im making one because its seems the other threads are just shittposting by haters


how can i force a puppet to create beneficial companies?
as germany i released bohemia and saxony in hopes of making fertilizer, glass and steel prestige goods
but ai just made yet another generic coal companies and saxony didnt do anything.
i made sure to build the prerequisites 5 factories for it, but it seems ai is just god awful.

How's the new DLC, worth reinstalling the game over?

>>2100554
It added Vicky 2's world market. It single-handedly fixed the game and turned it into what it should have been on release. I recommend Belgium to test out the new mechanics. They are cracked.

>>2100257 (OP)
Why does wine suck so much in comparison to coffee and tea?

im shilling this mod just because i hate the tediousness of state management and poor ai factory scaling

it just bundles several states into a consolidated, merging pops and natural resources.
americas east coast is stupid.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3371693463&searchtext=state+modifiers

>>2100841
Did they nerf it again?
I saw some people saying it was too good because it fulfils both intoxicants and luxury drinks.

If I understand the wiki
>Intoxicant: weight 25%, max 25%
>Luxury drink: weight 33%, max 33%
wine is inherently shit because it can only fulfil needs partially and it needs to be overproduced to be consumed... which probably causes a feedback loop/death spiral. That explains my experience with it being worthless.

And the obsession mechanics imply
>unprofitable to service your own obsession
>no new wine obsessions can be created naturally

>new dlc comes out
>decide to finally pirate and try vic3 out
>prussia->grossgermania ofc.
>take holstein, wait for truce and take schleswig
>help out sweden against russia, get them into zollverein
>austria chimps out in italy
>break the holy alliance with them, wait for truce and launch german leadership play
>win war as all their forces were still in italy
>form north german confederation and instantly click to form germany
>also get all of Austria (but not southern german states??)
I don't think this is good game design. First I fight the Austrians and with one click I annex their entire empire?

>>2100657
>It added Vicky 2's world market.
Wow it only took them….. I dont remember how long it’s been….
>inb4 they add Victoria 2s combat into vic 3 next year

>>2101305
not too different from how it works in vic2

>>2101305
I don't... remember it being like that...
>>2101312
>add world market
>all trade ships and ports are still state owned/funded
>trade still doesn't care about distance, just if you're in the same state
>it's still easier to trade with another country than a different state in the same country
>autarky is still the economic model of the game
>local prices still ruin profitability and still results in no-one being paid to transport goods internally; money is burned
Fundamentally the game still doesn't work.

>>2101305
I don't think you had high enough opinion with the southern states for them to support you as unification candidate.

>>2101305
u need every single state to be on amicable with you to form.
easiest is demand obligation from them via treaty,
giving them military support and investment rights u can get +1 tick every 66 days to 80

>>2100554
the added roleplay elements make the game fun to play through, just don't play minors yet, relying on AI for diplo plays and wars is still cancer