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Eimi posted:I am very glad that they did not go down the civ6 route. That artstyle is unappealing. Seriously. The current trend of dumb cartoony graphics is a loving pox.
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PittTheElder posted:Seriously. The current trend of dumb cartoony graphics is a loving pox. I like it in Sea of Thieves, but it goes with the tone of the game. The Civ6 stuff is horrible.
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Arbite posted:Are there any videos yet of how fast these 3d models are going to load/how fast you can click between them? As much effort as is put into them I have to imagine that will matter more than appearance after an hour in game.
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PittTheElder posted:Seriously. The current trend of dumb cartoony graphics is a loving pox. It comes in waves and Civ is a good example of that. Civilization 3 tried to go for photorealistic graphics with detailed leader portraits and realistic calm color palette. Civ4 had cartoonish characters and exaggerated proportions for everything. Civ5 was photorealistic again. Civ6 is a cartoon. I can bet all my money on Civ7 being back to realistic leaders and landscape. This lets you escape direct comparisons to previous installments. Paradox devs were probably afraid that realistic 3D could not look as good as 2D portraits at least in static screenshots. Of course it would still allow for animation and a much greater diversity but people might look at screenshots and say that this game doesn't look much better than previous one, no need to bother. They probably added bodies so that you can instantly see some progress too. If they'd switch style completely (like they did between CK1 and 2) you couldn't make a direct comparison and make videos a la "Far Cry 2 VS Far Cry 5: DOWNGRADE?!"
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Eimi posted:I am very glad that they did not go down the civ6 route. That artstyle is unappealing. Absolutely what turned me off civ 6. Could be a great game, never got that far in, I'll never know. There's no middle ground with it, it just looks like something to appeal to kids and inform them, designed by a committee. If I'm playing Civ this is my real little world, so crumby graphics are fine and sometimes add to it because they're less distracting, but that unambiguous tone actually makes anything happen in it feel like I'm taking a history lesson aimed way way below my age group. You'd be amazed what a style like that can do. There might be future potential for people to mod too much or official expansions to expand too much and it get cluttered or slow as hell, but as is, it looks like just the right tone and functionality nailed. They're not bouncing around like cybering fortnite chars but look alive enough to work as profiles in a menu. They're not quite real enough for it to be some potential snuff themed sandbox, not quite cartoonish enough to be patronizing or tone setting. I feel like a lot of really good fine tuning went into this perfect balance of looking modern but not overcooked or styled and I really appreciate it. I'd probably play more of those card game the video game things if they got it just right like this. VVVV: No Pants posted:Was playing my final game of CK2 when I again got this bug where a nomad settling ended up creating exactly 999 extra titular empires. wit fucked around with this message at 10:30 on Jul 29, 2020 |
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Was playing my final game of CK2 when I again got this bug where a nomad settling ended up creating exactly 999 extra titular empires. I'd be extremely disappointed if I was playing iron man because the engine could not handle that guy dying.
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wit posted:They're not quite real enough for it to be some potential snuff themed sandbox The Internet: You underestimate my power
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Reveilled posted:The Internet: You underestimate my power Yeah, give it about 3 months with the HD repacks, the everyone is that japanese girl reskin and now buzzsaw mod. That's not a warning, that's my patreon update, we're in a recession
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drat, I really regret getting into alliances at the king/emperor level. I haven't been able to go raiding in almost 20 years because they keep starting massive loving holy wars they can't possibly win. And since the wars never end, I can't dissolve the alliance. Also, I don't get how elective voting works sometime. I have a person that refuses to vote for me despite a score of 65-15 in my favor. She doesn't seem to be returning a favor and she doesn't hate me, so who knows. E: got reelected as emperor, but in my absence the government type is now anarchy. How do I pull that back to elective aristocratic empire that I had before? Demon_Corsair fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Jul 29, 2020 |
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Demon_Corsair posted:E: got reelected as emperor, but in my absence the government type is now anarchy. How do I pull that back to elective aristocratic empire that I had before? Afaik, "anarchy" is a fail-safe that means your combination of titles/succession/realm laws doesn't match up to any of the playable types the game recognizes. It should only happen due to a bug or mod fuckery. Or some extremely niche case like inheriting a theocratic title as a secular/noble ruler.
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Demon_Corsair posted:drat, I really regret getting into alliances at the king/emperor level. I haven't been able to go raiding in almost 20 years because they keep starting massive loving holy wars they can't possibly win. And since the wars never end, I can't dissolve the alliance. Use retinues for raiding. Toggle raiding on the stack before you get dragged into a war and you can still raid during it. I use tribal retinues specifically, because they cost prestige to replenish instead of gold.
