/gsg/ - Grand Strategy General

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HIP + Outremer mod

http://pastebin.com/43weV27p
http://pastebin.com/43weV27p

This mod integrates the outremer crusader culture from ck2+ into hip. See the paste for install instructions.

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How are my memes?

>>147669253
Shattered retreat is off, anon. They just survived normally and retreated one province away into Rum.

>>147669425
>19 years to reform

Dang. How'd you pull that off?

Good hoi4 never

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>>147669267
sure thing bud

>>147669514
EZ-mode, aka playing as any pagan

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>when someone says that they actually like HOY4

>>147669448
>Shattered retreat is off
How do you turn it off?

>>147669578
>announcing a rport

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=718377676

>>147670029
go into the defines.lua, search for shattered retreat and change the 1 to a 0

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>>147668431
The second major battle of the war also takes place in Kaisun, although this time the Mongol forces are the defenders.

After spending several months in Rum chasing Mongol forces and continually inflicting defeats upon them, the Mongols eventually manage to escape via the passes of Kaisun, the same place where they were first forced to enter. Here they meet up with a further 20,000 Mongol forces who had entered the region as reinforcements, and the combined force takes to guarding the passes against the Jerusalemite forces, confident that they, with their 40,000 soldiers, had secured victory over the much smaller forces of Christ.

In spite of the overwhelming number of enemy troops, it is now that Svietislav encourages Aubry to remember what he told him before: broken, tired, starving and terrified of Jerusalem's soldiers, fully one half of Mongol forces are not likely to hold. They can strike at Kaisun and expect to win, in spite of the Mongols' terrain advantage.

The battle occurs precisely as Svietislav predicts; although the Jerusalemite forces suffer harsh casualties, they are nevertheless able to inflict worse upon the Mongol defenders, and to break their hold on Kaisun once again.

The Mongol forces flee to Edessa and, from there, to a small fortress on the very outskirts of their territory called Maridin. It is here that Svietislav and Aubry will once again give battle....

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Reminder to pay for the games you play

>>147670674
He's called Alex you rude fuck

>>147670370
That's basically gg. You took way too many losses in that battle and the Mongols still outnumber you.

>>147670967
>>147670696
>>147670674
>>147670162
>>147669578
This place is so fucking shit.

>>147671091
He still has 1400 gold. I don't know what that mod is, but that is a lot of mercs.

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>>147671196
Lol who cares

>>147671301
We used to be great. The steamgroup, reddit, casuals and PR representatives won.

>>147669425
>reformed pagans
FUCK YOU JOHAN YOU FAT FUCK

Trying my first mod, building it for Iraq to get cores on the Levant, Syria, and Egypt.

Might be broken, but could be fun.

I'm just using the default focus tree but am adding paths to core Egypt, the Levant, and Arabia under the ideology section.

Any specific advice for modding national focuses?

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>>147670370
At Maridin, Svietislav and Aubry were almost defeated. In addition to the 25,000 Mongol troops which were present from the beginning, an additional 15,000 reinforcements arrived within the first days of the battle. Fighting across a river as they were, the wearied Jerusalemite forces, which only numbered 20,000, were now faced with the prospect of going on an offensive to dislodge a stronger and more organized Mongol force. Even Svietislav admitted that victory might be outside their grasp.

When the battle begun, it certainly appeared that way. Yet... as the battle continued, events continued to play out in favor of Aubry. First the 10,000 strong Mongol force which had been defeated throughout Rum broke, then 2,000 Rumite soldiers (the Khan was at war with the Sultan as well) arrived at the battle at a critical point to bolster Christian defenses and morale, and, finally, 7,500 Aegyptian soldiers arrived just when Jerusalem's forces were about to break, bolstering the line and finally forcing the dispirited Mongol defenders to retreat further into the countryside.

They had won. Six days later, the Khan of Khans himself stepped forward with a chest loaded with gold (one entirely insufficient to pay back even a fraction of what Aubry had paid for his mercenaries, it must be noted), begging for peace. Aubry accepted, and became the first man ever to defeat the Khan of Khans. His victory earned him the epithet "the Brave," for risking everything on the slim chance that victory on his terms might be achieved.

>>147672341
>HOI4
Yeah how about an uninstall focus

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They'll surrender eventually, right?

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>>147672436
Disappointed in Paradox's latest?

>>147672426
Is there a better feeling than when the Mongols first break?

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>>147672426
Holy shit, he actually did it. The madman, absolute.

>>147672426
Holy shit based Aubry did it. Did he get enough prestige to have a cute bride now?

>>147672882
This is reddit tier OC, lad. Not even funny.

