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Wolfgang Pauli posted:I think the opposite. It's the same system from Victoria, except now I have to dig through each flank and reorder them because there's at best a 50/50 shot that the game will distribute them evenly. I can't even properly distribute infantry, artillery, and cavalry in separate armies and merge them, the flanks are always reset. And not only that, I can't change order within the flanks to make it easier to see what type of units I have in them. Making it senseless to play anything but a Great Power is one thing, but the OOB micro is so much of a hassle that I've pretty much already stopped playing it. Especially with new expansions for Vicky 2 and CK2 around the corner. I've won two games against the AI and one in multiplayer and I've never rearranged my troops at the flanks level. Have you found a formula for redistributing your troops that's better than what the computer automatically does for you? I'm willing to believe you're making your armies better, but I've seen nothing in my experience to show that's a good use of your time.
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Feb 24, 2013 04:49
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Darkrenown posted:It sounded more like he was restating what I had just said after completely misunderstanding me, but if that is what he meant it's not something I can do. I work on these games, I don't run the company, I'm not involved in the marketing department, I agree and I have said the name was a poor choice. I feel like Paradox should have the capability to stop selling a thing they released. Is it really impossible for Paradox Interactive to stop selling EU3 Complete entirely? It even goes on sale during Steam events, and everyone has to constantly warn people to never buy it because it's a waste of money and really misleading. I understand it's out of PDS's hands, but someone, somewhere is dropping the ball on that. The HoI3 collection is a much less severe example of that, but I have witnessed some confusion, with some people having to be warned that there's more to get after that. In the modern day game market, people just kind of expect collections like that to be up to date.
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Feb 24, 2013 05:37
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Maybe there is enough people who just buy complete + HTTT and dont want the DW changes, to justify keeping it. But they probably should look at renaming it
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Feb 24, 2013 05:41
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I want to say that Civ 5's Game of the Year edition also did not include the Gods and Kings expansion, even after it had already been released for some time. Paradox just gets a bad rap because of EU3 Complete (even though they've improved their naming since then) and because they're one of the few companies that actually releases enough non-cosmetic DLC that getting "really complete" collections is that important.
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Feb 24, 2013 05:44
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Firaxis have stopped selling Civ V GOTY edition entirely and replaced it with Civ V Gold, which contains Gods & Kings.
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Feb 24, 2013 06:00
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gradenko_2000 posted:I want to say that Civ 5's Game of the Year edition also did not include the Gods and Kings expansion, even after it had already been released for some time. Paradox just gets a bad rap because of EU3 Complete (even though they've improved their naming since then) and because they're one of the few companies that actually releases enough non-cosmetic DLC that getting "really complete" collections is that important.
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Feb 24, 2013 06:03
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It wouldn't be such a big deal if the mistake didn't cost the customer $20. That was enough to make me swear very loudly when I had realized what I had done. I had even seen both copies and thought "Oh, well Chronicles must be the pre-HTTT one." This was long before this thread warned about this right in the subtitle, and that $20 price gap still exists. I wonder: will Paradox offer refunds and let people who bought Complete switch to Chronicles? I mean, you guys literally gave away Chronicles for free. If you're going to stick the customer for  then you can say whatever you want, you'll still be seen as gouging based on misleading marketing.
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Feb 24, 2013 06:49
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So, a small gripe with MotE: This is 100k dead Russians because I forgot to move them out of the satellite's territory before asking for peace. Is it possible to mod in that every peace deal should include a month of military access deal or is that something that must be patched in by Paradox? It'd obviously be cancelled the next month because Prussia hates me, but it's super annoying that you can get so many people killed from that. It's annoying in other games, but significantly worse with MotE because you're likely to have a shifting set of alliances. This has been an everyone-for-themselves 5 man game. France, Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, me (Russia). My current enemies are France, Spain, and France's satellites, but here I am stuck in one of Saxony's provinces because of stupid. I might be fine because Austria will now want to get back the territories Prussia took when they were my ally, but that wouldn't work if this were AI. There should be a Paradox solution to this, and I don't even know what. A temporary military access deal for a few months would make sense though. It happens to satellites all the time in single player.
