Triple the Rome Achievement

[Flandre Scarlet]

What's the best strategy here? The Empire of China is easy enough, but the HRE is where things get complicated for me, i mainly want to focus on the HRE in order to Proclaim Erbkaisertum so i can switch my religion from the Christian group to the Eastern to allow me to claim the Empire of China.

The question i want to make is if i can make the Empire Orthodox or not, i know that it can be turned Hussite but don't know if that's a mechanic or just an event that Bohemia gets when enough princes get converted, if the empire can't be turned orthodox then i will play as catholic Russia, Proclaim Erbkaisertrum and then Claim China.

If anyone has a better strategy i'd like to know.

[RCMidas]

Start as Oirat, advance into Russia and Europe, claim the Mandate, culture-shift and become Russia, convert to Catholicism, wipe out most of the HRE (remember to vassalise the Electors), become HREmperor by default as perhaps the last surviving Catholic nation - or at least the only one the Electors can now vote for.

Much easier than waiting until the Protestant League declares war, because the only way to make Orthodox nations viable as HREmperors is to ensure that the war goes on for 25 years or does not end with the Religious Supremacy peace deal being made. As the war can only be started by a Protestant country, you can't just be Big Bad Orthodox Russia and do it yourself, though you may be a part of the Protestant League.

Plus claiming the Mandate this early means you get to eat up all of China using the Unify China CB that autogrants cores on every sieged province, saving you a stupid amount of ADM points and letting you marshal the full economic and military potential of the subcontinent in your European invasion.

[Marquoz]

The two easiest approaches to this are:

1) Start as Austria and revoke the privilege. Meanwhile, conquer all the provinces needed to become Russia, culture shift, and become Russia. That's 2 of the 3. Then conquer some Tengri provinces, use religious rebels to become pagan, claim the Mandate, and take the Emperor of China title.

2) Start as Oirat and wipe out Ming via the usual route. Then become Russia via the process I described in 1), switch to Catholic, and become Emperor of the HRE.

2) is faster because of horde mechanics but 1) is relatively easy because of the vassal swarm. Ironically, starting as Muscovy is the worst way to get what should be a Russian achievement start to finish because you have to swap religions twice and have a harder start. Triple the Rome was badly designed. I don't like it.

[Flandre Scarlet]

Well then i guess i'll be playing Austria to get a Russian achievement, maybe on the way i'll get A.E.I.O.U aswell.

What a nicely designed achievement :)

[fingerneun]

Originally posted by Marquoz:

The two easiest approaches to this are:

1) Start as Austria and revoke the privilege. Meanwhile, conquer all the provinces needed to become Russia, culture shift, and become Russia. That's 2 of the 3. Then conquer some Tengri provinces, use religious rebels to become pagan, claim the Mandate, and take the Emperor of China title.

I did it with Bohemia and Confucian.
I prefered to convert via accept demand which works with eastern religions but not pagans religions. i hope I remember that correct.
That you can't convert to Inti that way cost me a frankfurt to anden run.

[Marquoz]

Sure, Bohemia can work. However, Austria is a faster, stronger revoker and therefore easier. I was trying to provide the two simplest and fastest approaches, not every approach.

[Pozz]

Originally posted by Marquoz:

The two easiest approaches to this are:

1) Start as Austria and revoke the privilege. Meanwhile, conquer all the provinces needed to become Russia, culture shift, and become Russia. That's 2 of the 3. Then conquer some Tengri provinces, use religious rebels to become pagan, claim the Mandate, and take the Emperor of China title.

2) Start as Oirat and wipe out Ming via the usual route. Then become Russia via the process I described in 1), switch to Catholic, and become Emperor of the HRE.

2) is faster because of horde mechanics but 1) is relatively easy because of the vassal swarm. Ironically, starting as Muscovy is the worst way to get what should be a Russian achievement start to finish because you have to swap religions twice and have a harder start. Triple the Rome was badly designed. I don't like it.

Oirat also have the advantage of being able to take the Mandate before it is destroyed. Had to start over twice because someone had destroyed the mandate when I found my way to Asia :'D