If it is winter and you’ve lost territory or forts, you could halt your attack and instead focus on reconquering what you’ve lost until Spring rolls around, then move on the offensive again. You can use this to your advantage in several ways. You won’t take winter damage when you’re in your own territory or reconquering territory you controlled at the beginning of the war. If you’re planning an extensive invasion into enemy territory, maximize the months before you will get hit with winter damage. It is important to take the season into account when you wage war. If you’re fighting in Russia, winter conditions tend to last from late November through the end of April, though they will be most punishing December through February. Here are some tips to avoid destruction by weather. So even if you win every battle, you may find your manpower depleted to zero before you even realize it.
The tricky part is, if you aren’t careful, you might not notice at first because you are still getting reinforcements out of your manpower pool. Field a big army during a severe winter and you could be bleeding up to 10% of your troops every month. But while normal attrition maxes out at 5%, weather conditions will increase the maximum attrition. Winter affects attrition by functionally adding to the supply weight of an army. Keep your army smaller in those provinces and no more thought is required.įighting in winter, however, changes the game. The only times it seems to affect me was having a huge army in a province that had very small supply for an extended period of time. As I imagine many of you may be in the same position and just excited to try Russia in the new DLC, I wanted to break down how to deal with the harsh winters and not ravage your own manpower.Īrmy attrition has been a part of EU4 since launch, but I have rarely had to pay it much mind. I realized that in all those hours of play, I had never been a country that had to deal with the effects of warfare in a harsh winter environment.
However, in my first game as Moscovy, I found myself utterly destroyed. I generally know my way around and usually have no trouble managing consistent growth and survival. EU4 is a game that, according to Steam, I’ve played for 118 hours. Most recently, a new DLC, Third Rome, has made Russia a very fun country to play. Europa Universalis 4, Paradox Interactive’s Early Modern Grand Strategy Game, has mostly focused on the early colonizing powers such as Spain, Portugal, Great Britain, and France.
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