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TheMcD: May 4, 2013; Monaca / Subject N 2024
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Drunk in Space posted:

Is there a cap on the percentage of soldier POPs you can have? I tried using my NF on a region for about a year but it wouldn't go higher than 3.5 percent. My military spending was maxed as well.

This is with POD 3.06, if it matters.

I think the cap for soldier POPs is 5%.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 05:40

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# ? May 31, 2024 00:39

Zeron: Oct 23, 2010

There's no real cap on any pop as far as I'm aware, but as the % population gets higher other pops start getting less likely to switch to them.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 05:41

Dr. Video Games 0031: Jul 17, 2004

There are soft caps for the effectiveness of some pops, like any clergy past X% in a state will not contribute towards education, and so on. But there are no hard caps on actual size. Also, I don't think soldiers have any of those soft caps, the more soldiers you have the more manpower you have up until your whole nation is in your army.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 06:06

uPen: Jan 25, 2010; Zu Rodina!

I've gone above 10% in vanilla but I couldn't tell you how. It was during my turn-India-German game so it probably had something to do with the fact that Europe was a great war hellscape and the army paid well.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 06:33

Drunk in Space: Dec 1, 2009

Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:

There are soft caps for the effectiveness of some pops, like any clergy past X% in a state will not contribute towards education, and so on. But there are no hard caps on actual size. Also, I don't think soldiers have any of those soft caps, the more soldiers you have the more manpower you have up until your whole nation is in your army.

Yeah, I was playing Bavaria and wanting to build up my manpower in the 1860s for the inevitable Prussia/North German Federation curbstomp I knew was coming, but I just could not seem to raise it higher than 3.5 percent, and was thus stuck with about 20 brigades. Maybe because all my lower strata were too well off in their normal jobs? I was making money hand over fist. (Seriously, POD is so much better for smoothing out the economy and letting me actually play the game instead of always going bankrupt and getting eaten by successive hordes of Jacobins sometime in the 1840s).

# ? Sep 11, 2014 06:54

cheesetriangles: Jan 5, 2011

The part of the game where I am considering breaking an alliance with France because they are not that useful to me anymore; all so I can back stab them and go to war with them for Madagascar which is the worlds richest source of tropical wood which my luxury furniture industry is consuming mass amounts of. My factories currently require about half the world's supply.

Vicky 2 is the best game.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 07:08

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

cheesetriangles posted:

Italy what are you doing.

The war was decided when 16 of my battelships (I combined 2 of my 4 fleets after this fight) blew up the entire British Navy who was using commerce raiders at the time. I was getting ready to blockade the home islands when they surrendered.

I don't think I ever remember the AI NOT using early game ships well into the late game.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 09:30

cheesetriangles: Jan 5, 2011

Just hard my first World War. My allies were Germany and Austria-Hungary both of who were completely useless. In the end I got all I really cared about which was the 2nd richest industrial province in the UK, Northwest England. I had to fight the entire war pretty much by myself.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 10:43

GrossMurpel: Apr 8, 2011

Drunk in Space posted:

Is there a cap on the percentage of soldier POPs you can have? I tried using my NF on a region for about a year but it wouldn't go higher than 3.5 percent. My military spending was maxed as well.

This is with POD 3.06, if it matters.

Go to the POP screen and click the little icon for a POP (the little man that represents their type). That opens the detailed POP view and there you can hover over conversion chances to find out what influences them.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 11:34

cheesetriangles: Jan 5, 2011

Is it normal to have my total pop increasing by 100k a month? I figured the World War which mostly took place in Europe might have driven some people to the welcoming arms of the US.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 11:43

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

cheesetriangles posted:

Is it normal to have my total pop increasing by 100k a month? I figured the World War which mostly took place in Europe might have driven some people to the welcoming arms of the US.

Yeah, that's normal. Depending on how screwed up large European countries like Germany are you could even get them in a state of constant revolutions/counter-revolutions and keep getting all those immigrants for decades.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 12:05

cheesetriangles: Jan 5, 2011

Well when the war ended everyone was covered in rebels. I said gently caress that noise and went home already planning my next conquest.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 12:07

Drone: Aug 22, 2003; Incredible machine

cheesetriangles posted:

Is it normal to have my total pop increasing by 100k a month? I figured the World War which mostly took place in Europe might have driven some people to the welcoming arms of the US.

