Paradox Interactive Thread: V3 'Check out my sick Germany blob' - Games

Hey whats as that mod a member was making here that added more events for invading cities? I forgot the name.

[QUOTE=Tuskin;50985089]Hey whats as that mod a member was making here that added more events for invading cities? I forgot the name.[/QUOTE] [URL="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=710836012"]ICF - Improved Conquest Flavor[/URL]

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Apparently, Paradox have a sale on Steam now. 75% off CK2, EU4, HOI3 and lots of other strategy games. Best of all, 75% off on collections, it seems. CK2 Collection is 36€ instead of 150€. So I suggest getting it now if you're interested. Just looked up things to buy myself. Among the newer DLCs for CK2 and EU4, I feel like nothing is worth it. I got Reaper's Due but that's the only exception. Has the quality of the DLCs really fallen that low and the same time being overpriced.

[QUOTE=Kyle902;50971149][IMG]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/447365653992683912/E82A78BE1184F2E14CB422EF1A43246DAD577100/[/IMG] I managed to fuck over Europe and create super nazi germany. I fucked up the UK so badly that they aren't even the UK anymore[/QUOTE] Is that Scottish Africa?

[QUOTE=David29;50986489]Is that Scottish Africa?[/QUOTE] It's fucking terrible is what all of it is

[QUOTE=David29;50986489]Is that Scottish Africa?[/QUOTE] Scotland became a great power in that game :v

[img]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/437235073099712871/04E33BC82D90FAF743B06B1F5622A24567BF24F2/[/img] I want to get off paradox's wild ride

[QUOTE=SebiWarrior;50983069]Does anybody else have a bug in Stellaris where if you wish to select a city appearance, it selects the one to the right? I can't select mammalian and molluscoid [/QUOTE] This happens with mods that add cityscapes themselves, in species creation it wont show up selected but will still be used when saved.

Is it worth to buy Victoria 2 + Heart of Darkness or should I get the Victoria Collection (which includes all Victoria 1+ 2 content for cheaper than the former)?

[QUOTE=joshuadim;50989438]Is it worth to buy Victoria 2 + Heart of Darkness or should I get the Victoria Collection (which includes all Victoria 1+ 2 content for cheaper than the former)?[/QUOTE] V2+HoD is one of, if not the, best Paradox game of all time

HoD and House Divided are absolutely mandatory to play, mind you.

I badly want to get into V2, but by god I just cannot get a grasp of it.

[QUOTE=EuSKalduna;50990061]I badly want to get into V2, but by god I just cannot get a grasp of it.[/QUOTE] This. I was actually going to ask if anyone had any good tutorials or anything for Vic II. The wiki leaves a lot to be desired and most Youtube tutorials rush through a lot of stuff (Which is guess makes sense since they want to get to the gameplay) but I like to take my time figuring out what everything does and means.

Easiest civ to play as - United States. You get spammed with events early on but you're relatively isolated, start off as a great power, have lots of migrants and can easily industrialize. Easiest unciv to play as - Japan. The pacific is your playground and most AI can't justify attacking you until the early 20th century

I bought Victoria Collection just now. Would someone be willing to help me learn the basics of Victoria 2 so I'm not completely lost in the blue?

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;50990673]Easiest unciv to play as - Japan. The pacific is your playground and most AI can't justify attacking you until the early 20th century[/QUOTE] It's so hard to get to Great Power with any unciv besides Japan or China, they always westernize and take the 7th and 8th slots in my games

[QUOTE=TrafficMan;50991677]It's so hard to get to Great Power with any unciv besides Japan or China, they always westernize and take the 7th and 8th slots in my games[/QUOTE] One time I got to Secondary with Liberia, but it was a fluke game that had a lot of Great Wars that tore everything to shit

Prussia is a really good starting nation tbh. You've got a easily defined goal, a powerful army, and a lot of incentive to work with spheres. Savoy->Italy is pretty fun too.

