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Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Demiurge4 posted:

You can't just wave it around like that man. We're all in extreme space 4x starvation mode.

Meh, I just play Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion to get my space ship fix.

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Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
I thought the portrait hangs in the basement?

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Randarkman posted:


Thinking about it that's pretty ironic in at least two ways. First you have a communist nation basing the look of their military forces on the nazis who they opposed in most every way and wanted to distance themselves from. Second you might have a bunch of nazi cosplayer geeks unknowingly running around in communist army uniforms with swastikas and iron crosses replacing the socialist imagery.

It's simply the classical Prussian style. The commies used it to legitimise their claims.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Slime Bro Helpdesk posted:

There is also a sale on crazy historical revisionism as alwaysin the HoI forum. Please pick up a "Hitler did nothing wrong" t-shirt on your way out :)

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-anschluss-rebutting-paradoxs-holllywood-version-of-wwii-part-i.888908/

Can I also get a copy of the single?

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Another Person posted:

top of his class in international security

top.

of.

his.

class.

A Russian/Serbian class?

In any case that is what happens when you set terrible precedents like Kosovo.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
Finally a discussion that conclusively settles the question whether Gone Home is a game.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Kavak posted:

Will there be dynamic province names or at least renameable (By event or otherwise) provinces in HoI IV? It'd be great for Kaiserreich.

That is the worst 'feature'. You never know where or what province something is.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Oberleutnant posted:

jesus fucing christ this looks like it takes longer to play than warhams or battletech.

The set up alone takes longer.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

unwantedplatypus posted:

It's funny how Switzerland has such a rich martial tradition while barely actually participating in any wars

They have plenty of history as mercenaries, don't worry about them.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

A Buttery Pastry posted:

That's a myth. Italian trains have never run on time. Pasta-induced supply troubles is not though.

They ran on time once to impress foreign journalists. Once!

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Gort posted:

Yeah, but there isn't a food resource that London needs, is there?

Food supply wouldn't have been the issue.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2013/sep/24/fighting-fit-britain-second-world-war

quote:

In December 1939, Britain had been at war with Germany for three months. U-boat attacks threatened incoming food shipments. And, armed with bicycles and walking boots, a group of medical researchers headed to the Lake District to conduct a secret study: if Britain was totally cut off from food imports, would starvation hand victory to Germany?

...


Rationing during the second world war caused problems – it was hard to cook inventively with limited ingredients, and queuing for supplies burdened housewives. But Elsie and Mac's study showed that scurvy and starvation would not add to that burden.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
Dutch East Indies was a prime resources move just like the German drive into the Caucasus.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Mister Adequate posted:

All these posts saying simplification is good and grogs are bad are very Triggering to me, please stop.

I don't think I've seen you post in the grog thread yet.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Mister Adequate posted:

You just replied to a post? :confused:

Oh you silly goose, you are not posting in the grog thread. This is the grog thread.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

orangelex44 posted:

Not to derail, but how is At The Gates looking? It's been on my radar for a while, but I haven't heard or seen anything on it's progress for like six months now.

Once I saw the gameplay I didn't care anymore. I don't want to play Settlers.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

DrSunshine posted:

Rebellions in the empire will be punished with total planetary deconstruction. No exceptions.

Tovarich, not only are habitable planets rare but you are also throwing away precious resources. I suggest you virus bomb the planet until everything is dead and re-colonise, da?

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Mans posted:

the only thing the new colonists need is a sack of flour, shoes and a portrait of the great leader.

Wrong great leader.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Looks like someone's not a big fan of the prime directive!

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Darkrenown posted:

You can have a non-interference policy if you want to pass up all that free slave labour for some reason :confused:

Your true colours finally reveal themselves!

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

SlyFrog posted:

Good. I hope this means we get Stellaris first. Time for a breath of fresh air, instead of another iteration of spreadsheets for Nazis.

(I want Spreadsheets for Nazis too, but I'm actually excited about Stellaris, and the inevitable crushing disappointment I will feel comparing how it actually plays versus the hype for it in my mind. I'm expecting Master of Orion III levels of crushing here.)

There's no nazis like space nazis.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
They should at least provide some debugging info because sometimes the engine's behaviour is just bizarre.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
As usual, actual useful information for modding is not available without digging. Sticky that in the mod forum together with the other stuff! Or the FAQ area. Somewhere visible at least!

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
:siren:Finland is the sole legitimate successor to Rome. :siren:


CONFIRMED

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
Just don't research mass assembly technologies.

Done.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

DrSunshine posted:

You know it's kind of amazing how into HoI4 I was before Stellaris got announced, and now I just can't bother caring at all when HoI4 dev diaries come out. I just want to read about Stellaris! That is definitely a day1 purchase for me.

Same. It's just more exciting to be space Hitler.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
The only good Roosevelt is Theodore. :colbert:

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
Brian Reynolds said that after seeing Starcraft he realised factions don't all need the same units. If he had known, SMAC would have unique units, but no unit workshop.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Black Griffon posted:

Stuff like the build grid is pretty much a perfect example of tedious, boring micromanagment.

(I assume) there's nothing fun about it, it doesn't contribute to the flow of the game. When I sit down with a strategy game, I never think "now I'm gonna reflect on the approximate placement of one power plant on a single planet in my galactic empire". Why is it in there at all?

Indeed. All I want to do is designate a planet to have a focus and then not worry about it any more. I have more important things to do, like prepare to invade my neighbours.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

NewMars posted:

Luckily, the game seems to come packed with butlerian crusade mechanics from the get-go.

It's the Butlerian Jihad, young man!

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Groogy posted:

I don't know I'm too focused on when designing panzer division on "what would Ai Hitler do?"

Take pride in 300k man hours that went into a tank's production.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Demiurge4 posted:

You lack, what's the word?

Élan.

Sounds more like a lack of moral fibre to me.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Oberleutnant posted:

I want Stellaris to drop like an orbital strike with no warning but right now

That would be really bad, I just got Battlefleet Gothic: Armada.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

The Real Foogla posted:

Werevolf revolutionaries rise up and take literally arms.

You say that as if it were a bad thing.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
Stalin was officially until May 6, 1941 only General secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Only then he also became Chairman of the Council of Ministers/Head of government.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
What are you people talking about, that's clearly an elephant.

Edit:
Sexiest counters I ever saw:

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
My first thought was SMG and my second, elephant.

So yes, those symbols are pretty terrible and need to be reworked.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx

Drone posted:

Re-watching some Blorg videos. Where exactly is cKnoor from? I've been trying to figure out his accent (as a non-British person) for ages.

Blood bowl.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
Indeed. Trapped with ethan for all eternity forced to play a bad game..

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
Meanwhile, in Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa

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Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
I want to hear more of this.

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