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>>147672426
The reason behind the Khan's insistence on surrender, his many prior defeats aside, soon becomes incredibly obvious: people have begun to lose their fear of the Mongols.

The Mongol threat was psychological so much as it was physical. So long as it was believed that the Mongols were unstoppable, that their forces were limitless, they were unstoppable in fact. Lords bowed down to them without fighting, refused to use the entirety of their resources to resist, "so that something might be left over when we are beaten." And in just such a way the Mongols earned many a cheap victory (although, of course, they also earned many a legitimate one).

Now, Aubry has swept the facade aside, slaughtering tens of thousands of Mongol forces which represented the Khanate's only real method of control over its vassalage simultaneously. With a new Khan--and not just a new Khan, but one now in debt to his enemies--in control of the Horde, what was to happen was almost a foregone conclusion: rebellions began to break out. Those who had been conquered began to realize that the Khan could be defeated, if only they took up arms and fought while he was weak.

And so Jamugha Khan has the unenviable legacy of being the Khan not only to pick a fight he could not win, but to be the first Khan to show weakness to his conquered subjects.

Does steam know if you pirate the dlcs?

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>>147672426
>mongol hordes

Does Johan know if you pirate the dlcs?

I hope the next PGDS game is Clausewitz 3.0 as a F2P standalone platform, where every era and game mechanics are forwards and backwards compatible with all DLC. ie. WW2 with CK2 mechanics, viccy with HOI etc

>>147673431
What trait is that little crown with crossed swords?
A civil war related trait?

>>147673431
>The brave

>Craven trait

>>147673619
IIRC, it makes the AI more aggressive or something like that.

>>147673576
Yes. Safer if you just buy the ones you want.

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>>147669425
Nice memes my dude.

>>147673364
Unfortunately, no. Not based on prestige, anyway; I hit 2k (the cap) before this war even started.

Maybe the Khan will let me marry one of his daughters considering I fucking molested the shit out of him.

>>147673619
It's the Conqueror trait. It does what >>147673745 says, makes the AI aggressive as fuck.

>>147673657
He got craven fleeing from Aubry personally on the field of battle.

>>147673657
It's mocking him for getting blasted apart by some piss-ant sedentary kingdom.

>>147669645
Try doing that as Zunist pagans.

>>147673858
>He got craven fleeing from Aubry personally on the field of battle.

Aubry is close to be even more based than his father.

>>147673852
>endlessly blobbing
kill yourself my man

Are you having fun with endless, monotonous war?

>>147673657
Anyone who leads armies in battle eventually becomes craven. The only way to stay brave is to never fight.

>>147674173
Really makes you think...

>>147674138
I'm not doing it on purpose, my religious head keeps calling holy wars. If I don't take part, my vassals will just get the land for themselves and start forming factions.

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>>147673858
Holy fuck the Khan will actually let me marry his daughter for the non-aggression pact. I was just kidding. This motherfucker must be legitimately terrified of me.

>>147674430
Is that a unibrow

>>147674430
Aubry's eyes look a bit scary.

Does the /got/ mod work yet/ is it balanced?

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>>147673431
As Aubry (who is both terribly stressed from his long campaigning in the mountains and quite ill due to some fever caught in the camps) returns to Jerusalem, he receives word for the first time that his niece Almodis, Queen of Aegyptus, died due to illness shortly after his setting out. Aegyptus is now ruled by his much younger cousin--only six years old--Eglantine.

Eglantine is not yet betrothed, and considering his lack of other prospects Aubry speaks to his sister Sibylla to inquire whether or not she would be amicable to a marriage between them. Sibylla is cool to the matter for the time being, but the young girl is in a regency, and Aubry knows only too well that matters shift frequently in such a state; he decides to sit on marriage a while longer, to determine for certain whether not a match between he and Eglantine can be made.

Done for tonight, lads. That was a hell of a ride.

>>147674660
Like the eyes of a person who would beat a mongol ruler around until he cedes his loli daughter's hand in marriage?

>>147674430
Do it. Isn't it customary to take a child of your defeated enemy anyways?

dammnnn you EU4

>castille
>allied france/portugal
>mission to take granada/convert to catholicism
>doing well everything is sweet, im a big guy
>france keeps dragging me into wars
>decline a war against my ally (-1000)
>argagon declares a war on me almost immedietely
>run over by argon/austria/burgundy alliance

at least i learned about that massive decline join war penalty

>>147674616
Presuming you're talking about Edvige, yes. She has the Ugly trait, after all.

>>147674660
He's seen some shit, anon.

Also, probably more importantly, he's ill and stressed simultaneously. He's not quite in the best of health, or spirits.

