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DrSunshine posted:Brb, coding an event in CK2 mod to allow you to lobotomize an imprisoned character. Monster.
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DrSunshine posted:Brb, coding an event in CK2 mod to allow you to lobotomize an imprisoned character. Give it a 5% chance of giving +3 in every stat and the "genius" trait for additional fun.
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Guildencrantz posted:Our daughter is kinda dumb, let's have some dude randomly root around in her brain with a piece of metal! That ought to fix it and make her smarter and better adjusted. It's science. Joseph Kennedy was obsessed with his family getting to the top and a coward. He would literally sacrifice his own daughter at the possibility that she might hinder the chance that one of his sons might be President. This is in an age as well where the President could have crippling medical problems and nobody was the wiser. Joe Kennedy should be added into any fascist collaborationist US government in Hearts of Iron since he was already proclaiming the death of democracy during the Blitz.
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Nov 6, 2014 17:17
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:Joe Kennedy should be added into any fascist collaborationist US government in Hearts of Iron since he was already proclaiming the death of democracy during the Blitz. He's in both the AUS and New England minister lists in Kaiserreich, which is one of the few duplicates I don't think is a bug.
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Nov 6, 2014 17:22
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Riso posted:At the same time, being a Kennedy means not having to worry about killing someone (in a car accident). Royalty does what it wants.
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So uh, Victoria 2 and Communist Japan just happened. Also the USSR. Taking Crimea may not of been the wisest choice.
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Nov 6, 2014 17:55
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May not have been wisest choice. Grammatical malus for you.RocknRollaAyatollah posted:Joseph Kennedy was obsessed with his family getting to the top and a coward. He would literally sacrifice his own daughter at the possibility that she might hinder the chance that one of his sons might be President. This is in an age as well where the President could have crippling medical problems and nobody was the wiser. Didn't one of his sons got blown the gently caress up flying a robot B-17 into a mountain?
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Nov 6, 2014 18:24
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gradenko_2000 posted:May not have been wisest choice. Grammatical malus for you. He got killed bailing out but yes he was flying a RC bomber packed with explosives close to the target where a chase plane would take over flying it.
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Nov 6, 2014 18:35
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gradenko_2000 posted:Didn't one of his sons got blown the gently caress up flying a robot B-17 into a mountain? Raskolnikov38 posted:He got killed bailing out but yes he was flying a RC bomber packed with explosives close to the target where a chase plane would take over flying it. It was over England and nobody knows why it blew up. Joe Jr. was the son designated for the presidency and after he died that responsibility went to JFK. Joe Jr. had completed enough combat missions to go home but volunteered for the mission. He most likely did it to build up his status as a hero for his postwar political career.
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Nov 6, 2014 18:59
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Playing my first Vic2 HOD campaign as Germany. Formed Germany in 1860 (with Bohemia included) as an absolute monarchy (reform came a couple years later though). From 1869-1883, I have fought two more wars with France and Austria (including forcing Austria to release Moravia as an independent nation after the first of those). It's almost like clockwork, the week that a truce expires the two immediately declare war trying to either liberate Alsace-Lorraine or reconquer Moravia. In fact, I'm actually about to fight a third war with them, ended up saving and quitting for the night when Austria shoved a stack across the Moravian border the instant the truce expired and France jumped in to support them.
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Nov 6, 2014 20:23
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Charlz Guybon posted:It's also the only Nobel prize that should be revoked due to being discredited. Why do you play Brazil in Victoria 2 and just conquer all of South America? It is so easy that it is tedious. Play as a more challenging nation, Venezuela or Colombia are interesting, I think. Try maybe an uncivilized nation like Persia but don't play Brazil and paint the map, it is uninteresting.
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Nov 6, 2014 20:34
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SharkAKALegitShark posted:Why do you play Brazil in Victoria 2 and just conquer all of South America? It is so easy that it is tedious. Play as a more challenging nation, Venezuela or Colombia are interesting, I think. Try maybe an uncivilized nation like Persia but don't play Brazil and paint the map, it is uninteresting. he seems to be having fun idk man
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Nov 6, 2014 20:37
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Brazil's pretty cool, get to jump right into the game, don't gotta wait around ages to do anything, and is one of the only monarchies in the Americas which is pretty rad.
