PDOX Games VIII: Communism Will Win

[Valrifell]

So for some reason I have the College of Cardinals screen unlocked.
I don't have SoA.
I can't do anything on the screen.
No other SoA feature is available.
I don't understand.

It's gone now?
Is anyone else getting this bug?

Anyways...

Shortly before I invaded Hungary with the permission of the Pope, someone also usurped Poland while under vassalage of the Kaiser.

Those are some of the most beautiful borders of the HRE I've ever seen. Brings a tear to my eye

[Serrus]

The Abyssinia/Nubia area. I just asked very very nicely.

Written “ask very nicely”, pronounced “keep giving money”.

No literally, I just keep asking random count courtiers.

[Impaled Nazarene]

So for some reason I have the College of Cardinals screen unlocked.
I don't have SoA.
I can't do anything on the screen.
No other SoA feature is available.
I don't understand.

It's gone now?
Is anyone else getting this bug?

Anyways...

Shortly before I invaded Hungary with the permission of the Pope, someone also usurped Poland while under vassalage of the Kaiser.

reminds me of how op it is to swear fealty to the HRE as Poland and Hungary. You get the Kaiser's army AND the bonus to electability for being a king

[Serrus]

Why can I join the Assassins?

[The Transhuman Union]

Why can I join the Assassins?

Umm read? With any Shia ruler with distance up to 300 away from you, you can join it.

[Sefy the Great]

Written “ask very nicely”, pronounced “keep giving money”.

No literally, I just keep asking random count courtiers.

Written "i just kept asking", pronounced "threatened at crossbowpoint"

[Valrifell]

Why can I join the Assassins?

You're close enough, not zealous, and are the player.

[Hanafuridake]

Because I have no willpower (and they were on sale) I caved and purchased Monks and Mystics, The Old Gods, Sons of Abraham, and Sunset Invasion. Now hopefully there won't be any more expansions that I'm tempt -

remembers Holy Fury

Blast it all.

[Sefy the Great]

Because I have no willpower (and they were on sale) I caved and purchased Monks and Mystics, The Old Gods, Sons of Abraham, and Sunset Invasion. Now hopefully there won't be any more expansions that I'm tempt -

remembers Holy Fury

Blast it all.

*Laughs in Pagan Reformation*

[Bralia]

Imperator: Rome is going to have a Dev Clash starting tomorrow morning.

Also, civil wars in I:R work similarly to the CK2 model.

[Free Arabian Nation]

Imperator: Rome is going to have a Dev Clash starting tomorrow morning.

Also, civil wars in I:R work similarly to the CK2 model.

I love the civil war feature in CK2, it's weirdly satisfying how, instead of them being an overglorified riot, they're their own temporary nation with laws, soldiers, etc

[Rannoria]

Alright guys I just got Holy Fury on the Steam sale.

Time to U N I T E S W E D E N

[Bralia]

Okay, two things that I've catastrophically missed:

The rednecks will march on Washington on February 28th.

And this awesome trailer that came along with I:R's release date announcement. I'd rate it even better than the Apocalypse trailer.

[Hanafuridake]

Because I have no willpower (and they were on sale) I caved and purchased Monks and Mystics, The Old Gods, Sons of Abraham, and Sunset Invasion. Now hopefully there won't be any more expansions that I'm tempt -

remembers Holy Fury

Blast it all.

*Laughs in Pagan Reformation*

The start menu practically looks like a mini-mart, with a ton of suggestions for DLC marginally related to the character I click on.

[Abserdia]

I took the decision that combines Bavaria and Carinthia into one de jure kingdom.
Next step, Bohemia.

[Impaled Nazarene]

Imperator: Rome is going to have a Dev Clash starting tomorrow morning.

Also, civil wars in I:R work similarly to the CK2 model.

Good. The rebel doomstacks of EU and Victoria are broken or just outright stupid. CK2's only flaw is that it opens up a lot of weird diplomacy, because there's nothing better than the 3 different Byzantine Rebel Emperors asking to marry my daughter.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Imperator: Rome is going to have a Dev Clash starting tomorrow morning.