[QUOTE=Anderan;50992731]Prussia is a really good starting nation tbh. You've got a easily defined goal, a powerful army, and a lot of incentive to work with spheres. Savoy->Italy is pretty fun too.[/QUOTE] The only problem with that is that you'll have to go to wear war with France for alsace-lorraine and then probably go to war with Austro-Hungary. That might prove somewhat difficult for a new player. Sweden is probably a better choice since it's pretty easy to form Scandinavia. You can also meme it up and release Jan Mayen so you can play as literal polar bears [editline]3rd September 2016[/editline] Scandinavia is also in a great position to colonize Africa since they inherit a tiny danish settlement on the coast near the very easily conquereable Sokoto

What's your favorite start in CK2? I'm looking for ideas, as a player that is semi experienced but still quite shit. The Byzantines look interesting to me, but I'm not sure who to start with.

[QUOTE=SuperPlamz;50994811]What's your favorite start in CK2? I'm looking for ideas, as a player that is semi experienced but still quite shit. The Byzantines look interesting to me, but I'm not sure who to start with.[/QUOTE] With Byzantium, you start off with a war in Sicily against the Muslims and you have a LOT of casus-bellis/holy wars available for nearby countries. You can also blind/castrate people who oppose/rebel without losing reputation with vassals. It's really fun playing as an Empire and expanding really fast. You gotta make sure the Muslims stay seperated and fractured or else it will be really difficult to take Jerusalem and Alexandria and the like. Also the easiest way to get Bulgaria imo is to arrange a marriage between your heir and theirs.

[QUOTE=SuperPlamz;50994811]What's your favorite start in CK2? I'm looking for ideas, as a player that is semi experienced but still quite shit. The Byzantines look interesting to me, but I'm not sure who to start with.[/QUOTE] I usually start on the earliest date, but Old Gods is a favourite

[QUOTE=SuperPlamz;50994811]What's your favorite start in CK2? I'm looking for ideas, as a player that is semi experienced but still quite shit. The Byzantines look interesting to me, but I'm not sure who to start with.[/QUOTE] Jerusalem can be extremely fun. I'm doing a Latin Empire AAR and that's also really fun to do. In terms of variety from what I've played, Latin Empire and Elexiad (is that what it's called?) are both the best, once you're done with 1066.

[QUOTE=SuperPlamz;50994811]What's your favorite start in CK2? I'm looking for ideas, as a player that is semi experienced but still quite shit. The Byzantines look interesting to me, but I'm not sure who to start with.[/QUOTE]Can't go wrong with 1076, probably the most balanced for the christan world for crusades and Spain.

[QUOTE=RB33;50986394]Apparently, Paradox have a sale on Steam now. 75% off CK2, EU4, HOI3 and lots of other strategy games. Best of all, 75% off on collections, it seems. CK2 Collection is 36€ instead of 150€. So I suggest getting it now if you're interested. Just looked up things to buy myself. Among the newer DLCs for CK2 and EU4, I feel like nothing is worth it. I got Reaper's Due but that's the only exception. Has the quality of the DLCs really fallen that low and the same time being overpriced.[/QUOTE] you know if EU4 would update their fucking collection I might bite, but I guess you can't maximize profits that way.

Is HOI4/Stellaris worth to buy currently? Or should I wait for more expansions to come with?

[QUOTE=joshuadim;50996253]Is HOI4/Stellaris worth to buy currently? Or should I wait for more expansions to come with?[/QUOTE] HoI4 is super barebones. Stellaris is basic af

[QUOTE=joshuadim;50996253]Is HOI4/Stellaris worth to buy currently? Or should I wait for more expansions to come with?[/QUOTE] If you liked HOI3, wait. If you like EU4, then maybe. The game is lacking a bunch of features currently. I hope the expansions make it closer to 3, because it feels too much like EU4 to me.

Yeah HoI4 is disappointingly too empty, and I'm just comparing that with my experience in EU4 Probably going to get Stellaris I heard good things about it