PDOX Games VIII: Communism Will Win

[The Transhuman Union]

So I decided to pan over Europe when loading up my last session and I was treated with this monster. And they didn't stop there, they became, like, twice this size by the end my session.

I cried a tear of joy. Blobhemia returns.

Boiihemia*

[Ifreann]

I cried a tear of joy. Blobhemia returns.

Boiihemia*

Absolute unit.

[The Batavia]

Mistakes were made and I posted in the Gamers thread by accident:

Here's my current situation: It's somewhat the early 1600 and Europe is in somewhat of a mess. I have Personal Unions established over Brandenburg and Bohemia, who are both blobs. Normandy is my march, and so is the OPM Catalonia which I created from a war against France. For the rest everyone in Europe either hates me or is afraid of me except for Sweden. I've taken a few colonial provinces from Castille and some land from France. Now they and Great Britain have a heavy AE modifier towards me. I want to fight a war against Poland for Prussia but they are allied to Sweden, my only ally. I'm also building a Spy network in Denmark because I want Jutland. Any advice?

Oh yeah, and Venice is fucking massive.

Europe

North America

[Holy Tedalonia]

Mistakes were made and I posted in the Gamers thread by accident:

Here's my current situation: It's somewhat the early 1600 and Europe is in somewhat of a mess. I have Personal Unions established over Brandenburg and Bohemia, who are both blobs. Normandy is my march, and so is the OPM Catalonia which I created from a war against France. For the rest everyone in Europe either hates me or is afraid of me except for Sweden. I've taken a few colonial provinces from Castille and some land from France. Now they and Great Britain have a heavy AE modifier towards me. I want to fight a war against Poland for Prussia but they are allied to Sweden, my only ally. I'm also building a Spy network in Denmark because I want Jutland. Any advice?

Oh yeah, and Venice is fucking massive.

Europe

North America

What is with that border color, who chooses banana unless they are spain!?!

Other than that it’s clear that Venice bought out Greece, due to their debt of course. And Bohemia, either looks sexy or disgusting I can’t tell.

[The Batavia]

Mistakes were made and I posted in the Gamers thread by accident:

Here's my current situation: It's somewhat the early 1600 and Europe is in somewhat of a mess. I have Personal Unions established over Brandenburg and Bohemia, who are both blobs. Normandy is my march, and so is the OPM Catalonia which I created from a war against France. For the rest everyone in Europe either hates me or is afraid of me except for Sweden. I've taken a few colonial provinces from Castille and some land from France. Now they and Great Britain have a heavy AE modifier towards me. I want to fight a war against Poland for Prussia but they are allied to Sweden, my only ally. I'm also building a Spy network in Denmark because I want Jutland. Any advice?

Oh yeah, and Venice is fucking massive.

Europe

North America

What is with that border color, who chooses banana unless they are spain!?!

Other than that it’s clear that Venice bought out Greece, due to their debt of course. And Bohemia, either looks sexy or disgusting I can’t tell.

Banana? Are you talking about Batavia or Castille?

Also, Venice definately conquered all their balkan lands.

[Impaled Nazarene]

Mistakes were made and I posted in the Gamers thread by accident:

Here's my current situation: It's somewhat the early 1600 and Europe is in somewhat of a mess. I have Personal Unions established over Brandenburg and Bohemia, who are both blobs. Normandy is my march, and so is the OPM Catalonia which I created from a war against France. For the rest everyone in Europe either hates me or is afraid of me except for Sweden. I've taken a few colonial provinces from Castille and some land from France. Now they and Great Britain have a heavy AE modifier towards me. I want to fight a war against Poland for Prussia but they are allied to Sweden, my only ally. I'm also building a Spy network in Denmark because I want Jutland. Any advice?

Oh yeah, and Venice is fucking massive.

Europe

North America

Very nice.

[Abserdia]

I cried a tear of joy. Blobhemia returns.

Boiihemia*

B O I I

[Washington Resistance Army]

your first link is not loading for me, sad face

Who are those people by the way, what parties/groups do they belong to

From left to right: Michael Harrington (Center-NPP), John Glenn (Republican), Barry Goldwater (Democrat) and Margaret C. Smith (Right-NPP).

Of course you shouldn't elect any of these nerds and just go for President Yockey instead.

[Holy Tedalonia]

What is with that border color, who chooses banana unless they are spain!?!

Other than that it’s clear that Venice bought out Greece, due to their debt of course. And Bohemia, either looks sexy or disgusting I can’t tell.

Banana? Are you talking about Batavia or Castille?

Also, Venice definately conquered all their balkan lands.

Batavia, I can tolerate Castile, but Batavia? *hiss*

Ofcourse Venice used military, they needed to ensure the occupied territories wouldn’t resist their purchase.

[Aeritania]

Hi, I'm a complete noob to RTS and 4X type games, but these games seem kinda cool. What are the best ones for beginners? Are there any where I can totally create my own country, flags, names and all? Basically, a more interactive NS.