>>147674948
As a captive, yes. As a wife... less so.

Also, for what it's worth, I don't really want to tie myself to 'ol Jamugha, both because the son of a bitch is old and because his Khanate's falling apart at the seams. I might try to butter up to the next Khan, but only if he's a bit younger and he can actually keep the Khanate together, so I know the non-aggression pact will actually be worth something.

dammnnn you EU4

>play
>its shit
>uninstall.exe

at least i learned about that massive dlc charge

>>147675246
oh and reason i declined to join another one of France's war was because i had uprising in Granada that drained my manpower/standing troops, well mostly because of the previous war with Granada/Tunis.

>>147675342
>ill and stressed simultaneously.
You're going to die

>>147675246
>>147675418
you're bad

>>147675418
there was a sale just on, i picked it up + 4dlcs for $25~

i guess i fell for the it's a good gateway to GS meme

what other game would you recommend?

>>147675558
i am new, under 10hrs in Excel Universalis 4

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>>147674890
>Done for tonight
I'm afraid I can't let you do that, anon.

>>147674405
Exactly, why haven't you stopped long ago?

>>147675702
implying eu4 is even remotely complicated

>>147676187
what is complicated?
i'm a newb, pls again, dont bully

>>147675541
Probably not. I'm max martial education, which gives a +.5 to health. Granted that still leaves me with -1.5 overall, but unless I have low as hell health I should be fine, especially considering my age.

>>147675837
It'll be alright, anon. I'll be posting more tomorrow.

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That was nice of the AI.

>>147677221
>that persia blob
w-what

>>147677406
CKII conversion. Borders have actually improved for the most part in the two centuries of warfare.

There is no eternal Anglo.

>>147673576
He keeps a list of the naughty and nice.

>>147674890
BURN THE COAL PAY THE TOLL

>>147677602
Who owns E*gland then?

>>147673852
No longer East Land, it should be called North Land.

Põhja

Does anybody have the bobocrunch/memebloc stock photo of the fat man eating a fruit cup?

>>147679289
That's Bigmac you dum dum.

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They're finally willing to accept my demands. I think they were bankrupted at least three times.

>>147678082
The Norse Irish and Zoroastrian French.

>>147679585
Do you have the image tho of bigmac? I need it

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>Shlomo
sides are kill

>>147679673
>Norse Irish
ooo play them at some point
Abbasids is interesting as well

Is anyone here still in touch with mayaka?

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>mfw lurking the thread waiting for rare johans

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>CK2
>Latin Empire conversion mega campaign from the 1204 start.
>Pushed back all the Greeks into their hideouts in the Ankaran mountains.
>Begin taking the sword to the Turks, their hordes commanded by a child after his father died in a civil war.
>After my second incursion into Turkish lands, I capture one of their lords of the Mengujek clan, who owns nearly 1/3rd of Anatolia
>Plan to execute him for being a mudslime.
>See these traits.
>Brilliant Strategist. (for a turkroach)
>Sympathetic to Christian cause.
>Follows the school of rational thought.
>Has no bastards, faithful to his traditions.
>Humble, Content, Charitable, Brave

What do I do, /gsg/? My King is Just, but also Zealous. No other negative traits.

>>147681168
Demand conversion lad

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3000 year Dutch reich anon here
kinda getting bored
is vicky any gd?
or shall i go again as Japan or something

>>147681470
>is vicky any gd?

Vicky II is literally EU4 but actually fun.

>>147673996
Okay, next game after Caliphate Strikes Back!

>>147681168
If you can make him your vassal, demand conversion.
Otherwise kill him.

>>147681591
tough people dislike it here?

What is the EU4 Expensive War Mod?

is it shit?

>>147682054
EU4 is a game where the only thing to do is blob but the game actively punishes you for blobbing.

>>147682136
It's only shit because it's for EU4. It's pretty well done and makes the game somewhat more playable.

Give it a try if you have the game installed but don't bother reinstalling

>>147681168
He's a noble heathen, anon, and your vassals disagree with execution. Do the just thing and ransom him, or put him in house arrest to live out the remainder of his days. Perhaps he'll have an epiphany of conversion.

>>147682385
yea kinda dislike that my country wil rebel as soon i take 1/10th of the enemy's land

>>147682054
Lad this is basically Victoria 2 general with guest appearances by CKII and the rest of the cast

>>147682621
oh tought i mainly saw eu4
is vicky as easy to learn as eu4?

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>>147682776
>>is vicky as easy to learn as eu4?
Oh, Jesus Christ.
Abandon thread, shitposting imminent

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Should I?

