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In Darkest Hour, is the 1933 starting date more suitable than the 1936 starting date? Will WW2 still happen properly etc?
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Feb 19, 2013 13:20
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Is this Ubik? http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?668913-Unhappy-with-march-of-eagles
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Feb 19, 2013 13:27
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Lord Tywin posted:So how does on get guys into forts? And why does my guys just stand around after battles not fleeing anywhere so my enemy can crush them over and over again? You can give them an "order" to "Hide into fort" (it's a button on the army interface). When defeated your armies should withdraw (except if they have no military access around) so might be a glitch ?
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Feb 19, 2013 13:30
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SkySteak posted:In Darkest Hour, is the 1933 starting date more suitable than the 1936 starting date? Will WW2 still happen properly etc? I think so. You get some more time to prepare, but you have to fight your way out of the Depression first. If you're playing as Germany, you can choose to elect the KPD and start the revolution, though it's pretty bare bones without mods.
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Feb 19, 2013 13:31
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Is there a resource that spells out the rules of cascading alliances and rules for change of war leader(EU3 5.2beta)?
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Feb 19, 2013 13:33
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Denmark the minor power, Sweden the major:  
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Feb 19, 2013 13:35
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Kavak posted:I think so. You get some more time to prepare, but you have to fight your way out of the Depression first. If you're playing as Germany, you can choose to elect the KPD and start the revolution, though it's pretty bare bones without mods. I was thinking of playing as Russia. Hoping it's a fun experience. Also old question but is IC building ever worth it?
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Feb 19, 2013 13:36
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SkySteak posted:I was thinking of playing as Russia. Hoping it's a fun experience. Also old question but is IC building ever worth it? It costs 5IC to build and the buildtime is a year, it's very much worth building up to a year or so before the war starts I believe. I haven't played the '33 scenario of DH much, but when I did (before the last few patches) AI America and USSR built up IC like crazy and had something like 500 effective IC by '40 or '41.
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Feb 19, 2013 13:40
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At the very worst, IC building pays for itself in five years. This gets tighter with the time saved from the gearing bonus when building factories in series. So laying down the plans out of the gate in 36 starts to break even/pull ahead in terms of IC Days in 42, around the time the war really starts to kick in anyway. So unless you need really those points for some long-running project right away, or would lack the resources to keep them running, factories are a sound investment.
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Feb 19, 2013 13:44
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Lord Tywin posted:So how does on get guys into forts? And why does my guys just stand around after battles not fleeing anywhere so my enemy can crush them over and over again? birken posted:Garrison units automatically move into the forts, for other units you need to activate the enter fort command. Units in forts makes it harder to effectively siege the fort (you need twice the number of men to be able to progress the siege), the fort level decides the maximum number of soldier that can count for this. They will also take part in defending against assaults. Chickpea Roar fucked around with this message at 13:49 on Feb 19, 2013 |
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Feb 19, 2013 13:47
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YF-23 posted:It costs 5IC to build and the buildtime is a year, it's very much worth building up to a year or so before the war starts I believe. I haven't played the '33 scenario of DH much, but when I did (before the last few patches) AI America and USSR built up IC like crazy and had something like 500 effective IC by '40 or '41. That sounds amazingly fun, considering I plan to invade the US as Russia. I hope to make a Mechanised Russian army.
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Feb 19, 2013 13:58
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SkySteak posted:I hope to make a Mechanised Russian army. Tukhachevsky hoped to do that too.
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Feb 19, 2013 14:00
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V for Vegas posted:What's the deal with Napoleonic games with pictures of Napoleon that don't look anything like him? Seriously? Is there some kind of weird Napoleonic copyright going on that you can't actually have an accurate artistic representation of the guy? Yeah, I'm pretty sure Napoleon's left leg wasn't five feet long.
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Feb 19, 2013 15:01
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Behold Deformed Napoleon and his amazing Sausage Horse.
