piratepilates posted:

That's probably what the AI is trying to do in CK2 when they agree to your terms for a betrothal and then spam you with marriage offers that are the opposite of your terms.

And then you break the betrothal and matrilineally marry them anyway so what was the point of that you jerk

Fister Roboto posted:

You know what the best part about war in EU3 is? It's being constantly spammed with peace deals from lovely landlocked OPMs, demanding that I give them all my money and release all my vassals and cancel all my alliances. I sure hope war and peace are a lot different in EU4!

Kersch posted:

I feel like that EU3 remix video posted earlier missed out on some kind of Dub Steppe joke.

quote:

- Army AI: Fixed an issue where it would not raise its own demesne ships

quote:

- Constantine de Hauteville is no longer female

Patter Song posted:

This image hasn't been posted in this thread yet:

http://imgur.com/zYccZs5

There's so much stuff to make fun of here, but this guy's fondness for the mod that puts anime girls in Sengoku is worth noting.

Patter Song posted:

I'd highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about that time period. It's one of the most fascinating history books I've ever read, with truly staggering amounts of information.

gradenko_2000 posted:

The Escapist just released this EU4 article, this time talking about multi-player.

Not sure which of these already exist in EU3, but touted features are:
* Up to 32 players can join in on a game
* "Hot joins", where players can drop in and out of games as it just runs
* Standalone (dedicated?) servers so you can just host a game and leave it running as players drop in and out through the days
* Multiple customizable chat windows so you can have private conspiracies conversations across any number of the guys playing

Having said that, the article does say the games were being played through a LAN.

V for Vegas posted:

Long interview with King on The Old Gods

quote:

Are there any changes being made to model the nomadic people who were around at that time? There was a lot of migration going on, a lot of tribes that just up and left where they were between 867 and 1066. It wasn’t just an issue of conquering more stuff, they left the old lands behind.

That’s something, obviously. We call it “The Hungarian Question.” Which is, “How do we get the Hungarians from their home right now, in Western Ukraine, into Hungary?” So it’s something that we know about, and we’re probably going to do a bit of iteration, and trial and error, on that one. We definitely want nomads to move.

Bold Robot posted:

For what it's worth, CK2 bucks the Paradox trend of absolutely necessary expansions. The base game is totally fun on its own and you only really need the expansions if you want to play as a Muslim, or a Republic, or improve the Byzantines, etc. So, if you're buying it for your friend, he would not need to get all of the expansions immediately. Contrast this with, say, EU3 where it would be laughable to just give someone the base game.

If you want to play multiplayer with him, I think only the host needs the expansions, but I'm not sure. I haven't tried it personally.

James Garfield posted:

I really don't understand why they hate anything that isn't agnatic so much. The Paradox forums even get angry about absolute cognatic succession, when it was historically used during CK2's time period. And disabling a new succession law would be as easy as typing two words into a text file.

Kainser posted:

War of 1812 DLC confirmed?

Janissary Hop posted:

You should be farming other countries for prestige and resources. Even a poo poo heap like Krakow can be getting poo poo done early on, although that's an extreme display of abuse.

edit: oh you're playing v1. nvm then

Pornographic Memory posted:

Personally I think taking a game about a period where World War III was avoided, and making it yet another war game, is a really unimaginative way to squander a cool setting filled with non-warfare opportunities. I mean, there's tons of ways the Cold War could have played out without ending up in another World War. A game that revolves around avoiding war, and carefully keeping ones that do break out from escalating, would be really original. Hearts of Iron: Cold War Edition just makes me wonder why I'd want to pay for a mod of a game that doesn't really have my interest in the first place.

Torabi posted:

Is there any Paradox game that features the Persian Empire? As in, the big Empire we had ages ago and not the mess we have now.

YouTuber posted:

I've drug Byzantium out of the gutter and expanded decently. However, I feel like I'm hosed because I cannot get an edge over the Western nations. Being so far from the Iberia region makes it impossible to colonize America so I lost that race badly. Castille has already dominated almost 80% of Africa's coast and is extremely powerful. Where do I go? East to China and Japan? Also what units should I be using? I see Muslim Musketmen far reaches of my Empire but my capital builds Pikemen. Should I be using technology from the Muslim group or are they just naturally weaker than the Eastern which are weaker than the Western?

WhitemageofDOOM posted:

So, what is the players role in this?

Fister Roboto posted:

Never change, paradox

quote:

Johan is also a masculine given name of Malay language origin, meaning "Champion".

V for Vegas posted:

Perhaps without the unfortunate advertising strategy of the like that pitted Sengoku against Shogun 2.

DrProsek posted:

Ohh, yeah I reread it and I see now that's an OR block, so either Dai Viet is not a tributary, OR they are a known tributary.

Follow up question: Why would you invade a known tributary?