Also, civil wars in I:R work similarly to the CK2 model.

Good. The rebel doomstacks of EU and Victoria are broken or just outright stupid. CK2's only flaw is that it opens up a lot of weird diplomacy, because there's nothing better than the 3 different Byzantine Rebel Emperors asking to marry my daughter.

Imagine not liking 300,000 Jacobin Rebels in every province, smh

[Hanafuridake]

Apparently you have to buy The Old Gods in order to be able to play the Aztecs even despite you owning Sunset Invasion.

Literally making you buy an expansion to unlock parts of the expansion you already bought.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Apparently you have to buy The Old Gods in order to be able to play the Aztecs even despite you owning Sunset Invasion.

Literally making you buy an expansion to unlock parts of the expansion you already bought.

You'll pay Paradox and you'll like it!

[Free Arabian Nation]

Apparently you have to buy The Old Gods in order to be able to play the Aztecs even despite you owning Sunset Invasion.

Literally making you buy an expansion to unlock parts of the expansion you already bought.

*Cheese soap opera theme plays as "That's Paradox for ya" slowly appears on the screen*

[Hanafuridake]

Apparently you have to buy The Old Gods in order to be able to play the Aztecs even despite you owning Sunset Invasion.

Literally making you buy an expansion to unlock parts of the expansion you already bought.

*Cheese soap opera theme plays as "That's Paradox for ya" slowly appears on the screen*

Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays.

[Valrifell]

I took the decision that combines Bavaria and Carinthia into one de jure kingdom.
Next step, Bohemia.

I never knew that was even an option

[Abserdia]

I took the decision that combines Bavaria and Carinthia into one de jure kingdom.
Next step, Bohemia.

I never knew that was even an option

3.0 came with a lot of decisions to make form new de jure kingdoms. The Archduchy of Austria and the alternate decision Gather the lands of the Eastern Marches, a few kingdoms in Germany can be made, the Swiss Confederation, Bosnia, Antioch if you're Catholic...

[The Imperial Reach]

How'd you get the African courtiers?

The Abyssinia/Nubia area. I just asked very very nicely.

Oh, you don't have the East African portraits. That makes more sense.

So for some reason I have the College of Cardinals screen unlocked.
I don't have SoA.
I can't do anything on the screen.
No other SoA feature is available.
I don't understand.

It's gone now?
Is anyone else getting this bug?

Anyways...

Shortly before I invaded Hungary with the permission of the Pope, someone also usurped Poland while under vassalage of the Kaiser.

Abomination. Somebody kill it.

Imperator: Rome is going to have a Dev Clash starting tomorrow morning.

Also, civil wars in I:R work similarly to the CK2 model.

I love the civil war feature in CK2, it's weirdly satisfying how, instead of them being an overglorified riot, they're their own temporary nation with laws, soldiers, etc

The only time that makes no sense is during independence wars with more than one vassal gunning for independence.

Apparently you have to buy The Old Gods in order to be able to play the Aztecs even despite you owning Sunset Invasion.

Literally making you buy an expansion to unlock parts of the expansion you already bought.

Sunset Invasion is a bit disappointing tbh. So much potential, but very little content.

I never knew that was even an option

3.0 came with a lot of decisions to make form new de jure kingdoms. The Archduchy of Austria and the alternate decision Gather the lands of the Eastern Marches, a few kingdoms in Germany can be made, the Swiss Confederation, Bosnia, Antioch if you're Catholic...

You can form the Slavic Union (Empire tier) too, if you rule all the East and West Slavic kingdoms (South Slavic not included, for some reason). You can also form the "Empire of the Outremer" if you control the entire Near East region as the King of Jerusalem.

[Serrus]

Why can I join the Assassins?

Umm read? With any Shia ruler with distance up to 300 away from you, you can join it.

That does not seem like it should be a thing that works. I'm a Catholic, they're Stealthily Shia.
I shall now exploit this knowledge when I land on a character of appropriate age.