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Instead of conquering South America, try conquering North America! Unite the Americas in a single Western Co-Prosperity Sphere!!
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SharkAKALegitShark posted:Why do you play Brazil in Victoria 2 and just conquer all of South America? It is so easy that it is tedious. Play as a more challenging nation, Venezuela or Colombia are interesting, I think. Try maybe an uncivilized nation like Persia but don't play Brazil and paint the map, it is uninteresting. Yeah pack it up Brazil guy. Victoria 2 connoisseur, forums poster SharkAKALegitShark, has informed you about the correct and interesting way to play that particular video game so you better stop enjoying it and sharing your progress right now and go have fun correctly 
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Guildencrantz posted:Yeah pack it up Brazil guy. Victoria 2 connoisseur, forums poster SharkAKALegitShark, has informed you about the correct and interesting way to play that particular video game so you better stop enjoying it and sharing your progress right now and go have fun correctly now hold on he's a LEGIT shark we better listen to him
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Why are you doing what you want in a sandbox game?!
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nutranurse posted:Well goddamn that's ridiculous. How could someone be so evil to something like what the ex-sister-in-law (and the rest of his loving family) did? Jesus! KoldPT posted:At the time, lobotomies were considered THE way to deal with unruly teenagers! SharkAKALegitShark posted:Why do you play Brazil in Victoria 2 and just conquer all of South America? It is so easy that it is tedious. Play as a more challenging nation, Venezuela or Colombia are interesting, I think. Try maybe an uncivilized nation like Persia but don't play Brazil and paint the map, it is uninteresting. I really don't care about a grognards definition of "challenge" that is basically finding ways of exploiting the AI to allow you to become a major power. You want to start off as Brandenburg, Tuscany, or Poland so you can implement your SP tactics and impress your friends? Tough poo poo, one of the powers you have to exploit now has a brain. Get gud. Mans fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Nov 6, 2014 |
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SharkAKALegitShark posted:Why do you play Brazil in Victoria 2 and just conquer all of South America? It is so easy that it is tedious. Play as a more challenging nation, Venezuela or Colombia are interesting, I think. Try maybe an uncivilized nation like Persia but don't play Brazil and paint the map, it is uninteresting. Most people here are complaining that I'm not conquering enough.
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If you approach any Paradox Grand Strategy game from the perspective that you should just conquer everything, you're actually of the same mindset as Hitler. Hope this makes you all think... I picked up EU IV now and am slowly trying to figure it out. It sounds like Ireland is a tough nation to start with, but if I eventually give it a try is it going to be impossible to make a united Celtic nation and try to include Brittany and maybe even Wales/Cornwall? I'm assuming that's just too many cores that powerful nations are going to come calling for... Fidel Cuckstro fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Nov 7, 2014 |
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Slime Bro Helpdesk posted:If you approach any Paradox Grand Strategy game from the perspective that you should just conquer everything, you're actually of the same mindset as Hitler. Hope this makes you all think... So what if you play a vassal count in CK2 somewhere and just plot to become spymaster and kill dukes and kings all over the place just to make the realm collapse and watch the world burn? Some of my best games of CK2 just involved me loving around with my realm as much as possible and trying to keep it in a general state of lawless chaos.
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DrSunshine posted:So what if you play a vassal count in CK2 somewhere and just plot to become spymaster and kill dukes and kings all over the place just to make the realm collapse and watch the world burn? Some of my best games of CK2 just involved me loving around with my realm as much as possible and trying to keep it in a general state of lawless chaos. Well that makes you like a Nolan Batman villain, which is also like Hitler, but also like Occupy movement.
