Paradox Games VI: Cuckolding Habsburgs since 1076 AD

[The Huskar Social Union]

And so it has been done. It was actually disturbingly easy to control France. Like . . . seriously . . . it should NOT be this easy to subjugate a nation that's your equal or better. Once my relations with France stabilized, there was barely any liberty desire at all. Support Loyalists was probably active for 5% of the time, right when I first acquired the union.

A Short and Choppy Timeline of Events:

- Allied Castile
- Refused to surrender Maine
- Called in Castile on the grounds of promising land
- Surprisingly stackwiped a French army
- Threat of War of the Roses loomed
- Went to the peace deal expecting to take provinces
- Castile said they didn't want the province they had marked as desirable, which I would have been more than happy to give
- Flipped my lid at Castile for ensuring that I would send a peace deal that would ruin our trust and alliance
- Opened final tab . . . "force union" . . . *stared at option with raised eyebrows, I'd forgotten this was possible*
- Pressed the union, took some money, ruined my relationship with Castile and hooked up with Aragon and Austria almost immediately after the war ended
- 50 years of unopposed rule later (1497), integration starts immediately after being allowed
- Influence ideas (-25% diplo-annexation cost and +2 diplo rep were acquired with reasonable haste of the course of those 50 years)
- Expected finish date in 1527-8 at maximum reputation
- Got an awesome Parliament issue that reduced annexation cost by an extra 15%
- Finished in 1523
- Glorious victory

- Subjugated Desmond sometime after the French union and fed him Ireland (I was seriously out to make Influence ideas worth my while)

I've abandoned Europe, I've conquered them to oblivion, and now I've eaten them in a personal union. I've officially done every possible option in the English-French conflict. With this experience under my belt, I'm willing to declare England a supremely easy nation to play. England would make for a good second campaign for a newb to EUIV. Any fear I've ever had of France is officially gone. The reputation that France has built up in the community isn't relevant anymore, the English-French conflict is well balanced. Both sides have an equally easy path to victory in the player's hands.

This displeases me greatly.

[Transoxthraxia]

Materialist is objectively the best ethic, even though I do consider myself at least in part a deist IRL. But there's little-to-no reason to exclude at least regular materialist from your ethics list.

[Eol Sha]

And so it has been done. It was actually disturbingly easy to control France. Like . . . seriously . . . it should NOT be this easy to subjugate a nation that's your equal or better. Once my relations with France stabilized, there was barely any liberty desire at all. Support Loyalists was probably active for 5% of the time, right when I first acquired the union.

A Short and Choppy Timeline of Events:

- Allied Castile
- Refused to surrender Maine
- Called in Castile on the grounds of promising land
- Surprisingly stackwiped a French army
- Threat of War of the Roses loomed
- Went to the peace deal expecting to take provinces
- Castile said they didn't want the province they had marked as desirable, which I would have been more than happy to give
- Flipped my lid at Castile for ensuring that I would send a peace deal that would ruin our trust and alliance
- Opened final tab . . . "force union" . . . *stared at option with raised eyebrows, I'd forgotten this was possible*
- Pressed the union, took some money, ruined my relationship with Castile and hooked up with Aragon and Austria almost immediately after the war ended
- 50 years of unopposed rule later (1497), integration starts immediately after being allowed
- Influence ideas (-25% diplo-annexation cost and +2 diplo rep were acquired with reasonable haste of the course of those 50 years)
- Expected finish date in 1527-8 at maximum reputation
- Got an awesome Parliament issue that reduced annexation cost by an extra 15%
- Finished in 1523
- Glorious victory

- Subjugated Desmond sometime after the French union and fed him Ireland (I was seriously out to make Influence ideas worth my while)

I've abandoned Europe, I've conquered them to oblivion, and now I've eaten them in a personal union. I've officially done every possible option in the English-French conflict. With this experience under my belt, I'm willing to declare England a supremely easy nation to play. England would make for a good second campaign for a newb to EUIV. Any fear I've ever had of France is officially gone. The reputation that France has built up in the community isn't relevant anymore, the English-French conflict is well balanced. Both sides have an equally easy path to victory in the player's hands.

This displeases me greatly.

I agree my liege. We must sanction her royalness immediately.

[Bralia]

Five years of Crusader Kings 2. One more year and we can set our education focus for the game. I'm thinking of the Pride focus . . .

[Ifreann]

And so it has been done. It was actually disturbingly easy to control France. Like . . . seriously . . . it should NOT be this easy to subjugate a nation that's your equal or better. Once my relations with France stabilized, there was barely any liberty desire at all. Support Loyalists was probably active for 5% of the time, right when I first acquired the union.

[polite British chuckling]

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Materialist is objectively the best ethic, even though I do consider myself at least in part a deist IRL. But there's little-to-no reason to exclude at least regular materialist from your ethics list.