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Feb 24, 2013 07:10
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So I'm playing Scotland on my first go through in EUIII and I'm probably going to win a war against England and its allies. From my understanding as I'll have 100% of England's counties captured I should have the option to Annex them in totality. I already own Ulster which has finally become a core province and Cambra, Northumberland and the one south of it I can't remember at the moment which are revolting poo poo holes because of their recent capture. My question really is, should I annex all of England and Wales? I'm barely able to support a single Man-at-Arms levy without minting. My inflation is already at something astonishing like 15% from all the minting I have to do just to stay solvent. The only reason I was able to beat England is because of that stupid Highlander event that gives 12 levies of troops out of nowhere for free. If I conclude the war I'll be unable to stop the Annexed English counties from revolting. If Annexing is a poo poo option what is my best course of action to ensure that England remains in the gutter so I can piece mail conquer it? Force them to release Wales and vassalize both? How exactly do you lower inflation? The Tax Assessor building takes some ridiculous tech level to research before you can get to it. YouTuber fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Feb 24, 2013 |
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Feb 24, 2013 07:14
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YouTuber posted:So I'm playing Scotland on my first go through in EUIII and I'm probably going to win a war against England and its allies. From my understanding as I'll have 100% of England's counties captured I should have the option to Annex them in totality. I already own Ulster which has finally become a core province and Cambra, Northumberland and the one south of it I can't remember at the moment which are revolting poo poo holes because of their recent capture. My question really is, should I annex all of England and Wales? I'm barely able to support a single Man-at-Arms levy without minting. My inflation is already at something astonishing like 15% from all the minting I have to do just to stay solvent. The only reason I was able to beat England is because of that stupid Highlander event that gives 12 levies of troops out of nowhere for free. If I conclude the war I'll be unable to stop the Annexed English counties from revolting. If Annexing is a poo poo option what is my best course of action to ensure that England remains in the gutter so I can piece mail conquer it? Force them to release Wales and vassalize both? OK, bunch of things to clear up here. First off, you are almost certainly not going to be able to annex England. Countries need to be pretty small, like 3-5 provinces at best before you get the option to annex them. So those concerns are largely moot. Secondly, you don't need to mint to stay solvent, knock that minting off. A MONTHLY deficit is fine. What you need to worry about is the ANNUAL deficit - you can check by hovering over the money icon to see how much you bring in every New Year's Day. It doesn't matter if you lose 2 ducats every month if your annual tax brings in 26 ducats. Yeah, it's a bit confusing, which is probably why they're overhauling the system in EU4. Third, a single regiment is a tiny standing army. With your new understanding of how taxation works, recruit something more respectable and capable of beating off rebels, which probably aren't going to be that big an issue if you take only a handful of English provinces. Fourth, England is probably still too large to effectively vassalize at this point. Your best bet is to break them up into as many minor countries as you can, which is essentially Cornwall and Wales if I recall aright. Otherwise, smash their field armies, fund a few random rebels in their territory if you can afford it, and hope they're too busy fighting rebels to bother with you. Odds are they're still going to be dangerous for a while, though. Fifth, try recruiting a Master of Mint advisor to reduce inflation. Increased centralization also helps.
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Feb 24, 2013 08:47
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I'm pretty sure as Scotland that you do have to mint early to be able to do anything other than get owned by England.
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Feb 24, 2013 09:00
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WhitemageofDOOM posted:Dear paradox devs, do you know why i'm not conquering germany with an army of angry normans in viccy 2 right now? It is pretty dumb, and it's something we hope to improve in HoD in a similar to how CK2 does it. There'll be details in one of the dev diaries.
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Feb 24, 2013 09:03
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mmtt posted:I want to play MotE MP with goons? What do I do ? Where do I go ? added you feel free to pm me for a game when you see me on steam  (same handle as here)
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Feb 24, 2013 09:04
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Flame112 posted:I'm pretty sure as Scotland that you do have to mint early to be able to do anything other than get owned by England. OK, yeah, that's true, but you're not supposed to mint for the sake of simply staying solvent. Mint for the sake of maintaining an oversized army, which will almost certainly be operating at a monthly deficit.
