No.95
I doubt this thread will have much traffic, but you can't have /vg/ without /gsg/.
What are you playing, and who as? Currently I'm rounding up a game as the Latin Empire in CK2, but things have gotten boring because of the inevitable blobbing.
>NewsEU 4 Art of War DD5
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?801813CK2 Charlemagne DD1
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/content.php?1977 No.100
EUIV Castile run.
It's like 1600 and yet I haven't been able to form spain cause aragon allied with england and portugal, but thankfully my colonies are doing well.
No.142
>>100>not doing it the marriage wayWhat were you thinking?
No.207
I haven't been playing Victoria 2 for to long. But I have set the game to end a few centuries later than the default. How likely am I to see some crazy borders over time? Or will things for the most part stay static due to the nations cores?
No.208
>>207It's possible. There will be a lot of great wars though.
No.213
>>207It'd probably be crazy for Vicky 2 but par for the change you'd expect to see in EU3 in a hundred years.
No.230
sixth for mosley
No.231
>>207If you remain a modest power and knock Great Britain of its seat while keeping the Chinese well in containment you might have a chance at seeing some wacky things. The strangest borders I've seen were while I was playing a central Asian country and had the least affect on the world.
No.234
So, opinions on westernizing as Ottoman Empire in EU4? Specifically when to and/or if it's even worth i.t
No.236
>>234It'd be hard to become 8 tech levels behind unless you intentionally delay one group. If you really want to do that, I'd recommend diplo tech because boats are for people who think you can conquer land on the sea and culture conversion is the best thing you can spend any monarch points on.
Honestly though the Ottoman units aren't much worse than Western and the tech penalty isn't bad either. Westernization isn't worth all the monarch points lost during the westernization process.
No.507
>>236They changed it so you don't get the western units from westernizing anymore, just the tech group. I take it that means it's pointless as ottermans unless you have nothing better to do.
No.513
Started a game of CK2 now that they've expanded the map. Playing as Ireland.
No.527
>>513What are your end goals? I mean it's already 916 in your pic and you've already formed Eire. Unless you want to take over the rest of the isles there's not much else you can do. Personally I'd swap out and play as Denmark for a bit and force Hungary to kneel.
No.529
>>513The Magyars are way too OP.
No.689
about to install CK2. Where do I even start?
No.694
>>689I'd recommend starting as the count of Dublin in the 1066 start date because your father is the count to your immediate south and you'll inherit that land within a few years. Being on Ireland will also give you a bunch of buffer room in order to really learn the mechanics of maintaining your dynasty and realm without much threat from outsiders.
Reading through the tutorial is essential before you begin playing though.
No.705
>>694it's crashing on startup wth
No.706
No.707
>>706 Nope just straight crash to desktop
No.708
Nvm it's working now someway
No.725
if i jump straight into a game with only having read the most basic tutorial what will most likely happen?
No.732
>>725Death and confusion.
No.737
>>732yeah i was "kinda confused" so im reading the turials now
No.766
>>725Either you'll be too daunted by all the shit going on, or you'll power through and then die a slow death. Do this enough and you'll probably get the hang of it. Wouldn't hurt to skim through the manual and check out the forums after a few playthroughs. Tutorial is kinda unnecessary though.
No.827
/gsg/ migrated to 8chan without the shitposting? Sweet. Let us hope the modders migrate here to so we can really get the threads going.
No.842
>>>>694
So I choose the improve the diplomacy ambition what does this really mean now?
No.850
>>527No goals really I just wanted to get back into the game after not playing for about 6 months. Might try to create Brittania but the Norse have been fucking with me so I might go after them instead.
Also, I set my end date to 2014.
No.915
>>725You can jump into Victoria 2 and while you will be lost, you can usually muddle through ok.
My first game of Vicky 2 (my first GS ever, actually) was as Japan and I still managed to conquer most of China by the game's end, albeit with a fuckton of infamy and having suffered a ton of successful revolutions in the home islands.
No.920
Just in case you guys didn't see it, we do have a
>>>/gsg/ board
Not saying one is right and one is wrong but splitting already slow communities isn't healthy
No.922
I dont see a reason to use /vg/ anymore honestly if we can create separate boards.
It also allows for easier management of multiple discussion relating to the game.
aka no more mpfag circlejerk since we have options now
No.931
>>920/gsg/ is overrun with shitposters already. I expect they'll be here soon too so personally I'll probably end up just posting grand strat on /v/ since threads won't live long enough for the big shitposting brigade to come and ruin them.
No.935
>>920I also created a board exclusively for Victoria II
>>>/vicky/ No.1824
>>95Hey guys, sorry for being gone so much. I'm waiting to update when I get HPM and shit stops being so busy, but I'll port it over ASAP. Thanks for understanding, sorry for keeping you waiting.