Do science. Build robots. Smoke space weed.

[Eol Sha]

Materialist for tech supremacy.
Militarist for weapon supremacy.
Collectivist for ethic supremacy.

Best weapons, no rebellions.

[Ifreann]

Materialist for tech supremacy.
Militarist for weapon supremacy.
Collectivist for ethic supremacy.

Best weapons, no rebellions.

Of course, collectivism is on the way out.

[Renoa]

Five years of Crusader Kings 2. One more year and we can set our education focus for the game. I'm thinking of the Pride focus . . .

I said exactly that like two pages ago.

[Genivaria]

Materialist for tech supremacy.
Militarist for weapon supremacy.
Collectivist for ethic supremacy.

Best weapons, no rebellions.

You mean authoritarianism for slavery and genocide.

[Great Nepal]

Fanatic materialist for awesome tech and robot accord; collectivist/xenophobe for the slaves...

[Igoria]

And so it has been done. It was actually disturbingly easy to control France. Like . . . seriously . . . it should NOT be this easy to subjugate a nation that's your equal or better. Once my relations with France stabilized, there was barely any liberty desire at all. Support Loyalists was probably active for 5% of the time, right when I first acquired the union.

A Short and Choppy Timeline of Events:

- Allied Castile
- Refused to surrender Maine
- Called in Castile on the grounds of promising land
- Surprisingly stackwiped a French army
- Threat of War of the Roses loomed
- Went to the peace deal expecting to take provinces
- Castile said they didn't want the province they had marked as desirable, which I would have been more than happy to give
- Flipped my lid at Castile for ensuring that I would send a peace deal that would ruin our trust and alliance
- Opened final tab . . . "force union" . . . *stared at option with raised eyebrows, I'd forgotten this was possible*
- Pressed the union, took some money, ruined my relationship with Castile and hooked up with Aragon and Austria almost immediately after the war ended
- 50 years of unopposed rule later (1497), integration starts immediately after being allowed
- Influence ideas (-25% diplo-annexation cost and +2 diplo rep were acquired with reasonable haste of the course of those 50 years)
- Expected finish date in 1527-8 at maximum reputation
- Got an awesome Parliament issue that reduced annexation cost by an extra 15%
- Finished in 1523
- Glorious victory

- Subjugated Desmond sometime after the French union and fed him Ireland (I was seriously out to make Influence ideas worth my while)

I've abandoned Europe, I've conquered them to oblivion, and now I've eaten them in a personal union. I've officially done every possible option in the English-French conflict. With this experience under my belt, I'm willing to declare England a supremely easy nation to play. England would make for a good second campaign for a newb to EUIV. Any fear I've ever had of France is officially gone. The reputation that France has built up in the community isn't relevant anymore, the English-French conflict is well balanced. Both sides have an equally easy path to victory in the player's hands.

Haha. Now just you wait until your ruler dies and the PU is randomly dropped. I've had that happen to me twice.

[Ifreann]

And so it has been done. It was actually disturbingly easy to control France. Like . . . seriously . . . it should NOT be this easy to subjugate a nation that's your equal or better. Once my relations with France stabilized, there was barely any liberty desire at all. Support Loyalists was probably active for 5% of the time, right when I first acquired the union.

A Short and Choppy Timeline of Events:

- Allied Castile
- Refused to surrender Maine
- Called in Castile on the grounds of promising land
- Surprisingly stackwiped a French army
- Threat of War of the Roses loomed
- Went to the peace deal expecting to take provinces
- Castile said they didn't want the province they had marked as desirable, which I would have been more than happy to give
- Flipped my lid at Castile for ensuring that I would send a peace deal that would ruin our trust and alliance
- Opened final tab . . . "force union" . . . *stared at option with raised eyebrows, I'd forgotten this was possible*
- Pressed the union, took some money, ruined my relationship with Castile and hooked up with Aragon and Austria almost immediately after the war ended
- 50 years of unopposed rule later (1497), integration starts immediately after being allowed
- Influence ideas (-25% diplo-annexation cost and +2 diplo rep were acquired with reasonable haste of the course of those 50 years)
- Expected finish date in 1527-8 at maximum reputation
- Got an awesome Parliament issue that reduced annexation cost by an extra 15%
- Finished in 1523
- Glorious victory

- Subjugated Desmond sometime after the French union and fed him Ireland (I was seriously out to make Influence ideas worth my while)

I've abandoned Europe, I've conquered them to oblivion, and now I've eaten them in a personal union. I've officially done every possible option in the English-French conflict. With this experience under my belt, I'm willing to declare England a supremely easy nation to play. England would make for a good second campaign for a newb to EUIV. Any fear I've ever had of France is officially gone. The reputation that France has built up in the community isn't relevant anymore, the English-French conflict is well balanced. Both sides have an equally easy path to victory in the player's hands.

