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Paradox Grand Strategy |OT| Conquering the World one DLC at a time
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Oh hell yes. I'm sure this won't have long legs (I'd be surprised if it received even as much support as Imperator) but it'll be interesting for sure. Hopefully they can figure out a way to make it less railroaded than the first two games, though the compressed timeline will always make that difficult.
How is a Russia-themed DLC in the 5th year of the game's existence not called Five Year Plan.
It's amusing the thing he said he wasn't working on (going so far as to cook up a visual novel) turned out to be the thing he was working on. I eagerly look forward to seeing what ~2 years of work by Wiz and his team will result in.
Welcome to Victoria, the GSG that is more management sim than war game.
Why is the diplomatic AI in HOI4 so dumb? I played a game as Romania and Great Britain was guaranteeing both Bulgaria and Hungary up until they both joined the Axis. Why?
Also, you can no longer influence the politics of other countries? That was like the only way that I could avoid being surrounded by enemies.
Also, you can no longer influence the politics of other countries? That was like the only way that I could avoid being surrounded by enemies.
1) i don't know. Maybe Uk was on the fascist path? or hungary and bulgaria were on the democratic path? or maybe just a bad decision on the AI. As you say the AI isn't really too intelligent.
2) you need to create a spy academy and recruit an operative. There is an operation that influences ideology. TBF it is much harder to do in SP, specially as a minor nation which usually means less operatives.
1) Bulgaria was non-aligned but still joined the Axis instantly. Hungary was on a fascist path. Maybe because I had a communist government, but it was annoying af knowing they will both join the Axis and I couldn't do anything to avoid being 2/3 surrounded by enemies (because Yugoslavia is conquered almost immediately).
2) I guessed it could be through the agency but didn't see the ideology operation. I will look again. The agency is a pain in the ass for a small nation, it eats a lot of factories.
1)If i rememebr correctly there is a focus for an axys power to auto add both of those the axys (generally the AI won't refuse unless they are aligned with other ideologies) For hungary it is the fucking nazis. Bulgary i think it is Italy but i am not 100% sure; i think italy has albania, part of yuguslavia and bulgaria.
2) It is very painful and i'm not sure if it is worthwhile for most minors. I think you need the academy + X% of intelligence network on the target country.
Personally i think the key for this to not usually happen is to set in the game definitions a random path for each faction instead of the default. By default the game tries to keep major powers balanced which usually leads to weird alliances. It also tries to keep major powers from joining the player. For example as a Nazi germany i never had the Uk under my faction despite Uk following the fascist path or as democratic Japan never had the USA as part of my own democratic faction and had the USA joined the fascist Uk against me.
Yeah, and this is why I am going to stay at 1.31.5 still (.6 gave me bunch of issues) for another month at least, maybe more.
PU bug looks to be not just for the Players either, AI is getting coalitioned to hell as well :).
Not quite a "Grand Strategy" game I guess but I think this is the most fitting place to ask...
I've been thinking about giving Cities Skyline another try lately... I haven't played it in years.... Looking at the DLC on Steam... I only currently have 2 out of the 33 packs available (After Dark and SnowFall).
Are there any of the other DLCs that people generally consider to be "must haves"? Like most Paradox games, I expect a lot of them to be mostly fillers but I'm curious.
Same question but for mods too I guess.
Thanks!
I've been thinking about giving Cities Skyline another try lately... I haven't played it in years.... Looking at the DLC on Steam... I only currently have 2 out of the 33 packs available (After Dark and SnowFall).
Are there any of the other DLCs that people generally consider to be "must haves"? Like most Paradox games, I expect a lot of them to be mostly fillers but I'm curious.
Same question but for mods too I guess.
Thanks!
Personaly natural disasters and industries are really good. Both heavily change how you do cities.
Natural disasters means you need to have redudant services and access so you balance eficience with protection from disasters
Industries allows you to build your own stuff. It is a bit of a cheat code has they are very profitable ; but cna allow for much more industry focus cities
Campus and park are good if you want a university or zoo. They basically allow you to heavily costumize your uni or Zoo. It is great.
mass transit, green cites and harbour are average. they basically add quite a few things but are relatively specific and mostly to give variety. I'll be blunt and say that i really like these DLC
Mass transit gives blimps and cable cars which I really like
Green cities allows for cities that are more in tuned with nature, moving closer to many european cities
harbor adds more water focused stuff so maps that have considerable ammount of water no longer feel as empty.
That said i can see if people play a certain style that those DLC feel useless/expensive.
Concert DLC Is interesing because it tests yoru city for heavy trafic/flow of people. That said it is super expensive for such "simple" DLC from the costumer PoV.
I think all the rest DLCs are either music or visual stuff. The importance of which is up to you.
