Paradox Grand Strategy: Tim Cook? How many divisions has he got?

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UrbicaMortis: Feb 16, 2012; Hmm, how shall I post today?

RestRoomLiterature- posted:

When I play as Germany in HOI I just disband every military division and allow glorious communism to be brought to Berlin. My conscience and education will only allow me to play video games through the lens of the proletariat.

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UrbicaMortis: Feb 16, 2012; Hmm, how shall I post today?

So what exactly are POPs? Is it a representation of a specific group in your empire? Does this mean that if you conquered a race of insect pacifists, there would be attempts to install governors that are chill peaceful antmen?

# ¿ Oct 26, 2015 20:42

UrbicaMortis: Feb 16, 2012; Hmm, how shall I post today?

canepazzo posted:

Paradox just announced buying White Wolf from CCP.

Next expansions for CK2 to include Werewolves and Vampires?

Very excited for this. Especially with Paradox's relationship to Obsidian.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2015 19:07

UrbicaMortis: Feb 16, 2012; Hmm, how shall I post today?

Baronjutter posted:

I really liked the policy matrix from SMAC.

You could make just about any society from it, specially after you unlocked the "future" policies. They were vague enough that it let you fill in the blanks with your own narrative. You could make a brutal soviet style empire with a police state, planned economy, and power value. Or you could make utopian communists with a democratic planned economy.

The choices we've seen so far for stellaris seem a little less flexible, or too specific. It's probably all super easy to mod though if any of it offends. I just hope for a system flexible and general enough that you could make anything from the Empire of Man to Culture to Star Trek to Alien in terms of your society.

What's a Eudaimonic society? Just trying to make your citizens really happy?

# ¿ Jan 4, 2016 23:32

UrbicaMortis: Feb 16, 2012; Hmm, how shall I post today?

Baronjutter posted:

Yeah I think it's like some sort of post-scarcity give everyone absolutely everything they want to be happy and fulfilled people sort of thing. Cybernetic was always the correct choice though.

Why would you not pick what sounds like utopia?

# ¿ Jan 4, 2016 23:39

UrbicaMortis: Feb 16, 2012; Hmm, how shall I post today?

Baronjutter posted:

Depends on your situation, but the actual stats for cybernetic generally worked out the best. And its fluff description also sounded equally utopian and nice, just different. Cybernetic is Culture, eudomonic is Star Trek.

Oh right. I kind of pictured cyberpunk dystopia for that.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2016 23:51

UrbicaMortis: Feb 16, 2012; Hmm, how shall I post today?

Gort posted:

Well, that was a disappointing game of Darkest Hour.

Played the USSR, went to partial mobilisation during the Winter War with Finland, ended up building so many divisions between then and 1941 that Germany took one look and decided not to attack me. Since I'd been using my slider moves to make the USSR less of a dictatorial hellhole, I couldn't declare war on Germany myself.

Waited until 1944 before giving up :/

Peace in our time.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2016 00:25

UrbicaMortis: Feb 16, 2012; Hmm, how shall I post today?

Koramei posted:

there's a thread on the Stellaris forums were Johan says it was a few days early

some people are posting some stuff from it though:

That's a weird-rear end spaceship and I like it.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2016 20:11

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The Real Foogla posted:

Victoria 3 in the WoD would be retarded. Congrats you invented better Steel, you get +10% Pentex. Your Mage pops are unruly and demand anarchism. Werevolf revolutionaries rise up and take literally arms.

It would be more like, 'your Mage pops are unruly, firearms no longer work without chanting the fibonacci sequence backwards. All military units -10%.'

# ¿ Mar 15, 2016 20:39

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podcat posted:

nah, but there are lots of specific events for certain cities

That's cool. I hope the one for New York being bombed involves the bomb the Manhattan Project is building getting detonated as well.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 13:20

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Oberleutnant posted:

it wasn't actually built in Manhattan dude

Haha, whoops. That's what I get for studying victorian political history at school instead of WW2.

Ofaloaf posted:

Fascist Britain that hasn't outright overthrown the monarchy? For some reason I always assumed Mosley and the BUF were anti-monarchist, or at least keen to sideline the monarchy into absolute uselessness.

In the DD thread on the paradox forums, Podcat said there is an event chain to invite the rightful king back to rule the fascists.

UrbicaMortis fucked around with this message at 13:39 on Mar 18, 2016

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 05:06

UrbicaMortis: Feb 16, 2012; Hmm, how shall I post today?

Ofaloaf posted:

Hahaha what, there's a CK2 hip flask for sale?

If you don't play the GoT mod as Robert while smashed out of your mind so as to accurately roleplay him, I don't know what to tell you.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2016 16:26

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