[QUOTE=Canuhearmenow;31191669]Learned the hard way after blitzing across the Ottoman Empire to not bite off more then you can chew, rebellions are popping up every week apparently, and although I can manage them a war right now would be disastrous.[/QUOTE]
Yeah infamy and nationalism from an aggressive campaign can have a painful backblast to deal with for a few years, I learned that the hard way when my 100% American empire kept using up my resources to deal with rebellions as Spain
Something fun that I like to do is to go into the console and type in view_ai
it shows you what each AI is thinking when you mouse over their shield/coat of arms like who they consider to be a threat, who they trust, who they might go to war with
its sorta interesting
Tips if you want to play Teutonic Order and form Germany so you don't end up starting over 10 times:
Do not form Prussia if you are going for the achievement
Grab vassals at the start from Tver, Muscowy etc. instead of attacking the HRE
Instantly declare war on Pskov when you start and annex
Ally with hungary to stave off bohemian advances north or south
Wait until Bohemia is not the emperor before grabbing western Imperial countries
As soon as you annex an Imperial country, remove it from the Empire before the emperor complains and gives you a stability hit, keep doing this to decrease the Imperial authority
You are one of the strongest candidates for the Curia, excommunicate to grab land
Prevent the eastward expansion of lithuania
Novgorod is not a problem, their armies are shit and your vassals in the east can grab land from them to end the war quickly
Don't be afraid of declaring war with no casus bellis to grab vassals or land
If you win a war against a strong military country, vassalize it instead of annexing it and consider annexing your weaker vassals
Many Imperial countries are surprisingly willing to join you in a war against the emperor, consider wiping them out
National bank and unam sanctum are great national ideas, especially when countries start changing religion
Watch out for Denmarks missions, maybe release Gotland because it gives nothing except a tiny bit of tax
[QUOTE=Kondor58;31191975]Yeah infamy and nationalism from an aggressive campaign can have a painful backblast to deal with for a few years, I learned that the hard way when my 100% American empire kept using up my resources to deal with rebellions as Spain[/QUOTE]
Just going to call a 50 year hiatus in war so I can build up my treasury and quell the rebel scum, the West pretty much fears me (with the exception of my eternal enemies the Danes and the English) so the worst I can expect is the Sibirs wanting back some of their land. I really need to also find a way to kill off my current heir since he's an idiot (20 legitimacy what the hell.)
My infamy is going to get really bad down the road when I run out of nations to use Holy War and Tribal Conquest on, however.
Airotciv was officially released early this month and it's neat as hell. i've noticed it's less buggy than the unofficial stand-alone too.
link: [url]http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?545796-The-Steppe-Wolf-%28AirotciV%29[/url]
If anyone's on the fence about buying this, Divine Wind is on sale for $5.00 on GamersGate. Chronicles is $15.00.
I finally got around to playing a Japanese campaign. I started as Minomoto, then united Japan by 1600. I was fully westernized by 1700 and was a leader in technology by 1800. Now it's 1844 and I'm beginning my conquest of Asia. (I altered the game to end in 2500, in case you were wondering about that)
I like really long games of EU3 because of all the interesting ways the game evolves. For example... Prussia is located solely in central Africa. That is where their capital is and they have no land elsewhere but they're still managing to be fairly successful in there. Also Crete has essentially replaced the Ottomans and is a regional power.
[QUOTE=Achilles123;31370068]If anyone's on the fence about buying this, Divine Wind is on sale for $5.00 on GamersGate. Chronicles is $15.00.[/QUOTE]
What's the point in even buying Chronicles if all you get is a bunch of outdated versions?
[QUOTE=johnlukeg;31370828]I finally got around to playing a Japanese campaign. I started as Minomoto, then united Japan by 1600. I was fully westernized by 1700 and was a leader in technology by 1800. Now it's 1844 and I'm beginning my conquest of Asia. (I altered the game to end in 2500, in case you were wondering about that)
I like really long games of EU3 because of all the interesting ways the game evolves. For example... Prussia is located solely in central Africa. That is where their capital is and they have no land elsewhere but they're still managing to be fairly successful in there. Also Crete has essentially replaced the Ottomans and is a regional power.[/QUOTE]
I have my game ending at such a high number I'd die before I'd reach it while going on fast without stopping.
[QUOTE=Oneperson;31379404]What's the point in even buying Chronicles if all you get is a bunch of outdated versions?[/QUOTE]
Not entirely sure what you mean. I didn't buy it on GamersGate myself, but they usually provide patches with the purchase.
And you can usually apply patches to GG, although not always.
So if the game reaches the end year, does the game end and you can't play any longer or is it like Civ where you can carry on but the year stays the same?
What should I do when I first start the game, what should I focus on?
I'm a bit confused at the time.
Alright, should I pick up this or hearts of iron? I'm not very good at very in-depth strategy games like this, I've played Civ a bit. (Which looks like a Dora the Explorer game compared to this) So...Is HoI 3 easier or Europa? Or are both pretty idiot proof once you get the hang of it? Also, Arsenal of Democracy interests me.
Europa is easier, but the dice roll combat is awful. Hearts of Iron 3 is a bit more complex, but has a much better combat system.
The Danes are the immortal enemies of the Teutonic Order and Prussia.
