So I can look forward to a new game of fail in august
So play a short SP game beforehand, geez
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So play a short SP game beforehand, geez
But that backlog!
Join us in the Indie threads and play 50 games each month on top of your backlog before you complain about it
Red Arremer
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I've been thinking of changing my avatar to something with historic context, but I like my Cardinal Fang of the Spanish Wolfquisition a lot too.
The province of Venice is ingame not in the Northern Italy region afaik
Have they changed regions around then? Currently there's just Lombardia and Two Sicilies in the Italian region. Either way, there's still Brescia and Verona, and they have to be in Northern Italy.
Or if all else fails, Venice could just take Mantua early on and hope for the best.
I think you're good even with just Treviso.
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Venezia is part of both the Italy and the Lombardia (i.e. Northern Italy) regions. Venezia is the only one that is not in the HRE, though - the other Italian provinces Venice owns are.
There's a couple of provinces that aren't in either Lombardia nor Two Sicilies, which are iirc only Roma and Ancona (aka Urbino).
Istria and the other Croatian provinces are not part of the Italian region, though.
There's a couple of provinces that aren't in either Lombardia nor Two Sicilies, which are iirc only Roma and Ancona (aka Urbino).
Istria and the other Croatian provinces are not part of the Italian region, though.
Seriously, fanboi? Hahaha
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Danskjävel in full force.
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This is like watching an old couple arguing in public in a restaurant or something. Or at least one of them trying to do so
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Same, I'm getting destroyed right now by everyone.
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I think I found my new avatar
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Man those new 'chievos are glorious. I can't even decide which one I'd like to be my avatar.
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Man those new 'chievos are glorious. I can't even decide which one I'd like to be my avatar.
To make you feel extra bad:
AI Genoa regularly vassalizes Crimea and I've even seen it beat up on Russia
I once had a very successful Genoa game where I basically only grabbed estuaries and important centers of trade, but the fact that you couldn't really build up a tall empire back then kinda limited my progress, so with Common Sense I'm trying to repeat that game.
If you want to dominate your home node, you're going to need more strength than I imagine grabbing territory selectively can provide. After all, Lyonnais is an important centre of trade in the Genoese node.
You'd be surprised how powerful you can get by only grabbing select provinces as a merchant republic
I was by far the most powerful country in the world in my Genoa game. The only reason things went to shit was because my armies were spread across the world and none of my allies wanted to help me when France suddenly decided they wanted my shit.
That guy has a ton of provinces though in that game.
Yeah, well. I had some other stuff too, I owned a good part of northern Italy and Anatolia, but aside from that just trade stuff.
Both Castile and France getting wrecked from all sides in my current game, love it. New fort system is brilliant, wars seem a lot faster only having to siege down select provinces. New provinces are swish, <3 Prussian region.
Agreed, a bunch of new achievements have some great icons.
I think I found my new avatar
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Man those new 'chievos are glorious. I can't even decide which one I'd like to be my avatar.
Agreed, a bunch of new achievements have some great icons.
Hahah, that's even better than when they try to take Gibraltar
Mgoblue201
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Full annexation is accomplished by simply selecting all the enemy's provinces in a peace deal, as if you were conquering them individually. Today I managed to annex, humiliate, and take gold from a rival all in a single war.
Got rid of it, you just click the the provinces you want outright now, no weird always 100% warscore cost. Means you can take/fabricate on capitals and fully annex a nation whilst still taking gold etc, or full annex one nation, and still use warscore to take other things in general.
edit: beaten like 1.12 France
edit: beaten like 1.12 France
That helped one of my Granada games before this expansion. Getting Corsica and Caffa almost for free was a nice boost start.
Mgoblue201
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It also means you don't need to wait five years or occupy everything to achieve 100% for full annexation, which is a big reversal from 1.8.
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So for those of you who like cheesing a bit, the "One Family to Rule them all" achievement, so this one:
is currently bugged; you get it if you start as a nation in an interregnum, e.g. Hungary. PDX is aware of it, so grab it while it's hot.
is currently bugged; you get it if you start as a nation in an interregnum, e.g. Hungary. PDX is aware of it, so grab it while it's hot.
The AI issues seem to relate to AI countries not taking into account a lot of factors (eg allies) when declaring war. For example, in quill18s latest video Milan declared war on his Ferrara who was allied both to France and Austria. Not the best idea and not some thing you would see often pre-patch.
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Never mind suicidal DoWs, I'm just getting suicidal military AI completely. Is anyone else have nations blithely marching 1-stacks and 2-stacks into your 15-stacks with no regard for common sense (heh)?
I'm good with waiting until like (late) August when people have gotten used to the new mechanics and people are back from vacation etc.
Sadly, no.
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I also like how it's already a much more commonly held achievement than a ton of others hahah
Yeah. Every province I took from Burgundy, Provance and Nevers cost me over 160 paper mana. Sure, war exhaustion added a bit, but that's still a crazy expensive base.
Speaking of France, having 'French language in all courts' as the first French idea seems a waste, given that France doesn't start with it's horde of vassals.
The real problem here is the humongous diplomatic annexation cost.
I fed a vassal northern Baltic and now it's just too much diplomatic points to be worth it.
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So what's the point of development? It costs me on average 55ish ADM to raise base tax by one. Meanwhile, 55ish ADM will core a 5-development province if I conquer one. The returns to playing tall are literally a fifth of the returns to playing wide.
It's even more of a joke when Administrative ideas have -25% coring cost as the 2nd idea, whereas Economic has -20% development cost as the bonus. Like... who on earth is in charge of balancing?
It's even more of a joke when Administrative ideas have -25% coring cost as the 2nd idea, whereas Economic has -20% development cost as the bonus. Like... who on earth is in charge of balancing?
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speaking of which: sell your pcs and come play splatoon with me
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Forums in melt-down about "wide" being much worse than "tall" now, so I guess you're right. Truly, EU4 fans are the casuals of Grand Strategy.
victoria 2 master race
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I'm so jelly you have no idea. ;_;
Red Arremer
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Me too, I've been trying to buy a Wii U forever now, but I always get knocked down with more important stuff needing money.
300 buckeroos is no easy task. ;-;
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