I you form the Latin empire/become catholic, just aim for hre emperor. Then abuse the pretender rebels mechanic to quickly get imperial authority. You get 10 IA every time you get a new ruler and you can get new rulers every 2.5 to 3.5 years. Then convert back to orthodox to complete the byz missions after you revoke the priviligia

Cooler than my start of playing ottomans declaring immediately and releasing as vassal

It's so funny that you got the Burgundian Inheritance as the Latin Empire because the first Latin Emperor was actually Count of Flanders and Count of Hainaut as well.

Just the other day I was playing Aq Qoyunlu and was planning to suck up to the Ottomans early to convince them not to expand past Anatolia. Then after a war with Trebizond I noticed the Ottomans... getting carpet sieged. Byzantine AI went Catholic and Ottomans were at war with Austria, Hungary, the PLC, & the pope all at once, and at war with Venice in a separate war. I then changed my plans and full annexed all the Turkish beyliks in a quick couple wars, like "What are you gonna do about it, Osboy?" After their war, they were actually so intimidated by me that they dropped interest in the Anatolian provinces and stayed by friend lol. I lowkey wish AI Byzantium went Latin more often, it's comfy.

Bonobo, the chimp, the myth, the legend

As an Orthodox myself I feel so much pain after you took that decision but it is just a game but still hurts XD

Amazing!

Converts back to Byzantium: nothing to see here folks

Revoking Latin Favoritism in the Latin Empire seems funny.

This seems like a fun way to play the Latin Empire

Yellow Byzantium lite with most of its actual holdings in Anatolia when the game gets started? Sounds like Nicea from Ante Bellum

I didn't even know this path existed! How did you find out about this strategy? Cool video :)

this strat is actually harder and more RNG rage inducing than just the normal merc/block sea route. After 8+ tries i got them to declare on me, took the papal asshat almost 18months to intervene and then the ottomans fought 5 nations outnumbered 5 to 1 to a standstill. B.S.

I was gonna do research on Teddy Roosevelt's role in the Venezuelan Crisis of the early 1900's, but then I saw this, and saw that it was from monkey man himself, I couldn't resist. Excellent work my friend!

pretty cool this is an option

Honestly the yellow map color is both terrible and great, i hate and love it.

This is so damn cursed

Really a shame it ruins the achievements but I guess I understand why

>who cares about achievements Me sweating nervously after going from 0 to 130+ achievments in the last 7 months

Amazing, I didn't know there was a lazy man strategy to survive :p

It makes sense that it's hard and not fleshed out (you are basically selling your soul) but it's weird that the negative effects can't be removed. The path is unviable enough that both converting to Catholic through rebels (If Catholic purple byzantium is the goal) and just forming Latin empire as a different nation seems more worthwhile.

when Hussite Byzantium?

omg lol this is OP. haha

You concentrated literally on everything BUT reconquesting your core lands

"The only downside is that we would need to convert to Catholicism" Me, an actual Catholic: Downside?

What unit sprites uses the latin empire?

Rushing Ottoman as Byzantine is rng fest except with becoming Catholic but i figure out how to win with lesser rnf reliant even if it's slower. As Byzantine you get a lot of money from the help of Serbia and squeezing the Greek merchant dry event(the one where you lose 20 merchant loyalty for money). Use it to hire mercenary after completing Impending doom and bluff Austria into thinking Byzantine are powerful enough to be Byzantine ally, once the ally secure just curry favor and wait until the right moment for the attack.

I have played 2 games with byz so far in 1.36. In my first try I took all my cores (except edirne) and max money but that caused the mamluks to declare on ottomans and gobble up most of anatolia by 1500. On my second campaign, I only took gelibolu and Macedonia, max money and war reps. The mamluks did the same thing once again. In both cases my only ally when declaring on the ottomans was Serbia, but I didn't call ottomans

i guess doing this also lets you grab Naples with less AE since you are fellow Catholics?

if you are not able to get any achievements you just start with ottomans instead

How did ya get rid of reliance on republics

Are the Ottomans actually coded to delay their attack if you finish missions? Or is it simply them seeing modifiers and thinking you're stronger than you actually are?

Does this still work after patch?

I think you and I have the same taste in the nations we play, that being said I find it hard to suggest interesting videos given that, any Italy game plays the exact same (except Venice my sweet child), the Iberian nations are kind of lame to play, ottomans boring, British isles same as Italy, maaaaybe a catholic Tarascan game?, that’s always been a game I’ve wanted to do but haven’t, coming up with ideas is hard.

Blasphemy!Cursed that latin heresy.

did this but ended up getting declared on by venice and genoa mid war with the ottomans

Lore of This Cursed Strat Makes Byzantium Easy - EU4 1.36 Catholic Byzantium momentum 100

this run is so curse

going catholic as byzantium is strictly restricted by constitution!

First complete missions, then core. You are missing your claim discounts, or at least restart the cores if you didnt take too long to click the mission button.

Bro just form the Latin empire with the knights or Cyprus if you want to do catholic, the eastern roman empire is meant to be orthodox

Cursed strat is take the event to let Ottomans take Constantinople in white peace and make player vassal Morea then Ottomans just grants your cores back.

Blasphemy!