There are couple of ways to deal with Ming and their tributaries.You need at least one big badass ally for most of the game.Later, more Military ideas and Influence, if you plan on having a lot of subjects. If you have the Third Rome DLC, there will be an event called The Moscow Kremlin which if you choose the clergy option, it will give -15% development cost which will be easy to spawn the renaissance institution in Moscow so you cannot wait until Novgorod(If you annexed it) spawns it naturally in 1480-90 halting your tech

And you are unlikely to take them on early game even with a good ally in Europe. Ill only send my large army back out to sweep up rebuilt novgorod armies (before they can hit my mercs or do anything productive). The high force limit that Muscovy's national ideas allows help keep vassals in line because of relative military strength, encouraging the use and growth of vassals. Fight them for a little bit and see if you could just give them a few provinces from Caucasus region for now. However, having a steppe horde nation with at least 300 development bordering Ming is almost guaranteed to cause the Celestial Empire big problems due to the associated disaster. For example, in the early game Particularities of any middle game may vary greatly, therefore this chapter examines the most common themes. Choose to get more patriarch authority almost every time. Allying Denmark if Sweden is not yet free, or allying Sweden if they have already gotten their freedom, can help the security of this north-west border, as well as provide a relatively powerful ally. Other significant neighbours include Sweden, Nogai, Crimea, Pskov, Livonian Order. Objective- Cut Novgorod off from rest of Europe.

Ill only send my large army back out to sweep up rebuilt novgorod armies (before they can hit my mercs or do anything productive). It is in Muscovy's interests to get to Level 10 Admin Tech within a reasonable timeframe, as it is part of the requirements for forming Russia. Muscovy starts bordering Lithuania, Novgorod, Kazan, Great Horde, Perm, Ryazan, Odoyev, Tver, Beloozero, Rostov and Yaroslavl. Wait until the Golden Horde masses troops in Tambov. In the second war, take the two center of trades.They might be allied to Uzbek, but you should be able to take them on too.Quick siege both forts of Great Horde.

Get some money from their allies and get those provinces.Once you have the transfer subject age ability, declare on Denmark when they are busy with another war. This will be a long war. If the player conquers the steppe tribes to the east, they may eventually find themselves sharing a border with a tributary of With patch 1.29, it is harder to drain Ming's mandate due to the changes in tributary mechanics. Your objective is to take Norway as your own subject. Since the crushing defeat of the Golden Horde at the hands of the Muscovy has made good use of this power vacuum, expanding their control over the other principalities rapidly, through both cunning and use of military resources.

The country tag for Muscovy in EU4 is:. To increase trade power and force limit, all provinces in the White Sea and North Sea trade nodes should be Please help with verifying or updating this infobox. Bavaria? Relatively often, Sweden will try and get their independence from Denmark.

If Lithuania rivals the player and does not fall under a Ryazan starts the game with no heir and the player's Dynasty so they can claim the throne and force them under a PU as soon as they have got more prestige than them. You will need 2 or 3 wars to completely conquer or vassalize Novgorod. However, it will be a huge drain on your manpower, economy and time. Here’s what I recommend-Hope this little guide helps out newer players who are looking to be the next Tsar! Its not too hard if no one has formed Bharat or Hinudstan yet.Ottomans are THE hardest enemy you will face playing as Muscovy/Russia. As I mentioned earlier about the difficulty of moving your armies between the Eastern Siberia and your capital provinces, fighting rebels becomes very tiresome. These are difficult to convert, and will cause a reduction in religious unity, thus increasing corruption. Make sure you do this while in the Age of Discovery.Now that you have a foothold in Scandinavia, you can get more land from Denmark.

The command to kill the ruler of Muscovy is:. Your technology is usually behind, as are your ideas.

Positioned along the Muscovy-Great Horde border, Ryazan also shares a border with Odoyev, whom they will inevitably Lithuania is the only neighbour which can field an army of comparable size to Muscovy's.

Ottomans? tag MOS.

The province of Rzhev is owned by Novgorod Novgorod gets "Defeated Muscovy" for 20 years, giving the following effects: +15% manpower recovery speed +10% morale of armies; Novgorod gets permanent claims on the following areas: Oka; Ryazan; Novgorod gets a permanent claim on the province of Yelets Reconquer Vologda Conquer Tver All following provinces are owned by Novgorod or … Cyprus. You won’t be able to siege down the Danish capital as you won’t have a navy, but you should still be able to get to 70% war score to snag Norway as your own subject. The player's nation should consider vassalizing a steppe horde and then feed it provinces so that it both borders Ming and has the required development.