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Slime Bro Helpdesk posted:I picked up EU IV now and am slowly trying to figure it out. It sounds like Ireland is a tough nation to start with, but if I eventually give it a try is it going to be impossible to make a united Celtic nation and try to include Brittany and maybe even Wales/Cornwall? I'm assuming that's just too many cores that powerful nations are going to come calling for... I remember getting EUIV and trying to play as Ireland right off of the bat, it was not A Good Idea. I don't even think I could pull off an Ireland start now, even after 300 hours of play time. Try playing as either the Ottomans or Castille for your first game. They're great powers and almost immune to being invaded, so you can move at your own pace while you learn the mechanics.
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Slime Bro Helpdesk posted:I picked up EU IV now and am slowly trying to figure it out. It sounds like Ireland is a tough nation to start with, but if I eventually give it a try is it going to be impossible to make a united Celtic nation and try to include Brittany and maybe even Wales/Cornwall? I'm assuming that's just too many cores that powerful nations are going to come calling for... There's not Celtic tag to form, but there is formable Ireland. There's also an achievement you get for conquering England as Ireland. It is not easy to do. If you want an easy start to learn, pick the Ottomans or France or maybe Portugal or Castile.
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PittTheElder posted:There's not Celtic tag to form, but there is formable Ireland. There's also an achievement you get for conquering England as Ireland. It is not easy to do. I'm assuming also spending all your energy trying to conquer England means Ireland is sitting out basically any colonization game? I'm leaning towards Portugal to do a more peaceful trade/exploration run.
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Typically not, you want to get a foothold early while they're getting crushed by rebels, and then slowly outpace them; colonizing is a good way to make income, and doesn't really cost you anything.
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Slime Bro Helpdesk posted:I'm assuming also spending all your energy trying to conquer England means Ireland is sitting out basically any colonization game? Escaping to America and colonising most of it before focusing on Britain was the only way I managed to do it.
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On the off-chance there's still someone out there who somehow hasn't bought CK2, there's an absolutely stellar bundle on Bundle Stars right now: http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundles/crusader-kings-ii-bundle/ All the major expansions except Islam and Charlemagne, and some random unit packs/DLC.
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Slime Bro Helpdesk posted:If you approach any Paradox Grand Strategy game from the perspective that you should just conquer everything, you're actually of the same mindset as Hitler. Hope this makes you all think... Or Alexander the Great 
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Mans posted:Or Alexander the Great If history worked like a Paradox game we'd all be living in the Alexandrian Empire now.
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Mans posted:Or Alexander the Great Just about all of his contemporaries loathed him.
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Terrain mapmode looks like it'll actually be useful this time because of the border gradients. And it really is quite pretty, and all those little points of light will help my bombers find their way to their targets  .Do we know what the simplified terrain mapmode looks like? It's what I spent a large chunk of my time using in HoI 3 and I haven't heard heads or tails of it.
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The sprites look really nice. Pity I'll never use them.
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I think we are rapidly approaching a point where someone could suggest playing in terrain mode and I wouldn't laugh them out of the room. Well done, Paradox, very well done. And it looks like Germany is grey/blue again! 
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Autonomous Monster posted:I think we are rapidly approaching a point where someone could suggest playing in terrain mode and I wouldn't laugh them out of the room. Well done, Paradox, very well done. Seriously, the gradient borders were basically the only thing that was holding me back from using it in other games. I always want to play with terrain mode in CK2 but then I jump over to political mode for a second and suddenly notice my neighbor has been in a 20 way civil war for the past decade I'm only just now finding out about. If that kind of terrain map mode could make it into CK2 and EUIV, I'd at the very least try to use it as my standard mapmode.
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Thanks for posting this, it looks amazing. DrProsek posted:Seriously, the gradient borders were basically the only thing that was holding me back from using it in other games. I always want to play with terrain mode in CK2 but then I jump over to political mode for a second and suddenly notice my neighbor has been in a 20 way civil war for the past decade I'm only just now finding out about. If that kind of terrain map mode could make it into CK2 and EUIV, I'd at the very least try to use it as my standard mapmode. It will be in EU5 and CK3 
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