PDOX Games VIII: Communism Will Win

[Purpelia]

What's the point in it if it's not a challenge at all?

Because in my opinion, the Civil War is an inconvenient pain in the ass that I don't want to waste time micromanaging if I don't have to. Call me a shitter, but I don't want a game to be challenging if it gets in the way of having fun.

Fair enough.

[Valrifell]

I thought the AI would be competent enough to handle my super beefy Spanish Empire as I fucked off to rule the crusader kingdom of Egypt and begin the restoration of Coptic culture. Two generations later and the current Emperor has a matrilineal marriage to a rando German countess. Why? I dunno, to watch me wince in agony, I guess.

[The Imperial Reach]

I thought the AI would be competent enough to handle my super beefy Spanish Empire as I fucked off to rule the crusader kingdom of Egypt and begin the restoration of Coptic culture. Two generations later and the current Emperor has a matrilineal marriage to a rando German countess. Why? I dunno, to watch me wince in agony, I guess.

The AI is too stupid to figure out how matrilineal marriages work, something Paradox has yet to fix. Emperors seem to be the worst offenders for some reason. It almost makes me want to play Muslim.

Almost.

[Valrifell]

I thought the AI would be competent enough to handle my super beefy Spanish Empire as I fucked off to rule the crusader kingdom of Egypt and begin the restoration of Coptic culture. Two generations later and the current Emperor has a matrilineal marriage to a rando German countess. Why? I dunno, to watch me wince in agony, I guess.

The AI is too stupid to figure out how matrilineal marriages work, something Paradox has yet to fix. Emperors seem to be the worst offenders for some reason. It almost makes me want to play Muslim.

Almost.

As expected the new German emperor was wildly unpopular and found himself with a small case of being murdered a few years into his reign, unfortunately a child was born a few weeks or months before this and inherited. Needless to say there are now new Iberian states and my ancestors weep.

[The Imperial Reach]

The AI is too stupid to figure out how matrilineal marriages work, something Paradox has yet to fix. Emperors seem to be the worst offenders for some reason. It almost makes me want to play Muslim.

Almost.

As expected the new German emperor was wildly unpopular and found himself with a small case of being murdered a few years into his reign, unfortunately a child was born a few weeks or months before this and inherited. Needless to say there are now new Iberian states and my ancestors weep.

Literally the only empires that skate around this problem are: 1. Muslim, 2. Elective/Elective Imperial, 3. Nomadic.

None of which I find the slightest bit appealing. In my last HRE game I cheesed big time in order to destroy the elective system once and for all.

[Ism]

I thought the AI would be competent enough to handle my super beefy Spanish Empire as I fucked off to rule the crusader kingdom of Egypt and begin the restoration of Coptic culture. Two generations later and the current Emperor has a matrilineal marriage to a rando German countess. Why? I dunno, to watch me wince in agony, I guess.

The Ai has no desire to win, only to make sure you suffer.

[Lunas Legion]

I thought the AI would be competent enough to handle my super beefy Spanish Empire as I fucked off to rule the crusader kingdom of Egypt and begin the restoration of Coptic culture. Two generations later and the current Emperor has a matrilineal marriage to a rando German countess. Why? I dunno, to watch me wince in agony, I guess.

The Ai has no desire to win, only to make sure you suffer.

I'm pretty sure that's the case in all Paradox games. Winning is just an unintentional consequence.

Makes you wonder why we're trying to make the damn thing better.

[Bralia]

It's rather impressive to me that Sparta is the #2 most played nation in Imperator: Rome. And that Judea is on the list. Obviously, they're historically rich nations, but I thought the "AAAAAAAAAHHHH, I'M SURROUNDED BY MAJORS" factor would scare people away.

Also, 1.1 should be becoming public this week.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Sparta has a lot of fan boys, the likes of 300 and stuff would be the main reason i reckon in the last decade or so.

[Bralia]

Sparta has a lot of fan boys, the likes of 300 and stuff would be the main reason i reckon in the last decade or so.

Yeah, I just remain surprised that there are so many.

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey was a very recent and popular game, I wonder how much overlap between audiences there might be there . . .

[Impaled Nazarene]

Spartaboos are easy to ignore at least.

[Bralia]

"In today's EUIV Dev Diary, we will be going into the mission trees for Balkan nations. First up, Austria . . ."

