PDOX Games VIII: Communism Will Win

[The Imperial Reach]

0/10, not 527

602*

What a boring, uneventful year. Hard pass.

[Vlach]

I think I like this timeline a lot better than what we got from the show.

[Bralia]

First look vid for Ancient Relics.

[Bralia]

And in this HoI4 Dev Diary, Podcat talks about how the AI Soviets will still generally lose their fight against the Axis, by design, in spite of improvements on the Eastern Front.

[Ostroeuropa]

Do I need to be this obsessive about integrating conquered people in Imperator?

Playing Suebia and I never use any policies except conversion ones until a province is completely Suebian and Tuestic, then i'll pop the Civilization one until it has no tribesmen, then the Social Mobility one.

Almost got the Germania Magna achievement, just colonization and one or two quick wars left.

Rome is looming at me and i'm looming back, currently we're carving up the Gauls between us. I'm tempted to throw out an Alliance to Carthage before taking them on, even though I suspect I wont need it.

Is making your people a majority culture in a province also okay? It feels dirty.

Currently around 60% Suebian Tuestic, 20% Gallic Tuestic, 20% Gallic Druidic. (Honorable mention to the Rhaetians, the small Latin Druidic tribe.).

Berlin is a silly place. It's got 100 slaves, 11 citizens, 6 freemen. When the surrounding countryside is detribalized, those slaves will start getting freed through social mobility.

The slave capture thing is draining my mana from obsessively converting the slaves sent to Berlin to maintain its cultural and religious purity.

Rome has parity in population at around 5000 pops, but only 1500 are Roman Hellenics. The rest are various Latins and Gauls and a smattering of weird ones like Hebrews and Greeks. Rolling with armies of 24,000.

Light army x 10 8000 Archers, 8000 chariots, 8000 light cavalry
Heavy army x 2 8000 Heavy Infantry, 8000 Archers, 8000 Heavy Cavalry

I have granary spammed and keep doing that until 5 granaries are in a province, then do 5 markets. Berlin recently forced me to decide what to do after that. I went with more granaries

[Bralia]

The person who thought of this stupid poll should kill themselves in real life, I have a better one. I always have the best polls and all polls should be left up to me because nobody does them better than me, I'm not in the business of bad polls:

Which Stellaris ideology/life form would you want to persecute and stamp out most, regardless of how the ethic axis works?

Egalitarian
Authoritarian
Materialist
Spiritualist
Xenophile
Xenophobe
Radical Centrist Gestalt Consciousnesses
Organics (those filthy meatbags)
Synthetics (stupid tin cans)

Kind of the like opposite of the preferred ethic poll from WAY back in the day, but not because you're not bound to choose the direct opposite.

[Ostroeuropa]

The person who thought of this stupid poll should kill themselves in real life, I have a better one. I always have the best polls and all polls should be left up to me because nobody does them better than me, I'm not in the business of bad polls:

Which Stellaris ideology/life form would you want to persecute and stamp out most, regardless of how the ethic axis works?

Egalitarian
Authoritarian
Materialist
Spiritualist
Xenophile
Xenophobe
Radical Centrist Gestalt Consciousnesses
Organics (those filthy meatbags)
Synthetics (stupid tin cans)

Kind of the like opposite of the preferred ethic poll from WAY back in the day, but not because you're not bound to choose the direct opposite.

Militarists.
The galaxy can be at peace with the others, mostly, but militarists ensure war and death will come to the galaxy.

Without militarism, xenophobes just want to be left alone.

Authoritarians can be broken through embargos that make abolishing slavery more profitable than keeping it, unless slavery is a cultural thing to them then we've got more of a problem.

Spiritualists are less aggravating in Stellaris because the Shroud is canon and responds to spirituality.

[Platypus Bureaucracy]

The person who thought of this stupid poll should kill themselves in real life, I have a better one. I always have the best polls and all polls should be left up to me because nobody does them better than me, I'm not in the business of bad polls:

Which Stellaris ideology/life form would you want to persecute and stamp out most, regardless of how the ethic axis works?

Egalitarian
Authoritarian
Materialist
Spiritualist
Xenophile
Xenophobe
Radical Centrist Gestalt Consciousnesses
Organics (those filthy meatbags)
Synthetics (stupid tin cans)

Kind of the like opposite of the preferred ethic poll from WAY back in the day, but not because you're not bound to choose the direct opposite.

Either Xenophobes or Militarists.

Militarists.
The galaxy can be at peace with the others, mostly, but militarists ensure war and death will come to the galaxy.

We must wage a war of extermination against the Militarists.

