[EU4] What is the Dev Meta and how to use it to pay 3 points to dev? | EU4 ABC 

Something about the fact that you can have more casualties in eu4 wars than hoi4 wars just isnt right

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I really like the dev meta, it increase the importance of nation management, especially in MP, and I like that. Does it scale unrealistically? Absolutely, but it is fun as hell.

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There's a good reason to dev provinces up to 30 when you're Catholic: 30 dev provinces have a very high probability of attracting cardinals. I did this as Poland and got all 7 cardinals pretty quickly, in turn getting me the Curia, with all benefits that gives. Before colonialism fired, I was able to set the Curia power focus to 'cardinals spread institutions' and profited even more. Something to keep in mind!

The most important part of the Dev meta is that it makes the map look pretty when you surprise your mates with it.

I never even knew about the climate modifier. EU4 is like life. You learn something new every day

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Even though it’s a little crazy, I do like the fact that deving has become the meta for multiplayer. It almost bridges the gap between the tall vs wide players

The dev meta is very cool in my opinion, its just that i need the dlc to do it myself(:

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Great video, as for nerfing: Tall is love, tall is life.

Let's go! I was waiting for it

Yes, I was wondering why someone has so much manpower, specially when someone's was owning me as Byzantium

Thanks for making this, I’ve been watching the MP videos and seeing your dev costs had me completely lost. Even 900 hours I to the game I’d never tried stacking so aggressively and hadn’t realized how much it could stack. I’ll blame this on my last campaign being 1.29, and never playing MP.

5 minutes into the video and I feel that it is getting hot in my room. Give me more of those guides o.O

Thank you SO much for this guide! Kt really explained everything I need to know.

Zlewikk robisz jeden z niewielu czystych contentów na YouTubie i do każdego twojego filmu zasiadam z ogromną ciekawością, tak było i w tym przypadku - trzymaj tak a zajdziesz dalej niż ci sie wydaje! Z pozdrowieniami od rodaka ^_^

I never knew about this! I play a MP campaign with my family, and I think I will surprise them with this.

Deving is getting even more help, in the expansion as Paradox want us to play tall, so it won't be nerfed. Overall quality guide. good stuff.

fr I was going to look at your channel for the start after last series but thankfully this video came out lol

Ive always looked for a guide like this, thanks u zlew :))

Been waiting for a video like this for a while now, thanks Zel!

Wow this is great! I wasn't completely on the wrong track but now I know exactly how to develop.

as always your guides are really useful! TY Zlewikk!!

Great video! I enjoy playing tall, so I love that you are going to do a series about development

Thank you for your great video about how to dev provinces right!

Just wanted to say this is a wonderfully made video - good work brother

I watched a Ludi video talking about the same subject the same day you dropped this one. Great minds think alike. You guys should stream or post an MP game sometime! Also, I’d love to see what the meta would be for SP, since I think manpower isn’t as important as it is in MP (though still very important for sure).

i always thought you were just a nice content creator until i saw you on twitch. HOLY COW! keep it going zlewikk :)

I was wondering this for 2 weeks thanks for the vid

Hi Zlewikk! I've been looking forward to this video for a while now. Personally i don't think they should nerf dev meta too hard, if they nerf at all, because I love playing small nations that have to fight all the giants around them!

It always seemed as if paradox wanted to encourage people to play tall, but personally i think that being able to dev this much this easily, allows people to be able to keep up with the players that are able to expand much more rapidly. It also makes playing in HRE a bit easier early game

The dev meta seems hilarious tbh, I hope it sticks around for a good while.

Anglican France will rise again, thanks to this awesome tip! Dziękuję for this awesome video dude

Honestly, whatever happens there's gonna be some kind of meta. Even if this isn't perfect, it's fine as far as meta-defining strategies go so I think its fine really.

Keep doing great works zlewikk

I live and breath for this! In any eu4 game my main and entire goal is to have perfect borders and a lime green country on the dev map

Cant wait for the video :D

Honestly I I needed this, playing as Spain right now and need to lay low while my AE goes down.

