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

Looks like its putting vassals on as council members/court officials. And then we'll run into a week or two where everyone not on the council gets 200% plot power against you.

[QUOTE=Anderan;49476374]After The Cossacks it wouldn't surprise me if they start charging $20 as the norm.[/QUOTE] They gave a reason for the $20, I don't remember what it was, but it wasn't going to be the norm. [editline]7th January 2016[/editline] The you tube description says it is a "Major expansion" [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_n_qy53Isk[/media] [editline]7th January 2016[/editline] [url]https://www.paradoxplaza.com/crusader-kings-2-conclave[/url] Some screenshots here

Lets hope they fix the Imperial government, I shouldn't have to have 'vassals' as the ERE.

Well, I am pleased to see those focuses for children's education. That always irked me when I could give a kid to a near-perfect courtier who had insane stats and no negative traits, only to have the kid turn 16 and be an absolute turd

Groogy-era CK2 DLCs like this are usually pretty solid, it's the overly ambitious stuff like India or Charles which turn out to be kinda duds. The council revamp and education overhauls are going to be rad as fuck. ALSO fuck yes we can slowly improve the status of women (if you want), historical or not I've always wanted to fundamentally change my realm and make it stand out and it always fucking sucked how you could have like 4 awesome queens in a row and the status of highborn women wouldn't change even slightly.

That's another thing, I did find it weird to have fantastic, well-skilled women in control as Empresses but I can't give my daughter a duchy title

Empress Wu time. Fucboi concubines, etc

Also EU4's support since it's release has been absolutely insane. I seriously can't wait if stellaris and HoI 4 will get the same treatment because god damn they have been absolutely on point with eu4.

[QUOTE=Tuskin;49476974]They gave a reason for the $20, I don't remember what it was, but it wasn't going to be the norm. [editline]7th January 2016[/editline] The you tube description says it is a "Major expansion" [editline]7th January 2016[/editline] [url]https://www.paradoxplaza.com/crusader-kings-2-conclave[/url] Some screenshots here[/QUOTE] Honestly feels like most of this should've been added in Way of Life. It also seems like they're trying to go back to how the original CK did things, which I don't understand why they changed.

[img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/52YzbZg.jpg[/img_thumb] i know it's 1853 but that's because I wanted to finalize the PU on Russia. it took 80 years to finish the PU.. [editline]7th January 2016[/editline] look at my germany blob pls

did you seriously let the Ottomans take italy

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49478371]That's another thing, I did find it weird to have fantastic, well-skilled women in control as Empresses but I can't give my daughter a duchy title[/QUOTE] I could be totally wrong, but isn't that fairly realistic? Did queens in history appoint other women to positions of feudal leadership (beyond just councelor type positions).

that was my first full run it'll be easy grabbing it.

ebin lebensraum Seeing Germany before Vic 2 always make me cry patriotic tears. "What if" :cry:

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49470276]It's probably the name for a communist Sweden. [I]HOWEVER!!![/I] Why is that localized? I hated it in CK2 when they suddenly had "Norge", "Suomi" and "Danmark" and "Eire" and all of that, but randomly don't localize others. It's really jarring. And by 1936, a lot of people would be speaking english or at least seeing it used commonly, why would it be Folkhemmet and not, like, People's Nordic Republic or something.[/QUOTE] What countries aren't localized? I have played some CK2 but I haven't really noticed. Personally I think it's nice to not always have your country's name spelled out in its English version.

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;49480740]What countries aren't localized? I have played some CK2 but I haven't really noticed. Personally I think it's nice to not always have your country's name spelled out in its English version.[/QUOTE] Most of them? Andalusia, Italy, Sicily, Germany, Sweden, Bavaria, Poland, Bohemia, Hungary, Egypt, Persia, etc. imo all kingdom names should be in English, but if Paradox wants to have them named in their native languages it should apply to all of them. It's jarring to see "Sweden" next to "Norge" and "Danmark".

