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Darkrenown posted:There's some foot worship in the EUIV mini-series, does that count?
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Darkrenown posted:How'd you get to your second sentence from your first? Darkest hour wasn't HoI3, it was its own thing. Likewise, EvW is not HoI4, it is its own thing. Mostly because I failed twice to carefully(or, you know, at all) read the developer tag on the product.
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Paradox apparently needs to add some porn to their marketing. You must defeat Communist ideology. Play now my Lord.
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SkySteak posted:You must spread Communist ideology. Play now my Lord. Fixed it for you. 
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Paradox apparently needs to add some porn to their marketing. Just get the guy who does the jazzy trailers to do more tralers/ads, his voice is close enough as is.
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Just do more trailers in the style of "The Old Gods."
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Agean90 posted:Just get the guy who does the jazzy trailers to do more tralers/ads, his voice is close enough as is. Shimrra Jamaane posted:Just do more trailers in the style of "The Old Gods." Combine both of these. 
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Trujillo posted:I applied to that EvW "job" opening a while back that someone linked in here. I thought maybe I could improve it a little bit and actually add some Cold War into their Cold War game. They said they liked my events and they'd bring me on as an event writer but they wouldn't be able to pay me. Of course, I'd love to do volunteer work on your lovely game that you're going to make money off of from the people you had add themselves into the game. Now you know how I feel with the whole unpaid thing (minus the part about it being a lovely game, I can't properly judge the game right now). Garek Maxwell here, minister guy and probably the one you all point at laugh at for the We Are The World thing.  I'd be reassuring y'all a lot more if I could for at least the We Are The World event but my hands are tied on what can be said (I signed an NDA). I guess what I could say is not every image submitted gets in. Take that for what you will given the previously infamous examples posted before. I do use this thread to alert others when things are really bad at least, so don't stop the criticism. 
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Kavak posted:A guy on the Pdox forums called Novapaddy appears to have taken it or a similar job. His most recent accomplishments have been taking the Modern Day Scenario and turning it into a very badly justified WWIII scenario, and then dropping it back in August because he thought a real WWIII was imminent. Seriously, that was the reason he gave. Wait, seriously? What did he think was going to kick it off, and why did he change his mind? Aside from the obvious, I mean.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Just do more trailers in the style of "The Old Gods." Trujillo posted:I applied to that EvW "job" opening a while back that someone linked in here. I thought maybe I could improve it a little bit and actually add some Cold War into their Cold War game. They said they liked my events and they'd bring me on as an event writer but they wouldn't be able to pay me. Of course, I'd love to do volunteer work on your lovely game that you're going to make money off of from the people you had add themselves into the game. Wolfgang Pauli fucked around with this message at 04:42 on Sep 29, 2013 |
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Bel Monte posted:Now you know how I feel with the whole unpaid thing (minus the part about it being a lovely game, I can't properly judge the game right now). Garek Maxwell here, minister guy and probably the one you all point at laugh at for the We Are The World thing. Ha, I knew someone involved was going to read that after I posted it. Just struck me as strange to ask people to work for free on something that's for profit but I guess I don't know the industry that well.My main problem with it is it seems to be too focused on the war part of the Cold War but I guess that's just the type of game it is. And the need to have a "We Are The World" type situation to begin with. It says in the developer diaries that the reason it's being done is it can be tough to find ahistoric ministers for some countries but Kaiserreich found real leaders across the ideological spectrum in made up countries and it took place years before. Seems like it'd be easier to find political figures for real countries during an even more politically diverse era.
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Tomn posted:Wait, seriously? What did he think was going to kick it off, and why did he change his mind? Aside from the obvious, I mean. American intervention in Syria, I think. Based on the conflicts he added to the Modern Day Scenario (China siding with North Korea in a all-out war against the US? Really?) I don't think he has the most thorough understanding of world politics.
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Bel Monte posted:Now you know how I feel with the whole unpaid thing (minus the part about it being a lovely game, I can't properly judge the game right now). Garek Maxwell here, minister guy and probably the one you all point at laugh at for the We Are The World thing. Hi there! Thanks again for accepting the thread's OP as a potential head of Spain, we both really appreciate it and it means that I will always play Spain in EvW to get him in charge! 
