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[QUOTE=EuSKalduna;50117966]They are based into culture groups, not just language. Might as well go the extra mile and make Italian, French, and Spanish cultures in the same group because they are all Romance :downs: [editline]12th April 2016[/editline] As a moment of solidarity however, let's all agree that "Levantine" is fucking retarded and Gothic culture deserves to die[/QUOTE] levantine arabic is not really a stupid culture at all though, levantine arabic is noticeably different from for example iraqi arabic now and it still was back then. Norwegians and swedes/danes are way more similar in both language than for example french and spanish.

[QUOTE=moffe;50118018]levantine arabic is not really a stupid culture at all though, levantine arabic is noticeably different from for example iraqi arabic now and it still was back then. Norwegians and swedes/danes are way more similar in both language than for example french and spanish.[/QUOTE] Levantine isn't a culture in this game, it's the culture group that decided to bring Oghuz Turkish along for the ride, which makes it even more hilariously broken

I just don't get why they decided that splitting cultures based on real history was a good idea in a sandbox game. For instance having Finnish grouped with Swedish and Karelian with Russian is maybe ok if everything unfolds like in our timeline, but if you're like playing as Finland then it makes no sense.

[QUOTE=Kljunas;50118067]I just don't get why they decided that splitting cultures based on real history was a good idea in a sandbox game. For instance having Finnish grouped with Swedish and Karelian with Russian is maybe ok if everything unfolds like in our timeline, but if you're like playing as Finland then it makes no sense.[/QUOTE] To be fair, you have to go out of your way to play as Finland. Honestly, I think Finnish culture should've stayed in the Finno-Uguric group, but mostly because it'd make for more interesting dynamism between Russia and Sweden, and it'd end up cropping up more as an independent nation

[QUOTE=Kljunas;50118067]I just don't get why they decided that splitting cultures based on real history was a good idea in a sandbox game. For instance having Finnish grouped with Swedish and Karelian with Russian is maybe ok if everything unfolds like in our timeline[/QUOTE] That's what hurts the most. It's the persistent railroading of the game that Paradox tries to encourage. Perhaps people were whining that it was "too hawd ;c" to make Russia, or that "w-wuh i cant conquer da lebant as Tookey ;n;" when they had revolts against them as the Ottomans

Also, following Zilla's logic, Basque should be on it's own like Hungary used to be, as it is fucking ancient on like pre Indo-Euorpean levels. I need to brush up on my Basque [editline]12th April 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Zillamaster55;50118110]That's what hurts the most. It's the persistent railroading of the game that Paradox tries to encourage. Perhaps people were whining that it was "too hawd ;c" to make Russia, or that "w-wuh i cant conquer da lebant as Tookey ;n;" when they had revolts against them as the Ottomans[/QUOTE] I can definitely agree that the railroading is becoming aggressive, but I the arguement of basing culture groups on language alone was pretty dumb. Seriously, fuck the Levantine [editline]12th April 2016[/editline] They sapped basically any challenge left in playing as Ottomans by making that abortion [editline]12th April 2016[/editline] Like what do you think this: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xIXBsjh.png[/IMG] And Humanism is for? If you're unable to grasp that when playing as the fucking ottomans you're a lost cause

[QUOTE=EuSKalduna;50118105]To be fair, you have to go out of your way to play as Finland. Honestly, I think Finnish culture should've stayed in the Finno-Uguric group, but mostly because it'd make for more interesting dynamism between Russia and Sweden, and it'd end up cropping up more as an independent nation[/QUOTE] Yeah it's a bit of an unlikely example but my point still stands. I just don't think it's justified to put such closely related cultures as Finnish and Karelian in separate groups just to railroad Sweden and Russia. Another example is Slovak. Why should it be easier for Slovaks to accept Hungarians and Romanians than Czechs? If Paradox wanted to portray Slovaks as being accepted in Hungary there's already the accepted culture mechanic that does just that.

However, there is a mod out that I am enjoying a lot. The Austerlitz combat mod is pretty spiffy. It basically amps the fuck out of combat and so your battles between 4k-v-4k stacks don't last two weeks, it will last two days at best. Really spices up military campaigns and gives a serious precedence to use mercenaries

Moscow just turned catholic Thanks events

Y'know, I've noticed that it's super easy to convert Orthodox provinces to Sunni, but it's a pain to convert them to Catholic.

[QUOTE=EuSKalduna;50118118]Also, following Zilla's logic, Basque should be on it's own like Hungary used to be, as it is fucking ancient on like pre Indo-Euorpean levels. I need to brush up on my Basque [/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.paradoxian.org/eu3wiki/Culture#Culture_groups"]It actually was in previous games[/URL] :v:

[URL="https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/development-diaries-taking-a-break-until-may-17th.919927/"]No more Dev Diaries for CK2 until May 17th[/URL] They really know how to keep their community happy [sp]/s[/sp]

I don't understand how you guys get so worked up over the cultures if you cite languages as a reason you're against it. There's /way/ more to culture than just language. [QUOTE=Zillamaster55;50118546]Y'know, I've noticed that it's super easy to convert Orthodox provinces to Sunni, but it's a pain to convert them to Catholic.[/QUOTE] Muslim religions have built-in conversion strength, Catholic doesn't have anything as strong.

