Post by John Marston on Apr 11, 2021 10:42:32 GMT
Hello and welcome to the most detailed and most comprehensive, latest guide on European War 4. This guide consists of all your needs, wants and their explanation at a single place. So before we start, I would like to thank NetherFreek for the idea and inspiration to come up with such a project. So letβs get started 
This is the starting screen of European War 4.
Newbies - What should I do now?
Me - Which should I play now?
So the starting screen is divided into 5 buttons.
1. Campaign - It contains the missions.
2. Conquest - It has the βdestroy all your enemies modeβ
3. Tutorial - It shows you how to play the game
4. Headquarters - Shows your slots, generals, princesses, HQ level, Academy to recruit generals and a constantly refreshing shop, to buy the relevant items.
5. Options - has game settings.
Letβs first start with the Campaigns. When you open the campaign menu, you something like this -
The first one (blue one) is the French campaign during the Napoleonic wars. The pink one is of the coalition. The third one, in Austria, is of HRE (Holy Roman Empire) and the one in Russia is of Eastern Overlord. The American Campaign is the fifth and the British one - Sun Never Sets is the last one. Hereβs a brief description -
1. The Imperial Eagle - Want to reconstruct history? Want me to win the Napoleonic wars? Want to know what I would have done next I had won in Waterloo? Then play this exciting campaign with loads of enemies, stacked odds but powerful generals and a patriotic country.
2. Coalition - Go through the series of campaigns and know how the coalition, after heavy beating until Moscow, made the French retreat and their supposed invasion ofβ¦
3. Holy Roman Empire - The sons of the great empire strive to make their empire great again. But, will they turn on their brothers or ally with them? Play it to check it out.
4. Eastern Overlord - Russia VS Ottomans. Who dominates the eastern Europe? Who betrays who and allies with whom? What are they planning next? Dominate Europe?
5. American campaign - The independence of America and the difficulties they faced during their struggle against the British and their expansion to the west and into Europe. EUROPE TOO?! Yes check it out
6. Sun Never Sets - Navy means British and British meant Navy. Gear up and train your generals and stock up on items as this one is the most challenging of all the campaigns.
So the Imperial Eagle and Coalition campaign are unlocked. When you click on any campaign, say Imperial Eagle, you get something like this, depending on the campaign you open.
The side labels are the name of the campaign and as Nobunaga Oda says, ET has clubbed a few wars to make one mission (at least thatβs what I think). You will have only one - Siege of Toulon unlocked. Now select the first mission.
What do I do now? Do I need to conquer the whole map? I was foolish enough to think like that when I first started on EW4. Just focus on the Red circle below the objective. If it is a city, defend if it is under your control, capture if in enemyβs control, kill if it is a general, defend if it is your general. Sometimes, it is enough to just kill the general in the city. But keep a unit ready if need be. So how do I move my units? Just click on them and select the place where you want to go.
Here, as you can see, there some white circles and a huge red one. The white circle (FYI : It is called as a hex) is for movement and the red circle is for attack. When you attack, the unit deals some damage to the enemy and they counterattack. There are some exceptions to this.
1. When a cannon is attacked by units in it's neighbouring hex
2. When you attack rocket artillery
3. When you give a ranged shot (example - artillery attacking infantry from 2 hexes, where infantry can't counterattack)
Use these strategies carefully in your favour to win your battles.
So how do we recruit a unit? Simple. They can be recruited by 3 places - Cities, factories and Stables. Each of them can be upgraded and only if you upgrade the buildings to a certain levels, you can produce a certain unit. Click here to know which units can be produced where and after how much upgrading. Credits - ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ
Infantry units -
Here, the first one is the Militia - the cheapest, weakest. However, it can be produced anywhere, including level one towns and cities. They are used to either flank the enemy or hold cities.
2. Line infantry - This is the bulk of the army during the wars. They are stronger than Militia and is a good units for the price you pay. This is the most used one for Princess conquest as they don't consume much resources, especially iron
3. Light infantry - This unit has the highest movement, but it is a broken skill as it is doesn't do the work it's supposed to - move fast.
4. Grenadiers - Another useless unit. You want damage? Go for Machine gun. Want to crack forts? Go for guards. Not really worth it.