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Kavak posted:American intervention in Syria, I think. Based on the conflicts he added to the Modern Day Scenario (China siding with North Korea in a all-out war against the US? Really?) I don't think he has the most thorough understanding of world politics. My last MDS game was stalled because the Ukrainian civil war never ended. The two air forces would kill each other's ground forces as soon as they were built. Eventually I just commented out the nuclear weapon events, used slider cheats to turn the EU into a left wing dictatorship and invaded the Anglosphere. Not really the best mod out there.
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Chief Savage Man posted:My last MDS game was stalled because the Ukrainian civil war never ended. The two air forces would kill each other's ground forces as soon as they were built. Eventually I just commented out the nuclear weapon events, used slider cheats to turn the EU into a left wing dictatorship and invaded the Anglosphere. Not really the best mod out there. I'm a big-enough  that I'm happy to just cancel the Iraq war, build and upgrade stuff and read events, but yeah it's a square-peg-round-hole kind of deal and makes me glad for the Kaiserreich team's professionalism.
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Patter Song posted:Hi there! Thanks again for accepting the thread's OP as a potential head of Spain, we both really appreciate it and it means that I will always play Spain in EvW to get him in charge! Seconding this. No matter what else one can say about EvW, you can't say it doesn't have the potential to be an awesome Iberian world conquest game.
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Trujillo posted:Ha, I knew someone involved was going to read that after I posted it. It's okay, I thought I was getting into a minor role and I ended up being a dev. Still unpaid, but I get fringe benefits and it's helped my resume at little. I think it's pretty obvious it's a tightly budgeted team. I know Manga Mundi/World Stage gets brought up a lot here, but paradox has a better grasp on having 3rd party developers work for them now from my perspective. If there's one thing I can say, I really don't think it will be another MM/WS. For the most part we could find a lot of what is usually suggested for ministers, but we're still developing nations as they get posted (even after). Just check out the UK in the latest round. I personally didn't want it posted so soon...Ugh. But, it's really hard to find, say, a fascist for Nigeria or any number of countries with very little documentation on their third party politics. The main intent for We Are The World was to help us fill in those gaps. Which in some cases it definitely has. I will say this, historical ministers get priority for being in charge of a country. VV That means you'll need to work on getting yourself in charge, Gorgo. You've got competition for leadership, sorry! VV Patter Song posted:Hi there! Thanks again for accepting the thread's OP as a potential head of Spain, we both really appreciate it and it means that I will always play Spain in EvW to get him in charge! Gorgo Primus posted:Seconding this. No matter what else one can say about EvW, you can't say it doesn't have the potential to be an awesome Iberian world conquest game.  Thanks y'all. I really hope it's a good game myself. I'm just like you, I just happen to have "extra early access".Overall for those here, definitely do not stop the criticisms. It's cringe inducing but I'd rather know than not. There's a goon on the inside if it helps any.
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So uh what's the deal with the blatant cheating by the AI in Darkest Hour? The soviets are spamming 30+ parallel lines of infantry and armor all at a cost of 0.1 IC? Is there some way to turn this poo poo off?
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Victoria II & All DLC 75% off on Steam this week. Victoria Collection (Vicky I & Rev, Vicky II & All DLC) $9.99 I noticed it was on sale at Gamersgate this morning, but figured I'd wait for a day to see if Amazon or Steam would match/beat them. Glad I did.
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Nevets posted:Victoria II & All DLC 75% off on Steam this week. Wow. I've been holding off buying Vicky 2 in hopes of a Vicky 3, but this might just convince me to get it now.
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Nevets posted:Victoria II & All DLC 75% off on Steam this week. Almost makes me regret buying Heart of Darkness during the steam sale, but I've had fun with it.
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LLSix posted:Wow. I've been holding off buying Vicky 2 in hopes of a Vicky 3, but this might just convince me to get it now. Just go ahead and get Vicky2 and the expansions, if you are interested in the era. It is a very fun game. I thought they said they weren't even working on Vicky3, yet. So, you'd be waiting for quite a while.
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gently caress it, I'll finally crack and buy Vicky II, even though heaven knows when I'll have time to play it. I'm still not entirely sure if it'll be my cup of tea gameplay-wise, since I'm still deeply traumatized by the Vicky 1 learning curve, but I do love the period of history it covers. Well. Love reading about it. It was hellish for lots of people, obviously.