No.1827
What event in history would make a good song?
No.2271
>>935>board is in spanish>this board is also in spanish.why?
No.2436
Man, I can't stand the unit management in CK2 anymore.
I was trying to restore the Roman borders and extend the eastern border to India. I'd defeated the Ilkhanate in west Persia and was taking some more duchies in England w/ my retinues. Then, the Aztecs landed in Mauritania, so I started assembling my levies and…
…I stopped. I can't muster the motivation to tell a hundred different levies to get on boats, disbanding a dozen of them to raise them near the cost, gathering the inland levies, and so on, and moving them all over to the Aztecs. Waging major wars is more tedious than anything, and whether I win or lose I'll have to do it again the next time I get in a war the requires levies instead of just my retinues and mercs.
No.2477
>>2436Uh, if you've restored the borders of the former roman empire, why do you still NEED levies ? You should have plenty of retinue and mercs.
Or has India united or something ?
No.2478
oh gsg, Thanks for all the hapiness you've brought me
No.2495
>>95Ormond still has its Norse name (Verdfjord) even though its now Celtic. Usually the game auto-renames itself, but now it isn't doing it. Anybody got any ideas why?
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No.3025
>>931I haven't seen any shitposters, care to name some?
No.3276
>>931Turkslayer and his steamgruppe fags were permabanned by the mod a week ago. And all of the people that were turned off by the anti-Vickymod shitposting came over here.
No.3433
Here's hoping they keep rewinding the clock on CK2 until we're at the Han Dynasty in China so we can Romance up those Three Kingdoms.
No.3472
CK2 Charlemagne Steam Achievements revealed.
>Medieval Schlieffen: Be simultaneously at war with the Aztecs and the Mongols
>Seven Centuries: Play a game all the way through from 769 to 1453
>I'm Sorry, Desiderata: Divorce a Lombard Princess as a Christian
>Not a Tribe: Play as a Tribal Ruler and Reform to Feudalism
>Viking Ummah: Have a capital province with Norse culture and Muslim religion
>Res Publica: Play as a Tribal Ruler and Reform to Merchant Republic
>I Shed Blood of Saxon Men: As a Christian non-Saxon, completely conquer Saxony in a game starting in 769
>Empire of the Sun: Rule as Emperor with the Reformed Zun Faith
>Holy and Roman: Found the Holy Roman Empire in a game starting in 769
>Saxons Everywhere, Unite!: As an Anglo-Saxon or Saxon ruler, be king of both Saxony and England
>The Frisian Coast is Long: Be King of Frisia and hold the Atlantic coast from Léon in Brittany to Jylland
>Little Brother Rules!: Become Emperor of Francia as Carloman, brother of Charlemagne
>Iron Crown: Hold any Emperor or King title as a Lombard after 1300
God, I can't imagine playing 700 years.
No.3483
>>3472Why there's so saxon-centered archivments?
No.3484
>>828hows the east vs west fan thing going i was really sad when i heard it was canceled how playable is it?
No.3583
Torrent when?
No.3586
Friendly reminder that CK2 Charlemagne come out today.
No.3591
My Game of Thrones mod for CKII isn't working. I think there was a recent update for the Charlemagne DLC.
I'm heartbroken, I was just rewatching the entire series with a friend and I really wanted to play as the Starks.
No.3813
Anyone knows when SWMH will include India ? I really can't play with the vanilla map anymore..
No.3902
Holy shit Wallachia is hard to play as.
I ally with bosnia and attack serbia, but I keep getting shit general rolls or something so my 4 stacks get rekt by 3 stacks. Then I'm broke as hell and bosnia keeps diving off of 20% sieges to save a province that's still only -35%. Even on the one game I managed to vassalize serbia. The Ottomans warn me on the seventh of febuary anyway. Now everyone's too pissed at me over declaring without a CB to ally with. So I have no one to keep the hats off my back.
No.3904
bump
No.3925
HOI3 tfh vanilla
How, exactly, do I invade mainland USA as Japan?
I have taken all the Pacific Islands with ports and there is simply no port in transport craft range. Alaska is too far, I can barely reach the West coast with transports from Hawaii, but my CTFs can't support that far out and their defenses are too strong.
Ideally I'd like to take the Panama canal so I can take the metal mines in the Southern states, but I can't reach it either, I do have transit rights through the central american countries, but for some reason I can't use their port.
Anyone have any ideas?
No.3948
>>3586What the fuck did this do?
Reforming pagans is fucking impossible now!
You're a shitty weak tribal nation only good at conquesting shitty weak tribal nations and relying on extra troops who can burn you if you don't get into a holy war.
