If you'd like, you could try to play along, but due to random events, different missions, and how other foreign powers grow and fall, our games may diverge pretty quickly.
I'd also welcome any other knowledgeable players to answer questions that they have answers to. Since this thread is meant to be helpful, I'll also try to answer any questions that people may have about game mechanics or gameplay advice. I'm going to post updates with screenshots along with explanations of everything from options and game setup through strategic decisions with my reasoning behind those decisions. If you've ever gazed wistfully at other people playing EU3 and muttered to yourself "I wish I could do this.", then you might get something out of this thread. I guess Europa Universalis is pretty infamous for its steep learning curve. I have some friends who bought the game but are basically too scared to try it, so I'm going to try to help ease them in a bit by describing some basic gameplay and explaining game mechanics. This is an instructional LP of EU3: Divine Wind.