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Crabouse-united said:
Savescuming for 3 hours straight in Victoria 2 after dismantling the UK while playing as Japan to get Malaysia and Burma as colonial territories is raising my blood pressure and made yesterday's afternoon hell. I get that this is a mod feature done by the HPM/HFM devs but holy shit, how did paradox not think to include a proper warscore contribution system in their game? I literaly sieged down all of india, malaysia and Russia up to the Ural mountains (they weren't a GP because I triggered WWI on them and dismantled Russia before, coincidentally I got nothing during Russia and France's (Their GP ally) dismantlement which just makes me even more pissed).

People complain about HOI4 and the treaty system over there but they don't know how much bullshit it is on Vicky 2, too bad paradox is going to fuck with warfare on Vicky 3 so I suspect it might turn even worse.
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Maybe it's realism like how the Italians tied down millions of Austro-Hungarian troops for 3 years yet received barely anything in the peace treaty. Roleplay and go Pearl Harbor some people or something.
 
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shits about go down with George I of house Asperger
 
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Save the Loli said:
Maybe it's realism like how the Italians tied down millions of Austro-Hungarian troops for 3 years yet received barely anything in the peace treaty. Roleplay and go Pearl Harbor some people or something.
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Already did and won way back. Hawaii is mine and the Philiphines are a sphereling.
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6.pngFirst attempt, Italy got Burma and Malaysia got split between them and the Dutch, India broke off and is free.
7.pngSecond Try, Italy got all of the SEA territories and the Dutch got all of India.
Tried a third and I think I got India but the game crashed instantly so I couldn't see. Can't catch a break man *sigh*
I'm debating if I should try my luck again but running the game at a lower time speed to see if the crash doesn't happen. Don't want to do this all over again but without allies only to get a permanently soft locked save because the game crashes whenever I accept the peace conditions.
 
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Been playing the no-DLC version of EU4 like a scrub.
So far I've got:
Attignawantan, Iraqouis Natives, 1744, Ohio trade node dominated, borders mostly protected from invaders, have such a high density of castles that if someone invaded they'd barely be able to move inbetween sieges, 3rd largest army, but the run's a complete mess from learning, I never hired any advisors, or mothballed any forts, or dropped costs.
Asturia, Hispanic Vikings, 1681, started as Castile, invested everything into the top 3 provinces, bankrupted self, budded off into the beautiful light-blue nation, destroyed my Iberian brothers thoroughly, Granada went catholic and became the pope and excommunicated me, but I had already invested so much in colonialism that they couldn't stop me from setting up every single colony I could: Alturias(Columbia), Asturil(Brazil), Astiana(Louisiana), Asgard(13 colonies), Asturico(Mexico) Astintina(Argentina), with active provinces in peru, canada, west africa, and south africa
Memeluks, North African and Middle eastern Empire, 1576, have 1100 governing capacity filled, gross income at ~140 duckets, own provinces from tunisia to south india, working towards China, going for a Egyptian Asia run, even the Ottocucks fear my mighty army, and my gem provinces are devved the fuck up, can tell there'll be problems in the future with a very hefty Spain that's popped up, as well as an enormous, beautiful gold Buhkara that's dominating russia.

I'll share pictures when I finish any particular game. Always like world geography, and this is very fun.
 
I don't swear said:
Any advice/guides for a console pleb who wants to play CK3?
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Maybe start with an Irish country. A good mix of difficulty at the start with later relative ease if England and Scotland stay disunited. Once Ireland is united, whoever rules Scotland becomes annoying if they weren't an issue in unifying Ireland. Thing is once I get my custom empire based on Britannia, I don't go much further as I end with someone forming an empire with the extra land which doesn't sum up to an empire. Maybe I need to tamper with inheritance a bit and be Ottoman with male offspring. Perhaps I go feudal needlessly. Dunno.
 
Got an itch to try HoI 4 on game pass, really enjoyed it and ended up piecing the base game and all DLC for 60 bucks on steam. Having a blast, but need to branch out and experiment a bit. I always end up building infantry with air support.

Also, ended up getting EU4 in the humble bundle and it seems a lot more involved than HOI, any tips for a beginner or just jump in and get wrecked for a few play throughs?
 
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Site of Origin said:
Got an itch to try HoI 4 on game pass, really enjoyed it and ended up piecing the base game and all DLC for 60 bucks on steam. Having a blast, but need to branch out and experiment a bit. I always end up building infantry with air support.

Also, ended up getting EU4 in the humble bundle and it seems a lot more involved than HOI, any tips for a beginner or just jump in and get wrecked for a few play throughs?
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Ottomans is a nation tailor-made for newbies. They have the largest manpower pool by far, they're rich, and the missions let you bounce expansion over a large distance so aggressive expansion won't be a big issue. After you cut your teeth on them, France is another easier nation for the first two reasons, but you have to manage AE due to the HRE, and midgame will be rough if you don't know how to play the religion game. If you want to mess with colonization, Castile is best, but the start of the game is rough.
 
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Super Hans said:
Ottomans is a nation tailor-made for newbies. They have the largest manpower pool by far, they're rich, and the missions let you bounce expansion over a large distance so aggressive expansion won't be a big issue. After you cut your teeth on them, France is another easier nation for the first two reasons, but you have to manage AE due to the HRE, and midgame will be rough if you don't know how to play the religion game. If you want to mess with colonization, Castile is best, but the start of the game is rough.
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Thanks ill give em a shot. Was originally thinking of starting as Portugal but ill give the ottomans a shot.

I don't know near enough of the history until the 1700s, hoping to learn some stuff.
 
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Site of Origin said:
Thanks ill give em a shot. Was originally thinking of starting as Portugal but ill give the ottomans a shot.

I don't know near enough of the history until the 1700s, hoping to learn some stuff.
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Portugal is basically Castille but poorer. The big upside is that if you manage to befriend or ally with Castille/Spain, you can simply ignore continental politics while you subjugate the niggers overseas.
 
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Site of Origin said:
Got an itch to try HoI 4 on game pass, really enjoyed it and ended up piecing the base game and all DLC for 60 bucks on steam. Having a blast, but need to branch out and experiment a bit. I always end up building infantry with air support.

Also, ended up getting EU4 in the humble bundle and it seems a lot more involved than HOI, any tips for a beginner or just jump in and get wrecked for a few play throughs?
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uh play tall, (invest heavily into improving the pips of your provinces, but do not fall behind in terms of tech), take a side in a rivalry (the house of Austria, France, the Turks, or later on Russia/ Prussia, and don't be afraid to take a loan or two in order to continue a war or adopt an institution.
 
Site of Origin said:
Got an itch to try HoI 4 on game pass, really enjoyed it and ended up piecing the base game and all DLC for 60 bucks on steam. Having a blast, but need to branch out and experiment a bit. I always end up building infantry with air support.

Also, ended up getting EU4 in the humble bundle and it seems a lot more involved than HOI, any tips for a beginner or just jump in and get wrecked for a few play throughs?
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Or you cannot be a pussy, play Brandenburg, become Protestant, form Prussia and unite Germany like the boss you are.
 
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Save the Loli said:
Maybe it's realism like how the Italians tied down millions of Austro-Hungarian troops for 3 years yet received barely anything in the peace treaty. Roleplay and go Pearl Harbor some people or something.
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What it's missing is the ability to disregard a peace treaty and keep fighting at the expense of something else (like Infamy). I can't think of an instance of that off the top of my head (where one side was winning and separate peaced), but it must have happened at some point in history. Paradox games allow you to separate peace so they ought to allow you to keep fighting too.

Vicky 3 is going to suck on launch since their 19th Century Simulator won't even allow intervening in an ongoing war.
 
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I must be a sperg because I suck at playing Murchad (Ireland) start and the Duhblin start. Stupid succession laws prevent me from getting the kingdom of Ireland before it passes onto my heir and just had two games where both of my characters died mid-war, amassing debt because I can't disband the armies. I'm surrendering and watching a boring Let's Play for now. I don't know what to do :(
 
I don't swear said:
I must be a sperg because I suck at playing Murchad (Ireland) start and the Duhblin start. Stupid succession laws prevent me from getting the kingdom of Ireland before it passes onto my heir and just had two games where both of my characters died mid-war, amassing debt because I can't disband the armies. I'm surrendering and watching a boring Let's Play for now. I don't know what to do :(
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CK2 or CK3? Don't be afraid to take it slow, or kill your kids.
 
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