Diplo-Annexing for victory
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Also known as Badboy Wars.
This is a tactic which should only be attempted if you already have several large vassals who are your allies, large armies, and very full coffers. It will give you a DoW on every other nation that would ever dream of attacking you. That may seem bad right? Wrong. Because you have the armies and the funds to make your dream of world hegemony a reality, without the stability hits that you would otherwise take.
A variation on this strategy doesn't use Diplo-annex to get the badboy points but uses Turbo-annex. The benefit over Diplo-annexing is that it is alot faster and you gain more BBs by it too, making it much more likely for everyone to declare war on you.
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In the Beginning....
Gain two powerful states as your allies and several large vassals. This is the hard part of this plan but after this is complete you will be almost ready for your war. Keep an eye out for the "lucky" nations. These should be large powers like the Ottomans, French, Austrians, Spanish, Germans, Burgundians, Russians, or anyone else who rose to prominence through the vagaries of history. This can be achieved by winning a war and settling for vassalization, then ask for an alliance. An alternative to this conquest is to diplo-vassalize these nations, but that requires patience.
The 10 year lull
Prepare your economy to lose all of its trade because of the BBs which will be accrued by this action. Build up the largest military you can, filling your coffers with about 2000 ducats(you will need it), and enlarging your manpower pool. When you feel that you could win victories against 2/3 of your foes, diplo-annex the vassal in your religion with enough provinces to make your Badboys go above 30. The higher above 30 they are the more likely the nations around you will declare war on you. It takes 10 years to Diplo-annex. During that time you can do other things that raise your BBs almost to 30. This ensures that the surge of BBs after the diplo-annex is a sure way of getting everyone except your allies to declare war on you. This means you want your vassals allied to you, too.
War to end all Wars
Now the largest war you have ever seen will start. Everyone will try to attack you, but you and your enormous military and full coffers will be more than a match for their attempts to invade you. Use Hitler's example and surge across the borders of your foes one at a time, forcing vassalization or large concessions from the treaties. After you win, you will have about 5 years to prepare to steamroll them again as they will try to rise up if you do not ally them through gift spamming. Soon, all of Europe will bow before your will and you will be free to expand as you see fit.
Post-War period
During this time you will ally your vassals, tying them to your empire and giving you a vast reserve of manpower to aid you as you push across Eurasia to China and in the New World to assist in colonization. You will be unable to diplo-annex them because of your incredibly high BB (high BB means they will not be Very Unlikely, or worse, to accept DA).
