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uPen: Jan 25, 2010; Zu Rodina!

Trustworthy posted:

I too am just getting back into Vic2 (for the first time since release). Are both expansions pretty mandatory for a fine-tuned experience?

This being Victoria makes me think probably yes, but the scope of recent CK2 expansions makes me think maybe not.

I can't imagine playing V2 without great wars or crisis, having both expansions is highly recommended.

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KICK BAMA KICK: Mar 2, 2009

Trustworthy posted:

I too am just getting back into Vic2 (for the first time since release). Are both expansions pretty mandatory for a fine-tuned experience?

This being Victoria makes me think probably yes, but the scope of recent CK2 expansions makes me think maybe not.

AHD and HoD are much more in the old style of "fix everything" Paradox expansions rather than the CK2 "optionally flesh out a dimension of the game" kind.

# ? Dec 11, 2013 04:18

Pornographic Memory: Dec 17, 2008

Trustworthy posted:

I too am just getting back into Vic2 (for the first time since release). Are both expansions pretty mandatory for a fine-tuned experience?

This being Victoria makes me think probably yes, but the scope of recent CK2 expansions makes me think maybe not.

Vicky 2 is still on the old expansion model, so if you don't buy the expansions you don't get any of the improvements that go with it.

# ? Dec 11, 2013 04:19

Punished Chuck: Dec 27, 2010

Trustworthy posted:

I too am just getting back into Vic2 (for the first time since release). Are ~~both~~ all three main expansions pretty mandatory for a fine-tuned experience?

This being Victoria makes me think probably yes, but the scope of recent CK2 expansions makes me think maybe not...?

There are only two expansions? :confused:

but, yes, both expansions, especially the second, are more or less necessary. The base game was my favorite Paradox game until CK2 came out, but I was in a tiny, tiny minority who held that opinion, and even then I'll still say you need the expansions. Even if you enjoy the vanilla version, you'll enjoy it with expansions so much more.

# ? Dec 11, 2013 04:34

Testicle Masochist: Oct 13, 2012

Thanks for the advice, I definitely got into V2 this time, I didn't get to bed until 6:30 am because I was too busy building railroads and increasing the cause of the proletariat in Brazil!

# ? Dec 11, 2013 05:37

Trustworthy: Dec 28, 2004; with catte-like thread
upon our prey we steal

Thanks everybody. Grabbing the expansions and diving in (to a kajillion tutorials to refresh my memory on how all this poo poo works). :toot:

# ? Dec 11, 2013 05:46

ExtraNoise: Apr 11, 2007

QuoProQuid posted:

Just got a chance to play this.

- Several states, like Deseret, begin with no tech whatsoever.
- As the game goes on, Pan-American rebellions become more severe and frequent. As Empire, I dealt with six or seven "American Wind" type events. Had I not been in control, the United States would have unified as a monarchy.
- United Virginia's cores form some very strange borders. I think United Virginia is suppose to have cores on Georgia but this is not in the game.
- United Virginia has a strange tendency to colonize Nunavut as soon as possible.
- There is very little activity in Canada unless it is forced by the player.
- It might be cool to give the European states some incentive to interact with North America. Maybe you could give the United Kingdom a decision where they get claims on the former Thirteen Colonies. I am imagining a larger scale version of the Ostend Manifesto decision.
- I do not think it is possible to form any of the regional unions yet. Are there suppose to be decisions in place to allow this?

Thanks so much for the feedback. I'm going to look closely at United Virginia and find out why it's such a hungry powerhouse of rage and hatred. As for Deseret and tech, I suspect this is something to do with the American nations that ship with the game that I included - I'll pull out their country files and "fix" them manually.

I love the additional suggestions for the mod.

# ? Dec 11, 2013 06:16

QuoProQuid: Jan 12, 2012; Tr*ckin' and F*ckin' all the way to tha
T O P

ExtraNoise posted:

Thanks so much for the feedback. I'm going to look closely at United Virginia and find out why it's such a hungry powerhouse of rage and hatred. As for Deseret and tech, I suspect this is something to do with the American nations that ship with the game that I included - I'll pull out their country files and "fix" them manually.

I love the additional suggestions for the mod.

Honestly, I think the issue is just that Virginia starts off surrounded by weak states and has cores on all of them. After absorbing Maryland, Delmarva and Kentucky there is no way for Westylvania or North Carolina to compete.