>>147682776
Not quite as easy to learn but there is a lot you can ignore until it's easier to understand and the fundamentals are the same as EU4 (ie; blob to get more powerful)
But its relative complexity is what makes it fun, don't be intimidated by it desu

>>147682924
Yes

>>147682054
only the memegroup dislike it

>>147683001
i gues i can give it a shot
should i use the dlc's ?

>>147683115
Geopolitically it's neat to be my own powerblock between Muslims and Christians, but following a K*rdish ethnofaith....

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After a mere three years of service, Johann Sigismund von Hohenzollern has passed away.
From now on, his son, Heinrich I von Hohenzollern, will be leading the glorious nation of Prussia.
Press F to pay respects.

>>147683205
Yeah I heard that yezidis don't accept converts

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>>147683205
Do it for her lad

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What music do you conquer to?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szJq1lwnkNw

>>147683632
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy176sZ1puA

>>147683632
You ever listen to K-Billy's Super Sounds of the 70s?

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>tfw liberate Israel only to find it filled with all this lewd

>>147683756
Always. "Sttuuuckk intha middle wiith youuuuuuu"

Al Stewart, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Arkona, Genesis, Wagner, Magma MDK, Rush are all the perfect music choices for conquering.

are there no Victoria 2 dlcs in the archive or am i just blind?

>>147683370
Mods?

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>>147683808
Also, I think this might be the worst border gore I've ever seen the AI do in a Vicky game

>>147683808
I forgot that mapmode even existed.

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>>147684137
Firstly, that doesn't look like "F".
Secondly, it's just the extended timeline mod.

>>147683370
Ah yes.

F

I'm trying to get localization working for a personal mod, but I can't seem to get it at all. I've gotten everything else to work but I've still got stuff like "naval_effort"

I'm specifically modding a country's names and focus tree.

>>147684675
>modding hoi$

>>147684016
should i play without them or try to get them somewhere else?

>>147684016
>>147684874
The version in the mega is standalone, I'm pretty sure.

>>147684967
thanks il give that one a shot

>feudal turks still have horsefucker building portraits

can somebody tell me the name of that medieval strategy game set in europe where you managed like a kingdom ? it's kind of old i think (pre 2005)
something like having your royal family handle business and stuff

>>147685943
CK1? Knights of Honor? Stronghold? The Guild?

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>>147686137
It was knights of honor. Thanks.

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>CK2
>Toledo run, D'ivrea unites their kingdoms and defends the Knights of Calatrava from the English who took Andalusia during the third crusade
>this song plays on my playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaPg8legxPA&index=5&list=RDV3fIbR_stac

h o l y s h i t

>AARnon does a ck2 AAR
>Everyone starts playing ck2 again
Beautiful

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I inherited Byzantium more of less by accident
How do I get rid of these fucks so I can go back to not being a megablob

Also, what's a better name for an pan-eastern-christian nation than Outremer (literally means 'overseas') and what is the true faith to do it with? Catholic, Nestorian, Orthodox, Maronite, or Messalian for that sweet incest action

>>147687275
I even copied his start desu

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>>147687275
im still playing EU3 w/ MEIOU

i post sometimes but nobody seems interested

>>147687275
who

>>147687672
im always interested anon

>>147687672
I care, but I don't know enough to respond properly. Story of my life.

>>147687672
Why the fuck are you STILL playing EU3?

For fuck's sake anon, just give up and move on to the better game.

>>147687954
It doesn't have mana.

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>>147687954
>eu4 better than eu3

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>>147688204
>2000+16
>people still believe this meme

>>147688204
Yes that is true, now go buy it.

>>147688320
>>147688330
t.paradoxplaza posters

>>147688426
Not true.

>>147687560
>naming an empire "overseas"

>>147688426
t. steamgrupp shitter

>>147687672
>not playing with D&T

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>>147688509
It's just until I can find something better
>>147688514
t.falseflagging steamgruppe shitter

>>147688509
It makes sense actually, outremer sounds like this fantasy land you hear about in old children's fairy tales

>>147688814
i guess so actually
carthage means "new city" ffs

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Wew lad

>>147689139
And Bordeaux literally means close to the water(s)
And Paris used to be named Lutèce which meant mud fields

hey what's better than EU4? or what's the next step after it

>>147689313
>he bought it

>>147689313
>buying HOI4 over Warhammer

you should feel bad about yourself

>>147689313
>in library

>>147689858
Victoria II and Darkest Hour are the only relevant grand strategies Paradox has ever put out.

>>147689858
Stellaris is like a sci-fi EU4, it's pretty cool.

>>147689139
So Carthago Nova was New New City.

