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eu4 has never clicked for me like eu3 did. i feel like the combat results are way more erratic and unexpectedly punishing than their other games. ck2 and vic2 are way more fun, imo. not a fan of the hoi series, though i will buy 4 to check it out. stellaris has a lot of promise, but lacks bugfixes/depth. but the holy grail of games for me would be something like civilization sporeiversalis: total war kings so...
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FreudianSlippers posted:Paradox should make a game set in Africa starting in the 50s and 60s where you play a newly independent former colony. You wouldn't be painting the continent with your colour but more dealing with both your own internal politics and the world politics of the Cold War. Being a Mega-Mugabe kleptocrat should be just as viable of a playstyle as actually trying, and probably failing, to improve things despite everything. So Tropico except instead of communist rebels you have ethnic groups hatcheting eachother to death in the streets
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May 13, 2016 05:35
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Larry Parrish posted:So Tropico except instead of communist rebels you have ethnic groups hatcheting eachother to death in the streets To be fair sometimes those ethnic groups are communist backed
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May 13, 2016 05:45
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StashAugustine posted:Get CK2 if you like roleplaying, get EU4 if you like strategy, get Stellaris if you have a time machine. 
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May 13, 2016 06:27
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Well thanks to that link for CK2 on sale for cheap I'm gonna go with it for now and pick up EU4 when it goes on sale and Stellaris when its had a little time to iron out the rough edges. Any recommendations for must have DLC for CK2 or is the base game good enough that I should just wait till they go on sale?
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May 13, 2016 14:07
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https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads%2Fhearts-of-iron-iv-development-diary-56-bits-pieces.930457%2F Featuring the most important things in HoIIV: Straits and NATO counters!
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May 13, 2016 14:09
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Jeoh posted:https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads%2Fhearts-of-iron-iv-development-diary-56-bits-pieces.930457%2F We are way past topics I had planned from the start now! Into unknown territory. Honestly, you guys got anything you want to know for the last week one? I'v just jotted down "get drunk and think of something" in my calendar atm  the 2 before that are all planned out though.
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May 13, 2016 14:16
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podcat posted:We are way past topics I had planned from the start now! Into unknown territory. Are the Soviets collectivist?
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May 13, 2016 14:18
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podcat posted:We are way past topics I had planned from the start now! Into unknown territory. A detailed dev diary about mo-capping the push-ups.
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May 13, 2016 14:26
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podcat posted:We are way past topics I had planned from the start now! Into unknown territory. "poo poo that I'm super-proud of but that you guys probably don't care about" would make a nice topic. That or an open Q&A.
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May 13, 2016 14:31
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podcat posted:We are way past topics I had planned from the start now! Into unknown territory. A detailed look at how your Red Alert inspired FMVs will greatly enhance the game.
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May 13, 2016 14:44
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podcat posted:We are way past topics I had planned from the start now! Into unknown territory. Do you have one planned for Multiplayer features?
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May 13, 2016 14:51
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I wouldn't mind hearing about balance changes that happened throughout development.
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May 13, 2016 15:37
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Gort posted:I wouldn't mind hearing about balance changes that happened throughout development. Or go even broader, "Here are some of the cool ideas we had that turned out to be terrible when we actually implemented them and were cut" e: one of the best dev talks I've seen was Solomon and co. with their old XCOM prototypes showing how their attempts at real-time/WEGO were an unplayable mess. Alchenar fucked around with this message at 15:45 on May 13, 2016 |
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May 13, 2016 15:40
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Any post-release planning you guys have made so far would be nice.
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May 13, 2016 15:46
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I also found the Manward system.
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katka posted:Well thanks to that link for CK2 on sale for cheap I'm gonna go with it for now and pick up EU4 when it goes on sale and Stellaris when its had a little time to iron out the rough edges. The base game is pretty good but a few of the DLCs add a lot to the experience and are worth getting right away - Must have: -Way of Life: adds a bunch of flavour events, lets you pick a character focus to emphasize particular aspects of your rule. -Conclave: significantly enhances the vassal management element, and even when playing as a vassal gives you a bunch of options to gently caress with your liege. Optional but very good: -Legacy of Rome: mainly for access to retinues, but also adds a bunch of stuff for the Byzantines like event chains and decisions to reform the Roman Empire. -Old Gods: Allows you to play pagans, but even if you don't care about that also comes with an earlier start date. -Sons of Abraham: Adds a bunch of extra stuff for Christians, especially Catholics, who you will probably spend a bit of time playing anyway. -Charlemagne: Another even earlier start date, and a bunch of little things like viceroyalties or being able to create new kingdoms/empires if you're a big realm but don't meet the requirements for any de jure titles. More Specialized, only get if you're interested: -Horse Lords: allows you to play as nomads. Nomads are cool but you probably don't want to play them for your first game. -The Republic: Allows you to play merchant republics. See the above comment about nomads. -Sword of Islam: Allows you to play Muslims, but doesn't add anything for non-Muslims so only really worthwhile if you plan to play them specifically. -Rajas of India: Ditto the above, except Indian religions instead of Muslims. It also gives you the ability to convert to the religion/culture of your capital, which is useful but not worth buying a whole DLC just for that. The other stuff is all cosmetic so you can take it or leave it. I find the portrait packs are generally good but the unit packs are kind of pointless. There's also sunset invasion which adds a western equivalent to the Mongols - it balances the game out a bit but is also kind of a pain if you aren't prepared for it.