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Feb 24, 2013 09:23
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Tomn posted:Stuff Sixth: Minimize your land and naval maintenance when not at war. Paying higher maintenance increases maximum morale, so it isn't necessary if you aren't at war. Crank up the maintenance sliders a month or two before you declare war to get your morale back up to fighting levels.
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Feb 24, 2013 09:54
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Lichtenstein posted:The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Games > Paradox Grand Strategy: two men enter, Darkrenown leaves I lost my poo poo reading this. Darkrenown does come off kind of blunt sometimes but it's really resulted in one of the most entertaining threads in games right now... I'm really hoping someone pokes the bear again and again. and is there any eta on The Old Gods expansion for CK2 yet or EU4? I just need to know when to set money aside.
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Feb 24, 2013 10:02
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I haven't played March of the Eagles but it seems like poop so I'm not going to buy it. CONTROVERSY.
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Feb 24, 2013 10:04
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ANGRY REPLY! Hi Zip! Still just Q2/Q3 respectively, no exact date.
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Feb 24, 2013 10:09
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Proposition Joe posted:I haven't played March of the Eagles but it seems like poop so I'm not going to buy it. Darkrenown comin'.
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Feb 24, 2013 10:09
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We are starting out a Goon MotE game just to see how it goes. Hit me on steam if you are around and want to join in. It's more of a tutorial game so everyone gets how things work.
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Feb 24, 2013 10:29
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Darkrenown posted:ANGRY REPLY! Q2 is not coming fast enough. I can wait on EU4 because I have yet to really learn EU3 but I can't wait to play Pagans... Especially after the last expansion. Trade republics were pretty fun to play so if pagans are half as fun my life will suffer in really awesome ways. (edit: j/k I don't poopsock) Also my girl is pregnant with a boy and just to be terribly nerdy, I have been informing people about the pregnancy by explaining that "my titles are secure and we have no succession issues since I will now have a male heir." -Since I'm from usa this has led to some really confused/cryptic responses from people who have no idea wtf I'm babbling about... oh and one random raver girl I know told me I was "racist" for saying that. I'm still not sure not if she meant sexist or if she just got confused. Zip fucked around with this message at 10:41 on Feb 24, 2013 |
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Feb 24, 2013 10:35
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I may have a slight bias, but I think pagans are looking pretty neat. You'll be needing that sock.
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Feb 24, 2013 10:44
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My USCA game makes me realize just how badly the new crisis system is needed. My first V2 game in forever and hardly anyone is going to war with each other. I'm about to pick a fight with America just to have something to do.
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Feb 24, 2013 14:20
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Tomn posted:OK, yeah, that's true, but you're not supposed to mint for the sake of simply staying solvent. Mint for the sake of maintaining an oversized army, which will almost certainly be operating at a monthly deficit. It was an annual deficit of some retarded number like 50-60 ducats with no army at all. I outright couldn't understand it. I attempted to hire a Master of the Mint but it was always greyed out for some reason.
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Feb 24, 2013 17:24
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Should I play EU3 before getting 4 this summer? I've only ever played CK2, and it sounds like EU4 is going to look and play more like CK2.
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Feb 24, 2013 17:34
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YouTuber posted:It was an annual deficit of some retarded number like 50-60 ducats with no army at all. I outright couldn't understand it. I attempted to hire a Master of the Mint but it was always greyed out for some reason. Huh. Post a screenshot of your budget window, maybe someone can figure out what's up.
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Feb 24, 2013 17:44
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YouTuber posted:It was an annual deficit of some retarded number like 50-60 ducats with no army at all. I outright couldn't understand it. I attempted to hire a Master of the Mint but it was always greyed out for some reason. Um, yeah, that's not supposed to happen. Something's gone squirrely. Also, re: Master of the Mint, I believe you need a certain amount of cultural tradition before you can hire one. Can't recall the exact amount, though.