Whyyyy…
No.3987
>randomly lose when I'm playing Patrician because I'm out of provinces or some shit
Why does this happen? I thought I was a Baron-level player.
No.4143
Damn these games are so overwhelming.
I'm new to GS. Just started with EU4. There's so much information to keep track of, and terms to know.
Started watching some YouTube tutorials and I guess I'll keep lurking this thread.
No.4509
>>4143>tutorialsBut figuring it all out yourself is half the fun, Anon!
No.4629
Anyone know a fun start to play as in stamford bridge?
No.4686
Has HIP been updated for Charlemange expansion yet, or are we still waiting on it?
No.4762
>>4686It has my friend
www.mediafire.com/download/z1zww1pr9zd37pt
I also had a link for Diadochi Kings from halfchan but I did not bookmark it. Try asking on their general, highly recommended
No.4763
No.4780
Any clues when the next Heart of Iron game comes out? or is it still Q1 2015?
No.4781
>>3925I think I did it via Hawaii. Did you try that?
No.4901
Someone remind me why we have our own board?
All we need is a thread.
No.4902
>>4901One shitposter ran to make one to try and get people there.
No.4905
>>4901Because we can, plus, it's been here since the first exodus.
No.4945
>>4905>>4905The only problem is: the owner is a shitposter
No.4980
>>4945Correction: The owner never logs in. We are waiting so we can claim the board and get rid of the shitposters.
No.4987
>>4980Nope, the owner himself is a shitposter. He allows shitposting and shitposts himself.
No.5057
After the clusterfuck of Charlemagne I'm assuming that Way of Life is absolute dogshit, but haven't found anyone confirming that.
Did anyone buy it?
No.5075
>>5057I really wish they'd stop updating it. It was fine at Old Gods. there was no reason to continue
No.5096
>>5075Second that. I'll probably pirate Way of Life when a new repack comes out, but I'm sick of all this DLC. Have been for a while. They should just work on a different game and let the mod community do whatever they want without having to worry about updating it to make it compatiable. But Johan has to get those shekels
No.5257
LOUIS XIV DID NOTHING WRONG
No.5351
I hope there's a response to this sometime this week.
I'm using the HIP mod for CK2 and I'm having an issue with some of the Coats of Arms. Pic related, it's not picking up the right Coat of Arms, seems to only be affecting the CoAs from the ze_germans_vanilla_dynasties.tga file; as far as I can tell, those are the only ones having a problem. Any ideas what the problem could be and how to fix it?
I asked in the /gsg/ thread on cuckchan, but they're being faggots.
No.5419
>>4987He no longer owns the board though.
No.5538
What are the Byzantine EU4 skins so shit?
No.5539
No.5665
Why does the fucking menu music in HOI3 sound like 'Butterfly'-by Weezer
I'm here to take territory and lives, not feel feels.
No.5914
>>3948It is a challenge, especially as a defensive pagan like West African, but if you
git gud wait out for chaos to your north to grip the region, you bum rush Marrakesh and Atlas Mtn with county conquests, raid some temples for some reformation.
No.5961
Wew, lads, I'm nearing the end of a process to set up an organized /GSG/ group of over thirty people.
As of now, we are gathering the time zones and availability of our players so far, but not all will necessarily be able to make it.
If you want to sign up for our game, which will likely have anywhere between 30-50 players once completely set up, please post in this thread and add Crowcaine to steam.
No.6004
Hearts of Iron 4 coming out anytime soon? or still Q1 2015?
No.6203
Dead thread?
Of not I've not played any paradox games in a couple of years, mostly played Vicky 2 with a little EU3 before that.
Is EU4 still all kinda of an unbalanced mess?
No.7137
>entire /gsg/ thread is here
>not a single tripfag ruining it
So anyone played around with the El Dorado mechanics yet?
No.7452
Can anybody help me out with this custom event that isn't working? The event fires but none of the options show up, nothing is there to be pressed.
This is the entire file pasted:
namespace = cheat
#Distant kin arrives.
character_event = {
id = cheat.12
desc = EVTDESCCHEAT12
only_playable = yes
picture = GFX_evt_joust
is_triggered_only = yes
}
option = {
name = EVTOPTACHEAT12 #He will be a fine addition to his court.
create_character = {
random_traits = no
dynasty = ROOT
female = no
age = 16
trait = brave
trait = genius
trait = humble
trait = quick
trait = strong
trait = fair
trait = just
trait = kind
trait = gregarious
trait = brilliant_strategist
trait = grey_eminence
trait = temperate
health = 10
fertility = 50
attributes = {
martial = 15
}
}
}
option = {
name = EVTOPTBCHEAT12 #She will be a fine addition to his court.
create_character = {
random_traits = no
dynasty = ROOT
female = yes
age = 16
trait = kind
trait = genius
trait = humble
trait = quick
trait = strong
trait = fair
trait = temperate
trait = content
trait = trusting
trait = just
trait = brilliant_strategist
trait = grey_eminence
health = 10
fertility = 500
attributes = {
diplomacy = 15
}
}
}
}
No.12921
>>3472
>viking Ummah
Sweden Yes!
