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

Do I have any hope of gitting gud at these games, or will I forever be awful at it? I feel like such a newbie to everything.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;48872708]I saw a picture where a dude was attacking Malta as Japan in BlackICE. He had surrounded the island with 2.3 million men, while the British had about 21k in total defending. Again, the island was completely surrounded and was being bombed regularly, daily even, as the Japanese attempted to land. By the time he captured it, a month later, he had suffered 400k casualties. What.[/QUOTE] This is dumb too, how the hell would the brits even survive. The island would be a piece of rubble, nor would they have the ammo to kill 400k men :v: arghh my automerge u fiend

Where do I first begin in CK2? Which country?

[QUOTE=freaka;48873052]Yes the fort system is a bit weird but you have to remember that the forts also include stuff like; Artillery, moths, hedgehogs etc.. 10 stack fortresses are literally impenetrable due to the structures in it.[/QUOTE] But it's [I]Malta[/I], the entire place would have to be a Wolfenstein-esque fortress to be able to hold back 2 million men and an entire navy that cut the island off and repeated aerial assaults for an entire month.

[QUOTE=spoder55;48873583]Where do I first begin in CK2? Which country?[/QUOTE]ireland

[QUOTE=kamikaze470;48873648]ireland[/QUOTE] And he's not joking. Ireland is nicknamed Tutorial Island for a reason [editline]10th October 2015[/editline] Everyone around you has the same amount of power more or less, you're all the same culture and religion, and you would be fairly hard-pressed to see a powerful AI character stomping about in Ireland before at least 100 years in-game

Speaking of attacking Malta in HOI3, i was playing as the US and built 10/10 forts and everything possible in the Pacific Island provinces like Guam etc... and put a 7/7 division in each, they had proper commanders and i tried to get them attached to HQs as much as i could. Each island also had naval bombers on there that i always used to bomb their fleet. But no matter what i did, eventually at least one island was always taken, sometimes more. I noticed that when this happened a Japanese unit appeared on the island out of nowhere and even when their fleet was gone and i fought off their amphibious assault, my men were still fighting that unit, and i always lost no matter what i did. The combat seemed to get glitched or i really don't know. What is this? Paratroopers? Does Japan get some sort of an event for this to happen to make sure they always get an island?

[QUOTE=Jamsponge;48873574]Do I have any hope of gitting gud at these games, or will I forever be awful at it? I feel like such a newbie to everything.[/QUOTE] Just play the games and ask questions when you feel the need to. Paradox grand strategy games can feel daunting to play at first but they're all just a matter of learning the games nuances.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/lmM3sRQ.png[/t] Well then.

[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13459825/ImmigrantsInANutshell1.png[/t] [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13459825/ImmigrantsInANutshell2.png[/t] AI Indians sailing across half the world just to hang around in northern Germany. That takes dedication and balls.

No Britain, stahp [t]http://i.imgur.com/m9AMY8g.png[/t] I don't think they'll win, the British always seem to have a hard time getting troops to the Americas. [editline]10th October 2015[/editline] [t]http://i.imgur.com/Swjgqs0.png[/t]

[t]http://i.imgur.com/1x1NecK.png[/t] So the Hearts of Iron 3 Let's Play community sure has some...uh... interesting moments

I was right [t]http://i.imgur.com/MmKPR0q.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/z5Hynzk.png[/t]

[QUOTE=Tuskin;48875610]No Britain, stahp [/QUOTE]what mods are you using?

[QUOTE=kamikaze470;48876142]what mods are you using?[/QUOTE] Some mod I found on reddit. I think it is made from PDM or NNM. It really isn't complete and is missing stuff. [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/Vic2Mod/[/url]

[QUOTE=Tuskin;48876190] It really isn't complete and is missing stuff. [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/Vic2Mod/[/url][/QUOTE] Another dead mod. [editline]11th October 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=kamikaze470;48873648]ireland[/QUOTE] [B]Not[/B] during the viking age*

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;48877727] [B]Not[/B] during the viking age*[/QUOTE] Unless you want dead monks and incompetence.

I just use HPM for Vicky II. As shit as /gsg/ is the mod makers there are generally decent enough.

The Byzantine Empire is kind of easy if you can survive the initial Turkish invasion, which is fairly easy if you let them ride out attrition.

Byzantium is recommended for people who have a basic handle on vassal management and know how to keep a large blob in check. I would only hesitate to suggest Byzantium because they tend to have consistent revolts as there are a shit-ton of claimants for petty counties or dukedoms that will stop at nothing until they've stolen the place from you.

[QUOTE=Anderan;48877891]I just use HPM for Vicky II. As shit as /gsg/ is the mod makers there are generally decent enough.[/QUOTE] The HPM mod seems to use the same base as the mod from reddit I linked. Some of the same nations events and flags [editline]11th October 2015[/editline] Huh, I've never seen this happen before (referring to the Mexican border) [t]http://i.imgur.com/ORlLk69.png[/t] Guessing it is one of the new events in HPM [editline]11th October 2015[/editline] Woah what, America has no Slave States

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;48877727]Another dead mod. [editline]11th October 2015[/editline] [B]Not[/B] during the viking age*[/QUOTE]playing before 1066 is hot nasty anyway

[t]http://i.imgur.com/PnVy7D7.png[/t] First Great War

Looks like a fairly even Great War. Most of the time, great wars are like, Germany, Italy, UK, Sweden and Spain against France, Russia and the Ottomans or some other sort of totally one-sided fight

new HOI4 image [t]http://i.imgur.com/vvNerIS.jpg[/t] Nothing exciting, we had the kill list in HOI3 as well. I don't think it showed assists though.

There is way too much stuff going on in that picture.

it's too alpha ugly for me to even bother

The people who played at events, I never seen any complaints about too much stuff going on. Might be one of those things that doesn't translate well in the screenshots.

It doesn't look amazing garphically, but I still think it looks really good overall.

[QUOTE=Tuskin;48879038]The HPM mod seems to use the same base as the mod from reddit I linked. Some of the same nations events and flags [/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure it uses NNM as a base, which is really common. [QUOTE=Hamsteronfire;48882185]it's too alpha ugly for me to even bother[/QUOTE] I feel like the borders are too thick.