You can probably match them with the amount of ships but as far as quality goes England has that advantage because of their ridiculous boost to naval morale. If you want to form the HRE, religious is highly recommended as second or third idea group. It's 1460 and I already have Strassburg and Milhouse (van Houten). Being able to only invest into 2 ideas and be able to fight toe-toe with these nations in morale while possibly being ahead in tech because you didn't have to invest to fill an idea group for flat fighting stats is pretty useful. In any case I started a Wurttemburg game last night. Additionally, either nation is likely to decl…īaden, Wurttemberg.?Can you tag switch to Franconia after forming Swabia? Not opposed to going military ideas early so long as you don't lag behind in tech. r/eu4: A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV by Paradox Development Studio. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries.