Cameron122
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Paradox Grand Strategy - Thread of Fighting WW2 as Bithynia
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I'm thinking a continent shaped like the GAF logo. Goal would be to unify NeoGAF as emperor, as Emperor Evilore decided to travel the world, leaving Mods, Admins, and Members to vie for supremacy.
bonesmccoy
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That was a very ... interesting interview. The head of Paradox has some different ideas about what he wants to do with his company.
Basileus777
Member
I wish Paradox's UIs scaled with resolution. Playing Victoria 2 at 1440p I have to get super close to my monitor to read any text or see smaller items. It's a pain to open up a ledger or menu and 2/3s of the screen is empty space and I have to squint to read small text centered in the middle of the screen.
This drives me crazy:
Why? There's even a scroll bar on the diplomacy screen despite all that wasted space!
This drives me crazy:
Why? There's even a scroll bar on the diplomacy screen despite all that wasted space!
Basileus777
Member
CK2 doesn't scale the UI either, but it's not as much of an issue because so much of the interface involves portraits and doesn't involve the same amount of text or minute detail as Victoria.
I wonder if there's any chance of the Game of Thrones CK2 mod going "legit"?
Ahh, the good old Kingdom of Cum.
CK2 doesn't scale the UI either, but it's not as much of an issue because so much of the interface involves portraits and doesn't involve the same amount of text or minute detail as Victoria.
Ahh, the good old Kingdom of Cum.
Basileus777
Member
I doubt there's any chance considering the licensing issues.
Hah, I didn't even notice that.
I just went to look up prices for EUIV and it seems there's some considerable gouging going on, at least in the UK. The "extreme" edition is £39.99, versus £28.98 for the same from the US store, not taking into account the 10% discount for owning another EU game.
Other than hearing about Aussies often getting screwed with prices, I'm not too familiar with cross region pricing, so to see such a disparity is quite surprising, and pretty disappointing.
Other than hearing about Aussies often getting screwed with prices, I'm not too familiar with cross region pricing, so to see such a disparity is quite surprising, and pretty disappointing.
Think you need to have a US address if you want to buy from the US store; I know I have to use my company's American subsidiary's address for that.
Well if anyone is interested, I just purchased EUIV via GMG in dollars with only 1 issue. I loaded up Spotflux, created a new GMG account using my 2nd email account, and purchased the game as normal, selecting the cash-back. The only issue was that Paypal wasn't working, so I just entered my card details directly and the order went through fine. Just need to wait until release to get the Steam key now.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
If you want to play as Muslims you'll need Sword of Islam, and Legacy of Rome ads some nice things to Byzantium if you wanted to play them. But if you're a total beginner and won't save money by buying it upfront now, I'm not sure you "need" any of them. I mean, I'd buy most of the content DLC because I think it's worth it, but you can still get a great experience out of vanilla because the core mechanics updates that each DLC brought were integrated into the base game through patches.
Like ThoseDeafMutes said, you don't really need any just yet, but you can get them if you want. I recommend Legacy of Rome, since it adds not only the flavor to the Byzzies, but also the retinues. Then perhaps The Old Gods (its not on sale yet though) for the playable pagans and better rebel system.
Republics and Sword of Islam only makes Republics (I believe there are 5 or so in vanilla) or Muslims playable and don't have any special features. Sunset Invasion is basically a fictional invasion from the west, its the only one I don't have.
Others are basically just for cosmetics, portrait packs, music, dynasty shields.
Republics and Sword of Islam only makes Republics (I believe there are 5 or so in vanilla) or Muslims playable and don't have any special features. Sunset Invasion is basically a fictional invasion from the west, its the only one I don't have.
Others are basically just for cosmetics, portrait packs, music, dynasty shields.
The Old Gods is 50% off at GameStop at the moment. It appears to be US only though unfortunately.
Basileus777
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Gamestop's site seems to be having problems, and it's not just your link, their search gives me the same error page.
Was working when I posted it, but I do also seem to be getting an error at the moment, probably just temporary. EDIT: It's working again now.
You're probably right, I read that it was US only when I saw the link, however I haven't tried it myself yet. Will do as soon as I can access the page again.
EDIT 2: I managed to buy the game using a proxy and Paypal, however I got an order cancelled email just now.
been playing the hell out of victoria 2 + expansions lately. they've really cleaned the game up since the last time I gave it a run through (pre-HOD). things finally seem to work as they should! though, for a colonization expansion, the colonization part is still pretty dull and is basically done solely within the five year period of 1870-1875 and the economy is still pointlessly convoluted.
the crisis system is very much welcome though. crushing austria + sphering + german unification has never been easier
the crisis system is very much welcome though. crushing austria + sphering + german unification has never been easier
I have been playing Vicky 2 as well. Playing the USA and enjoying the ride. Won the Civil War in under two years, the CSA foolishly attacked my army along the Virginia coast and was destroyed and after that decisive battle I was able to occupy the country and reunite the Union! Now to claim my cores in Cuba from the Spaniards
Mgoblue201
Won't stop picking the right nation
The Civil War is a little too easy since you can prepare for it. I spent the years before the war fortifying the entire northern-southern border and basically did everything I could to deprive the south of infrastructure. There is also an enormous upside to simply bringing new states into the union as free states. It antagonizes the slave states, but they're probably going to rebel anyway, and it significantly tips the odds in your favor when the Civil War does come. In my present USA game, for example, I brought Texas into the union as a free state, and they stayed on the side of the Union.
superdeluxe
Member
Wish they would update the prince and thane
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
$5 to melt your brain:
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-HOI3C/hearts-of-iron-3-collection
$3.25 more for the icing on the cake:
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-HOI3TFH/hearts-of-iron-3-their-finest-hour
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-HOI3SS/hearts-of-iron-3-stars-and-stripes-dlc
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-CELANO/hearts-of-iron-3-dies-irae-gotterdammerung
Then a couple little cosmetic things like vehicle packs are also on sale on the site.
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-HOI3C/hearts-of-iron-3-collection
$3.25 more for the icing on the cake:
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-HOI3TFH/hearts-of-iron-3-their-finest-hour
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-HOI3SS/hearts-of-iron-3-stars-and-stripes-dlc
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-CELANO/hearts-of-iron-3-dies-irae-gotterdammerung
Then a couple little cosmetic things like vehicle packs are also on sale on the site.
Is that hoi collection everything?
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
No, and the post you quoted detailed what was missing.
Ah, thanks much! Couldn't tell on my phone.
is HOI 3 still broken as hell? I loved HOI2 but I've been avoiding 3 because the "improvements" sounded more painful than fun. I could handle HOI2 no problem; I'm more concerned about it being either absurdly huge amounts of shit to control or the game runs itself and not much room in between... anyone have any impressions?
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
It's micro-intensive if you want to be good at it. You can automate nearly any aspect of the game, but the A.I. is fairly bad at doing things, and there's this irritating tendency for the A.I. to be incompetent predominantly when it's on your side. There are little tricks you learn as you play (and google) that make it easier but it's difficult to get into. Trying to reorganize the Soviet Order of Battle is a nightmare, and there's a temptation to just be lazy and leave things as they are (which is very sub-optimal).
I guess the biggest weakness I'd say is that there aren't any countries that are all that beginner friendly. The "easiest" to start with is probably Germany, but only until you defeat France, after which time it becomes really hard if you don't know what you're doing. Trying to deal with the Red Army is daunting for a newcomer, and you sort of had to be planning years in advance to launch a proper invasion of the UK (you can get by if you want to cheese it, but you sort of have to know how). There's always that moment when you launch the invasion and suddenly the army you shipped to the British isles is out of supplies and the Royal Navy has been sinking all of your convoys.
On the other hand, it's really fun when you can get into it. I think France is underpowered (for game balance reasons), but changing or replicating historical outcomes as the various teams can be really satisfying.
FallingEdge
Member
Totally forgot about Leviathan: Warships. Game any good?
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
EU3 and associated expansions/DLC is on sale at a huge discount on GMG at the moment:
http://www.greenmangaming.com/search/?q=Europa+Universalis
A further 10% discount can be obtained by using the code listed on the "hot deals" page.
http://www.greenmangaming.com/search/?q=Europa+Universalis
A further 10% discount can be obtained by using the code listed on the "hot deals" page.
For someone who just picked up CK2 and is enjoying it, but finding it difficult, is it worth trying to jump into EU3? Or should I rather just stick with CK2 and maybe wait for EU4?
If it was me, I would wait.
I'm not even starting new EU3 games in antecipation of a EU4 discount.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Everybody should buy EU3! Don't listen to his lies.
Mgoblue201
Won't stop picking the right nation
EU3 feels really antiquated compared to CK2 and Paradox's newer games. There are a lot of undeveloped mechanics and other frustrating elements, though you probably wouldn't notice on your first play through. Also, Paradox has made great strides in their last few patches to improve the tool tip explanations so that the system isn't quite as opaque as it used to be. It might be worth it to play EU3 just to familiarize yourself with the mechanics, many of which will probably carry over to the sequel.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
So there I am minding my own business when suddenly France and Bavaria turn purple.
Mgoblue201
Won't stop picking the right nation
Almost as terrifying as the Duke of Holland inheriting France.
I'm glad I was just observing at the time.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
First game as Byz I played after LoR DLC came out:
Not pictured: Byzantine Africa from Abyssinia to Tunisia; Byzantine Arabian holdings.
There was like a 3 way blob cold war. I kept marrying into the HRE ruling family, so we were allies effectively the whole game and the Horde never declared war on either of us.
Not pictured: Byzantine Africa from Abyssinia to Tunisia; Byzantine Arabian holdings.
There was like a 3 way blob cold war. I kept marrying into the HRE ruling family, so we were allies effectively the whole game and the Horde never declared war on either of us.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Mongol Sweden is easily my favorite part about the map.
I don't know, the Kola peninsula being Byzantine is pretty amazing too.