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Feb 19, 2013 15:19
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A_Raving_Loon posted:At the very worst, IC building pays for itself in five years. This gets tighter with the time saved from the gearing bonus when building factories in series. So laying down the plans out of the gate in 36 starts to break even/pull ahead in terms of IC Days in 42, around the time the war really starts to kick in anyway. So unless you need really those points for some long-running project right away, or would lack the resources to keep them running, factories are a sound investment. IC doesn't get gearing bonuses in Darkest Hour.
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Feb 19, 2013 15:51
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Gort posted:IC doesn't get gearing bonuses in Darkest Hour. Is it still worth trying in DH?
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Feb 19, 2013 16:09
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SkySteak posted:Is it still worth trying in DH? Yes. As long as you start early.
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Feb 19, 2013 16:10
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If you start early, keep it fed, and keep it safe. As Russia, you can handle all three pretty nicely. Just drop of a pile of tractor plants in Kazakhstan and you're good to go.
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Feb 19, 2013 16:23
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Should be doable at early 1934 given the nature of removing dissent.
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Feb 19, 2013 16:25
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That Napoleon did sort of look like him once....in 1795. Thing is, when your Europes virtual Emperor and a General that Cannot Be Defeated you pretty much have enough money and influence to pay for the patronage of the best artists of the time to not give a gently caress about how you really looked. It wasn't just him doing it, The Prince Regent of Britain did the same thing with own portraits.
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Feb 19, 2013 16:49
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His left leg is gigantic because of the amount of Austrian butt he had to kick 
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Feb 19, 2013 16:58
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I'm tempted to get March in a sale so me and couple of goon buddies can team up and rule all of Europe as the Ottoman Empire.
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Feb 19, 2013 17:14
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How do you deal with the UK in MoTE? The wooden wall strategy pretty much means you can't touch them, other than maybe gibraltar/malta, and they don't seem to want to peace out with me. I think I'm just gonna start as a more central nation like Prussia now that I've figured out the game a bit.
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Feb 19, 2013 17:29
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Not content with repurposing Magna Mundi assets as "EUIV", the latest shocking chapter of Paradox's infamous reputation for plagiarism comes to light: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?668858-Was-my-logo-stolen-by-Paradox
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Feb 19, 2013 17:37
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KoldPT posted:How do you deal with the UK in MoTE? The wooden wall strategy pretty much means you can't touch them, other than maybe gibraltar/malta, and they don't seem to want to peace out with me. I think I'm just gonna start as a more central nation like Prussia now that I've figured out the game a bit. Can't you pick off their when they divide them? Prussia is a good choice I have been playing with them and concetrated on taking all German minors and beating up Austria. However the drat Russians invaded me and even though I got a warscore of 26 % they refused to accept anything other than me conceding defeat. Pump it up! Do it! fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Feb 19, 2013 |
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Feb 19, 2013 17:38
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Freudian posted:Not content with repurposing Magna Mundi assets as "EUIV", the latest shocking chapter of Paradox's infamous reputation for plagiarism comes to light: DEAR. GOD. How could any human being be so stupid?  EDIT: Podcat admits the truth! Podcat posted:I feel its time to come clean. The truth is that I stole his logo to use for March of the Eagles. When I told the legal department they were horrified and very worried, but luckily when we started researching this we found out that it was in fact the official coat of arms for prussia and thus we are safe! Who would have though two people could come up with the same awesome bird picture hundreds of years apart.
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Feb 19, 2013 17:45
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That thread is hilarious and is a beautiful example of the ugly, dippy side of their modding community.
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Feb 19, 2013 17:50
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Fintilgin posted:DEAR. GOD. Did anyone else find it amusing that when the Paradox Devs post on their own forum it just looks like a goon forum invasion now?
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Feb 19, 2013 17:51
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Oh god that is so hilarious. He literally just took that prussian eagle picture and blacked it out.
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Feb 19, 2013 17:53
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Alchenar posted:Did anyone else find it amusing that when the Paradox Devs post on their own forum it just looks like a goon forum invasion now? It's beautiful and frankly, about time.