When you see your immigration spike as a New World nation, check to see if China has westernized. Chances are they have, and they are spewing forth immigrants.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 12:42

GrossMurpel: Apr 8, 2011

Drone posted:

When you see your immigration spike as a New World nation, check to see if China has westernized. Chances are they have, and they are spewing forth immigrants.

Easier still, just check if the migration mapmode suddenly shows 70k Chinese immigrants a month.

cheesetriangles posted:

Is it normal to have my total pop increasing by 100k a month? I figured the World War which mostly took place in Europe might have driven some people to the welcoming arms of the US.

Don't forget to check your most populous state(probably New York)'s POP composition and :eyepop:

at the speed of assimilation.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 13:21

Morholt: Mar 18, 2006; Contrary to popular belief, tic-tac-toe isn't purely a game of chance.

Wisdom of falcon etc.

Actually becoming a Great Power might have been a bad idea because now I can't use Flashpoints agains the Ottomans anymore.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 15:51

ArchRanger: Mar 19, 2007; I'm tired of following my dreams, I'm just gonna ask where they're goin' and meet up with 'em there.

Gimmick Account posted:

I'm probably the only one here who has this opinion, but I LOVED Arsenal of Democracy and could never truly get into Darkest Hour after that.

One of Arsenal of Democracy's 'things' is that it changes the combat balance in such a way that small, expensive, elite units become very viable for breakthroughs, instead of Darkest Hour's system, where endless infantry spam seems to be ideal for almost every situation. So you get to play around with attachments a lot! And for those among us who hated the new 'finite' manpower system in Darkest Hour, Arsenal of Democracy uses a slightly modified form of the old, 'regenerating' one. There are also some possibilities for late-game investment in infrastructure, such as nuclear power plants that generate small amounts of the 'energy' resource, or increasing the actual infrastructure of a province beyond 100. It's all quite nice.

One very unfortunate aspect of the game is, though, that is never really got a working new map, so you'll be stuck with the old Hearts of Iron 2 one. A project to convert it to the Darkest Hour one was started, but it seems to have petered out a long time ago.

This is a page late but this is me as well. If it weren't for Kaiserreich (which makes DH worth it on its own) I wouldn't bother with any of the HoI games but AoD.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 16:11

Gorelab: Dec 26, 2006

When trying to industrialize should I manually encourage craftsmen pops after I finish getting 2% clergy?.Or should I just let it happen naturally?

# ? Sep 11, 2014 16:17

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

Morholt posted:

Wisdom of falcon etc.

Actually becoming a Great Power might have been a bad idea because now I can't use Flashpoints agains the Ottomans anymore.

How exactly did you do that? I need it ... for a friend

# ? Sep 11, 2014 16:18

Morholt: Mar 18, 2006; Contrary to popular belief, tic-tac-toe isn't purely a game of chance.

I justified a Conquest vs Montenegro on day 1, not sure if it was worth it in the end. I got Southern Serbia by using the Flashpoint focus and being lucky. NGF and Russia ended up beating up the Ottomans for me.

I got to great power status by spamming cultural techs for the +prestige inventions, this works for basically all civilized countries.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 16:41

Farecoal: Oct 15, 2011; There he go

Morholt posted:

I justified a Conquest vs Montenegro on day 1, not sure if it was worth it in the end.

Serbia never wrong :tito:

# ? Sep 11, 2014 17:01

Drone: Aug 22, 2003; Incredible machine

March of the Eagles is currently incredibly fuckin cheap for the next 12 hours on the Humble Store's flash sale. It's worth a few pennies if for nothing else to be frustrated by how close it comes to being a good game (and for some good multiplayer, I hear).

I think Wiz made some tweaks to the AI for his Azeri mod, but I don't think he ever linked said fixes anywhere like he did with Rome. Hint hint.

Drone fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Sep 11, 2014

# ? Sep 11, 2014 18:06

Zeron: Oct 23, 2010

Gorelab posted:

When trying to industrialize should I manually encourage craftsmen pops after I finish getting 2% clergy?.Or should I just let it happen naturally?

Keep increasing your clergy to 4%, which is the cap for literacy increase. Literacy is the main limiter of craftsmen/clerk promotion, if you aren't at the right literacy then the focus is useless and if your literacy is above that you should be getting craftsmen just fine. After you're done on clergy/bureaucrats or whatever you're probably better off encouraging soldiers or something.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 18:11

Wiz: May 16, 2004; Nap Ghost

Drone posted:

March of the Eagles is currently incredibly fuckin cheap for the next 12 hours on the Humble Store's flash sale. It's worth a few pennies if for nothing else to be frustrated by how close it comes to being a good game (and for some good multiplayer, I hear).

