who should i play for my next eu4 campaign?

for the uninitiated

sarig yogir is the lowest dev neighbour of ming to the west
solon is the lowest dev horde to the east

democracy's overrated, i'm playing sarig yogir

revisiting an old campaign

cutting chagatai in twain

the long tentacle of sarig yogir

that's enough for today

reached 1530, and sarig yogir has become the strongest horde on the steppes

tasty uzbek meal

expansion is a little limited right now, don't yet have the strength to beat transoxiana or muscovy or defy ming

fortunately oirat just broke our long standing alliance so i can consolidate the steppe

oh god, oh no, not again

1560, time to stop for now

next time, i'll kick the crap out of transoxiana with my 3 tech advantage

what

what

what!?

okay i couldn't leave transoxiana so smug

fought a long and very brutal war with them (half my country got sieged by rebels, turns out they had twice my troop numbers)

but i managed to feed my vassal kazakh, and then smash oirat again, might try and drive my way to manchu

when the truce expires i'll smash transoxiana again, also next time ming passes a reform i need to cancel my tributary status so i can trigger the undefended borders disaster

honestly the tribute mechanic makes historic sense but it is incredibly annoying

have to deal with not just the tribute pop up every year but also the fact they change the tribute demand sometimes multiple times a year

ming is beaten but certainly not cowed, really wish they'd start imploding

we're number 8

we enter the 17th century, well on our way to controlling all mongol territory

fighting china even with all the debuffs it gets from the border crisis, is a nightmare

i don't know why that event that releases shun didn't fire, maybe i was too late

settling kashmir once and for all

war #3 a lot easier, wiped several ming armies

they're history

i don't want to hurt theodoro, they're too precious

but they're in the way...

we're getting close to the landmass of our forebears

the year is 1693, moscow has fallen to the horde

1704, there is no one who can oppose us

we enter the race to conquer as much as possible before the end

stabbed manchu in the back, shall cycle wars between muscovy, mewar, manchu and ming

all begin with m

how poetic

i lied, the one power that can oppose me is the mamluks, so i'll probaby have to leave their client state of iran alone, which is a pity

unless i can find a way to seperate them, because i'd quite like iran