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another thing you can do is build a tribal holding in a county where there are already castles. works really well with conquest cbs. depending on the number of baronies, you'll get 500-1500 zero upkeep troops and no diplo hit. lotta heavy infantry too and substantially better than any of the garbage you'll be fielding for at least a century.
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I've played a lot of CK2 and yet Never got the event where you go bonkers because your Good Heir died, this is some grim poo poo
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If your highest title is count-level, is there any reason at all to be concerned about your learning stat, given you don't generate technology points? Connected to this, if I'm a count is there any way at all to influence technology progress, indirectly perhaps?
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OneSizeFitsAll posted:If your highest title is count-level, is there any reason at all to be concerned about your learning stat, given you don't generate technology points? Spymaster to Istanbul, observatory event chain in the scholarship focus, individual council research projects? i think thats pretty much it aside from waiting for random tech giving events. i THINK learning also affects how well your kids are taught but dont quote me on that.
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a fatguy baldspot posted:Spymaster to Istanbul, observatory event chain in the scholarship focus, individual council research projects? i think thats pretty much it aside from waiting for random tech giving events. Thanks. Just want to get that Legalism stat up to 3 (for obvious reasons). I thought the only thing that affected a kid's education was their guardian's education, i.e. the trait to the far left - Thrifty Clerk, Grey Eminence, Fortune Builder etc, and things like bare stats were irrelevant.
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OneSizeFitsAll posted:Thanks. Just want to get that Legalism stat up to 3 (for obvious reasons). Definitely go for the observatory and pick the neconomicon option, hooks you up with a ton of cultural tech
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They've lost an opportunity to make that Saving Private Tyan gif.
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First half of that gif is, "Yes, I have 1000+ hours in CK2, how did you know?"
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i like how the fat guy's fig leaf gets pushed down and under his gut lmao
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Some gameplay footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26vR8IdZmGQ
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Technowolf posted:Some gameplay footage: ha, I'm kind of glad they recruited that guy to do some official videos, he really loves talking about CK. Too bad his name is "One Proud Bavarian", I mean wtf
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Also gameplay streams starting this week. https://twitter.com/CrusaderKings/status/1290316656825311234
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fuf posted:Too bad his name is "One Proud Bavarian", I mean wtf What's wrong with that?
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I’ve posted before about listening to alternate music while playing this game and just got hit with this this morning: https://soundcloud.com/the-ransom-note/maxime-denuc-the-monday-is-ok-mix Recommended for catholic plays obviously.
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Vichan posted:What's wrong with that? Bavaria is a den of indignity and vice.
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Vichan posted:What's wrong with that? Filthy pretzel mongers.
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one proud bavarian is super excitable and sincere like quill, but you'll never shake that henky feeling when watching one of his vids.
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Vichan posted:What's wrong with that? the last time germans took pride in their heritage didn’t work out so well.
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They don't need to feel internalized shame for all eternity because the Nazis existed.
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Or do they? I mean Abba Kovner had some good ideas.
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let's face facts, european plus really into medieval history is never a winning combination. but he did not name himself spqr, sparta or praetorian, so you can watch the videos, just keep your head on a swivel.
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I’ve watched at least most of his CK3 videos over the last few months, always expecting this video to be the one where he says something  and haven’t run into it yet.
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a fatguy baldspot posted:the last time germans took pride in their heritage didn’t work out so well. Bavarians have always had their own identity though.
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Vichan posted:Bavarians have always had their own identity though. I know, I’m (mostly) joking
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Bavarians (like Austrians, Danes, The Dutch, The Swiss, Luxembourgers, and some Belgians) should accept that they're just variations of Germans
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Speaking of videos, someone noticed that there's a short cut in one of them where the game is on speed 5 and 2-3 months pass each second. The fact that a beta performs that well with a bigger world and more characters than CK2 ever had is a good sign. And I guess it makes an east Asia expansion a lot more plausible since they certainly have the performance headroom for it.
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I mean "One Proud [anything]" would make me raise an eyebrow tbh I dunno I like him just feels like a potential milkshake duck but a version of milkshake duck where you have no excuse for not seeing it coming
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Skipping over this new weird goon thing of actively looking for reasons to call someone terrible to post a tiny update on my Iberia game. Suleyman's grandson is doing excellently, his reign is stable and the black plague was mostly uneventful thanks to a massive hospital building program. The next big thing for him is to decide whether or not to go through with marrying his heir to the queen of Egypt, as they are powerful, but also a massive internal mess as well as being a logistical problem to defend. Still not sure which way I'm gonna go.
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