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Feb 24, 2013 17:52
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Wolfgang Pauli posted:This is the concern. It's one of workflow. It's not that the detail isn't appreciated, but how is this -- or any expansion to the military game from the HoI datum -- a priority? This is in an era where the only things really significant about military actions were supply lines, troop placements (not actions), and technology. All the news coming out of the game seems to point to complex and very sensitive diplomatic situations beings reduced to this: Maybe they intend the game to be played in Multiplayer?  Wait this is real?
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Feb 24, 2013 18:01
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YouTuber posted:It was an annual deficit of some retarded number like 50-60 ducats with no army at all. I outright couldn't understand it. I attempted to hire a Master of the Mint but it was always greyed out for some reason. Colonial maintenance can be just as expensive as fielding an army if you have a lot of developing colonies. Also your master of mint problem might be that you can only hire one of a type of minister at a time.
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Feb 24, 2013 18:02
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YouTuber posted:It was an annual deficit of some retarded number like 50-60 ducats with no army at all. I outright couldn't understand it. I attempted to hire a Master of the Mint but it was always greyed out for some reason. Trujillo posted:Colonial maintenance can be just as expensive as fielding an army if you have a lot of developing colonies. Trujillo posted:Also your master of mint problem might be that you can only have one type of minister at a time. You seem to be saying the opposite of what you mean here. To clarify; you can only have one minister of a single type at any one time, so if you already have a MotM then you can't hire another. If there's a better/younger one then you can replace the old one directly.
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Feb 24, 2013 18:08
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A Buttery Pastry posted:You seem to be saying the opposite of what you mean here. To clarify; you can only have one minister of a single type at any one time, so if you already have a MotM then you can't hire another. If there's a better/younger one then you can replace the old one directly. Yeah, this was changed at one point, wasn't it? I seem to remember you used to be able to have 3 of one type, which was hilariously over powered.
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Feb 24, 2013 18:40
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Raenir Salazar posted:
What's up with so many people never having seen a civilized city before?
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Feb 24, 2013 18:42
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Orange Devil posted:What's up with so many people never having seen a civilized city before? Most of the posters on SA are yanks.
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Feb 24, 2013 18:48
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Fintilgin posted:Yeah, this was changed at one point, wasn't it? I seem to remember you used to be able to have 3 of one type, which was hilariously over powered. It was changed with Divine Wind, I believe. Anyway the budget screen is good for telling you where your money comes from and where it goes; if there's a huge deficit then you can just check which of your expenses is the culprit of a ridiculous balance.
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Friend Commuter posted:Most of the posters on SA are yanks. As an actual live Yank, I always wonder what they do with those weird courtyards in the middle of the blocks. They seemed to hemmed in/shadowed to be nice place to relax, you can't get at them to park cars, you haven't stuck a McDonalds there, so... ??? EDIT: Plus it's weird, because it seems like half the windows are like looking into other peoples houses from 20 feet away.
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Feb 24, 2013 18:50
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Fintilgin posted:As an actual live Yank, I always wonder what they do with those weird courtyards in the middle of the blocks. They seemed to hemmed in/shadowed to be nice place to relax, you can't get at them to park cars, you haven't stuck a McDonalds there, so... ??? In the bad cities, you shoot dope and then you just lay around, it's pretty poo poo.
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Feb 24, 2013 19:04
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Darkrenown posted:It sounded more like he was restating what I had just said after completely misunderstanding me, but if that is what he meant it's not something I can do. I work on these games, I don't run the company, I'm not involved in the marketing department, I agree and I have said the name was a poor choice.
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Friend Commuter posted:Most of the posters on SA are yanks. I'm Canadian from Montreal so its a mix of where the old buildings are all intermixed with new stuff and some cruddy old or new stuff that looks cruddy. To me though it looked like from inside a game 
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Fintilgin posted:Yeah, this was changed at one point, wasn't it? I seem to remember you used to be able to have 3 of one type, which was hilariously over powered. Fintilgin posted:As an actual live Yank, I always wonder what they do with those weird courtyards in the middle of the blocks. They seemed to hemmed in/shadowed to be nice place to relax, you can't get at them to park cars, you haven't stuck a McDonalds there, so... ??? Fintilgin posted:EDIT: Plus it's weird, because it seems like half the windows are like looking into other peoples houses from 20 feet away.
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