Haha. Now just you wait until your ruler dies and the PU is randomly dropped. I've had that happen to me twice.

It does tell you what will happen to the union on your ruler's death.

[The Olog-Hai]

Five years of Crusader Kings 2. One more year and we can set our education focus for the game. I'm thinking of the Pride focus . . .

But Thrift can give Curious which can give Shrewd...
Duty also works, especially if quick or genius.

[Altito Asmoro]

And so it has been done. It was actually disturbingly easy to control France. Like . . . seriously . . . it should NOT be this easy to subjugate a nation that's your equal or better. Once my relations with France stabilized, there was barely any liberty desire at all. Support Loyalists was probably active for 5% of the time, right when I first acquired the union.

A Short and Choppy Timeline of Events:

- Allied Castile
- Refused to surrender Maine
- Called in Castile on the grounds of promising land
- Surprisingly stackwiped a French army
- Threat of War of the Roses loomed
- Went to the peace deal expecting to take provinces
- Castile said they didn't want the province they had marked as desirable, which I would have been more than happy to give
- Flipped my lid at Castile for ensuring that I would send a peace deal that would ruin our trust and alliance
- Opened final tab . . . "force union" . . . *stared at option with raised eyebrows, I'd forgotten this was possible*
- Pressed the union, took some money, ruined my relationship with Castile and hooked up with Aragon and Austria almost immediately after the war ended
- 50 years of unopposed rule later (1497), integration starts immediately after being allowed
- Influence ideas (-25% diplo-annexation cost and +2 diplo rep were acquired with reasonable haste of the course of those 50 years)
- Expected finish date in 1527-8 at maximum reputation
- Got an awesome Parliament issue that reduced annexation cost by an extra 15%
- Finished in 1523
- Glorious victory

- Subjugated Desmond sometime after the French union and fed him Ireland (I was seriously out to make Influence ideas worth my while)

I've abandoned Europe, I've conquered them to oblivion, and now I've eaten them in a personal union. I've officially done every possible option in the English-French conflict. With this experience under my belt, I'm willing to declare England a supremely easy nation to play. England would make for a good second campaign for a newb to EUIV. Any fear I've ever had of France is officially gone. The reputation that France has built up in the community isn't relevant anymore, the English-French conflict is well balanced. Both sides have an equally easy path to victory in the player's hands.

This displeases me greatly.

I disagree, my liege. This is the perfect time to crown a better nation!

[Genivaria]

BOW DOWN BEFORE YOUR GOD FILTHY PRIMITIVES.
Send in the army, that always works right?
Filthy Xeno's need to learn their place.
https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward

[Wisconsin9]

BOW DOWN BEFORE YOUR GOD FILTHY PRIMITIVES.
Send in the army, that always works right?
Filthy Xeno's need to learn their place.
https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward

"Do we know where the meeting is taking place? Yes. Yes. No, use a tacnuke. Radiation poisoning will help get the point across."

[Bralia]

It's getting a bit late in the day, but it's still Valentine's Day for me:



Stole this from Quill18. Don't ever say I'm not a sweetheart.

[Grenartia]

Fanatic materialist for awesome tech and robot accord; collectivist/xenophobe for the slaves...

Robot accord? I didn't know Honda was doing self-driving cars.

[Genivaria]

BOW DOWN BEFORE YOUR GOD FILTHY PRIMITIVES.
Send in the army, that always works right?
Filthy Xeno's need to learn their place.
https://twitter.com/Martin_Anward

"Do we know where the meeting is taking place? Yes. Yes. No, use a tacnuke. Radiation poisoning will help get the point across."

But then you miss the fun of public torture/executions.

[Wisconsin9]

"Do we know where the meeting is taking place? Yes. Yes. No, use a tacnuke. Radiation poisoning will help get the point across."

But then you miss the fun of public torture/executions.

Turning a neighborhood into a mushroom cloud is very public, I'd say.

[Genivaria]

But then you miss the fun of public torture/executions.

Turning a neighborhood into a mushroom cloud is very public, I'd say.

Oh I see, it's just a small nuking then.

[Igoria]

Haha. Now just you wait until your ruler dies and the PU is randomly dropped. I've had that happen to me twice.

It does tell you what will happen to the union on your ruler's death.

I know. Still annoying as shit though.

[Bralia]

Large HoI4 Dev Diary for the incoming 1.3.3 patch. Lotta good improvements in there.

[Ifreann]

It's getting a bit late in the day, but it's still Valentine's Day for me:

(Image)

Stole this from Quill18. Don't ever say I'm not a sweetheart.

D'awww.


*independence war*

[Bralia]

The liberal elite of the galaxy would have you believe that aliens are harmless and "misunderstood". We will push back against this naivety.