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Whorelord posted:this and africans Paradox please release a better African unit models DLC. Pretty please. The whole spearchucker thing is really embarrassing. In the US in particular it's really appalling. It's "maybe I shouldn't get this game" appalling. This may not be your perception since you're not from the US, but as a north american I know how bad it looks and it looks really bad.
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Need more adviser portraits for various cultures too, including African.
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Nov 11, 2015 21:27
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I don't know how Paradox allocates staff but is it possible their artists are pretty busy on Stellaris / HOI4 content at the moment so they aren't doing as much of that type of DLC?
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Nov 11, 2015 21:35
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I've put a lot of hours into this game, but I feel that that my skill level has kind of plateaued. Can you advise anything I can watch or read in order to get good? Also, are monarch traits totally random, or is that something that I can influence?
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Nov 11, 2015 21:45
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Mr. Fowl posted:Also, are monarch traits totally random, or is that something that I can influence? Random for monarchies, though if you end up in a regency you can sometimes get an event that will boost one of your ruler's stats once he or she assumes the throne. Rarely when you have a kid, you get an event letting you pick between three different really good stat options. Also I think sometimes when your heir dies you get to pick between a couple options for your new heir. For most republics, you have a choice every election between three candidates, each of whom has a 4 in one stat and a 1 in the other two. Each time you re-elect that person, at a cost of 10 Republican Tradition, they gain 1 to each stat. You don't lose RT if you don't re-elect. It works somewhat differently for the Dutch Republic. You elect a new dude each time (for the most part - you can end up with lifetime tenure if the Orangists get too much influence), choosing between two candidates, each of whom has apparently random stats. When I played a Netherlands game the guys always seemed to have good stats though, so I think Dutch Republic might have some sort of "random plus" thing going on.
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Nov 11, 2015 21:59
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 Well this just got interesting. Maybe I'll finally complete a WC run, gimmick Catholic Ottoman though it may be.
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Nov 11, 2015 22:40
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Rakthar posted:I don't know how Paradox allocates staff but is it possible their artists are pretty busy on Stellaris / HOI4 content at the moment so they aren't doing as much of that type of DLC? 
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Nov 11, 2015 23:06
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Dibujante posted:Those models are literally offensive. They would be like producing Jewish advisor portraits that look like this: I don't disagree it's out there by NA cultural standards. I was just thinking that they may allocate artists time for unit / advisor packs and time them with DLC releases and in this case they may not have had spare artist time. Not trying to make excuses for the state of the current portraits.
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Nov 11, 2015 23:09
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Rakthar posted:I don't disagree it's out there by NA cultural standards. I was just thinking that they may allocate artists time for unit / advisor packs and time them with DLC releases and in this case they may not have had spare artist time. Not trying to make excuses for the state of the current portraits. The game has been out a lot longer than this logic would make sense for.
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Nov 11, 2015 23:11
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Someone please tell me which Spice Islands province I have to control to finish "trade hegemon", can't seem to find a province called "Malacca" even with the search command or googling the achievement, as I don't know which province has the number 596.
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Nov 11, 2015 23:14
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skipThings posted:Someone please tell me which Spice Islands province I have to control to finish "trade hegemon", can't seem to find a province called "Malacca" even with the search command or googling the achievement, as I don't know which province has the number 596. Melaka. It's a center of trade, the capital of the province is called Malacca. Make sure you're western and your capitol is in Europe.
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Nov 11, 2015 23:23
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Rakthar posted:I don't disagree it's out there by NA cultural standards. I was just thinking that they may allocate artists time for unit / advisor packs and time them with DLC releases and in this case they may not have had spare artist time. Not trying to make excuses for the state of the current portraits. Fixing african unit models should be a free and mandatory patch, just because of how bad they are presently.
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Nov 11, 2015 23:25
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Node posted:Melaka. It's a center of trade, the capital of the province is called Malacca. I'm Genoa and still very much in Europe, thank you kind poster
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Nov 11, 2015 23:30
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Dibujante posted:Fixing african unit models should be a free and mandatory patch, just because of how bad they are presently. You have to be a hit at parties
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Nov 11, 2015 23:56
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What's the story on African units? I've got like 300 hours in this game and I've never noticed them.
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Nov 12, 2015 00:16
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Bold Robot posted:What's the story on African units? I've got like 300 hours in this game and I've never noticed them. Tumblr generation. It's people getting upset just for the sake of getting upset.
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Nov 12, 2015 00:32
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Dibujante posted:Those models are literally offensive. They would be like producing Jewish advisor portraits that look like this: And yet you post on a website that regularly uses that image for jokes.
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Nov 12, 2015 00:39
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Dibujante posted:Paradox please release a better African unit models DLC. Pretty please. The whole spearchucker thing is really embarrassing. In the US in particular it's really appalling. It's "maybe I shouldn't get this game" appalling. This may not be your perception since you're not from the US, but as a north american I know how bad it looks and it looks really bad. Wow, it's been a while since I've last read something this hilariously ignorant and arrogant. Nice job.
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Nov 12, 2015 00:53
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Can someone post a screenshot cause I'm at work and would like to think about this computer game instead of mortgages.
