Paradox Games V: Oh baby! I love you so---*heart attack*

[Alvecia]

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It messed up the quote...

Ah.

[Lunas Legion]

So, I have given into the hype, and pre-ordered Stellaris.

[Alvecia]

So, I have given into the hype, and pre-ordered Stellaris.

There's always seats for more aboard the Hype Train.

[Roma Byzantina]

So, I have given into the hype, and pre-ordered Stellaris.

There's always seats for more aboard the Hype Train.

I can't afford a seat so I'll have to join y'all later.

[Ifreann]

Ck1 only allowed you to play as Christians, and I guess they kept that philosophy with CK2. I spent a year with just Way of Life so I know your feel man. If you want Incest, go Messalian or mod Catholicism/Orthodoxy/whatever to have Brother/Sister and Parent/Child marriages, or just use the marry anyone command. Trust me, the game is fun enough without TOG, SoI, SoA, etc. Just play it until you can get those DLCs. You won't regret it amigo.

Meh, I'll just stick with EUIV and probably regret spending the money on CK2.

You can get a refund if you bought it on Steam.

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So, I have given into the hype, and pre-ordered Stellaris.

People who pre-order get HAK HAK HAK first. *nods*

[Geisenfried]

That was... basically my original set up only instead of ASEAN+India and East Asia, I had Japan + India + Indonesia & co. and China + Indochina as a China/Anti-China pair of blocs in the Orient.

I just find 'a reborn Caliphate' trope waaaay over played. I don't have any trouble making an Islamo-centric cultural bloc, but seriously. I want to believe that 200 years from now they've gotten over the whole crazy sharia law divine right rulers et cetera et cetera.

I think I'm happy with going for 10 - Anglosphere, EU, Eurasia, Latin America, Sub-Sahara, Central Asia, Middle East-North Africa and somehow splitting Asia three ways between China, Japan+Korea, India, Indonesia/Malaysia, and Indochina. Still debating on how I want to specifically do that though.

I'd contemplate taking Oceania out of the Anglosphere, adding it to Indonesia/Malaysia, then giving Indochina+India and China+Japan+Korea, since Anglosphere is hella powerful as is, but... the cultural ties between the 5 Anglo nations are really hard to split up, especially since this is more about culture than anything else (since we're trying to source planets/ship/et cetera).



It's funny, one of the things I was thinking about was a station named Third York for the Anglosphere, building off there being a 'York' and 'New York'. In that sense, maybe Troisieme Orleans?

The thing is, in 200 years, geopolitical realities change completely while cultural ties stay the same. As we're naming Stellaris planets and ships, it makes sense we do cultural unions over geopolitical union.

Emphasis on my quotes. Its just an alliance of Islamic states with Islamic names. Sharia won't exist in the future but globalization, shared values, and Islam divine right to rule should contribute to its formation. I'm sure it will be a liberal caliphate compared to today's Islam.

China- japan- Korea. India, Indochina. Indonesian area. The Indonesian area will be relatively weak compared to the other Asian powers but still strong. Central Asia, for me, is going to be too weak to justify a union, yes its realistic but seriously, its going to be so weak.

Anglosphere in the future won't be too powerful, their pops are too low and birth rates are not high enough. In 200 years, the entire world will be developed so the Anglosphere's present advantage in wealth will disappear.

I don't think Central Asia's too weak. Population-wise Pakistan's nearly top 5, Iran and Turkey both top 20, and none of them scream 'slow-growers'. Afghanistan is one of the fastest growers, estimates close to top 25 by 2050, depending on your source. Add in the other -stans and you're probably fine. Could always add Xinjiang if you wanted to add the Uyghur (not exactly terrible thing, culture-wise), give them more beef.

Just because it won't necessarily model 'modern' geopolitical unions doesn't mean I can't make an excuse for geopolitical unions in the future. I mean, really, I don't need to set up a backstory. It's just an excuse to alternate history-wank while I'm waiting for Stellaris. :b

Because why aren't you here yet Stellaris? T_T

[Kalmarium]

When do the aliens in HoI:DH start to go world-conquering ballistic? So far all they've done is dick around in the mountains of Bolivia for the past 3 years.

They basically don't. Ideally you should start them in a large, economically strong country such as Russia, China, or America because it'll take them some time to actually annex them. IIRC they mostly follow the same DOWing rules as normal nations, just with really high belligerence. This means that they still won't declare war on countries with 0 belligerence (the game doesn't normally allow for it), nor will they declare war on countries where they wouldn't gain a strategical advantage from annexing.

TLDR: Don't start them in South America.

Huh, really? I assumed because they get infinite units and quick techs that they would just mindlessly flattened everything in their path.

As for South America, I wanted them to take a while before conquering the world, so that by 1944 I'd have defeated Germany at least.

[Benomia 3]

Heh.

[Kalmarium]

Take it. Rule the world.

[Kannap]

Meh, I'll just stick with EUIV and probably regret spending the money on CK2.

You can get a refund if you bought it on Steam.

Not with how long ago I purchased it.

[Herargon]

(Image)

Heh.

At this point you could go on a badboy spree and still not lose any of the twenty wars.

Go for it, my son

[Herargon]

So, I have given into the hype, and pre-ordered Stellaris.

MUGHANI? HAK! HAK! HAK! To the hype train!

The Power of the Anti-Blord Faction is growing. May they rule Stellaris once more...!

[Benomia 3]

Idk, I was mostly going for an isolationist GP run so far with plans to go bezerk once I become communist.

It's 1860 though and I just lost the Mandate of Heaven...I'm still a Constitutional Monarchy so I'm not in dire need of reforms, but still. This is probably going to get really bloody pretty soon. I have over four hundred brigades and so far have only used them to puppet Vietnam. Got eight infamy for that so right now I'm just going to simmer down a bit.

