Al Andalus: A Paradox Mega-LP

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JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Hashim posted:

Yeah, the number of provinces CK+ is kinda ridiculous, why'd they add so many I haven't played it in a pretty long while, but I definitely don't remember Genoa being split up into a fuckton of tiny, barely-clickable provinces, don't really like it.

The people who succeeded Wiz in developing CK+ are the ones who really went overboard on the number of provinces

# ¿ Jan 17, 2017 01:13

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 11:52

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Crazycryodude posted:

This is, what, the third generation in a row that's had their leg lopped off? If it happens a few more times it'll become practically a rite of passage for all young kings of the dynasty, whether they need it or not.

Hundreds of years from now, all nobles in southern Spain will have one toe removed at birth, and no one will know the origin of the practice.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2017 05:42

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Deceitful Penguin posted:

I dunno, Seeing as Castille is still there, just as a Mega-Portugal, I don't see things changing THAT much...

Yeah, if both Castille and Aragon are still there come EU4 I'm pretty sure the Iberan Wedding event will have to be lightly modified and left in.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2017 06:20

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

PurpleXVI posted:

Honestly this is kind of an interesting LP compared to a lot of them, because it feels like there are a shitload of "sub-optimal" roleplaying choices being made, to the point where I'm actually nervous for the survival of the Jizrunids at times.

As sub-optimal as the LPer is playing at times, he's still a player. The AI might have managed to lose in that Crusade, half-assed as it was.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2017 00:14

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

PurpleXVI posted:

One of these days we'll have a ruler that lives to a ripe old age, dying contentedly in his sleep, surrounded by loving sons and loyal subjects.

I mean, Emir Galind basically did this

# ¿ Feb 11, 2017 00:57

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Hitlers Gay Secret posted:

Man, I didn't know cancer was so rampant in the Middle Ages.

It was probably nearly as bad then as it is now (we are, admittedly, around more carcinogens these days than people were then), they just didn't diagnose it nearly as well. Bad humours and such.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2017 19:26

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Telsa Cola posted:

Thats not how life expectancy works.

Edit: To clarify, the reason why people say the life expectancy was so low is because they are talking about the average life expectancy. When you had really really good odds to die as an infant or child, combined with having a poo poo ton of children, the amount of deaths in that age range drag the entire average life expectancy down to like 30 years. If you made it past childhood you could pretty often see 60-80 years of age.

People who lived to 80 were super-rare in the middle ages. Old-age maladies start becoming more common after 40, and it's not like they had an effective way to treat heart disease back then. But 50-60, sure.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2017 22:49

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Man, all the Jizrunids are competent psychopaths that get themselves murdered, likeable cowards that achieve little, or Emir Galind.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 21:25

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Emir Galind guides this one.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2017 04:13

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

The Lone Badger posted:

But... he's not a bloodthirsty psychopath and Al Andalus is being invaded. This could actually end badly.

Perhaps Emir Galind will lend the Sultan his spirit of valor as well, in this time of need.

The Sultan of Al Andalus need not be a madman, the great founder of this dynasty showed us that.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2017 19:53

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

MinistryofLard posted:

Icelandic Jerusalem is amazing.

Since they will inevitably get Jihaded into the sea I hope that afterwards the Icelanders will keep the Kingdom of Jerusalem title in Iceland and colonise, resulting in a levantine New Jerusalem in the Americas.

If you lose a crusade or holy war, you lose the corresponding titles. If all the duchies that would make up the Kingdom of Jerusalem are lost in a crusade, the Kingdom of Jerusalem title is destroyed.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2017 23:15

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Crazycryodude posted:

Does Pointy Hat still get functionally infinite mercenary deathstacks, though? That always used to be annoying whenever I directly fought the pope.

He has functionally infinite gold and 90% of the mercenaries out there are Catholic, so he can buy out any mercenaries he wants that aren't already under contract.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2017 22:21

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Fascism will cause everyone to hate us and all the fascists who have been spawned so far are either dead or contained. Go with the South and even if they win you're looking at an inevitable future of getting piled on by every other GP.

The future of the country lies in the North. A

# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 02:21

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

This entire situation only went bad when the socialists decided to make their country international pariahs by forgetting about diplomacy altogether

# ¿ Dec 16, 2018 07:11

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 11:52

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Red John posted:

The audience is a loud minority. Victoria is a moderately complex series (for paradox) that�s not the easiest to get into, and paradox would have to choose between continuing their trend of simplifying games, or take a risk and hope that a new complex game can satisfy the Victoria audience, as well as drawing newer players in. So I doubt it�s a wise business decision from them.

Plus, I guarantee you the Victoria playerbase will never be satisfied. Kinda would like to see the immense salt if they added mana, though.

A more optimized and better-coded CK3 would be a better investment, at least as soon as they feel the purchases of new DLCs starts slowing down

# ¿ Dec 16, 2018 21:02

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