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Conclave is insanely divisive, I dunno if I would say it's necessary. And did they ever fix the thing everyone was complaining about from Way of Life? Some of the choices in that were meant to be broken I thought. From my perspective it's a game where you're staring at portraits all day so the portrait packs are borderline necessary, they add an enormous amount of variety and it really makes the world feel bigger when not everyone outside of Europe looks Arab. The unit packs are a similar deal but if you're one of those players who just plays zoomed out all the time I can understand them not being so appealing.
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May 13, 2016 16:14
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podcat posted:We are way past topics I had planned from the start now! Into unknown territory. It'd be nice to have a diary about (or at least some nice renders of) the 3D unit sprites? The other art diaries have all been interesting, and Paradox unit models have gotten really good looking in the days since vanilla EU3's block men. EDIT: Also there's been so much discussion of counters it'd be nice to see the other side of the coin. 
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May 13, 2016 16:37
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 Counters and models would be a good thing to wrap things up on.
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May 13, 2016 17:00
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Today's HOI4 dev diary starts out by mentioning that they've covered most of the major points of the game so they're going to talk about straits and canals. I don't know if they're being ironic or not...
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May 13, 2016 17:17
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I'm liking the idea of a Multiplayer focused dev diary, if there are any cool multiplayer features to show off, or new steps this game makes that are improvements to multiplayer over other games or whatnot
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May 13, 2016 17:18
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Big sale at the Paradox store, but, um, is anyone else having trouble getting a payment through? I've tried multiple methods and my payment keeps getting denied.
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May 13, 2016 17:26
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Most of the streams have had historical focuses on, so it'd be cool to see a dev diary about weird ahistorical things that could happen or alternate paths nations could take.
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May 13, 2016 17:45
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Alchenar posted:Or go even broader, "Here are some of the cool ideas we had that turned out to be terrible when we actually implemented them and were cut" This is traditionally more of a thing to talk about post-release, but I'd still be interested!
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May 13, 2016 18:01
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Empress Theonora posted:Most of the streams have had historical focuses on, so it'd be cool to see a dev diary about weird ahistorical things that could happen or alternate paths nations could take. They did show us Norway becoming a Socialist republic in one diary, and we saw the dumb Fascist USA flag in another, but yeah, an entire dev diary about how hosed up things can get would be cool. Also, are the fascist flags made stupid by default so there's no incentive to actually become fascist ingame? Because holy hell a bundle of stick looks stupid.
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May 13, 2016 18:02
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Fasces... 
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May 13, 2016 18:11
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:They did show us Norway becoming a Socialist republic in one diary, and we saw the dumb Fascist USA flag in another, but yeah, an entire dev diary about how hosed up things can get would be cool. Infrateal posted:in world war I primitive tanks carried bundles of sticks on the front of their hulls which they dropped into trenches so they could cross them and the term for these objects is "fascines" but they could also be termed "enormous faggots" and basically if a wwI tank ever goes to mars and needs to cross the Valles Marineris it should strap Hitlers Gay Secret to the front of its hull
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:They did show us Norway becoming a Socialist republic in one diary, and we saw the dumb Fascist USA flag in another, but yeah, an entire dev diary about how hosed up things can get would be cool. This would be my vote as well. I would love to see an "alt history" showcase. Hitlers Gay Secret posted:Because holy hell a bundle of stick looks stupid. ... You could not be more wrong.
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May 13, 2016 18:25
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ExtraNoise posted:... You could not be more wrong. Well, compared to the Communist/Socialist emblem, it's a lot harder to convey in a small image, ie, why the symbol takes up half the flag. Hell, Italy didn't even use it. It almost seems like each Fascist country used their own national symbol. Easy on the name calling, Jesus Christ. EDIT: Are there any examples of the symbol being used today? GenderSelectScreen fucked around with this message at 18:39 on May 13, 2016 |
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May 13, 2016 18:31
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:EDIT: Are there any examples of the symbol being used today?   
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May 13, 2016 18:50
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 Holy loving poo poo. I had meant on a nation's flag but god drat that takes the cake.EDIT: Lincoln's chair jfc
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May 13, 2016 18:53
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Yeah, turns out there's a lot of it. Check out the wikipedia article for even more examples. These are just a few.
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May 13, 2016 18:55
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They were a symbol of republicanism and the Roman Senate before Mussolini used them.
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May 13, 2016 18:55
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Kavak posted:They were a symbol of republicanism and the Roman Senate before Mussolini used them. Yeah, it's another one of those symbols perverted by evil, like the swastika. drat fascists ruin everything 
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May 13, 2016 19:02
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Hitlers Gay Secret posted:Yeah, it's another one of those symbols perverted by evil, like the swastika. This is pretty true, but it's also fun to point this out to illuminati conspiracy folks. If they've never seen it before, it's like hitting the conspiracy jackpot. Everything's a fasces!
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May 13, 2016 21:27
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Jeoh posted:https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads%2Fhearts-of-iron-iv-development-diary-56-bits-pieces.930457%2F You can also disable 3D models.
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Tuskin38 posted:You can also disable 3D models. Pretty psyched for that so I can play HoI4 on my lovely little computer while I get my new rig built this summer.
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A Handed Missus posted:or Hearts of Iron: Road to War The real travesty is that we never got EU2 on DS.
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