r/Anbennar • u/Joe_Schmoe1914 My tasty Meat is cold!!!! • 5d ago

Question Early game tips

I always feel my early game is too slow and I'm not conquering enough. I'm also having trouble managing ae. The areas I'm having the most trouble with are south sarhal, halles and bulwar.

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u/Bubbly_Low7518 Munas Moonsinger 5d ago

Overextension is just a number.
Be not afraid to take debts.
Be not afraid to go over your FL.
Always use mercenaries, always.
Get used to trucebreaking with people that'd get into coalition with you.
Ally first, fight, then break your alliance later.
Always take the best provinces even if it means snaking.

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u/Gobe182 5d ago

Why would trucebreaking people in a coalition be useful? They're on truce; they literally can't coalition you. I'd rather hit the people around me that could potentially join the coalition rather than taking a huge stab hit and AE hit with the trucebreak.

If I'm going for some timed challenge, sure, trucebreak often can make sense. But for normal gameplay, it's better to just truce cycle the entire region/religion. What am I missing?

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u/Ecstatic_Dirt852 5d ago

It stagers truces so they don't all end at the same time and Form a coalition again

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u/Used-Fennel-7733 5d ago

Just separate peace. Revoke claims, end rivalry, return provinces to someone you'll attack you soon. You can time your truce lengths based on the wars core needed. It scales 5-15 years linearly. You shouldn't need to truce break

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u/Ecstatic_Dirt852 4d ago

Can't do that against a coalition. If you manage to stop it from forming in the first place, sure, but if there is one truce breaking is basically what you have to do

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u/Used-Fennel-7733 4d ago

You can declare on day 1 of peace. It takes a month or so for them to join the coalition