You would probably see similar behavior if you gave all the Thirteen States their original land claims.

# ? Dec 11, 2013 22:56

fuf: Sep 12, 2004; haha

http://paradox-holiday-countdown.tumblr.com/

I wonder what the "as yet unannounced project" is?

# ? Dec 14, 2013 12:41

Darkrenown: Jul 18, 2012; please give me anything to talk about besides the fact that democrats are allowing millions of americans to be evicted from their homes

We'll announce cool stuff in January

# ? Dec 14, 2013 13:56

Excelzior: Jun 24, 2013

That landscape would look great for M��se Riders of the N�rth :aaa:

# ? Dec 14, 2013 14:46

DrSunshine: Mar 23, 2009; Did I just say that out loud~~?!!!

Announcing a new foray into the world of tactical war gaming by Paradox Interactive: Scandinavia: Total War.

Conquer all opposing foreign powers and lead your nation to victory in a bitter struggle for control over millions of hectares of frozen, desolate wasteland!

# ? Dec 14, 2013 15:28

Agean90: Jun 28, 2008

Instead of having Decisive victories or close victories they all just be labeled Pointless.

# ? Dec 14, 2013 15:39

Pooned: Dec 28, 2005; Eye contact counters everything

The biggest battles would consist of 300 Norwegian peasants vs 250 Swedish Peasants and 50 poorly equipped infantry and it would still be ten times the game Rome 2 total war is right now .

# ? Dec 14, 2013 15:47

Hefty Leftist: Jun 26, 2011; "You know how vodka or whiskey are distilled multiple times to taste good? It's the same with shit. After being digested for the third time shit starts to taste reeeeeeaaaally yummy."

I hope it has something to do with Jan Mayen and bears

# ? Dec 14, 2013 16:49

Westminster System: Jul 4, 2009

Its the planet Uppsala, home of the glorious Swedish Interstellar Empire, obviously.

# ? Dec 14, 2013 16:54

Fintilgin: Sep 29, 2004; Fintilgin sweeps!

There's a halfling mouse(?) girl on the 3rd, and the indents on the walls on the 10th suggest fantasy architecture to me, so I've decided it's Paradox's Master of Magic. Or, since they own the Majesty license, Majesty of Magic?

# ? Dec 14, 2013 17:04

grancheater: May 1, 2013; Wine'em, dine'em, 69'em

It's clearly Warlock-based grand strategy.

# ? Dec 14, 2013 17:07

Riso: Oct 11, 2008; by merry exmarx

Westminster System posted:

Its the planet Uppsala, home of the glorious Swedish Interstellar Empire, obviously.

That would be a nice change.

# ? Dec 14, 2013 17:13

Phlegmish: Jul 2, 2011

I would play the hell out of a game involving the colonization of Iceland and Greenland.

# ? Dec 14, 2013 17:22

Agean90: Jun 28, 2008

Id like to see a Norse saga styled game. All the dialogue is in poetic verse and you can kill trolls while singing songs of valor :black101:

# ? Dec 14, 2013 17:23

DrSunshine: Mar 23, 2009; Did I just say that out loud~~?!!!

Nordic Peasant Farm Simulator 2014.

# ? Dec 14, 2013 17:24

Riso: Oct 11, 2008; by merry exmarx

Agean90 posted:

Id like to see a Norse saga styled game. All the dialogue is in poetic verse and you can kill trolls while singing songs of valor

Say, have you heard of this game called King of Dragon Pass..

# ? Dec 14, 2013 17:25

Phlegmish: Jul 2, 2011

DrSunshine posted:

Nordic Peasant Farm Simulator 2014.

Random events include volcanic eruptions, famines, plagues, deforestaton, soil erosion and Barbary pirate raids. You mostly have to keep your settlers from killing themselves.

# ? Dec 14, 2013 17:27

Cowcatcher: Dec 23, 2005; OUR PEOPLE WERE BORN OF THE SKY

Warlock 2 was already announced, is this something else?

# ? Dec 14, 2013 18:06

Defeatist Elitist: Jun 17, 2012; I've got a carbon fixation.

Phlegmish posted:

Random events include volcanic eruptions, famines, plagues, deforestaton, soil erosion and Barbary pirate raids. You mostly have to keep your settlers from killing themselves.