Raneman posted:

So I started a game as Belgium (My first Vicky 2 game, I only played EU3 before for about 120 hours) and it looks like I start with a massive deficit, and there is no good way to balance the budget. What's an easy way for a Vic 2 noob like me to not be in massive, crushing debt? I adjusted the sliders but nothing could overcome the massive wall of debt I started with.

Raneman posted:

I tried a few other nations and they all go into massive deficit after 2 or 3 days before I even touch anything. Is something wrong here?

Nightblade posted:

ZearothK posted:

The Imperialist Adventures of Srbja & Friends April 30th 2013 Edition

Download!
Checksum: XXFM



-Integrated with the latest version of NNM;
-Some map changes for reasons?
-Mysterious changes to Defines.lua;
-Spain will now lose its cores in Catalunya, Léon and Portugal after some time;
-Likewise, Vijayanagara will lose its cores on Bengal if they lose a war over it;
-Tepehuacu civil war fully implemented;
-The Romance of The Five Duchies should now facilitate the unification of France. Do pursue Louis le Beau;
-Added base industries to several countries in order to fix the economy;
-Serbia Strong added. To enjoy its benefits copy the "thecoronation_titletheme" from mod\TIAoSB&F\music to \Documents\Victoria II\A Srb\Music; (thanks to Wolfgang Pauli!) I was this close to adding "We Are the Serbs", but let's save that one for the HoI incarnation
-Minor tweaks & fixes;

Rasmussen posted:

Hmm I hate slow turns and if it's not even worth $10 then I probably won't bother. I never played that tank game.

ZearothK posted:

On the subject of The Imperialist Adventures of Srbja, I'm pretty satisfied with the mod as it is now, though I still have some stuff I want to add (like unique newspapers and renaming parties/provinces). But if I were to add any other events or decisions it would be based on input or on actually doing the LP to set the official history. Back when I first worked on this I planned to do a conventional LP, as V2 didn't seem to enjoy a player base large enough to support the Succession style of the original, but now that HoD has significantly increased the interest in the game, I wonder...

The mod includes events to determine a Prime Minister or President, that happens after elections or roughly every ten years for nations without elections, which would be the basis for switching players, so if there is interest The Official Imperialist Adventures of Srbja & Friends would happen as a succession LP. I am confident we can get a pass on the Three Month Rule, as HoD doesn't add the kind of content that calls for it, but I still want to wait for an official patch or two to smooth some of the rougher edges in the game.

ZearothK posted:

So, I finally had the time to play a full game of The Imperialist Adventures of Srbja & Friends, I've made a few tweaks based on it.

wikipe tama posted:

So I managed to get to America and start colonizing as Connacht but England which will not relent on the friggin wars was too strong and managed to take some from me in a war. Problem is, they won't accept any kind of peace for me no matter in what configuration and I've tried all I can. Their allies left but they won't relent until you get the hard white peace thing. If I scorch land does that reset the counter, and what is the counter anyway, 5 years of no battles? I'm just trying to hold my remaining provinces together but since I've had my capital occupied for years I'm probably hosed. Also how do you shift capitals, I get 2 stability and 1000 gold but then its like you can't have your capital surrounded by heartland. What the hell does that mean?

PrinceRandom posted:

It seems like most Goons here use D&T. Is it really better than MEIOU? I guess I'm kind of a shallow aesthetics person and I can't stand the default EU interface. Does it have things that really set it apart from MEIOU?

Edit: On the topic of mods, has the Age of Empires mod (or whatever that American Colonization 1700's mod is called) been updated for HOD? I've been really wanting to try some alternative American colonization.

ThePutty posted:

I still want Paradox to make that human migration game set during/after the fall of Rome.

V for Vegas posted:

EUIV - China

Yes! Soft caps on factions.

quote:

the Asian Dynasties expansion for Europa Universalis III

Alikchi posted:

All I want for Christmas is the Rota system.

JGBeagle posted:

I feel like the Cold War era and beyond would fit a CKII game than a HOI game. It's all about popularity, not war. If you weren't popular you couldn't get poo poo done (Carter, for example). If you were popular you could get away with anything (Reagan for another example). Add in propaganda events and have a cabinet of advisers and...

...god damnit I need to stop thinking about this.

Drone posted:

I was being a dick and illustrating that your quibble has no bearing on the actual gameplay of Darkest Hour and that maybe you're judging it unfairly.

Pakled posted:

A Revolutionary Empire can only be formed by a Revolutionary Republic, which in turn can only be formed by a Revolution.

Kersch posted:

I was trying the Serbia & Friends mod in multiplayer with someone and we both kept getting v2game.exe appcrash errors at the same time. Has anyone else had this problem? We never had any crashes with vanilla, only a couple of desyncs at worst.

edit: Ran it singleplayer for a while and got the same appcrash

JGBeagle posted:

As a fellow hater of HoI 3, would it be better to purchase HoI 2?

uPen posted:

Someone repost the picture of Serbia that 'conquered' a huge empire in the Balkans by doing nothing but buying and selling provinces.