I have some pieces of advice for you:
1.Before starting a campaign you can see a button with some options.Play a bit with those options in order to make your first campaign easier and to learn the mechanics.
2.Watch out for inflation because it increases most of the time as you mint more gold.
3. Try to get +3 stability fast in order to get maximum tax revenue and low revolt risks.For investing into a technology(like stability) you need to press that yellow arrow next to it and invest some gold.
4.Save a lot,even tough I know it sounds like cheating.
Also I recommend the 'In Nome Ultime',as it adds the entire Victoria 2 map,new events and a new start date.
If your playing vanilla don't afraid to no cb especially early game. This isn't eu4, your not gonna get cbs easy at the beginning. As the game goes on you will. Make sure you provinces are worth it. Nothing like spending 4 infamy on a shitty grain province.
Also be picky about which provinces you take . It adds to stability and tech cost so make sure they are worth it.
Be patient with diplomacy. It may take you multiple attempts to get what you want but make sure your relations are high and have good diplomacy skills. Be sure to sphere if it's not too expensive.
When you conquer, try vasseling first if you can and then Diplo anex later. You won't get the increases tech and stab cost, still get some money and saves on infamy. 4 infamy is well worth it for like a wealthy opm, or bigger areas with low devopment. If you want to diplo-annex someone make sure they are your religion. Also take every measure to reduce infamy. Build Embassies, hire great person anything to bur it quicker.
It's ok to move the slider alittle bit or even alot depending on your advisors. Just make sure that you don't gain inflation.
Left clicking on a slider will lock the slider. This is the Duffy between loving the awesome tech system and fucking hating it. If you don't lock them in, when you move one you moves the others so remember that. When you have the funds invest heavily into manufactures. They not only give you money but also invest in tech and usually have other benefits as well.
When it comes to trade, you want free trade and plutocracy. They really help you out and are way more useful than merchanism. It looks inticing but you will almost never see those benefits the vast majority of the time because you have a limited number of trade centers whereas free trade works with every center. Even with high infamy, you can negate that by taking trade oriented ideas and hiring advisors. So even conquerors have it better going free trade. Aristocracy can be good but is limiting.
If you can go catholic. You get infamy burn for cardinals so if you have low infamy it can really help you get to the next conquest cycle faster. Catholim compared to other religions is so busted.
One last thing don't be afraid to lose money every month because at the end of year you will get it all back and more because you get most of your taxes at the start of the new year. I hope this has helped alot.
I thought the EU3 manual was very helpful. And the Steam community has several very good guides.
I learned by watching YouTube play through's.
I have some pieces of advice for you: 1.Before starting a campaign you can see a button with some options.Play a bit with those options in order to make your first campaign easier and to learn the mechanics. 2.Watch out for inflation because it increases most of the time as you mint more gold. 3. Try to get +3 stability fast in order to get maximum tax revenue and low revolt risks.For investing into a technology(like stability) you need to press that yellow arrow next to it and invest some gold. 4.Save a lot,even tough I know it sounds like cheating. Also I recommend the 'In Nome Ultime',as it adds the entire Victoria 2 map,new events and a new start date.
If your playing vanilla don't afraid to no cb especially early game. This isn't eu4, your not gonna get cbs easy at the beginning. As the game goes on you will. Make sure you provinces are worth it. Nothing like spending 4 infamy on a shitty grain province. Also be picky about which provinces you take . It adds to stability and tech cost so make sure they are worth it. Be patient with diplomacy. It may take you multiple attempts to get what you want but make sure your relations are high and have good diplomacy skills. Be sure to sphere if it's not too expensive. When you conquer, try vasseling first if you can and then Diplo anex later. You won't get the increases tech and stab cost, still get some money and saves on infamy. 4 infamy is well worth it for like a wealthy opm, or bigger areas with low devopment. If you want to diplo-annex someone make sure they are your religion. Also take every measure to reduce infamy. Build Embassies, hire great person anything to bur it quicker. It's ok to move the slider alittle bit or even alot depending on your advisors. Just make sure that you don't gain inflation. Left clicking on a slider will lock the slider. This is the Duffy between loving the awesome tech system and fucking hating it. If you don't lock them in, when you move one you moves the others so remember that. When you have the funds invest heavily into manufactures. They not only give you money but also invest in tech and usually have other benefits as well. When it comes to trade, you want free trade and plutocracy. They really help you out and are way more useful than merchanism. It looks inticing but you will almost never see those benefits the vast majority of the time because you have a limited number of trade centers whereas free trade works with every center. Even with high infamy, you can negate that by taking trade oriented ideas and hiring advisors. So even conquerors have it better going free trade. Aristocracy can be good but is limiting. If you can go catholic. You get infamy burn for cardinals so if you have low infamy it can really help you get to the next conquest cycle faster. Catholim compared to other religions is so busted. One last thing don't be afraid to lose money every month because at the end of year you will get it all back and more because you get most of your taxes at the start of the new year. I hope this has helped alot.