Originally Posted by
Leopold III von Habsburg
1. As HRE get Corsica and give it to the pope. If Sicily attacks Rome, you can easily get Rome and Pope wont annoy you, if they attack Corsica, you can rush Palermo for huge funds and expansion towards western africa. Takes some time, but once converted and Capital moved, you make huge amounts of money there.
2. As Serbia rush towards Ragusa, get a boat and go exterminate the northern egypt cities, which are not usually not very well defended. Gives you huge funds you can use to expand through your north, up to Prague, which becomes your most important city in order to build armies for attacking Constantinople.
3. As France, instantly go for the english city northwest of Paris (forgot the name) and Gand. Upon securing those 2 cities and getting some armies up, England will usually accept peace, which enables you to go for the next strategic points, being Frankfurt and Basel for the income.
4. As Turks, just siege Kayseri with 1/3 of a stack, till you get the castle. Do not go further to the east, as its not worth, except for taking Aleppo and the other castle south to Kayseri at a later point. Get all your forces towards Constantinople and then slowly take out the Byzantines before they have time to build up their stacks. Afterwards make Constantinople your capital and go for Italy.