Most important dlcs for EU4?

[Trofast 🤕]

So I've played this some on epic (turned out I got it there for free a while back.)

I wanna play this with some dlcs on steam.

But I'm falling short of 186,35€s for the ultimate-pack...

What dlcs would you recommend to pick up? Any of the other bundles decent?

[AC Denton]

This post is practically asked daily. Learn to use the search bar.

[Trofast 🤕]

Thank you for nothing,

Next.

Edit: I asked for YOUR opinion.
If you don't have an opinion or anything good to add... don't make the effort.

[𝕎𝔸𝕃𝕋𝔼ℝ]

The starter bundle is good enough if you can't get all the ultimate DLCs. Assuming you don't own it already.

[Narrowmind]

Almost all of them are worth having, but buy them half price or less. Start with Art of War and Rights of Man. If you're not sure it's for you, then you can just get the subscription for $5, but to me, if doesn't take long to blow your money on something like this.

[Stephano]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X58i0Bwl24M&feature=youtu.be This is a good guide if you don’t mind watching a video on the topic

[therealfrenchruby]

Leviathen is the best dlc but is bit more expensive depending on what nations you play different dlcs are better I like to play as colonizers like castile or england so the best dlcs for me would be el dorado and golden age

[Howard Roark]

It's tough to answer this question as a lot of it depends on where in the world you like to play. For example, Mandate of Heaven is good if you play in Asia a lot, while Emperor is good for European nations.

I would say the ones that change the game the most are Art of War and Rights of Man.

Past that it depends on where you play/religions you like.
-Russia: Third Rome
-Britain: Rule Britannia
-Europe or Catholic: Emperor
-Asia: Mandate of Heaven
-Middle East: Cradle of Civilization
-India: Dharma
-Iberia: Golden Century
-Cossacks: The Cossacks
-South Asia: Leviathan
-Africa: Origins
-Protestants: Common Sense

Of course, most DLCs have features that apply to all nations. I recommend you get them based upon where you play or what new features you want. Push come to shove, I would recommend you get AoW and RoM, past that I would say Emperor and Common Sense.

[Vladolf Putler]

the thing is, you pick some and play, then you realize there is more stuff in it, but you dont have it, and you want it. So dont be like ok I am not playing middle east so I am not gonna buy Cradle of civilization, there is always a thing which you want, in COC its army drill for example, I would buy the 5 euros per month at this moment for everything. I am buying them because I have some of dlcs for years so its not so hard to buy new one, but from scratch? 5 euros per month is the answer.

[Trofast 🤕]

Thank all you so much for your input!

Originally posted by Stephano:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X58i0Bwl24M&feature=youtu.be This is a good guide if you don’t mind watching a video on the topic

So basicly, most important:
art of war
rights of man
common sense
mandate of heaven
dharma
el dorado
cradle of civilization
emperor

special mentions:
rule britannia
third rome
cossacks
leviathan

starterpack+the rest you seem fit for you

[Kuba]

every dlc is worth having, cuz every has important mechanic, I own every dlc except origins cuz im not interested in africa. Most important are: Art of War, Res Publica, Common Sense, Cossacks, Emperor. If you play countries like England,Colonizers or Orthodox Faith countries you need immersion pack. Dharma is worth imo cuz you have more trade options.

[Khatulistiwa]

you can get the empire bundle, it's only contained gameplay dlc without cosmetic dlc

[Evilkebab]

Disclaimer: I HIGHLY recommend waiting for a sale before buying any dlc's and in the meantime try either the monthly subscription and see which mechanics you do or don't like or try to hop in a multiplayer game where you get to play with whatever DLC the host has purchased.

That said, I recommend getting at least the following.

Art Of War:
* League wars for the HRE
* Revolution Targets at 1700's
* Sortie garrisons to assist in an attack against enemies sieging your fort
* Army Templates
* Give orders to Ai armies (Click a province and make it a target). - This is finicky atm
* New Vassal Type March. Buffs armies but they don't pay you.
* New CB's (Reasons to go to war), as well new peace deal options

Cradle Of Civilization:
* New governments for Mamluks, Fedual Theocracies and Turkick Arabic Tribal Federations.
* Islamic Schools
* Army Professionalism - You will always use this regardless of location
* Exploiting Development
* Some more mechanics/events/buttons for Muslim countries

Mandate Of Heaven:
* Adds Ages to the Game.
* Fleshes out the Chinese Empire with New mechanics, events, and missions as well as fleshing out east Asia in general.
* New Mechanics for the Japans
* Adds Tributaries
* Diplomat Macro Builder. - This is the biggest reason to buy this dlc this is a massive QOL improvement and I would have a hard time playing eu4 without personally.

Res Publica:
* Merchant Republics are fleshed out, Netherlands are Fleshed out.
* National Focus - I use this every game nearly 100% of the time. it allows you to take 1 point from 2 monarch point categories and add them to your 3rd.

I.E:
Admin : 8(-1)
Diplo : 8(-1)
Military: 11(+2)

Rule Britannia:
* Fleshes out the British Isles
* Innovativeness - you will always use this regardless of location
* Naval Doctrines

El Dorado :
* Custom Nation Designer
* Explorers can automatically explore areas via missions
* Treasure fleets from colonies with gold mines -Great if your colonizing Mexico/South A.
* Hunt Pirates Feature - Shared with Mare Nostrum

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These are the dlcs I'd still recommend but have some controversy around the mechanics.

The Cossacks:
* Set Attitude towards AI
* Favor System.
* Trust Mechanic.
* New Tengri mechanics
* Province Razing as hordes. - Playing a horde? (Mongolia, Uzbeck, etc.) You want this DLC specifically for this mechanic.
*Threaten war

Leviathan:
Leviathan was an absolute joke on release but I would recommend getting this especially if you're playing with the favor mechanic. Although it seems some people cannot run the game with this dlc currently.

* Pillaging Capitols in peace deals
* Currying Favors
* Trading favors for cash/manpower/trust
* Monuments -Although this is fairly sparse atm
* New colony Mechanics
* Concentrating Development - Basically you can steal dev from other parts of your country/vassals and put it in your capital.





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Situational :

Emperor:
* Fleshes out the HRE and Revolutionary mechanics.
If you're playing in Europe you should get this pack, If you're not Don't worry about it.

Dharma:
* Fleshes out India with new mechanics and mission trees
* Estates got some more love
* Charter Companies - You can buy land from other nations that are on a different continent.
* Trade Centers have 3 levels and can be upgraded.
* Colonists can be used to develop land instead of looking pretty when you can't colonize anything

Common Sense:
* Province Development - Free mechanic as of 1.28 apparently
* New mechanics for Theocracies, Protestants.
* Government ranks (Duchy, Kingdom, Empire)
* New subject interactions - This is the reason to get this DLC.

Third Rome:
* Fleshes out Russia
* New Orthodox mechanics - This is basically a requirement if you're planning to play orthodox nations.
* Mission trees for Muscovy, Novgorod and the Russian princes