Paradox Interactive Megathread V1 - "Rebels, Rebels Everywhere!" - Games

The only effective way I've found of making enough money to finance my army and economy is through massive tariffs, is this really bad?

It hurts your industry (and artisans) because they won't be able to sell anything due to prices being so high. It's useful until you can obtain the taxation techs, then I lower the tariffs to an maximum of -10% at least or until I know that I can make money without hurting the industry too much.

I've never ever had finance problems in Vicky2, I usually make money hand over fist. It's always man power that gets me down.

Play China NEVER WORRY ABOUT MONEY AGAIN [editline]23rd July 2012[/editline] or manpower!

[QUOTE=scout1;36903057]Play China NEVER WORRY ABOUT MONEY AGAIN [editline]23rd July 2012[/editline] or manpower![/QUOTE] Have fun getting raped by your technologically superior European enemies in the later half of the game. And yes, high tariffs are bad. They make it harder for capitalist to build factories because it makes buying the goods off the world market that much more expensive.

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I love how in ck2 you can kill a entire family of people within weeks of eachother and nobody goes as far as to raise an eyebrow.

I should play a fucked up game where I assassinate all muslims (with cheats of course) and watch as all of islam comes into a united nation and watch what the west does.

question for HOI3. I've captured the british raj from the UK. and it says india, pakistan etc. have cores there. is there a way for me to release them as independent countries?

[QUOTE=thelurker1234;36923249]question for HOI3. I've captured the british raj from the UK. and it says india, pakistan etc. have cores there. is there a way for me to release them as independent countries?[/QUOTE] The politics tab.

[QUOTE=Roof;36923284]The politics tab.[/QUOTE] where on there? they aren't in the release puppet tab

You have to annex the UK. I don't mean GiE either, you have to actually annex them. [editline]25th July 2012[/editline] And from my personal experience, all the wargoals except puppet and faction related ones are all but broken.

On Victoria 2, I'm playing as Prussia and all the German city states are in my sphere of influence but I can't unify Germany or even the north/south german federations? Is it because Holstein is danish?

[QUOTE=The mouse;36930206]On Victoria 2, I'm playing as Prussia and all the German city states are in my sphere of influence but I can't unify Germany or even the north/south german federations? Is it because Holstein is danish?[/QUOTE] You need to be in control or in the sphere of every single province the nation has cores on. The NGF has cores in Holstein, so yes. Just get some influence in there and you should be able to form the NGF. You'll need Alsace-Lorraine to form a united Germany as well.

[QUOTE=The mouse;36930206]On Victoria 2, I'm playing as Prussia and all the German city states are in my sphere of influence but I can't unify Germany or even the north/south german federations? Is it because Holstein is danish?[/QUOTE] Well, first off, if Holstein is in Denmark's sphere, than you don't have all of them. You need Holstein. Just sphere Denmark on top of that. If somebody already sphered Denmark, then you'll have to declare war on them, but you'll have to wait for the truce to end to form the NGF or Germany. You also need the provinces of Alasce and Lorraine. If you invested in military tech on the land and built a sizable army, plus you have all the city states allied, it should be an easy victory. If you didn't do that, I suggest you wait for a sizable European country to ally with France, then declare war on them and add the "Unification" as a wargoal later. If you annex their ally, they will likely give in, so lon as they haven't occupied half of Prussia. (By the way, you only need Alasce and Lorraine for the Germany Empire, Not the NGF.)

[QUOTE=BananaFoam;36930628]Well, first off, if Holstein is in Denmark's sphere, than you don't have all of them. You need Holstein. Just sphere Denmark on top of that. If somebody already sphered Denmark, then you'll have to declare war on them, but you'll have to wait for the truce to end to form the NGF or Germany. You also need the provinces of Alasce and Lorraine. If you invested in military tech on the land and built a sizable army, plus you have all the city states allied, it should be an easy victory. If you didn't do that, I suggest you wait for a sizable European country to ally with France, then declare war on them and add the "Unification" as a wargoal later. If you annex their ally, they will likely give in, so lon as they haven't occupied half of Prussia. (By the way, you only need Alasce and Lorraine for the Germany Empire, Not the NGF.)[/QUOTE] Denmark won't be sphering them, Holstein is only a vassal of Denmark. You can sphere Holstein if you want, really, and Denmark won't be able to do much.

I sphere'd Denmark but nothing happened?

[QUOTE=The mouse;36930731]I sphere'd Denmark but nothing happened?[/QUOTE] Sphere Holstein, not Denmark.

[QUOTE=Freakie;36930754]Sphere Holstein, not Denmark.[/QUOTE]I can't because you can't negotiate with Satellites

[QUOTE=The mouse;36930778]I can't because you can't negotiate with Satellites[/QUOTE] I'm fairly sure you should be able to. Have you liberated Schleswig?

[QUOTE=Freakie;36930818]I'm fairly sure you should be able to. Have you liberated Schleswig?[/QUOTE] I can't and no, is it also bad that Austira has parts of northen holstein too?

[QUOTE=The mouse;36930908]I can't and no, is it also bad that Austira has parts of northen holstein too?[/QUOTE] Yes. You will need ALL regions the NGF has cores on before you'll form it, including both Holstein AND Schleswig (aka Flensburg/Aabenraa). I'm actively about to sphere Holstein in a quick game I just started. [editline]25th July 2012[/editline] There, Holstein sphered.

so I'm fucked unless I annex Denmark and Austria?

[QUOTE=The mouse;36931221]so I'm fucked unless I annex Denmark and Austria?[/QUOTE] No. If Denmark doesn't directly control any part of Schleswig-Holstein, then you can leave them be. You SHOULD be able to sphere Holstein no matter what, but you'll have to wrestle Schleswig from Austria in a war.

One of the new events coming with the new HOI Expansion [img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/205410_10150982342253499_1277121721_n.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Freakie;36931397]No. If Denmark doesn't directly control any part of Schleswig-Holstein, then you can leave them be. You SHOULD be able to sphere Holstein no matter what, but you'll have to wrestle Schleswig from Austria in a war.[/QUOTE] I beat Austria the first time to get all of Germany, but now they have the ottomans, dutch and the Spanish covering their ass, help?

[QUOTE=The mouse;36931482]I beat Austria the first time to get all of Germany, but now they have the ottomans, dutch and the Spanish covering their ass, help?[/QUOTE] Try to get an alliance with France or Russia, though your German speaking allies could probably do it.

I wasn't able to sphere them normally. I spehered Denmark and it worked. Are you sure you are playing Vicky2 Freakie, or are we talking about the first game. If we're talking about Vicky1, I cannot help you.

[QUOTE=Tuskin;36931415]One of the new events coming with the new HOI Expansion [img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/205410_10150982342253499_1277121721_n.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Allies should get : God Save the King! Axis should get : God save the Fuhrer! :v:.

[QUOTE=Tuskin;36931415]One of the new events coming with the new HOI Expansion [img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/205410_10150982342253499_1277121721_n.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] That reading actually gave me the chills.