Very informative and at the point

i struggled to understand what you said but the text was useful, thanks for the video

Ah, hombre, this is an integral part of the game. I think if Paradox “fixed” it, it’d be substantially worse

I didnt quite realise how many different dev cost modifiers there were that could be used in unison, def going to use some during my current Switzerlake run

If pdx wants to nerf it, making dev cost modifiers multiplicative or a higher minimum cost would work

I've been looking forward to this >:)

I love dev meta, but I would love to see more variation. E.g. 21 dev but focus on tax gives an increased amount 1-2 ducat flat. That makes it way more interesting!

Ah yes! The fabled OP Dev Meta by Zlewikk! Was waiting for this to begin my next Poland game 😊 For nerfing manpower; how about a hard cap of max MIL based manpower from a province? Like a province can only generate 8x250=2000 ( 8 MIL / province Dev). Any additional MIL spent doesn't impact the manpower, but FL and other things work as normal. That way, the Dev meta can remain for boosting a flourishing tall trade empire and boosting FL with mana still be viable. Basically, rest of the stats from Dev meta are balanced well for fun and roleplay. Just the spiralling manpower exploit needs a soft nerf. A 1600 Poland ( with 2K Dev ) shouldn't be producing like 1 Million army manpower per year! ( which would mean its actual pop base in our times would be atleast 500 million!)

Very good info I love it!

Waiting for this video to start so i can begin a new campaign like a true blob the builder

Finaly i know how to play tall! This mechanic is sick!

Very instructive 😀

I think, in order to benefit playing tall, it should not be changed with the things you suggested but instead there could be a increase in dev cost when having more provinces, like 2% per province. Meaning that you would only be able to have low cost high development in a few provinces. And to not brake it for wide nations completely so they can't dev, maybe the 2% is only for provinces you change the devolpment in. Meaning you have to choose which 40ish provinces you want to dev.

This is sick

good video like it alot even with 3 k hours i enjoyed seeing this all put into one video

Thank you it helped me a lot :D

I personally like this meta, creating an extremely powerful nation in a limited territory is really cool imo.

10/10 gaming, love to see it

I appreciate how dev cost makes tall play a viable strategy, but it definitely feels broken as it stands now.

I learned many things I have never known before thank you

Great video man! Just a heads up, "parliament" is pretty much pronounced the same way it is in French, but with a hard T at the end.

I think that this current meta is pretty fun. I mean, deving provinces for 3 or 5 monarch points seems OP, but I always thought that deving is in fact too costly and is should be changed. Also Zlewik, you are the best man, almost everything I learned about EU is from your videos

I will definitely be trying this

Top quality bro

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I would love a video about when and how to spend your points, at the moment as a new player I feel like I dont understand if Im supposed to dev, keep up with tech or spend it elsewhere.

Deving provinces is beautiful thing in my opinion. Some people were trash talking me because I usually dont conquer much territories early on since I'm focused on deving. Then I procided to oblirate their big empires with my small nation and I could do that since my army was even in numbers thanks to deving.

Everyone needs to watch this and harness the true power of the dev copter

see the map on the eu4 wiki "dev potential of each province" which is the sum of all static modifier.

thanks, was really looking for a video like this, especially after watching the ruthenia game and wondering why tf i dont get a dev cost of 5 in grasslands

Realy i never thincink about that.Thanks!

I like the dev meta it makes thinking about the more in dept thing like shock and fire damage reductions more important

We sure need more mapower because people bleed out their ears listening to the current audio setup. Good video though, love it, and i wish quick recovery to your mic.

Great meta to dev Taxes and Manpower in Tibet MMMM yeah i will do it soon on MP.