Dwarf Fortress has been out for a long time man.

# ? Dec 14, 2013 20:43

Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

Defeatist Elitist posted:

Dwarf Fortress has been out for a long time man.

He means the other kind of suicide.

# ? Dec 14, 2013 21:31

grancheater: May 1, 2013; Wine'em, dine'em, 69'em

It's clearly a fantasy game.

Europa Universalis IV: Rome 2: Conquest of Germania.

# ? Dec 14, 2013 23:23

Phlegmish: Jul 2, 2011

grancheater posted:

It's clearly a fantasy game.

Europa Universalis IV: Rome 2: Conquest of Germania.

Romans just got brutally owned

# ? Dec 14, 2013 23:26

Enjoy: Apr 18, 2009

Mesopotamia, 2000BC

# ? Dec 15, 2013 00:54

Tomn: Aug 23, 2007; And the angel said unto him
"Stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting yourself."
But lo he could not. For the angel was hitting him with his own hands

Perhaps Paradox is making a post-apocalyptic grand strategy game, complete with mutations, that uses the nuclear winter model. It'd be a nice change-up from all the deserts depicted in post-apocalyptic games.

# ? Dec 15, 2013 04:51

Necroneocon: May 12, 2009; by Shine

Darkrenown posted:

We'll announce cool stuff in January

A game based only on Judaism so your forums melt down.

# ? Dec 15, 2013 05:05

StashAugustine: Mar 24, 2013; Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

Necroneocon posted:

A game based only on Judaism so your forums melt down.

The Arab-Israeli Wars :getin:

# ? Dec 15, 2013 05:15

Cantorsdust: Aug 10, 2008; Infinitely many points, but zero length.

Necroneocon posted:

A game based only on Judaism so your forums melt down.

Yugoslavia Universalis

# ? Dec 15, 2013 05:25

fuck off Batman: Oct 14, 2013; Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah!

Cantorsdust posted:

Yugoslavia Universalis

I just wanted to post that, but that will melt this forums as well :argh:

# ? Dec 15, 2013 05:32

Bishop Rodan: Dec 5, 2011; See you in the funny papers, liebchen!

I'm still waiting for Dinosaur Universalis. :colbert:

# ? Dec 15, 2013 06:12

dublish: Oct 31, 2011

Bishop Rodan posted:

I'm still waiting for Dinosaur Universalis.

Comet Sighted!

Game Over.

# ? Dec 15, 2013 06:42

YF-23: Feb 17, 2011; My god, it's full of cat!

I'll be happy with Laurasia Universalis even if it is just an EU4 DLC in the style of Sunset Invasion. But god you can't just say you've floated the idea (as a joke or not doesn't matter) and not follow through with it. :negative:

# ? Dec 15, 2013 10:46

Tomn: Aug 23, 2007; And the angel said unto him
"Stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting yourself."
But lo he could not. For the angel was hitting him with his own hands

So I just saw the trailer for Warlock 2. Between that and Leviathan Warships, I'm starting to wonder - does Paradox's advertising strategy currently consist of "Try to make the audience laugh and hope it all works out"?

Can't say I disapprove, exactly. Beats the hell out of some ad strategies I've seen in the past.

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NihilCredo: Jun 6, 2011; iram omni possibili modo preme:
plus una illa te diffamabit, quam multæ virtutes commendabunt

Necroneocon posted:

A game based only on Judaism so your forums melt down.

StashAugustine posted:

The Arab-Israeli Wars

Tomn posted:

Perhaps Paradox is making a post-apocalyptic grand strategy game, complete with mutations, that uses the nuclear winter model. It'd be a nice change-up from all the deserts depicted in post-apocalyptic games.

YF-23 posted:

I'll be happy with Laurasia Universalis even if it is just an EU4 DLC in the style of Sunset Invasion. But god you can't just say you've floated the idea (as a joke or not doesn't matter) and not follow through with it.

I'm sorry, but is there any reason at all to suppose that the Holiday Countdown is to a PDS-developed title? The page only has a Paradox Interactive logo, so I would suppose it's just a PI-published game, which could be literally anything.

(Seriously, Paradox, start using different names for the publisher and developer.)

# ? Dec 15, 2013 12:50

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