>>147690210
New New York

>>147690009
And they didn't even make DH

>>147690321
no surprise their best game was the one they didnt make

God tier
>Victoria II
>Darkest Hour

Good tier:
>HOI3
>CK1
>EU2
>HOI2
>Victoria I

Meh tier:
>EU3
>CK2 pre 2.0 dlcs

Meme tier:
>everything else

>>147689376
Guess what Judenburg means

>>147690009
damn, i fell for the memes then
what's a good GS outside of paradox?

>>147690094
danke, don't think i have the hardware for it tho

>>147690468
>good GS outside of paradox
doesn't exist

>>147690638
lol fuck off cancer

>>147690720
back the fuck off?!

>>147690638
so the only GS worth talking about are VIC2 and DH...

>>147690468
>what's a good GS outside of paradox?

There's a pretty good game from the nineties called "Imperialism", although I'm not sure if you would consider it GS or not.

>>147690638
There are three solid alternatives in the OP alone

>>147690379
CK2 2.45 with HIP and no India SWMH is probably the best roleplaying game I've ever played.

And watching the Interwar Mod being made is extremely exciting. Also HOI3 is poorly made, poorly optimized garbage that just so happened to include OOB, HOI2/Darkest Hour Peace Conferences were true god tier.

>>147690009
What about Arsenal of Democracy?

>>147688509
Just as valid as Oesterreich or Ukrajina.

Is there a mod that removes resources from Vicky 2?

is there any mod that remove pops from Vicky 2?

Is there a mod that removes discussion from /gsg/?

What happened to the hoi4 general changes mod?

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>>147672426
GOD IS WITH US

For all mankind, Aubry. ;_;

>>147693314
Is there a mod(erator) that removes you from this thread?

>>147693548
The modder dropped it like Arumba's kid.

>>147693781
>Defending the worst, least thought out part of V2
t. johnan

>>147672426
Is this gonna be a grand campaign?

Is there any sort of rhyme or reason as to how vassals vote for your heir in elective gavelkind? My first heir is an absolute beast, great traits, genetics, stats, but he's outvoted 10 to 3 in favour of my second son, a Dull, arbitrary, craven dingus with terrible stats.

So does HIP remove India? In the installation I thought I picked the normal one, not the one that 'removes India and parts of Africa', but I only have Prathihara. I just want to make sure I am playing on the 'full' one and not the 'performance' one, because I can't find an actual depiction of the performance version online.

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POLAND BTFO!
How can slavs even compete?
>inb4 blob maymay

>>147694560
Nice blob

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>>147694653

>>147688320
>>147688330
what makes eu3 better?

>>147694981
Nothing
EU3 does some things better than EU4, but EU4 does more things better than EU3
Both games are shit though.

>spend 4 hours working on mod
>2 of those hours are figuring out why none of your localization works
>1:42am
>look at vanilla localization folder
>"huh, it's spelled the British way with an 's'"
>look at my folder
>spelled with a z

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>>147694560
>1627
>anything to brag about

So, /gsg/, how come no one has ever played as the dynasty that Muhammad is attached to, converted to Hindu, and memed all over Paradox forums when they are reincarnated as the prophet?
It is an actual feature with Hindu, but is almost impossible to notice because who pays that much attention to your character that you would notice their doppleganger 200 years later? But obviously you would notice when their portrait just says muhammad in arabic. So it should be possible.

Non-pretentious map-game-elitist edgelord, correct opinion* list:

Top tier:
>Vicky 2
>DH

Playable tier:
>EU4
>CK2

DLC platform tier:
>HoI4

Pre-alpha tier:
>Stellaris

Forgotten tier:
>Tech demos (MotE, sengoku etc)
>Prequels (minus HoI2)

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Should I just take Gibraltar and vassalize Grenada or should I annex the whole thing lads?

Why yes hello, I recently """purchased""" Hearts of Iron 3, and attempted to play it

You can see what my problem is, how do I play it

>>147695798
>want to blob as merchant republic

>>147695872
Just get HoI4 its less retarded

>>147695992
>>147695798
it's not blobbing if he takes only granada

>>147696194
sorry, I meant gibraltar

>>147695872
see >>147696167

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>>147696167
>>147696312

>HOI4

johan pls

>>147696194
he wants to vassalise or annex
>not blobbing

Do people unironically play EU4?
Everytime I play it I win one war then all of Europe joins a coalition against me.

>>147696631
but it's controlling an important trade node
you know, like the genoese colonies in the black sea

>>147696690

AE feels like a horrible system until you realize that it's even easier to work around than badboy was.

EU4 has its problems but that isn't one of them.