[The Vekta-Helghast Empire]

Hi, I'm a complete noob to RTS and 4X type games, but these games seem kinda cool. What are the best ones for beginners? Are there any where I can totally create my own country, flags, names and all? Basically, a more interactive NS.

I’d say Stellaris is easiest to learn and has one of the higher rates of customisability with minimum expansions. As for historic titles, I’m not sure - a lot of them have changed hugely since their releases. But for customisation, I’d recommend Europa.

[Holy Tedalonia]

Hi, I'm a complete noob to RTS and 4X type games, but these games seem kinda cool. What are the best ones for beginners? Are there any where I can totally create my own country, flags, names and all? Basically, a more interactive NS.

I’d say Stellaris is easiest to learn and has one of the higher rates of customisability with minimum expansions. As for historic titles, I’m not sure - a lot of them have changed hugely since their releases. But for customisation, I’d recommend Europa.

I say, Vicky 2 I have yet to truly master, eu4 is the easiest to get into, CK2 is purely awful to learn, but is by far my favorite paradox game, I look to Imperator in hopes that they’d top ck2, but I’m not sure they’ll be able to beat it.

[Pasong Tirad]

I’d say Stellaris is easiest to learn and has one of the higher rates of customisability with minimum expansions. As for historic titles, I’m not sure - a lot of them have changed hugely since their releases. But for customisation, I’d recommend Europa.

I say, Vicky 2 I have yet to truly master, eu4 is the easiest to get into, CK2 is purely awful to learn, but is by far my favorite paradox game, I look to Imperator in hopes that they’d top ck2, but I’m not sure they’ll be able to beat it.

Thinking of getting Crusader Kings 2 actually, just saving up to get all of the DLCs. How bad is it to learn? I've been watching YouTube playthroughs and it seems fun.

[Abserdia]

I say, Vicky 2 I have yet to truly master, eu4 is the easiest to get into, CK2 is purely awful to learn, but is by far my favorite paradox game, I look to Imperator in hopes that they’d top ck2, but I’m not sure they’ll be able to beat it.

Thinking of getting Crusader Kings 2 actually, just saving up to get all of the DLCs. How bad is it to learn? I've been watching YouTube playthroughs and it seems fun.

The tutorial is kinda bad and there are a few obtuse concepts in the game, but it’s not as incomprehensible as some might have you believe.

[Abserdia]

Hi, I'm a complete noob to RTS and 4X type games, but these games seem kinda cool. What are the best ones for beginners? Are there any where I can totally create my own country, flags, names and all? Basically, a more interactive NS.

Stellaris lets you create an empire and species, with the names, flag, species and empire traits, etc. And it’s getting a huge update in December which has pretty much everyone excited.
To create your own nation from scratch in EU4 you need a DLC.

[Holy Tedalonia]

I say, Vicky 2 I have yet to truly master, eu4 is the easiest to get into, CK2 is purely awful to learn, but is by far my favorite paradox game, I look to Imperator in hopes that they’d top ck2, but I’m not sure they’ll be able to beat it.

Thinking of getting Crusader Kings 2 actually, just saving up to get all of the DLCs. How bad is it to learn? I've been watching YouTube playthroughs and it seems fun.

While it was the first game, you can learn how to play after a day or two, but it took me a month until I was completely confident in my abilities to play, and last for a long time. The game is pure fun though, losing the game can be upsetting, but the payoff after becoming comfortable with the game is immense.

The reason why I say a month, is a lot of things you won’t know may piss off your vassals, so you want to avoid those things.

[Abserdia]

Thinking of getting Crusader Kings 2 actually, just saving up to get all of the DLCs. How bad is it to learn? I've been watching YouTube playthroughs and it seems fun.

While it was the first game, you can learn how to play after a day or two, but it took me a month until I was completely confident in my abilities to play, and last for a long time. The game is pure fun though, losing the game can be upsetting, but the payoff after becoming comfortable with the game is immense.

The reason why I say a month, is a lot of things you won’t know may piss off your vassals, so you want to avoid those things.

The biggest issue I have with CK2 is that, once you get really good, you can easily become overpowered. After fulfilling your goals there’s no reason to continue because you can crush anything that comes your way.

I really hope that Imperator doesn’t have this problem. Stellaris and EU4 don’t, but maybe I’m just not as good at them.

[Valrifell]

While it was the first game, you can learn how to play after a day or two, but it took me a month until I was completely confident in my abilities to play, and last for a long time. The game is pure fun though, losing the game can be upsetting, but the payoff after becoming comfortable with the game is immense.

The reason why I say a month, is a lot of things you won’t know may piss off your vassals, so you want to avoid those things.

The biggest issue I have with CK2 is that, once you get really good, you can easily become overpowered. After fulfilling your goals there’s no reason to continue because you can crush anything that comes your way.

I really hope that Imperator doesn’t have this problem. Stellaris and EU4 don’t, but maybe I’m just not as good at them.