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Rincewind posted:gently caress it, I'll finally crack and buy Vicky II, even though heaven knows when I'll have time to play it. I'm still not entirely sure if it'll be my cup of tea gameplay-wise, since I'm still deeply traumatized by the Vicky 1 learning curve, but I do love the period of history it covers. Vicky 2 is much easier to play than Ricky and is a pretty fun game with all the expansions. Definitely worth grabbing at that price.
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I will pray for Victoria 3, even though they said it's not happening. Victoria 2 is now my favorite Paradox game along with Hearts of Iron 2.
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Oct 1, 2013 03:40
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Yeah, Vicky 2 is my favorite Paradox game. I really hope they keep that series going.
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We need a EU4 to VK2 converter DLC. Just have Wiz work on it in his spare time, no big deal.
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Paradox has five teams working atm right? One for CK2 DLC, another for EUIV DLC. Any guesses on the other three teams?
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Paradox has five teams working atm right? One for CK2 DLC, another for EUIV DLC. Any guesses on the other three teams? Hearts of Iron, AI, and ????
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Maybe they just have an engine team working on their next major game engine.
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So I just got Vicky II and I have no idea why I'm making or losing money. I'll look at my budget and discover that sometimes I'm losing 20 pounds a day and sometimes I'm gaining 20 pounds and I don't know why. I've got a fabric mill running in Rio, it's mostly staffed, it sometimes loses me money and sometimes it's solvent but I realized that it's not paying me anything. Taxes and tariffs are as high as they go, I can't really identify where I'm leaking money and I don't even know if it's rising costs or losing income that's hurting me.
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StashAugustine posted:So I just got Vicky II and I have no idea why I'm making or losing money. I'll look at my budget and discover that sometimes I'm losing 20 pounds a day and sometimes I'm gaining 20 pounds and I don't know why. I've got a fabric mill running in Rio, it's mostly staffed, it sometimes loses me money and sometimes it's solvent but I realized that it's not paying me anything. Taxes and tariffs are as high as they go, I can't really identify where I'm leaking money and I don't even know if it's rising costs or losing income that's hurting me. You actually don't necessarily want to just crank taxes up if you're losing cash, that results in POPs not having as much money to spend and thus your economy does lovely and thus you actually get less tax money (if I remember right). Same with tariffs; unless you're actually trying to protect a fairly large domestic industry base from cheaper foreign goods, I wouldn't crank it up to maximum. You'll stop getting as many (usually necessary) imports and won't actually see as much tariff income. This is all just based on me fiddling with the economics, I could be dead wrong but I notice as soon as taxes and tariffs get high, my income starts to plummet. Also the more you tax the richer people the longer it will take them to gather up the money necessary to open up factories and etc. What kind of economic system do you have (based on the party in power I think)? That will affect factory income and such. Moridin920 fucked around with this message at 10:33 on Oct 1, 2013 |
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StashAugustine posted:So I just got Vicky II and I have no idea why I'm making or losing money. I'll look at my budget and discover that sometimes I'm losing 20 pounds a day and sometimes I'm gaining 20 pounds and I don't know why. I've got a fabric mill running in Rio, it's mostly staffed, it sometimes loses me money and sometimes it's solvent but I realized that it's not paying me anything. Taxes and tariffs are as high as they go, I can't really identify where I'm leaking money and I don't even know if it's rising costs or losing income that's hurting me. Tariffs are usually a trap. Don't use them unless your desperate for cash or your fairly self sufficient on industrial inputs or various weird fringe scenarios that aren't worth thinking about until your good. They can easily kill any developing industry. Also, read this: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?649507-Factories-explained I didnt even begin to understand the system until I read it All these guys guides are amazing. http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/entry.php?1620-Victoria-2-Analysis SickZip fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Oct 1, 2013 |
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Victoria 2 is the best Paradox game. It's hard to get into, but its immensely satisfying once you start to get it.
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Jumped the gun a little, we're only shutdown for now. SickZip posted:Victoria 2 is the best Paradox game. It's hard to get into, but its immensely satisfying once you start to get it. And it's still fun even if you don't understand it 100%. Speaking of that, is there any interest in setting up MP Vicky II games?
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