Russia fired the event to claim Outer Manchuria but hasn't DOW'd for it yet, so I'm kinda waiting on that. Germany just formed (eleven years early!) and is somewhat friendly with me, and France took Cochinchina so I expect some level of conflict between myself and them pretty soon. I'm also allied with Cambodia, so yeah Qing-French War seems inevitable at this point.

Japan isn't close to unifying yet, but if they do westernize I'm prepared to fight to the death over Korea.

[Benomia 3]

oh damn shit just got REAL

So I got an event for Vietnam where they asked me to help them regain their lost lands (French Cochinchina). They had -180 relations with me but if I agreed to consider war with France I'd get 50 influence and 200 relations with them. Needless to say I took that option.

Declared war on France, brought in my entire bloc and ally system except for Cambodia, who declined. France did the same.
So it was now France, Sicily, Portugal, and Switzerland against the Qing Empire, the United States, Vietnam, Tibet, Mongolia, Korea, and Tanu Tuva.


ONE DAY LATER the American Civil War started and the United States lost half their military score.


What's actually hilarious is that even with the gimped US, we still have 440 military score and the French bloc only has 39.

[Kalmarium]

*Wonders why Germans are reinforcing faster than me*

*Peeps at them, sees 12000 manpower*

Dat mobilization. I think I'll make it realistic and remove most of it.

[The Wolven League]

Voted Western Europe in the poll.

Anywhere outside of Europe, plus, to an extent, the Mid East and North Africa, isn't really fun to me.

[The Wolven League]

Okay, how the hell do we train troops in Vicky 2?

I mean, I realize there is the "create army" thingy, but that only gives you like one new regiment every two decades. Certainly there's some other way to recruit?

[Kannap]

Voted Western Europe in the poll.

Anywhere outside of Europe, plus, to an extent, the Mid East and North Africa, isn't really fun to me.

I voted Eastern Europe. though I would have to say Central Europe rather.

[The Hobbesian Metaphysician]

After the End

Chapter 2: Rise of a tyrant.

Brangwin Coldstone's life erupted after the death of his father Wade at the hand of evangelical conspirators. Merely 14 years old the murderer turned Lord Proprietor expected no threat from a young boy. The new proprietor was most certainly wrong for the son of the slain father had many allies in Chesapeake especially amongst his friends in the presidency.

The wealth of being a banker continued to flow in as did the mercenaries. The forces of the mercenary band, and the Americanists sprang in the middle of the night, and captured the new Lord Proprietor. Given Brangwin was 15 a regency ruled the country while the fate of the murderer was decided. It took several months, but the evangelicals lost influence entirely as their main man was executed. Soon the forces of the president began rampaging throughout the lands cleaning up those who did not believe in the founding fathers.


Brangwin, and his supporters assumed power in 2676 at the age of 16 he was the youngest Lord Proprietor of Chesapeake. Continuing his fathers expansion into Virginia, and the Carolina's he was declared Lord Director of the state of Chesapeake. It was here the unmarried ruler decided he needed to wed, and the ever expanding family of Coldstone needed to be put in order as well. Brangwin married to the eldest daughter of House Sewell the americanists patricians in Miami who recently were elected into the Lord Proprietorship.

House Coldstone, and Sewell would grow closer as many were betrothed to one another. This high prophet of Consumerism in the midwest was kept at bay with a betrothal to his son, and Dennis the fat duke of Philadelphia had their son betrothed as well. Being a banker the Coldstones were the primary funder of most of the conflicts on the east coast allowing them to hold control without controlling the land.

Realizing the threat the families posed Brangwin began to undercut them, and weaken them through various means. Following an incident at a dance ball the entire rival dynasty died in a mysterious accident. The duchies were divided along non merchant republic means in order to prevent any dynastic conflicts in the interior.

Brangwin has plans to spread, and unite the Americanists under one banner, but there are several things in his path. Primarily a renewed Holy Columbian Confederacy aiming to liberate the evangelicals in Chesapeake Virginia.

[Altmoras]

Okay, how the hell do we train troops in Vicky 2?

I mean, I realize there is the "create army" thingy, but that only gives you like one new regiment every two decades. Certainly there's some other way to recruit?

You can call in your reserves. Although if you don't have the supplies or pops to train more than one regiment every two decades I doubt that you'll have many men in your reserves.

[Olivaero]

Okay, how the hell do we train troops in Vicky 2?

I mean, I realize there is the "create army" thingy, but that only gives you like one new regiment every two decades. Certainly there's some other way to recruit?

Well the amount of soldiers you recruit is based off of the size of the soldier pops a good way to increase the size of the soldirr pops is increasing millitary spending also the phsycological techs gove a boost to recruitment i think. Each unit you make has 3000 soldiers in it so one unit is a lot really. I think the cap to the size of the soldier pop is two percent of the provinces total population so after a certain point your going to need more people full stop for more soldiers. Also make sure to recruit from everywhere you can not just one province.

[Shaggai]

Apparently NSG has obtained FTL travel. If you've ever wondered what other posters look like, now you know. They're purple, furry, and have six eyes.

[The Wolven League]

Okay, how the hell do we train troops in Vicky 2?

I mean, I realize there is the "create army" thingy, but that only gives you like one new regiment every two decades. Certainly there's some other way to recruit?

You can call in your reserves. Although if you don't have the supplies or pops to train more than one regiment every two decades I doubt that you'll have many men in your reserves.

It's an exaggeration. But the "create army" thing only lets you train another regiment every few years, at the least.

[Western Pacific Territories]

Question: In Vic2, where is the battle planner in HoD?

[Deramen]

Question: In Vic2, where is the battle planner in HoD?

Its above the minimap. You'll need to close the tab above it though.