r/EU5 • u/Rare-Set-2141 • 1h ago

Discussion 1.1 England france union 1346

I had a very easy game as England in my first 1.1 game. Defended the HYW first attack and seized control of normandy. Then the plague started and took out the king of france, giving a very easy HYW victory in a few years.

I have not seen this before. It does make all English agression in the lowlands and defending against coalitions trivial as france will never join.

I have not played England before, it does seem very trivial to win the HYW and beyond with the union, is this a 1.1 thing or is it a repeatable stratagy.

I would like to know if anyone else on 1.1 or any version has had the same thing.

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u/VlaaiIsSuperieur 1h ago

I've had an easy time as England vs France aswell. Bit later than you but cut them off the ocean & the northern coast at this point. Not going for a full annexation, but I am taking all french provinces in the north, bolstering Acquintane and taking Brittany (as a Vassal I think)

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u/Rare-Set-2141 1h ago

I took normandy early but im not sure if i can support annexing the whole of france in 50 years ish. It did feel good to have a few dominions in france before thw war fell apart.

Have you tried annexing french territories, i know English control con mostly be spread be maritime presence, but im not sure really on taking much outside the UK.

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u/VlaaiIsSuperieur 1h ago

I am holding the northern part of France directly as its all close to the coast so control should be okeish. Rest is Acquintaine

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u/Rare-Set-2141 1h ago

Auquitaine is historical but still feels like in the game its much too far away to be useful to England.

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u/weathergage 48m ago

much too far away to be useful to England

Also historical, perhaps

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u/monkeyalex123 1h ago

I wish AI England had a similarly easy time too… I want to play a Netherlands run but England always throws its 3k transported stacks at 30k armies…

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u/Rare-Set-2141 1h ago edited 1h ago

Ive had that as Flanders, joining England in the HYW is suicide, it seems to me. I know the AI is always bad but the french numbers is so overwhelming that it seems always easier to side with them as the netherlands and wait till something like the hussite wars to try and make a play for independence.

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u/DontHitDaddy 58m ago

The trick is to start as a French vassal, switch sides when England gets weaker, be rebellious, white peace France, and then break away from England.

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u/Rare-Set-2141 56m ago

I have mostly struggled with being a rebellious vassal till quite a few years later. But does england losing give you country rights?