I think Wiz made some tweaks to the AI for his Azeri mod, but I don't think he ever linked said fixes anywhere like he did with Rome. Hint hint.

I didn't really do much with the AI in MotE, mostly just cleaned up the insane variety of units and such. I actually don't know if I have a copy of MotA laying around anymore.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 18:24

Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

Drone posted:

March of the Eagles is currently incredibly fuckin cheap for the next 12 hours on the Humble Store's flash sale. It's worth a few pennies if for nothing else to be frustrated by how close it comes to being a good game (and for some good multiplayer, I hear).

I think Wiz made some tweaks to the AI for his Azeri mod, but I don't think he ever linked said fixes anywhere like he did with Rome. Hint hint.

Yoink! Thank ya.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 18:25

Space Skeleton: Sep 28, 2004

HOI3 + all 19 DLC for $5: http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/hearts-of-iron-iii-complete-bundle/

# ? Sep 11, 2014 19:46

Drone: Aug 22, 2003; Incredible machine

Wee Tinkle Wand posted:

HOI3 + all 19 DLC for $5: http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/hearts-of-iron-iii-complete-bundle/

I've got all the major expansions except Their Finest Hour.. does that one make it worth it, or should I not even bother until HoI4 comes out?

# ? Sep 11, 2014 19:51

Space Skeleton: Sep 28, 2004

Drone posted:

I've got all the major expansions except Their Finest Hour.. does that one make it worth it, or should I not even bother until HoI4 comes out?

I grabbed it because the price of all the DLC I don't own comes to around 30bux.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 19:54

Don Gato: Apr 28, 2013; Actually a bipedal cat.; Grimey Drawer

Drone posted:

I've got all the major expansions except Their Finest Hour.. does that one make it worth it, or should I not even bother until HoI4 comes out?

TFH changes combined arms for the better, espionage is improved, and there are extra units that aren't in the base game, plus the insanity of Custom Game Mode. If you're not already a fan of HoI3 I'd recommend against it, because it doesn't really change a large amount compared to FTM or SF.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 20:09

Grizzwold: Jan 27, 2012; Posters off the pork bow!

I've run in to an... interesting bug during my current V2 run. There's a crisis stuck at max temperature with one side having no backers, and my war justifications are also frozen. I have no clue what's going on or how to fix it, and my last save was a while back. Any ideas?

This is with the New Nations Mod, by the way.

# ? Sep 11, 2014 21:32

Elendil004: Mar 22, 2003; The prognosis
is not good.

Is there a YouTube guy like Arumba but for HoI3? Would love an in depth lp/tutorial

# ? Sep 11, 2014 22:02

wargames: Mar 16, 2008; official yospos cat censor

Elendil004 posted:

Is there a YouTube guy like Arumba but for HoI3? Would love an in depth lp/tutorial

Most lps of HOI 3 are featuring a mod called black ice that just turns the sperg up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ3D7qq61iw&list=PL177CF59636F80BD7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95CHl9WQaA&list=PLDB5F13C0A67A5F91

# ? Sep 11, 2014 22:15

Decrepus: May 21, 2008; In the end, his dominion did not touch a single poster.

In HoI3 I hear BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM every hour from my convoys being destroyed. Is this entirely from physical raiders like enemy subs, destroyers, and aircraft, or is there some arbitrary factor to it too like supply throughput on the land?

# ? Sep 11, 2014 22:45

Farecoal: Oct 15, 2011; There he go

Elendil004 posted:

Is there a YouTube guy like Arumba but for HoI3? Would love an in depth lp/tutorial

follow this meticulous, helpful guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LamgAfVj980&bpctr=1410475872

# ? Sep 11, 2014 23:21

Box wine: Apr 6, 2005; ah crap

Decrepus posted:

In HoI3 I hear BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM every hour from my convoys being destroyed. Is this entirely from physical raiders like enemy subs, destroyers, and aircraft, or is there some arbitrary factor to it too like supply throughput on the land?

Entirely physical stuff. I'm guessing you're the UK if you're hearing it nonstop.

# ? Sep 12, 2014 00:09

Sindai: Jan 24, 2007; i want to achieve immortality through not dying

Guess who got promoted to EU4 project lead? :toot:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...=1#post18031347

Of course the real news here is that Johan is no doubt off to head up Rome 2 and Victoria 3 simultaneously.

# ? Sep 12, 2014 00:41