[QUOTE=Kljunas;50117945]I don't think culture should be based solely upon linguistic classifications though. Basque used to be its own culture group and that was dumb. But yeah the current groups are really arbitrary.[/QUOTE] The Basque are different from the rest of the Iberians, genetically, linguistically and culturally. While they may share some similarities with the Iberians its not fair to compare them in the same vein you would compare an Alemannic German and Swiss German.

[QUOTE=EnlightenDead;50118560][URL="https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/development-diaries-taking-a-break-until-may-17th.919927/"]No more Dev Diaries for CK2 until May 17th[/URL] They really know how to keep their community happy [sp]/s[/sp][/QUOTE] Probably having to brainstorm on a new DLC

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;50118830]Probably having to brainstorm on a new DLC[/QUOTE] Coming in June CKII: Pets

[QUOTE=Anderan;50118870]Coming in June CKII: Pets[/QUOTE] Don't fucking tempt fate. I honestly believe they would pull that

I tend to refer to CK2 as "Unstable Kings II" because it's not uncommon for the game to crash 3-4 times while loading. Even when I have no DLC or mods activated.

Weird, I've never had a crash without mods.

[t]https://a.pomf.cat/evvrhg.jpg[/t] You know I heard Eu4 ai was suicidal in post 1.16 but this is ridiculous

tbh they should do one last big expansion/patch for CK2 which basically just streamlines it and cuts down on bullshit in general for example i want an option to disable the extended map with india because fuck india also i preferred the old retinues system that was dependent on the total manpower rather than how many trade posts/training grounds you could spam, due to the fact that technology naturally shifted it from levied armies towards standing ones by the end of the game

Looking for input on an event, do you think post Spanish civil war Social Democrats would align with Comintern or not? Games kind of anal where if you're not in accepted 'ideologies' for a faction you drift really far, Social Democrats are considered 'democratic' and as such align to Allies. I'm a bit on the fence since Communist China joins the Comintern despite being Maoist which is at odds end with Stalinism.

[QUOTE=kamikaze470;50120153][t]https://a.pomf.cat/evvrhg.jpg[/t] You know I heard Eu4 ai was suicidal in post 1.16 but this is ridiculous[/QUOTE] Funny, I had a similar situation in my last game. 1470, must've been something in the wine that year. [thumb]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/272840673723452115/4611502FE4154F86EC5982532DD275A67A51405C/[/thumb]

So I had an army retreat forward into one non-unoccupied territory of mine in east africa that was surrounded by enemy armies instead of retreating back into Ethiopia So did they ever add a way to mark provinces as the go-to area for retreating or are we still at the mercy of RNG pocketing our armies for annihilation because that cost me an entire war

[QUOTE=piddlezmcfuz;50121137]So I had an army retreat forward into one non-unoccupied territory of mine in east africa that was surrounded by enemy armies instead of retreating back into Ethiopia So did they ever add a way to mark provinces as the go-to area for retreating or are we still at the mercy of RNG pocketing our armies for annihilation because that cost me an entire war[/QUOTE]sometimes when you have your army selected and there's no"[I] retreat at this time isn't honorable[/I]" message icon in the top left of the battle screen you can click anywhere and sometimes (read: 30% chance they will and not shatter long retreat) they'll go there but otherwise they'll do long retreat assuming you're talking about EU4, in Ck2 I can't remember if there was a retreat option or not but I don't think there is, think you can do the same thing but im not sure i admittedly never really played a ck2 game with the recent exp

Yeah it was in EU4 and I tried to have them pull back to a fort but they shattered into the opposite direction

Trying to unite Japan as Japan on my first playthrough, using only what I knew from Vic II, was inevitably going to end in tears. Second attempt was more successful. But as I was diplomatically annexing Date, Otomo shows up with an insanely lucky army and steamrolls fucking everything. Basically- [video=youtube;JRK_OMQGQlc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRK_OMQGQlc[/video] I had a quick peek at some guides and they all said it has to be done violently, so I'm surprised I actually united that much of Japan with just diplomacy

[QUOTE=Lone Wolf807;50120625]Looking for input on an event, do you think post Spanish civil war Social Democrats would align with Comintern or not? Games kind of anal where if you're not in accepted 'ideologies' for a faction you drift really far, Social Democrats are considered 'democratic' and as such align to Allies. I'm a bit on the fence since Communist China joins the Comintern despite being Maoist which is at odds end with Stalinism.[/QUOTE] I don't really think Social Democrats would considering Social Democrats opposed the Bolsheviks during the RCW, as soon as they would start to align with the Soviets they would probably try to replace the Soc Dems with something a bit more Stalinist. Also as far as I can tell the Maoists and Stalinists got along fine, the Sino-Soviet Split didn't happen until the 50s and 60s after Stalin had died and Khrushchev had started his process of destalinization.

[t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/456362427317942884/77AB803D90114376FF3DF4E7E26730776C0F4AC7/[/t] That feeling when over 7 million rebel soldiers attack Washington DC [editline]12th April 2016[/editline] oh wait thats right those are brigades. THAT MEANS THERE ARE 21 MILLION REBELS [editline]12th April 2016[/editline] there are 33 million rebels in total

No, unit counters on the screen represents just the number of troops. Those are just 7 million.