[Ostroeuropa]

The person who thought of this stupid poll should kill themselves in real life, I have a better one. I always have the best polls and all polls should be left up to me because nobody does them better than me, I'm not in the business of bad polls:

Which Stellaris ideology/life form would you want to persecute and stamp out most, regardless of how the ethic axis works?

Egalitarian
Authoritarian
Materialist
Spiritualist
Xenophile
Xenophobe
Radical Centrist Gestalt Consciousnesses
Organics (those filthy meatbags)
Synthetics (stupid tin cans)

Kind of the like opposite of the preferred ethic poll from WAY back in the day, but not because you're not bound to choose the direct opposite.

Either Xenophobes or Militarists.

Militarists.
The galaxy can be at peace with the others, mostly, but militarists ensure war and death will come to the galaxy.

We must wage a war of extermination against the Militarists.

Xenophobes without militarism aren't much of a threat and just want to be left alone.

[Tillydrone]

The person who thought of this stupid poll should kill themselves in real life, I have a better one. I always have the best polls and all polls should be left up to me because nobody does them better than me, I'm not in the business of bad polls:

Which Stellaris ideology/life form would you want to persecute and stamp out most, regardless of how the ethic axis works?

Egalitarian
Authoritarian
Materialist
Spiritualist
Xenophile
Xenophobe
Radical Centrist Gestalt Consciousnesses
Organics (those filthy meatbags)
Synthetics (stupid tin cans)

Kind of the like opposite of the preferred ethic poll from WAY back in the day, but not because you're not bound to choose the direct opposite.

Authoritarian/Xenophobe

Would have to flip a coin because they both suck.

Edit: After some debate, I decided Xenophobe needs to be destroyed. At least I am able to survive without being treated like shit because I am human under an authoritarian Xeno regime, even if it's a fanatic authoritarian regime.

[Platypus Bureaucracy]

Either Xenophobes or Militarists.

We must wage a war of extermination against the Militarists.

Xenophobes without militarism aren't much of a threat and just want to be left alone.

I don't know if that's necessarily true. You're assuming that non-militaristic=pacifist AND isolationist. Even assuming they don't wage war at all, what if they use economic clout to make life difficult for other species, for instance? What if they have existing populations of aliens that they treat like shit? What if they're dicks to non-spacefaring civilisations in systems they colonise?

[Purpelia]

Xenophobes without militarism aren't much of a threat and just want to be left alone.

I don't know if that's necessarily true. You're assuming that non-militaristic=pacifist AND isolationist. Even assuming they don't wage war at all, what if they use economic clout to make life difficult for other species, for instance? What if they have existing populations of aliens that they treat like shit? What if they're dicks to non-spacefaring civilisations in systems they colonise?

Why is them treating their citizens any way they deem fit any of your problem? Unless it's an excuse to invade I guess.

[Ifreann]

I don't know if that's necessarily true. You're assuming that non-militaristic=pacifist AND isolationist. Even assuming they don't wage war at all, what if they use economic clout to make life difficult for other species, for instance? What if they have existing populations of aliens that they treat like shit? What if they're dicks to non-spacefaring civilisations in systems they colonise?

Why is them treating their citizens any way they deem fit any of your problem? Unless it's an excuse to invade I guess.

I solemnly swear to devote my life and abilities in defence of the United Nations of Earth,
To defend the Constitution of Man and to further the universal rights of all sentient life,
From the depths of the Pacific to the edge of the galaxy,
For as long as I shall live.

[Tillydrone]

Why is them treating their citizens any way they deem fit any of your problem? Unless it's an excuse to invade I guess.

I solemnly swear to devote my life and abilities in defence of the United Nations of Earth,
To defend the Constitution of Man and to further the universal rights of all sentient life,
From the depths of the Pacific to the edge of the galaxy,
For as long as I shall live.

hell yeah dude

[Platypus Bureaucracy]

I don't know if that's necessarily true. You're assuming that non-militaristic=pacifist AND isolationist. Even assuming they don't wage war at all, what if they use economic clout to make life difficult for other species, for instance? What if they have existing populations of aliens that they treat like shit? What if they're dicks to non-spacefaring civilisations in systems they colonise?

Why is them treating their citizens any way they deem fit any of your problem? Unless it's an excuse to invade I guess.

Yes, yes, you're very edgy, well done.

[Impaled Nazarene]

And in this HoI4 Dev Diary, Podcat talks about how the AI Soviets will still generally lose their fight against the Axis, by design, in spite of improvements on the Eastern Front.

Paradox is run by wehraboos confirmed
Before Reach or WRA posts something about how Germany could have won WW2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbim2kGwhpc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYTrjxOPYNY

[Lunas Legion]

And in this HoI4 Dev Diary, Podcat talks about how the AI Soviets will still generally lose their fight against the Axis, by design, in spite of improvements on the Eastern Front.