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Nov 12, 2015 01:08
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A warrior with a spear is representing warriors with spears? I'm confused.
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Star posted:This was a great tips, although I slightly modified it. I went south and conquered/vasallized all the eastern African nations, colonized the cape and worked my way north, eating Kongo. After that I started to colonize the Indian sea so as to be sure that the Europeans weren't going to blitz Asia. After that I just waited until the Ottomans were in a war - while building a huge galley fleet, as someone else in the thread suggested - and then I started taking bites of them. After I unlocked the quantity tree it was pretty much just a matter of time until I made my way to Constantinople. My inflation is huge though, since I have crazy amounts of gold provinces. Anyhow, Prester John completed Glad it worked out for you, I lucked into when I played as Ethiopia and asked myself 'How best can I maximize my income?'. Unfortunately, now whenever I play anyone in South or SE Asia I just do the same thing and it's a bit tedious.
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Nov 12, 2015 02:02
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So I'm rounding 1700 on my Vijay->Bharat game, and now I'm thinking about who I'm gonna be playing on my next run through. I was wondering though, does anyone ever start on a year other than 1444? A lot of the time I see only suggestions for the earliest possible starts. How does it affect your strategy starting later?
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Nov 12, 2015 02:45
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Sokrateez posted:So I'm rounding 1700 on my Vijay->Bharat game, and now I'm thinking about who I'm gonna be playing on my next run through. I was wondering though, does anyone ever start on a year other than 1444? A lot of the time I see only suggestions for the earliest possible starts. How does it affect your strategy starting later? In over 1000 hours I never have. That's crazy talk.
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Nov 12, 2015 02:47
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I started in 1776 for the US achievement, does that count? 
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Nov 12, 2015 02:54
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Node posted:Tumblr generation. It's people getting upset just for the sake of getting upset. No, white people have been panicking over tiny inconsequentially-racist details like this one since long before the "Tumblr generation" even existed And I don't even think that people are upset about it, they're just pointing out how it's weird that there's so much diversity in the European unit models yet all of the African countries apparently field Zulu warriors.
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Nov 12, 2015 03:06
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I hope no one in here has seen Zulu  e: wow I really need to refresh pages more often
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Nov 12, 2015 04:15
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The only reason I've actually started a game on a different date was for the USA achievement. I've flipped through the years once or twice though just to see how borders move around.
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Nov 12, 2015 04:47
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It's so upsetting to me that a bunch of tribesmen with spears get portrayed in the game as tribesmen, with spears. If anything the Tech 2 African graphic is retarded because the guy learned what shirts are but not shoes.
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Nov 12, 2015 05:17
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RestRoomLiterature- posted:You have to be a hit at parties No, people appreciate my insightful social commentary
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Nov 12, 2015 06:07
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Bold Robot posted:What's the story on African units? I've got like 300 hours in this game and I've never noticed them. I haven't either, mostly because I never zoom far enough in to be able to meaningfully discern unit sprites.
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Nov 12, 2015 06:18
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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recommendation for a small german power (i.e. not bohemia, brandenburg, austria, possibly not bavaria or saxony though if i'm mistaken on the difficulty of those let me know) that's a fun challenge for uniting germany?
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Nov 12, 2015 06:24
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Bold Robot posted:What's the story on African units? I've got like 300 hours in this game and I've never noticed them. West African units are bare-chested spearmen:  These are Mali's starting graphics. Malian soldiers wore chainmail, like basically every civilization that has ever had access to iron.
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Nov 12, 2015 06:32
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IM MAD NOW
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Nov 12, 2015 06:36
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alternatively, how difficult would a "non-elector OPM -> HRE" game be? i would get a kick out of Emporer Saxe-Lauenberg
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Nov 12, 2015 06:39
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Larry Parrish posted:It's so upsetting to me that a bunch of tribesmen with spears get portrayed in the game as tribesmen, with spears. That's the point though; the game portrays many non-tribal societies in Africa as tribal societies
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Nov 12, 2015 07:12
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Alright, it's about 1515 and I've vassalized Castille and am feeding Aragon to them. So far England hasn't colonized, what's the easiest way to get up there and start beating on them? A no-cb vassalization of the last irish minor? I'm Portugal, btw. Can't post a picture because phone posting.
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Nov 12, 2015 07:14
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GreyPowerVan posted:Alright, it's about 1515 and I've vassalized Castille and am feeding Aragon to them. So far England hasn't colonized, what's the easiest way to get up there and start beating on them? A no-cb vassalization of the last irish minor? Colonialism CB once they have a colony next to yours
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Nov 12, 2015 07:26
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QuarkJets posted:That's the point though; the game portrays many non-tribal societies in Africa as tribal societies False. All Africans were and are primitive tribes. Now let me tell you about how political correctness is ruining are country.
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Nov 12, 2015 07:43
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I like how the Africa-wide gunpowder infantry is just a dude in a t-shirt with a hunting rifle.
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Pellisworth posted:Colonialism CB once they have a colony next to yours I want to stop them from colonizing before they start.
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