5. Guards - An excellent unit to put your general on. They even deal a fair amount of damage for forts too.
6. Machine Gun - The best unit to put your general on, if you have the resources and to clear out swarms of enemy units. Not quite suitable for forts though.
This is the starting screen of European War 4.
Newbies - What should I do now?
Me - Which should I play now?
So the starting screen is divided into 5 buttons.
1. Campaign - It contains the missions.
2. Conquest - It has the βdestroy all your enemies modeβ
3. Tutorial - It shows you how to play the game
4. Headquarters - Shows your slots, generals, princesses, HQ level, Academy to recruit generals and a constantly refreshing shop, to buy the relevant items.
5. Options - has game settings.
Letβs first start with the Campaigns. When you open the campaign menu, you something like this -
The first one (blue one) is the French campaign during the Napoleonic wars. The pink one is of the coalition. The third one, in Austria, is of HRE (Holy Roman Empire) and the one in Russia is of Eastern Overlord. The American Campaign is the fifth and the British one - Sun Never Sets is the last one. Hereβs a brief description -
1. The Imperial Eagle - Want to reconstruct history? Want me to win the Napoleonic wars? Want to know what I would have done next I had won in Waterloo? Then play this exciting campaign with loads of enemies, stacked odds but powerful generals and a patriotic country.
2. Coalition - Go through the series of campaigns and know how the coalition, after heavy beating until Moscow, made the French retreat and their supposed invasion ofβ¦
3. Holy Roman Empire - The sons of the great empire strive to make their empire great again. But, will they turn on their brothers or ally with them? Play it to check it out.
4. Eastern Overlord - Russia VS Ottomans. Who dominates the eastern Europe? Who betrays who and allies with whom? What are they planning next? Dominate Europe?
5. American campaign - The independence of America and the difficulties they faced during their struggle against the British and their expansion to the west and into Europe. EUROPE TOO?! Yes check it out
6. Sun Never Sets - Navy means British and British meant Navy. Gear up and train your generals and stock up on items as this one is the most challenging of all the campaigns.
So the Imperial Eagle and Coalition campaign are unlocked. When you click on any campaign, say Imperial Eagle, you get something like this, depending on the campaign you open.
The side labels are the name of the campaign and as Nobunaga Oda says, ET has clubbed a few wars to make one mission (at least thatβs what I think). You will have only one - Siege of Toulon unlocked. Now select the first mission.
What do I do now? Do I need to conquer the whole map? I was foolish enough to think like that when I first started on EW4. Just focus on the Red circle below the objective. If it is a city, defend if it is under your control, capture if in enemyβs control, kill if it is a general, defend if it is your general. Sometimes, it is enough to just kill the general in the city. But keep a unit ready if need be. So how do I move my units? Just click on them and select the place where you want to go.
Here, as you can see, there some white circles and a huge red one. The white circle (FYI : It is called as a hex) is for movement and the red circle is for attack. When you attack, the unit deals some damage to the enemy and they counterattack. There are some exceptions to this.
1. When a cannon is attacked by units in it's neighbouring hex
2. When you attack rocket artillery
3. When you give a ranged shot (example - artillery attacking infantry from 2 hexes, where infantry can't counterattack)
Use these strategies carefully in your favour to win your battles.
So how do we recruit a unit? Simple. They can be recruited by 3 places - Cities, factories and Stables. Each of them can be upgraded and only if you upgrade the buildings to a certain levels, you can produce a certain unit. Click here to know which units can be produced where and after how much upgrading. Credits - ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ
Infantry units -
Here, the first one is the Militia - the cheapest, weakest. However, it can be produced anywhere, including level one towns and cities. They are used to either flank the enemy or hold cities.
2. Line infantry - This is the bulk of the army during the wars. They are stronger than Militia and is a good units for the price you pay. This is the most used one for Princess conquest as they don't consume much resources, especially iron
3. Light infantry - This unit has the highest movement, but it is a broken skill as it is doesn't do the work it's supposed to - move fast.
4. Grenadiers - Another useless unit. You want damage? Go for Machine gun. Want to crack forts? Go for guards. Not really worth it.
5. Guards - An excellent unit to put your general on. They even deal a fair amount of damage for forts too.
6. Machine Gun - The best unit to put your general on, if you have the resources and to clear out swarms of enemy units. Not quite suitable for forts though.