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Feb 19, 2013 17:59
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Due to taking a legitimate sick day yesterday (well-timed strep throat) I was able to beat March of the Eagles, playing as Spain. Took 8 hours. Spain's dominance goal provinces are fairly easy (a lot in North Africa and Italy which you can easily handle if you pick them up before other great powers can) but still require you to win multiple wars against Great Britain and France, then I had to dash over to conquer some of Russia's Turkish territory to take their land dominance below 100% (they are in fact under 100% despite what the victory screen here says).   I had the largest army by game's end and a workable navy but was way behind on ideas. I'm gonna try the Ottomans next after I rub my eyes for a while and get over the computer screen overexposure.
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Feb 19, 2013 18:27
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Another Darkest Hour question. Does devaluing currency permanently destroy any lost IC?
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Feb 19, 2013 18:37
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KoldPT posted:How do you deal with the UK in MoTE? The wooden wall strategy pretty much means you can't touch them, other than maybe gibraltar/malta, and they don't seem to want to peace out with me. Congratulations, you're Napoleon.
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Feb 19, 2013 18:43
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SkySteak posted:Another Darkest Hour question. Does devaluing currency permanently destroy any lost IC? There are two opposing decisions: 1. Issue currency. Gives you some cash, lowers your IC multiplier. You'll have the same base amount of IC (the number before the slash), but less effective IC. 2. Money devaluation. Costs you some cash, raises your IC multiplier. Again, same base amount of IC (the number before the slash), but more effective IC. SkySteak posted:Is (building IC) still worth trying in DH? Depends on the scenario you choose and who you're playing in it. As others have said, IC takes roughly five years to pay for itself, so it's not really worth building unless you've got that much run-up to the war. You'd be an idiot to build IC in the 1914 scenario since the war starts basically immediately. The 1933 scenario is probably the best one to build IC in (since the IC will theoretically have paid for itself by the start of war in 1939) but most of the countries have major dissent problems that you'll have to sort out before the war begins. 1936 and later, I probably wouldn't bother. Countries like the USA and the USSR can build lots of extra IC and enjoy having a large number on their screen while winning the game, but you could probably build nothing at all from 1933 to 1945 as the USSR and still win due to your enormous starting army and airforce, and the USA has more IC than god anyway. Gort fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Feb 19, 2013 |
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Feb 19, 2013 18:51
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Nightblade posted:Been playing it a couple of hours, and it seems like a really solid and fun game, but I'm disappointed in the lack in events\goals\generals\anything to do for minor powers. quote:All the different types of units is a bit overwhelming, and this is especially confusing:
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Feb 19, 2013 18:53
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Darkrenown posted:Really, what? I'll admit, its a bit naughty of me, but Gettysburg: Armoured Warfare, even if it was only Paradox a publisher, was a month after CK2, unless I've messed up the timing somewhere. Ill apologize for bringing that game up, though.
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Feb 19, 2013 19:01
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I gain more manpower per month than France.
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Feb 19, 2013 19:30
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Lord Tywin posted:I gain more manpower per month than France. Switzerland being tilted weirdly to the right is bugging me more then it should. I can't unsee it. 
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Feb 19, 2013 19:41
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So many units are exactly the same. Great Britain, for instance, has Dragoons and Heavy Dragoons and Lancers, all of which are identical cavalry units. That doesn't even make sense, since there are different unit types for Dragoons and Heavy Cavalry.
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Feb 19, 2013 19:43
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Wolfgang Pauli posted:So many units are exactly the same. Great Britain, for instance, has Dragoons and Heavy Dragoons and Lancers, all of which are identical cavalry units. That doesn't even make sense, since there are different unit types for Dragoons and Heavy Cavalry. It's got to be a legacy of the AGEOD version. "We paid for these good money for these unit icons, and we're going to use them all, dammit!"
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Feb 19, 2013 19:44
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