Rate my EU4 army composition:

Early game: 6 infantry with 4 cav
Mid game: 10 inf 4 cav and 6 art
Late game: 20 inf 2 cav 18 art

Also, what would you consider mid or late game?

>>147696867
>4 cav
ayooo

>>147696690
>i'm bad at this game therefore it's shit
now I know your motivations, you elitist cunts

>>147697006
Well what would you recommend?

>>147697098
all cav

>outnumber enemy 21,000 to 3,400
>their commander has ridiculous personal combat skill, something like 18, mine is 6
>refusing to partake in obviously one sided duel forces craven trait

10/10

>>147697298
t. genghis

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wew

>>147697054
How am I supposed to play it, like its CK2 where I can only take a province every 10 years?

>>147694560
Don't form germany. Actually give up a lot of your german lands, be the great civilizer of the slavs and balts.

>>147697403
genghis was based

>Play fascist France allied with Italy with the intent of fighting Germany
>Soviet union declare war on Poland
>Poland joins allies
>Germany declare war on the soviet union
>Japan joins in
>soviets losing a two front war hard
>Panic and declare war on Germany
>Allies declare war on me
>Fight UK and Germany at the same time
>2 year later, I've beaten germany and taken most of it
>AMERICA HAS JOINED THE ALLIES
>Fight Naval invasions for years
>Invade the UK
>Soviets declare war on me
>3 way war for a decade years, no side can get an advantage because then the other attacks it
>Every belligerent has millions of casualties after nearly a decade of trench warfare

What have I done.

>>147697495
>putting women on the frontline
>enhanced cucking mechanics
Yep, this looks like post 2012 paradox.

I haven't played HoI4 because I'm not a paradrone, is it as bad as everyone says? I hear France is hardcoded never to expand past Alsace-lothringen, even if the German defences are empty, is that true?

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Does the HOI3 tutorials help

I just wanna play as Japan and use my Shipgirls

>>147698776
HoI3 is cancer for autists. Darkest hour is better because it has fun political stuff but less provinces.

For reference, Wales is 16 provinces in HoI3.

>>147698362
Why would the French leave their defensive position just to get inevitably pushed back by the Germans again?
If thats how the game worked then it would create a strategy of just grinding down the French army.

>>147698985
>why would a country take territory from a country it was at war with
really makes you think..

>>147694321
No, not on my end at least; it'll end when CK2 does. I wouldn't mind if an anon took up an EU4 continuation, though.

>>147699201
>you want another man to play YOUR game
top kek

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>playing the Space Jew

>>147699412
>grand strategy games

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>>147698776

>HOI3 tutorials

They're famously useless. Here are few pointers:

>never have any wasted IC
>industrial efficiency, agriculture, the 4 infantry techs, the 2 infantry doctrines, and organization command structure should always be up to date no matter what cunt you're playing
>ships don't upgrade except for their Anti-Air, you have to build new ones
>sell supplies to the USA and USSR to make money that you can trade for resources, also from USA and USSR

Really HOI3 is complicated enough that you just have to play it and lose a lot to know what's going on. You could watch marco on youtube or something but you wouldn't understand most of what he's going and he's pretty gamey anyway.

Good luck TTK.

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>>147699464
Check the OP, fagmaster

>>147699057
You're actually retarded.
Ever heard of the Phoney War?
Also an empty border is obviously a trap by German player, this was probably a programming shortcut to make sure German players couldn't bait French troops into west Germany and away from their forts.

>>147699765
>Ever heard of the Phoney War?
>germany had no troops on the french border from 1940

>Also an empty border is obviously a trap by German player, this was probably a programming shortcut to make sure German players couldn't bait French troops into west Germany and away from their forts.
It's lazy programming is what it is. Even when Germany goes to war with the USSR and has zero troops guarding France they literally can not advance, at all.

>>147684770
That's the best fun you can get out of that game

>>147684675
There's a special localisation file for foci. Have you changed that as well?

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>try out NWO
Fun ideas but this thing is such a mess
>mfw cannot even form Arabia before 90s

>>147700143
DH or V2?

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>>147699924
It seems like the way they have hardcoded France is that they will only advance if the Benelux countries have been invaded, or if British or American divisions are there pushing along the frontline as well.
If you were a French commander and see the Germans pull all their forces away from the Siegfried line, would you advance? Remember, you're sitting in a defensive structure that was designed to be impenetrable, and advancing would put you into enemy territory and you have no information on where the German divisions are.

>>147699765
Well its broken, I have seen Denmark capture Grmany with 6 divisons because they were all on the SOV border

>>147700256
V2, dont think Arabia works properly in NWO.