That is my opinion on DLC
I am not an expert in HOI IV despite having 100 of hours I still can only win with major powers.
I will preface that the best mechanic changes have been free.
The DLC are divided in 2 types:
1) cosmetic - > add new music, models etc that make the game more inmersive and less repetitive.
2) content - > usually add new content either by expanding national focus of major powers or/and add new focus tree for minor countries.
These dlc are divided into 2 groups. Cheaper DLC focus on minors only. More expensive DLC focus on adding content to major and add a few minor focus tree
Personally I feel like every dlc that is adding content so I would give the game 2 or 3 runs before buying anything. The added content is mostly focus tree. There are 2 cool parts for the new focus trees. They add alternate paths alongside the historical focus and they add unique mechanics to that country.
I would only buy cosmetic If you really want that content.
The content packs are only worth it if:
1) you want to expand the focus tree for majors, thus you pick a more expensive DLC
2) you want to play in a certain part of the map or a certain minor than buy the DLC for that part
If you play with historical mode off and money isn't an issue
3) Minor countries with DLC can have vastly different approaches making each campaign more diverse. For example as Russia I had the luck of Portugal being communist and helping Spain Civil War. Add that with communist China controlling the east Asia plus India rebelled against the UK and was communist and the comitern was HUGE.
The DLC make the AI much more variable than when it is using the Standard focus tree
All this said my DLC preferences
- waking the tiger - >China is a very unique campaign. Makes east Asia a lot of fun
- LA resistance - > more France stuff, Spanish Civil War and Portugal. All great countries to change the destiny of europe
- dishonor -> balkans are a it of fun to play. Some can even jump around in the several alliances!
The other 2 DLC didnt have the same impact.
Together for victory - > with the exception of India most other counties are too small to win wars so if you okay SP like me you are very dependent on the major faction not doing a mistake.
Man the guns - > USA is cool but most ahistorical path are really hard and thus make me rather disappointed. Mexico is a bit boring by being one of the few American unique. Netherlands can be cool but if Germany takes you early on can make for a boring SP campaign.
Battle for bosphorus - > with the exception of turkey most countries are very vulnerable at the start so you can have a small campaign if you are attacked early on. Turkey is super cool, I would wait for a discount.
World conquest attempt number 554322 in EU IV.
1637, am Yuan, ruling from Poland to Japan, Siberia to northern India. Have 3.8k dev. Russia crushed, Ottomans hemmed in. It's going well but I feel always that the crunch is coming c.1700 and I'll just lose the will to live again.
That said, Horde is fun. Raze mechanics are brutally effective for expansion, and my CCR is insane, and my Morale, Discipline and Manpower are good.
Only problem is Spain has gone absolutely ham. Never seen it like this. Absorbed Aragon and Portugal, and has conquered North and West Africa. Britain and Burgundy ate France, but they'll be OK to take down. Think at some point there will be an absolutely massive Yuan-Spain war that i will have to truce break repeatedly to crush them enough to steal their colonies via making them a vassal. Gonna be painful.
1637, am Yuan, ruling from Poland to Japan, Siberia to northern India. Have 3.8k dev. Russia crushed, Ottomans hemmed in. It's going well but I feel always that the crunch is coming c.1700 and I'll just lose the will to live again.
That said, Horde is fun. Raze mechanics are brutally effective for expansion, and my CCR is insane, and my Morale, Discipline and Manpower are good.
Only problem is Spain has gone absolutely ham. Never seen it like this. Absorbed Aragon and Portugal, and has conquered North and West Africa. Britain and Burgundy ate France, but they'll be OK to take down. Think at some point there will be an absolutely massive Yuan-Spain war that i will have to truce break repeatedly to crush them enough to steal their colonies via making them a vassal. Gonna be painful.
You'll be amazed how quickly you gobble up the Americas in a late game war. You can also use truce shortening by attacking a ally of the spanish and white peacing them. If you do it quickly enough you can reduce the truce timer by 7 years. For reference during my Ryukyu horde run I needed all of the Americas and Europe by 1720. I still made it.
Do you have a screenshot?
Do you have a screenshot?
I can post one later. 1694 now and got Western Europe, the Americas and Africa to go. Africa should be fairly easy. The real surprise, however, is Spain has already imploded. Leon has been released. More interestingly/problematically, its South American colonies are independent. I figure that will take a lot more effort to control, now.
I have had a lot of economic and rebel problems that have held me back though, I think I played it badly. Never lost land or lost chances to expand, but definitely not running fully optimised.
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Yeah that's definitely doable, 120 year of endgame gives you a lot of time.
The economic and rebel problems are a bummer, do you have trade and humanism? Really suggested to have those in a Horde WC run. What other idea groups did you take?
And the independent colonies might make it easier. It mean you don't have to fight them as a completely united front and have multiple wars quickly to take everything.