Having country name localization as an in game option seems like the best option.

New HOI4 Dev Diary [url]https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/hearts-of-iron-iv-39th-development-diary-8th-of-january-2016.901374/[/url] It is about how the Radio tech works

Is it worth buying eu4 without any dlc's ? I'm thinking about getting this game, but I'm pretty stingy.

[QUOTE=shrinkme;49510603]Is it worth buying eu4 without any dlc's ? I'm thinking about getting this game, but I'm pretty stingy.[/QUOTE] Playing without DLC leaves you at a disadvantage to AI since Common Sense, but if you plan on being a big blobby nation like Russia anyways I guess you're fine.

[QUOTE=Tureis;49510980]Playing without DLC leaves you at a disadvantage to AI since Common Sense, but if you plan on being a big blobby nation like Russia anyways I guess you're fine.[/QUOTE] Which dlc would you recommend?

Art of War, Cossacks, Common Sense

This mandatory DLC thing is really disappointing.

Conclave Dev Diary [url]https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/conclave-dev-diary-1.902002/[/url]

[QUOTE=Tuskin;49513712]Conclave Dev Diary [url]https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/conclave-dev-diary-1.902002/[/url][/QUOTE] [quote]Introduce Infamy and Coalitions against aggressively expanding Realms.[/quote] RIP CK2 2012-2016 [editline]12th January 2016[/editline] Someone hit the nail on the head [quote]Shouldn't "addressing some of the major shortcomings" be called Patch, instead of DLC?[/quote] And he's getting a bunch of disagrees jesus

They're changing the horde AI [url]https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/so-i-had-a-stern-talk-to-temujin.902000/[/url] They won't just sit there anymore. [editline]12th January 2016[/editline] Only effects hordes that have the "Expanding Horde AI" so the Mongol Empire and the Aztecs. Not sure what else. [editline]12th January 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Zillamaster55;49513731]RIP CK2 2012-2016 [/QUOTE] I have no problem with this. I'm tired of AI blobbing and no-one giving a shit. I'm pretty sure they would. [editline]12th January 2016[/editline] I missed this, a leak HOI4 screenshot from about 2 weeks ago, a tester accidently posted it in the main forum instead of hidden beta sub forum [t]http://abload.de/img/lolwys22.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=Tuskin;49513759]They're changing the horde AI [url]https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/so-i-had-a-stern-talk-to-temujin.902000/[/url] They won't just sit there anymore. [editline]12th January 2016[/editline] Only effects hordes that have the "Expanding Horde AI" so the Mongol Empire and the Aztecs. Not sure what else. [editline]12th January 2016[/editline] I have no problem with this. I'm tired of AI blobbing and no-one giving a shit. I'm pretty sure they would. [editline]12th January 2016[/editline] I missed this, a leak HOI4 screenshot from about 2 weeks ago, a tester accidently posted it in the main forum instead of hidden beta sub forum [t]http://abload.de/img/lolwys22.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] AI blobbing? Just make it more difficult to keep a large realm together.

[QUOTE=Tureis;49510980]Playing without DLC leaves you at a disadvantage to AI since Common Sense, [/QUOTE] why? if you mean province improvements, the AI doesn't do that without the expansion (or they just develop really slowly) [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/paradoxplaza/comments/40lsrh/conclave_dev_diary_1/cyvfj5z?context=3[/url]

[QUOTE=Rangergxi;49514308]AI blobbing? Just make it more difficult to keep a large realm together.[/QUOTE] Exactly. Put in interesting internal affairs, not make it so the AI gangs up on you. for fucks sake Paradox.

tbh having other countries react to your actions would make the game much more interesting, nobody watches a neighboring blob get more powerful without feeling threatened but it shouldn't be the only solution and most of the difficulty should involve managing your huge blob the larger you are, the harder you are to maintain. The one way to keep afloat is to blob some more but blobbing some more makes other countries gang up on you more often to the point of coalitions. now that'd be more fun