Paradox is run by wehraboos confirmed
Before Reach or WRA posts something about how Germany could have won WW2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbim2kGwhpc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYTrjxOPYNY

Yeah for Germany to win they need to a) not be Nazis, b) not be Nazis and c) have various non-German factors align perfectly and flawlessly. There's far too many 'ifs' one has to add for them to win.

[Ism]

The person who thought of this stupid poll should kill themselves in real life, I have a better one. I always have the best polls and all polls should be left up to me because nobody does them better than me, I'm not in the business of bad polls:

Which Stellaris ideology/life form would you want to persecute and stamp out most, regardless of how the ethic axis works?

Egalitarian
Authoritarian
Materialist
Spiritualist
Xenophile
Xenophobe
Radical Centrist Gestalt Consciousnesses
Organics (those filthy meatbags)
Synthetics (stupid tin cans)

Kind of the like opposite of the preferred ethic poll from WAY back in the day, but not because you're not bound to choose the direct opposite.

If I vote to get rid of all the xenophobes, does that make me a xenophobe?

[Abserdia]

You know what's the worst part about playing as Austria in Vic2?

Hungarian crises.

[Hammer Britannia]

You know what's the worst part about playing as Austria in Vic2?

Hungarian crises.

Hungarians seem to be a major pain in the ass in most Paradox Games tbh

[Impaled Nazarene]

The person who thought of this stupid poll should kill themselves in real life, I have a better one. I always have the best polls and all polls should be left up to me because nobody does them better than me, I'm not in the business of bad polls:

Which Stellaris ideology/life form would you want to persecute and stamp out most, regardless of how the ethic axis works?

Egalitarian
Authoritarian
Materialist
Spiritualist
Xenophile
Xenophobe
Radical Centrist Gestalt Consciousnesses
Organics (those filthy meatbags)
Synthetics (stupid tin cans)

Kind of the like opposite of the preferred ethic poll from WAY back in the day, but not because you're not bound to choose the direct opposite.

I'd remove the Xenophobe option it might be too easy.

[The Imperial Reach]

Before Reach posts something about how Germany could have won WW2

Why would I post something like that? I'm not a Wehraboo.

[Bralia]

The person who thought of this stupid poll should kill themselves in real life, I have a better one. I always have the best polls and all polls should be left up to me because nobody does them better than me, I'm not in the business of bad polls:

Which Stellaris ideology/life form would you want to persecute and stamp out most, regardless of how the ethic axis works?

Egalitarian
Authoritarian
Materialist
Spiritualist
Xenophile
Xenophobe
Radical Centrist Gestalt Consciousnesses
Organics (those filthy meatbags)
Synthetics (stupid tin cans)

Kind of the like opposite of the preferred ethic poll from WAY back in the day, but not because you're not bound to choose the direct opposite.

I'd remove the Xenophobe option it might be too easy.

Yeeeeah, it's probably an easy option for many. But the views of nationalists and supremacists, who the Xenophobe ideology would represent, would still be curious to see. Are they most offended by Xenophile policies or perhaps Materialist policies, which usually go hand-in-hand in today's society? It doesn't seem so different from dedicated anti-communists or hardcore atheists who would vote their appropriate options when viewed through a Stellaris lens.

[Washington Resistance Army]

The person who thought of this stupid poll should kill themselves in real life, I have a better one. I always have the best polls and all polls should be left up to me because nobody does them better than me, I'm not in the business of bad polls:

Which Stellaris ideology/life form would you want to persecute and stamp out most, regardless of how the ethic axis works?

Egalitarian
Authoritarian
Materialist
Spiritualist
Xenophile
Xenophobe
Radical Centrist Gestalt Consciousnesses
Organics (those filthy meatbags)
Synthetics (stupid tin cans)

Kind of the like opposite of the preferred ethic poll from WAY back in the day, but not because you're not bound to choose the direct opposite.

Synthetics and stupid hiveminds.

[Licana]

The person who thought of this stupid poll should kill themselves in real life, I have a better one. I always have the best polls and all polls should be left up to me because nobody does them better than me, I'm not in the business of bad polls:

Which Stellaris ideology/life form would you want to persecute and stamp out most, regardless of how the ethic axis works?

Egalitarian
Authoritarian
Materialist
Spiritualist
Xenophile
Xenophobe
Radical Centrist Gestalt Consciousnesses
Organics (those filthy meatbags)
Synthetics (stupid tin cans)

Kind of the like opposite of the preferred ethic poll from WAY back in the day, but not because you're not bound to choose the direct opposite.

I'd remove the Xenophobe option it might be too easy.

Xenophobe is unironically one of the best ethics though.

gestalt commies are the ones that really need to be brought down