Zlewikk explaining better than every teacher i ever had

@Zlewikk TV english below: więc adm jest po prostu niedoceniony odpowiednimi perkami, tylko podnosi tax i nic więcej... a devki powinny jakoś wpływać wzajemnie na siebie... mil -> więcej producentów, więcej podatników, (populacja prowincji powinna spadać przy tworzeniu wojska) dip -> większe bogactwo do opodatkowania, szybszy wzrost populacji, adm -> usprawnianie administracji redukując koszty dev (które powinny wzrastać z populacją prowincji i ilością dev) i zwiększając potencjalny limit opodatkowania w prowincji (wyokość podatków powinna być ustalana globalnie w menu finansów państwa, a adm dev tylko wpływać na tax %, albo ogólnie % ściągalności z prowincji) So adm dev is simply unapreciated, lacking perks and just straight lines rise of local tax... Devs should have some mutual influence.... mil -> more producers, more taxpayers (which should fall according to army creation). Dip -> provinces riches, faster population growth. adm -> better administration should reduce costs of other devs, (cost of dev should grow also along with population growth) and grow local potential capacity of tax rather than "tax income +1"

Like the meta explained. Gonna try playing a tall game now.

Wow, I never knew about the climate affecting the dev cost!

hello, just wondering did i need a dlc to get modifier on dev cost from the trade goods? since i don't get it.

nice vid

i kinda like dev meta even in sp. Gives you the sense of building a proper nation

hey zlewikk can you please do a guide on culture shifting and reducing cost of culture conversion?

great video, one of the "manpowder meta" nerfs could be mercinary rerework ?:D

It's great lol. Especially if your friends in your multiplayer aren't aware of the bonuses haha

The Question asked sounded exactly like the question a student would ask at the end of his powerpoint haha

Just played a 1444 random yesterday as timurids. With my 1490's dev cycle I already had 5 dev click cost this early and with that big development boost I had 215 force limit by 1500 with a dev and 250k max manpower

I enjoy the Dev Meta very much. I just finished a Prussia game where I just got up to like 30 provinces but still had 2.5k development. I didn't do much with it though, I actually don't really enjoy being at war. Especially when my troops are just walking over everybody else. So yeah, 1M manpower and 700k troops in the field. That was the first time I had an army this big.

Hello Zlewikk I wonder if you will make guides for low to no dlc players as well ? Or tell which mechanism comes with which dlc ? As everything is so different without them and many things are missing so sometimes we can't use what you teach us :/ Anyway great job and great vid as always, I am eager to see your next video :D

Finally an instructor 😎

I really enjoy the dev cost meta as it allows you to play tall instead of blobbing.

so i was thinking, what do yo think about starting with innovative + quality + economic? since everybody almost always goes eco + quantity 1st, wouldn t it be better getting that inno high? and really start deving after 3rd idea, eco. i would use my manpower mana to high up proff at first, if any extra. I know eco + quantity is 10% extra, but you ll have 4-5 % from inno and also extra points from reduced tech cost. Looking forward for your opinion.

Gotta say I love it. Been meaning to try it sometime. Though yes it should probably be nerfed at some point. Not too soon though hopefully

Love those cheeky faces in the background

I'm playing Orthodox Texas in a mp lobby, just get all my bonuses last session. Now is time to dev steppes and get infite Manpower with all that steppes

I didnt notice before there are so many dev cost reduce modifiers BRUH

I think it's so interesting that we do so much with mana in eu4 while Imperator Rome (after initial release) got a shitstorm for doing so lol Also, I always tought that i would be cool to have like real pops in EU4 like MEIOU has since just spamming a button "to spawn" manpower or other pops is unrealistic.

I like the dev meta i think it makes the game fun to watch!

How does the dev meta works with hordes and razing provincess? Can it be that you may raze province for more points that you will use to dev it up to the same point, or use them to dev other low dev provinces with better profit? Especially when you can take gov reform that gives you 33% more points for razing province. Love your vids!

I have an issue - if I intent to play tall singleplayer campaign (focusing on building a rich country), should I just expand in the early game and get as many provinces I can (while finishing up my Economic and Quantity ideas), then get myself a 'few' peaceful years so prosperity can grow to 100% and start deving when I have these all modifiers OR should I just develop along playing (when the dev cost is more like 20-30, not 3-5)? When it comes to nerfs, I would just impoverish manpower issue, so Quantity ideas and mil-deving isn't a MUST-have, but rather a MAY-have.

When you don't dev with admin points, what do you do with them? For example if you have completed ideas, which are using admin, have stab 3 and play in the HRE, so you don't need much for coring, you will have admin points at cap most of the time.