDiiy0SotgFuOBHW7BJYaRsA). In case you're a bit more experienced, then the Castille series could be useful (kzfaq.info/sun/PLneeyHrEgpDhPqih5ksxf1MXikUeaOYvx). That one introduces colonization and colonial nations. (And new videos are of course on the way :) )

Thank you, that's wonderful to hear! I hope you're enjoying the game!

Glad I could help!

Awesome! Thank you! I hope you'll enjoy the game. It can be reaaally frustrating at times, but if you give it some time, you'll waste more hours on it than you'd like :D

Glad I could help! I hope you'll enjoy the game!

Thank you! Nice to hear it was helpful :)

Thank you! Happy to hear I could help :)

Thank you! You're very welcome! :)

Thank you! :)

Wonderful to hear! Thank you! Enjoy the game :)

And thank you for your nice compliment! :D

Hahaha, that is of course the exception! :D

Edwin Zell Amazing! Thanks :D I hope you’ll enjoy them!

Thank you!! Wonderful to hear :) Glad to know it helped!

Thank you and good luck! Which nation are you starting with? :)

Thanks! That's wonderful to hear! I hope you're enjoying the game :)

And thank you for your nice comment! Have fun playing :D

@@GameStach Thanks, have a nice day

Awesome! Wonderful to hear! Thanks for the sub :)

Always happy to help a member of the Crimson Demon Clan :)

Thanks a lot!

Glad to hear it! You're very welcome :)

Glad you liked it!

Thank you man! I'm really happy you say that! :D If you ever want to play game or ask questions, feel free to join the discord server: discord.com/invite/UU3fJEP Hope to see you there!

Wow, thank you for your amazing compliment :) I have a degree as a teacher, so I know that most people (myself included) don't have an extremely long attention span; so I try not to tell non-essential information. Before making this video, I obviously watched what other tutorials were like, and most of them start by going over the icons in the top bar. That sometimes takes them an entire episode of 20 minutes. I did that in under a minute, because I think people can read a tooltip themselves - they don't need me to do that for them. But anyway, if people know enough to play the game comfortably after my video, my goal is achieved :)

man, I feel you, I bought stellaris like 2 years ago and I just gave up because the games tutorial is so hard to grasp and to watch tutorials with 40 mins about 1 single thing is just ridiculous

It sure is! CK2 is, in my opinion, more about the characters and not so much about conquering (although you can still do this of course). I'm more of an "I want to conquer everthing" kind of guy, so that's why I enjoy EU4 a bit more than CK2. How about you? Anyway, thank you for your compliment! Glad to hear it helped!

@@GameStach I like both lol, the characters are very interesting in ck2, I would never have come up the idea of a dwarf immortal Augustus of rome by myself but eu4 looks like alot of fun so again, I thank you for making the transition easier :D

You're welcome! :D (Sorry for the late response. I don't get notifications if someone responds to my response haha)

Thank you! That makes my day :) Hope you'll enjoy playing EU4! (and my videos)

Part 1: "EU4 is not ..." Part 3: "How to launch the game"

You're welcome! I hope you'll enjoy the game :)

Thank you for your compliment! Yes, EU4 can be quite confusing at the start. Don't worry, you'll master it in no time :) Best tip ever: Just hover over things you don't get, read the tooltip and it should help you big time. If you happen to have any questions, just let me know :)

I hope so too!

Thanks!

Good luck! You can do it :)