All Paradox games have extreme late-game balancing issues, particularly if you're a skilled player. This is seen mostly in Ck2 because, imo, it's easier to get really powerful in that game than any other, but EU4 has its Trebizond and Ulm world conquests and HoI4 has Luxembourg WCs.

Their games are really exploitable and really reward skilled players.

[Sefy the Great]

The biggest issue I have with CK2 is that, once you get really good, you can easily become overpowered. After fulfilling your goals there’s no reason to continue because you can crush anything that comes your way.

I really hope that Imperator doesn’t have this problem. Stellaris and EU4 don’t, but maybe I’m just not as good at them.

All Paradox games have extreme late-game balancing issues, particularly if you're a skilled player. This is seen mostly in Ck2 because, imo, it's easier to get really powerful in that game than any other, but EU4 has its Trebizond and Ulm world conquests and HoI4 has Luxembourg WCs.

Their games are really exploitable and really reward skilled players.

I've seen people exploit the end of the cycle to win domination victories.

[Pasong Tirad]

Got it. Maybe I should think about getting EU4 and Stellaris as well. I have Vic2 but man I just gave up cause it was so hard to understand.

Also DLCs. There's just so many DLCs.

[Abserdia]

Got it. Maybe I should think about getting EU4 and Stellaris as well. I have Vic2 but man I just gave up cause it was so hard to understand.

Also DLCs. There's just so many DLCs.

Play as an Irish Duke in 1066. I’m not entirely sure what the situation there is now since they just added a bunch of counties to the place, but it’s probably still fine. Ireland is a rather isolated island with no immediate threats and the culture is one of the best in the game, so you have quite a bit of time to mess around and experiment.

Also, the fastest way to expand your realm is by inviting claimants to your court, granting them a landed title, and then pushing that claim in war. Strong claims can always be pushed, weak claims can only be pushed under certain circumstances. This, however, comes at the cost of losing part of your demesne, your personal titles.
A weak ruler can be destroyed by a group of unhappy vassals, so don’t go granting titles willy-nilly.

[Pasong Tirad]

Got it. Maybe I should think about getting EU4 and Stellaris as well. I have Vic2 but man I just gave up cause it was so hard to understand.

Also DLCs. There's just so many DLCs.

Play as an Irish Duke in 1066. I’m not entirely sure what the situation there is now since they just added a bunch of counties to the place, but it’s probably still fine. Ireland is a rather isolated island with no immediate threats and the culture is one of the best in the game, so you have quite a bit of time to mess around and experiment.

Also, the fastest way to expand your realm is by inviting claimants to your court, granting them a landed title, and then pushing that claim in war. Strong claims can always be pushed, weak claims can only be pushed under certain circumstances. This, however, comes at the cost of losing part of your demesne, your personal titles.
A weak ruler can be destroyed by a group of unhappy vassals, so don’t go granting titles willy-nilly.

This is for CK2 ye? Got it. Maybe I'll be able to get it on the next Steam Sale. Or at least part of it.

[Ithalian Empire]

Play as an Irish Duke in 1066. I’m not entirely sure what the situation there is now since they just added a bunch of counties to the place, but it’s probably still fine. Ireland is a rather isolated island with no immediate threats and the culture is one of the best in the game, so you have quite a bit of time to mess around and experiment.

Also, the fastest way to expand your realm is by inviting claimants to your court, granting them a landed title, and then pushing that claim in war. Strong claims can always be pushed, weak claims can only be pushed under certain circumstances. This, however, comes at the cost of losing part of your demesne, your personal titles.
A weak ruler can be destroyed by a group of unhappy vassals, so don’t go granting titles willy-nilly.

This is for CK2 ye? Got it. Maybe I'll be able to get it on the next Steam Sale. Or at least part of it.

If you do get it, get it with Old Gods, Reapers Due, Way of Life and maybe a few other DLC if you want to play a certian part of the map like India (nobody does that) of the Middle East.

[Ruskland-Preuben]

This is for CK2 ye? Got it. Maybe I'll be able to get it on the next Steam Sale. Or at least part of it.

If you do get it, get it with Old Gods, Reapers Due, Way of Life and maybe a few other DLC if you want to play a certian part of the map like India (nobody does that) of the Middle East.

Just get all those DLC that allow you to play a certain group of people like pagans or republics if you’re looking for a minimalist game.

[Impaled Nazarene]

I say, Vicky 2 I have yet to truly master, eu4 is the easiest to get into, CK2 is purely awful to learn, but is by far my favorite paradox game, I look to Imperator in hopes that they’d top ck2, but I’m not sure they’ll be able to beat it.

Thinking of getting Crusader Kings 2 actually, just saving up to get all of the DLCs. How bad is it to learn? I've been watching YouTube playthroughs and it seems fun.

Fuck youtube playthroughs really. You're not going to learn unless you jump in and fail. It's the only game in the series where it best to learn through playing. Hearts of Iron on the other hand is absolute shit to the level where I think the English colonized the game design because that is the only explanation to how it is fucked up beyond all recognition.

ooh ah up the ra