But yeah, it's a mental thing now. You need to become an efficient warring and coring machine now. Just think of that pop-up at the end of the run. World Conqueror baby!
The economic and rebel problems are a bummer, do you have trade and humanism? Really suggested to have those in a Horde WC run. What other idea groups did you take?
And the independent colonies might make it easier. It mean you don't have to fight them as a completely united front and have multiple wars quickly to take everything.
But yeah, it's a mental thing now. You need to become an efficient warring and coring machine now. Just think of that pop-up at the end of the run. World Conqueror baby!
I have Humanism, but not Trade. I kinda foolishly assumed that if I conquered loads of land, the trade takes care of itself, given provincial trade power + absence of competition. But given I am expanding towards the end nodes (Venice could probably be reached in two wars) trade would be a good idea.
Ideas (not in this order): Admin, Diplo, Horde, Humanist, Quantity (wanted Levee en Masse for the sheer amount of wars being fought), Influence. Approaching 7th group, which was gonna be Economic but given the trade bounties/your comment, Trade seems like a good idea.
Ideas (not in this order): Admin, Diplo, Horde, Humanist, Quantity (wanted Levee en Masse for the sheer amount of wars being fought), Influence. Approaching 7th group, which was gonna be Economic but given the trade bounties/your comment, Trade seems like a good idea.
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I mean basically with a world conquest you'd be right, you don't need trade, but it helps. Especially as a horde with quantity, running a lot of cav, razing everything and low cornwlands and autonomy. That all usually translates in not that good of an economy. But if you make Persia your main node and steer everything into that, you should be making buckets of ducats. Also Trade + Quantity has one of the strongest policies with +20% goods produced.
Are you running the -5 years separatism policy? Because that should reduce the risk of rebellion a lot as well.
Are you running the -5 years separatism policy? Because that should reduce the risk of rebellion a lot as well.
Ooof, grats! That's an achieve I just cba to even try to get. Eat Your Greens even more so, yikes...
What's folks' most-wanted Stellaris systems upgrade? I'm messing around with NSCN right now, and while it does some cool stuff for combat systems, I'm noticing that government and research are still extremely barebones.
I just want exploration to be an all-game system rather than petering out so quickly. Excavation was a good first step but I want much more. Also I want Guilli's Planet Modifiers made official and greatly expanded. After that I'd like to see factions spruced up.
I don't really know that I need any new systems, though. In my perfect world they'd just focus on story packs and species packs going forward while shipping systems updates in the free patches. The one exception might be a religion system of some sort.
That said I'm currently 70 years into a game and having a great time. The game is probably the best it's ever been right now.
I don't really know that I need any new systems, though. In my perfect world they'd just focus on story packs and species packs going forward while shipping systems updates in the free patches. The one exception might be a religion system of some sort.
That said I'm currently 70 years into a game and having a great time. The game is probably the best it's ever been right now.
I feel like first contact did a solid job of dragging out the "exploration" process. Until the Galactic Community forms, and even a good while after, the galaxy is mostly blank space. It's a pretty cool setup.
Agreed on more worlds being nice. Love Guilli's.
And idk, I think that there's some systems that really need some love. Right now, internal factions don't really do anything. Civics are similarly extremely barebones. Internal government really needs an overhaul. So do sectors, for that matter, and they should be tied into any kind of internal politics revamp.
As for research, it's... okay, I guess, but I wish that it was more Swords of the Stars. Less "oh I'm just going to end up rushing every tech in the game eventually."
Oh yeah plenty of systems could use a good makeover I just don't want many new ones. Like I enjoy espionage more than most people I think but I don't know that it was wholly necessary to the game.
Personally espionage made a great difference in the way I play. I usually keep my military at the same level of my neighbors. With spy being rather limited means that I have to decide between military resources and focus on other options without 100% guarantee that I am keeping up with militarily.
I also find espionage events fun reading so that is a big plus too
Mostly I want 2 things from Espionage: more options, and a way to run multiple operations at once. Like, rather than 'gather intel,' lemme get specific. Lemme see enemy ship designs and what they're researching, and if I don't really care about their relationships with their neighbors or even with me, let me neglect those.
There's sot of a fine line between "new systems" and "completely pulling out and replacing old systems," but the latter is what I was getting at with the initial question.
There's sot of a fine line between "new systems" and "completely pulling out and replacing old systems," but the latter is what I was getting at with the initial question.
Wow, Leviathan is now "Overwhelmingly Negative" on Steam. Is it really that bad? I've been away from EU4 for a while.
I haven't played it personally, but it was received VERY poorly at release:
Europa Universalis IV's newest expansion has 90% negative reviews on Steam
Europa Universalis IV's Leviathan expansion is currently the worst rated thing on Steam, with 90% "overwhelmingly negat…
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