No.13290
in EU4 can vassals declare on their overlord while both of them are in a war on the same side? can I prevent my subjects from declaring independence via being continuously at war?
No.13420
So I started my first game of CK2 after watching Arumba's tutorials. I've managed to form the Kingdom of Eire but two of my counties are owned by the King of Scotland. If I declare war I will surely lose against their massive army.
I'm not sure what to do. My end goal is to conquer everything, pretty much.
Also my vassal management blows. I usually just bombard my vassals with gold and land gifts till they like me.
No.16272
Anyone have a link to the download of the mods "Your Personal Castle" and "anime portraits" for CK2? That'd be great B)
No.18239
>playing TRP as grorious nippon
>2 months into great chink genocide war and 33% surrender progress
>CHINESE WARLORD CAN NO LONGER CONTINUE THE FIGHT
>the fucking commies can magically annex Shanxi
>get absolutely broken event troops that can outfight you when outnumbered 3 to 1 while attacking a mountain
The kicker had to be when one division nearly reached Manchuria, I tried to cut off it's supply, I do so, and then the AI tries to breakthrough with 4 infantry brigades vs 3 and ties up my reinforcements (2 divisions) with another 2 brigades
>AI attack vs weak link is at 60%
>vs reinforcements is 5%
>vs weak link is 80%
>vs reinforcements 2%
>breakthrough
>vs reinforcements 1%
Why do modders do this? It's neither realistic, historical or fun.
No.18430
Is Kaiserreich supposed to be good? I've done several playthroughs with 1.7, it seems like it's gotten even worse.
>Japan
>do nothing except crush some revolts until 1939
>alliance with Siam
>decide to go after German pacific colonies
>the only resistance is Singapore, which is completely impossible to take without going through Malaya
>Malaya declared independence in 38 and "fought" an eternal war with Germany where neither side actually did anything, even with Germany landing marines to put down partisans in China
>have to declare war on them and occupy them, Siam annexes them thanks to the diplomat time out which breaks the event chain
>also have to spend a realtime hour occupying every single undefended German pacific island
>after one month of fighting and three months of nothing, they give in
>indochina and singapore go right back to Germany because Siam occupied them
>acceptall
>time for china
>two events which provoke war with the Qing can be fired simultaneously (decision and event)
>go to war and the Qing, despite having a grand total of 35 IC, have more troops, better upgraded troops and better doctrines (or just another magic AI bonus) than me
>union of britain
>do nothing
>no seriously, it has nothing outside of mosley memes
>italian federation
>crusade time
>war with RSI is completely unchallenging, the French will ignore you with 12 divisions each in Turin and Genoa
>good fucking luck getting back Venice and Trieste if Austria doesn't self-destruct
>National France
>get modder politics shoved down your throat (expel the Jews and lose a third of your manpower and +14 dissent)
>put down nigger revolt
>not even a "you did good" event to acknowledge it
>join the Mediterranean bloc because the Carlists win for once
>one event for the Pope visiting Madrid and nothing else
>war breaks out
>oh boy
>invade immediately
>French deploy more troops to the south than to the German front
>they get horrible bonuses against player troops like every other AI major in KR
>because KR refuses to move to the E3 map its WW1-tier attrition warfare
>Germany advances far enough
>French get 20 magic divisions and 200 manpower
>still capture half of France with a desperate offensive
>Germany, for some insane reason, sets up a puppet Kingdom when the French Empire borders it
>not a single event, much less event chain, dealing with the division
>no attempt by nationalists/royalists to overthrow Willys puppet
>no exodus south
>no anything
>Germany can't be beaten post-war thanks to no events limiting it's economy or manpower, limited number of provinces which the Germans can fill with divisions in days, and the retarded tendency of the Russian AI to actually join Mitteleuropa (so much for plausibility)
I didn't even mention that I and Spain got to play whack-a-mole with 20 UoB divisions that landed in buttfuck nowhere instead of opening a second front against the Germans, UoB annexing Portugal and there being no events for a Spanish-occupied Portugal, Canada returning to the UK and doing exactly nothing about Germany or it's colonies despite having naval superiority.
There's also WW2 being a complete mess that lasts a year at best, and post-war content, which doesn't exist.
No.18722
>>95
Wow this thread is like a time capsule. Anyone got crusader kings 2 mods? Half of them are locked behind some paradox/steam bullshit. Anyone got an alternate download or a torrent?
No.20106