Thread 725252220

ASK ME ANYTHING. I beat my first game as Hungary. I won by finishing as super power.

Here's my review.

Pros:
>game is very fun and has tons of variety depending on what you want to play
>mechanics go very in-depth, but it is not punishing if you don't want to engage with them. I loved the Columbus exchange mechanic, but I couldn't engage it with a lot besides planting tobacco and chili in Hungary
>there are tons of little details everywhere, a playthrough can take easy 30-40 hours, and I think I only discovered the parliament discussion menu around 1760 (and by accident)
>warfare is very fun, the huge map could nearly allow you to larp as Napoleon moving 120 thousand corps in battles all over the place

Cons:
>the AI is not aggressive enough. Ottomans failed to conquer Byzantium, the russian states are still slaves to the Golden Horde even when they outgun them
>Castille gave up the reconquista, France invaded Iberia, then France collapsed
>too many tiny states everywhere in late game, even when everybody has the imperialism and nationalism casus belli unlocked
>"french revolution" failed to trigger
>there was no "thirty years war"
>the great power of Europe was Hungary and Poland, allowed to fester without the threat of the HRE, the Ottomans and Russia
>definitely they need an aggression patch
>it was nice to see revolutions all over the New World, like historically, but since there was no Napoleon, Spain just beat them

81/100 -> Too time-consuming, needs a 1600s start. Mechanics are in-depth, but you don't really need to engage with them to win.

>>725252220 (OP)
Some neat details that I have never seen commented:

>late game combat changes dramatically from early and mid-game combat due to tech and army sizes changing
>armies can take prisoners, then you can either ransom or try to hire those prisoners as mercenaries
>some nations have unique technology
>you can later on in the game try to unify some culture groups through cosmopolitan education and state policy
>the main hindrance to war is that if your enemy has colonies, you can conquer them whole and only get 50% warscore
>too many wargoals are barricaded from you with >100+ warscore demand, there is no true unconditional surrender
>there are very interesting mechanics to countries under personal union, which includes laws between them, I was at one point in a commonwealth with Hungary-Poland-Bulgaria-Lithuania
>pic related was the final map, but don't let it fool you: France was once almighty before it collapsed due to a civil war, the big Russia-like Ruthenia does not pack any punch, the Balkans looked ugly as hell and I had to fight multiple wars to expel every single colony because it seemed like all of Italy was playing tall
>with advancements in medicine, ruler life expectancy grows, and by the end of the game your rulers can get really old

Are we really back to EU3 tier bordergore?

>>725252774
what the fuck is that map

I tried the game and it's laggy af

i can't even begging to think how slow it gets once your blob up as ryukyu

>>725252220 (OP)
Sure, I have a few questions. I've been playing this game for a while but I'm not really sure if I understand how to earn money and create control. I'm playing as Austria right now and I've got my starting land plus Tyrol and Salzburg as a vassal. I'm doing okay but I feel like my control is total dogshit, I've got basically nothing outside of my capital. I'm investing in roads, bailiffs, and temples but it doesn't seem to do much, especially considering the cost. I'm upgrading RGOs and buildings in high control areas around my capital but it doesn't seem to move the needle much and I'm not making a lot of money. Is it normal to feel like you have zero control for a lot of the game? I'm maybe 1/100th of the size of the historical Austrian Empire by now and further conquest or vassal integration seems genuinely pointless. And investments to make money seem pointless because of the lack of control. I only made it to the late 1300s, does it get much better and if so, when?

Also, since you played Hungary, are there any special events for Austria or do I just have to keep marrying into Hungarian families and hope to get a Personal Union?

>>725257841
What year? You get tech that allows control to spread further.

>>725258373
I don't remember the exact year but it's around 1395. IIRC I have Professional Armies and Banking embraced, and I'm waiting on Renaissance since it doesn't seem to be spreading much. Maybe a better question to ask would be; what should my average control look like in every century?

>>725252220 (OP)
i despise the ugly ck3 portraits and i will not be buying this game but i am playing it right now great work op! great stuff, loved the read, congrats!

>>725252220 (OP)
Cool, so 3 years?

Also how the fuck do you effectively grow population? I've dug through the menus to find average per-province pop growth modifiers and despite having cheap food and available land I get like 200 new people a month in a country of 1 million+.

>>725252220 (OP)
Yeah it sure seems like fun and immersive experience selecting from different menu screens and spreadsheets all day. boring shit for autistic weirdos.

Game is a simulator which parameters the "player" modifies via an awkward and annoying user interface. That's about summarizes these games.
It's not immersive or engaging at all. I'd rather play with tin soldiers, that's way more interesting and engaging than paradox games.