[QUOTE=red pan;31495060]Europa is easier, but the dice roll combat is awful. Hearts of Iron 3 is a bit more complex, but has a much better combat system.[/QUOTE]
After playing the hearts of iron 3 demo I'm inclined to agree with this guy here ^,
I was also just about to purchase HoI 3 actually, but I'm curious as to whether or not you can modify the game files to extend the timeline. I assume you can, considering both Vicky and europa give you the option to, but I've never found any posts on the topic. could anyone confirm?
It can be done, can't remember how but I think it involves editing the save file.
Well, alright what the Hell. I guess I'll get the Europa Complete pack. I'm just looking for a generally fun game, I like strategies, and Europa and HoI3 just looked so good I couldn't quite tell a difference. I'm not much of a war-mongering leader anyway. I work on more or less building the country I rule up in terms of defense and mostly it's inner-workings before I work on my expansionism.
With this sale I bought the 2 expansions I didn't have. Awesome.
Playing as Manchu.
Ming ends up not annexing Oirat horde and Chagatai so I shrug and say fuck it, I end up colonising and cutting off their expansions, in the end I left about three nomad neighbours, paying them off for tribute while using their ability to colonise all of eastern and central russia so that Manchu is now bigger than Ming.
Close to 1500, Manchu has most of Russia, is expanding into India, conquered most of Ming and is going to finish it off.
Next time Ming should know to colonise the Oirat Horde.
Ok so should I purchase Divine Winds along with The Complete pack or should I purchase Heir to the Throne with the Complete Pack?
go ahead and purchase the complete pack if you want to get a taste of the game first without buying ht^3 and DW. Otherwise buying the Europa: Chronicles pack would save you about five bucks.
I bought all the games I didn't own from the Paradox pack individually, cost me £20 for Semper Fi, all HoI3 DLC that I didn't already own from a kind gift, Arsenal of Democracy, Darkest Hour, rebought EU3 + Expansions (+DW which I didn't have), EU3 spritepacks, EU:R Gold and the Victoria 2 DLC.
Not bad at all.
Didn't get For The Glory though, not heard enough about it, it's on the EU2 engine and money is money...
Wow, this game is really fun since I've gotten the hang of it. I'm playing as Lithuania right now. Of course Poland (who I was under Vassalage with) declared war on fucking every country around him, so my ass got dragged into it. I began sending my troops, but of course, the Peasant War begins in Lithuania. I help Poland a bit (long enough to assure Hungary won't come into Lithuania anymore) and then I retreat back to my country to fight the Revolutionaries, Patriots, and Peasants. After years of fighting them (10 plus?) and the King of Lithuania dead and a new one appointed I beat back the Peasants. Of course, I was also released from Vassalage by Poland. I plan to build up my armies and have a go at conquering him.
[QUOTE=Keyblockor;31497729]Playing as Manchu.
Ming ends up not annexing Oirat horde and Chagatai so I shrug and say fuck it, I end up colonising and cutting off their expansions, in the end I left about three nomad neighbours, paying them off for tribute while using their ability to colonise all of eastern and central russia so that Manchu is now bigger than Ming.
Close to 1500, Manchu has most of Russia, is expanding into India, conquered most of Ming and is going to finish it off.
Next time Ming should know to colonise the Oirat Horde.[/QUOTE]
Ming usually [I]can't[/I] colonize because of the factions system. It's pretty rough for 'em, they pretty much have to choose between being able to construct buildings, declare war or colonize, except they can't choose.
[QUOTE=johnlukeg;31533638]Ming usually [I]can't[/I] colonize because of the factions system. It's pretty rough for 'em, they pretty much have to choose between being able to construct buildings, declare war or colonize, except they can't choose.[/QUOTE]
The faction system really curbs Ming's power. I used to see them expand into Eastern Europe by 1520 pre DW, now they are lucky if they have control over their neighbors.
I would've liked it that Ming could kill off all the factions in with a -6 stability hit and the infamy raises to about 30 or +1.
The faction settings are stupid, it's makes Ming that's supposed to be a great power a stomping power since Manchu can easily just do a blitzkrieg, take all the hordes provinces, build up a greater power than Ming's own, and then start invading Ming to take its provinces.
So I'm confused. I'm Lithuania who is in a Personal Union/Vassal of Poland. My army has grown much larger than the Poles and I really just want to fuck them up and take them over. But it won't let me. I have sent tens upon thousands of insults to the Poles and they don't do anything. I don't understand why I'm not allowed to attack them.
[QUOTE=Pedro the Fuzzy;31553197]So I'm confused. I'm Lithuania who is in a Personal Union/Vassal of Poland. My army has grown much larger than the Poles and I really just want to fuck them up and take them over. But it won't let me. I have sent tens upon thousands of insults to the Poles and they don't do anything. I don't understand why I'm not allowed to attack them.[/QUOTE]
If your relations are low enough the Personal Union will end when their king dies. I'm pretty sure you can just declare war on them as well.
[QUOTE=Pedro the Fuzzy;31553197]So I'm confused. I'm Lithuania who is in a Personal Union/Vassal of Poland. My army has grown much larger than the Poles and I really just want to fuck them up and take them over. But it won't let me. I have sent tens upon thousands of insults to the Poles and they don't do anything. I don't understand why I'm not allowed to attack them.[/QUOTE]
Have to wait for the current Monarch's death for the personal union to have a chance at ending. Or you could watch them lose a war against a country that causes them to break off relations with you.
[editline]5th August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Oneperson;31554201]If your relations are low enough the Personal Union will end when their king dies. I'm pretty sure you can just declare war on them as well.[/QUOTE]
Only works if you're a vassal I'm pretty sure.
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