Its formeable in Keissereich though

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>>147700281
>If you were a French commander
Not a good way to phrase any strategic question

>>147699765
>bait French troops into west German
Disgusting. I'd rather breach the Maginot line with a million dead than let a single french soldier step on german soil

>>147700281
If I was a French commander I'd leave the maginot line defended AND advance, with the order for a full retreat in the event of any engagement, anywhere.

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>>147700586
>march
>with sluggish defensive forces
>into LMG mobility based army
>German-French border has undefended spots

If i were you i would kill myself

Can we agree that Vicky 2 is the easiest and best Grand Strategy

>>147700281
AI only push into defensive position when they completed planning

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I've been increasing tension since day 1, and there's only been 3 crisises over my cores. And I've lost every one.

Is this normal? Three times during a span of 20 years seem like really few considering there were NO other crisises during that time, so I just sat at 100 flashpoint tension for about 7 years at a time.

Also is it normal that almost everyone buddies up with the Ottomans?

>>147696867
4 cav is overkill unless you also have at least 8-10 inf. Being that small, affording cav is harder than affording inf, and you want extra inf to detach for sieges or to maintain width without taking penalties for damaged regiments.

I do the following.
>50% cav ratio and at least 8 inf is 4 cav
>60% cav ratio and at least 10 inf is 6 cav
>Final base regiments are either 16 inf 4 cav or 12 inf 8 cav respectively.
Anything with a cav ratio beyond 60% is dependent on income rather than optimal army numbers.

For the 60%ers I'll even increase the cav numbers if I decide to go full cav combat ability bonus like with poland, quality, aristocratic, and the noble loyalty act.

For artillery I don't add more than 1 per army until tech 10 minimum, normally tech 13. But at that point I add them as I can afford them while increasing infantry numbers to protect them.

>>147702757
Everyone buddies up with the Ottomans when you're playing someone who will be fighting the Ottomans. Just seems to be something spooky in the game.

Also, you'll get the chance to get your cores, worry not...

How can you change culture in EU4 if seperatists never go away

>>147704727
They do after like 30 years

>>147704727
Should of've picked humanist :^)

How do I get into ROTK, and which should I start with?

>>147705332
Do not pursue LuBu

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This Germany is out of control.

>>147705332
XI

If you bring (let's say) your tanks to a reliability of 75 due do variations and add a maintenance company, it will never break down by itself, right. There's also no point to improve it beyond 100%.

>>147706556
Yes

>>147706613
Thanks.

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>>147706253
>poland
>existing
Not out of control enough

>>147706253
How the hell does Poland exist, and so large?

>>147706253
that Denmark is better

>/gsg/ is ded
>only posts are hoi4
Reddit truly won.

>>147706982
The threads are still mostly vic2 and ckii dominated you nigger

>>147706982
So? Reddit is based

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why are paradox maps so shit?

>>147707290
90% desert

>>147707290
Why do Australians use a cheap version of UK's flag if they're much bigger than them?

>>147707290
I don't get it
ploise expline

>>147707290
Looks small because it's not upside down

>>147707524
Australia is small in Paradox games due to map projections.

>>147706649
>>147706698
>>147706751
7 years war mod.

Austria went full grossgeraniums.

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Time to bring out the nukes I guess?

>>147707884
Is Germany's capital in fucking Siberia?

>>147707290
> what is projection

>>147708070
>what is the original point

>>147708070
>>147708132
>who are you quoting?

>>147708275
t. meneth

>>147708320
What is a "meneth"?

>>147708356
you don't know our sekkrit club maymays, be gone outsider normie
REEEE

>>147708070
bfy(dot)tw/6d7J

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Is there any way at all to hide levy numbers and stats in ck2? I feel like this would add a lot to the game, because as it stands already knowing all of these things about everyone just feels real fucking dumb.

>>147708813
If you want realism you would have to hide like half of the game desu

Do you still remember when you could shame people with 'lurk more'?

>>147708965
Those are the biggest offenders imo, and it's not exactly realism I'm after but a sense of challenge. Can't make the AI better at the game, and upping the difficulty feels dumb too, without even making it that much harder. So I was hoping that hiding somebody's stats/levies would add an element of uncertainty so I don't walk into every war knowing what to expect and knowing for absolute sure that I'll always win no matter what.

>>147709078
Nope I don't remember that :)

Does it count as cheating if I the only thing I do is reduce infamy.

>>147709078
Do you still remember when Pepe was happy?

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>tfw you run out of reforms your people want

Why does militancy rate so consistently achieve +.1-.9 per month in the later stages of my playthroughs? Even with social reforms/social spending and even when I just sit on my cores as the extent of my expansion. It seems like the AI has problems with it too.