. . . after reading this Dev Diary, I think I can conclusively say I'm done with EUIV for forever. Unless this next expansion is literally the best thing PDS has ever done, I'm just done. The current Dev team is pure fucking shit.

[Impaled Nazarene]

"In today's EUIV Dev Diary, we will be going into the mission trees for Balkan nations. First up, Austria . . ."

. . . after reading this Dev Diary, I think I can conclusively say I'm done with EUIV for forever. Unless this next expansion is literally the best thing PDS has ever done, I'm just done. The current Dev team is pure fucking shit.

>Austria
>Balkans
MEATBAG HWAT

[Renoa]

"In today's EUIV Dev Diary, we will be going into the mission trees for Balkan nations. First up, Austria . . ."

. . . after reading this Dev Diary, I think I can conclusively say I'm done with EUIV for forever. Unless this next expansion is literally the best thing PDS has ever done, I'm just done. The current Dev team is pure fucking shit.

>Austria
>Balkans
MEATBAG HWAT

Gavrilo,

Get my pistol.

[The Huskar Social Union]

*Angry Balkan Noises*

[The Huskar Social Union]

Are there any fleshed out hoi4 mods that take place in say the 1920s early 30s? Or even extend the timeline back a bit?

[United Muscovite Nations]

Does anyone here play Total War Attila and maybe could help me out with something? Total war thread is too empty to help and I can't lot onto CA's forums.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Does anyone here play Total War Attila and maybe could help me out with something? Total war thread is too empty to help and I can't lot onto CA's forums.

Ive played it a decent bit, what is wrong? If its something tech/mod based i might not be able to help you, if you cant access CA's forums you could try the subreddit

[United Muscovite Nations]

Does anyone here play Total War Attila and maybe could help me out with something? Total war thread is too empty to help and I can't lot onto CA's forums.

Ive played it a decent bit, what is wrong? If its something tech/mod based i might not be able to help you, if you cant access CA's forums you could try the subreddit

I can't get lance and bow units like the Clibinarii to hold their lances.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Ive played it a decent bit, what is wrong? If its something tech/mod based i might not be able to help you, if you cant access CA's forums you could try the subreddit

I can't get lance and bow units like the Clibinarii to hold their lances.

As in to have them hold their lances in an animation or to melee attack?

[Ism]

"In today's EUIV Dev Diary, we will be going into the mission trees for Balkan nations. First up, Austria . . ."

. . . after reading this Dev Diary, I think I can conclusively say I'm done with EUIV for forever. Unless this next expansion is literally the best thing PDS has ever done, I'm just done. The current Dev team is pure fucking shit.

Austria is now Balkan clay. YUGOSLAVS UNITE!

[United Muscovite Nations]

I can't get lance and bow units like the Clibinarii to hold their lances.

As in to have them hold their lances in an animation or to melee attack?

To just hold their lances as their default weapon, like in this screenshot: https://media.moddb.com/images/articles ... 1SeDkO.jpg

[The Huskar Social Union]

As in to have them hold their lances in an animation or to melee attack?

To just hold their lances as their default weapon, like in this screenshot: https://media.moddb.com/images/articles ... 1SeDkO.jpg

Is there not a toggle option at all around the unit card or the map when you have it selected? There might be a toggle option there for it, if not im not sure. It could be a graphical glitch, are you using many mods?

[United Muscovite Nations]

To just hold their lances as their default weapon, like in this screenshot: https://media.moddb.com/images/articles ... 1SeDkO.jpg

Is there not a toggle option at all around the unit card or the map when you have it selected? There might be a toggle option there for it, if not im not sure. It could be a graphical glitch, are you using many mods?

I've put them in melee mode, taken off fire at will, even run them down to no ammo with no results. The only mods I'm using are the Medieval 1212 AD mods, which is what that screenshot is from.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Is there not a toggle option at all around the unit card or the map when you have it selected? There might be a toggle option there for it, if not im not sure. It could be a graphical glitch, are you using many mods?

I've put them in melee mode, taken off fire at will, even run them down to no ammo with no results. The only mods I'm using are the Medieval 1212 AD mods, which is what that screenshot is from.

Fuck i dont know then sorry, i tried googling to see if i could find something but couldnt.

Is the unit in question only from that mod? It might just be a thing with the mod maybe.