Militancy is way too big of an issue later-game, how can I fix this?

On an unrelated note forming India is nearly impossible

>>147709301
Do you remember when he was called sadfrog?

How in the sam hill are you supposed to win HoI IV? I've been slogging through a Germany run for hours now. I finally cleaned out Western Europe and took Britain, but the war just won't end. How can Canada and Australia possibly think that defeating me is possible at this point? Do I have to go and invade North America before they'll capitulate?

>>147709309
>Complaining about social unrest in a period characterized by social unrest and revolution
top kys

>>147709371
Do you remember when he was called foul bachelor frog?

>>147709413
>gommies and fascists conquer india every game
>realistic
also
>kys
hang yourself

>>147707290
>Reality is not an argument

Also, whiz basically answered this question with
>why should we bother
and
>it would be too complicated for players

>>147709530
>Ask stupid question
>Get btfo'd
>Cry
t o p
o
p

>>147709376
Do you have the latest patch? As soon as I finish France, Britain and the Raj the Allies capitulate provided the USA doesn't enter the war.

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How is this possible?

>>147709309
play as sikh its easy

>>147710002
denuvo

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>>147708813
Anybody?

>>147710028
But Hoi4 doesn't have Denuvo

>>147709620
Not the same guy bichboi

>>147709309
Their needs and unaccapted pops affect it. If they can't get most of their needs met(aka if you're taxing them too much with good tax efficiency) and they're unacappted, you'll have lots of revolts. Also are you playing with a mod? Militancy is usually high in late game because the economy gets broken

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I love it when Paradox games go historical but not really at the same time.

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What now? How do I fight the rapestack that is ming/korea? Ming warned me so I cant take Haixa or Burrito.

>>147710808
Why does Castille still exist

>>147710808
What's with Portuguese Colombia and Caraibas?

>>147710856
Aragon is best buddies with France.

>>147710002
it was #1 top sellers earlier
Its because youtube channel YogsCast started a series on Hoi4. They have 7 million subscribers so I'm sure many of those saw them playing the game and decided to just do an impulse purchase.

>>147710824
Wait til they fall apart. Or atleast hope for it.

>>147710808
Who made mexico?

>>147710002
Chinese and Russians are eating is up Plus its a really fun game. I just wish there were more national focuses and an espionage system.

>>147710909
>this is paradox's new fanbase

>>147711074
> spoiler
D L C
L
C

>>147711074
>Plus its a really fun game.
GO BACK NOW REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>147711067
Holland. They never joined the Republic

>>147711209
Ehh, I Kinda wish they added a historical focus to EU4. And then again, seeing at how bad it works in HOI4, it wouldn't do shit.

>>147707368
Utterly wrekt.

Now you must respond Aussies.

>>147711141
treeeeeeeeeddit

>>147711249
I imagine they have to be looking at gearing up for EU5 soonish, EU4 is just held together by a series of hacks onto an old version of their current engine and it's really showing these days.

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>>147710824
No sir I dont understand.

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Anyone know how to find provinces that named different from what they are in game

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My peasants live like kings.

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>>147711542
Hey guys, thanks for showing up. Im trying to rush to max out my ideas so I can reform the government.

>>147711857
You could look in the localization files or you could just open the console and type provid

>>147711941
>Radical Party
>Anarcho-Liberals
>Taking Radical Yugoslavians stream group this far

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kek

>>147712173
Steam*
i should probably go to sleep

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>>147712085
>ITS HAPPENING

>>147712093
It worked, thanks

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Fuck off Hitler :)

>>147712506
How?

>>147708813
Hiding stats I can understand, but why levy numbers?

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>>147712563
I denied the remilitarization of Rhineland, the eternal anglo refused to make a stand with me, which triggered the war and a civil war with the gommies

>>147712624
I don't want to know when I have the troops to beat someone outright. I want to be forced to guess if I have enough, or whether somebody's been weakened by war or whatever. It seems like the biggest offender to me in terms of "shit that I shouldn't know about"

Is it possible to do either? I've been waiting for an answer to start a new campaign.

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I fucking hate italy

>>147712803
http://www.oneguytoomanygames.com/2012/02/crusader-kings-2-simple-ui-mod-to-hide.html
That exists for the stats, so it might be similar for the levies. I can't imagine the interface would look pretty though.

>>147712674
>>147712506
Nice cheating bruh, that's not doable with France's starting equipment/production capacity

>>147713037
hah, butthurt
http://imgur.com/a/MAdZu

>>147713289
Where'd all those factories magically come from? Did you just build military factories? How'd you get 110 by November?