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>>43037204My fish wife!
Today I will remind them
Recommendations for HOI4 starters?
How do you hold a gun with hooves?
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>>43037208This submod is cooked
What templates do you guys normally use?
speaking of cooked submods, what's going on with redux?
>>43037881
I'll be hosting an game this Sunday at 18:30 CET.
>>43038442What redux, what are they reworking?
>>43037418Any major. Changeling lands/Equestria/Griffon empire (not the Lord Protector route)/Aquileia
What happened to the general, why is it so slow?
>>43038251Chaotic selection of shit that i desperately hope works.According to the game the war is going in my favour, but my massive loss of land leads me to believe otherwise.(Before you ask, no i cant post from the laptop. It refuses to connect to the village wifi.)
>>43039545If it just got an update maybe everyone is busy playing.
>>43039545the latest update seems to be somewhat poorly received but I think the real reason is that mod development for hoi4 in general has slowed to a crawlwe're getting april fools paths at the same rate that the mod is getting actual updates
Posada deserves lots of kisses
When did you tune out of the mod /mlp/, when did it lose you?
>>43039960I cant understand why. The update is great.
>>43038949The lobby is up! Game will be starting at 18:30!ID: 90281639526582297PW: /mlp/Mods: Equestria at War, Player Led Peace Conferences, State Transfer Tool MPHotjoin and coop will be on.
>>43039769That is an impressively bad division man...
>>43040404It was a steady process over time. I always had the issue of how much of the mod is about modernization and industrialisation. I always wanted the setting to be more fantastical and have actual ideologies that would come to exist in fantastical setting, not just copy paste of irl ideologies (especially when they dont even copy anything interesting). There are some dropplets of greatness I like from new updates that being Polar Bears, Azir, Zrantia, Tobuck and Sirens. But every single one of those there is more commie and liberal wank.
>>43040865>But every single one of those there is more commie and liberal wank.Well, sorry they aren't Nazi and right wing wank.
>>43040912*there
>>43040912There is a nazi wank both in Changelingia and in Hellquil. You retard.And I literally said, I dont want some copy-paste of irl ideologies, but a world that feels more fantastical. Learn to read, idiot.
>>43040965You do realize it's impossible to ask for "fantastical" idelogies, right?
>>43040979That is literally wrong. There are plenty of games or stories that do it.
>>43040998They all base their ideologies on existing ones, they just twist/change some stuff or change names.
>>43041011Yes, and? That is what I meant by actually making something that feels fantastical. There are plenty of niche ideologies and philosophical concepts that would work great in a fantasy setting. But in most cases, they just do the most mainstream liberal or commie shit.
>>43041015Like what? Even fictional settings have in-universe material conditions.Often, even the commies aren't Marksist-Stallionists, but instead weird ideologies like Posadism.The Dread League get lots of manpower, Greneclyf and Firtree get debuffs to some research types, etc.
>>43040404After playing through basically every tag and route and realising that there are only a handful of actually decent tags, while the rest just exist to be eaten by someone else.
>>43037204cozy glow when
>>43039769>mot arty and arty...
>>43040404The gameplay of 'turn red modifiers green' gets boring after a while and it feels like most of the nations in the setting don't really take advantage of the fantasy setting they are in
>>43041228
>>43039769Line arty usually isnt very good. I dont think theres much of a point in making 2 of them motorized. I'd say it needs more org.
>>43041015They also have crazy fantasy stuff.
>>43039769>support artgood>field hospitalsbeginner's trap that don't provide the benefit you think they do>towed art with motorized artno point. a unit is only as fast as its slowest division, and the benefit to reinforce rate from division speed doesn't justify the extra production cost of motorized artillery
>>43041675Hospitals are great.
>>43041157I need her.
>>43041939>>43041157Based
hmm
>>43042103Chrysalis?Gytha and Chrysalis would be very distant cousins.
>>43042114would be kino, but it was actually just her kiriaboo aunt
right now I'm trying the Greneclyf Redux submod and I had to whore out my lings in a river federation treaty port to solve a love famineare jagers any good? I've never used them
What happened to the Red Typhoon mod anyways?
>>43042293It rebranded as "Countdown to Midnight"It's still being worked on, they updated it last month.
the AI somehow has dragged out the Great War to 1015
I decided to check the casualties
>>43042395>>43042398it looked like it could go either way still since both factions are somehow advancing on eachother's capitals but I think Equestria is doomed since Wingbardy just joined in
my final campaign post I make for the Greneclyf submodit wasn't worth the waitthe mod started out like a visual novel with a bunch of events then the amount of events reduced dramatically after I dealt with the famine but nothing else was really going on despite thatit took me until 1019 to unite the Riverlands and the only wars I fought were towards the end when Nimbusia, Lake City, and Deponya declined the federationthough I think the Riverlands in general just kind of sucks as an area, maybe it would have been more entertaining if I set the AI nations to try and kill each otherthere was another side to the focus tree to try and overthrow Chrysalis across the Ocean but it was locked behind having finished the River Federation stuffalso the new naval dominance/naval supply range system in the latest DLC is total aids, what were they thinking?
>>43042582Yea, the problem with Greneclyf. There's just too little action. Its boring.Its why Lan Kir is still great.
>>43042609What's up with them, they got updated?
>>43042609>SHIT Kir out of nowhereThe update was shit, deal with it
>>43042611It is a nice comparison, and the update is great.
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>>43042395Damn, they almost conquered each others capital. Who won?
>>43042398puerto caballo tree when?
>>43040845I realise this, i require an educational chastising.>>43041228>>43041389I see now how that was stupid, i was just thinking more artillery would be better regardless of what kind it was.>>43041675I did watch a tutorial that also said field hospitals are shit, I'll try a different support company next time.
What's the best division template to use as Nightmare Moon>never bought the DLCs
>>43037204>I'm going to ACK myself for executing bat ISIS!
>>43043428>bat ISISIt is actually Bat Chaos Marines, newfag-kun
>>43042854Chrysalis won in the end, but she had no ponypower for the garrisons after demobilizingI didn't play much further after I united the Riverlands>>43042609I'll try Lan Kir nextit seems divisive>>43043112her armies were pretty standard when I last played her, just make sure you put mage companies in everything and go down the magical supremacy side of the tech treeonce you have 20+ civilian factories building stuff and not stolen by the consumer goods factor I would just start spamming mils so you can get the equipment you wantpegasi are decent but special forces in general require a lot of support equipment in this mod which is a bigger investment than it looksfor your infantry just do 9 infantry battalions with engineers, arty, AA, and magesmake sure you build enough fightersplanes are more important than tanks in singleplayer, and if you decide to build tanks before the great war then I would just mix medium SPGs with pegasi (12 pegasi battalions + 6 medium SPGs)it is difficult to get the industry for actual motorized/mech divisions before dealing with Chrysalis and the breakawaysmedium flamethrower tanks and assault engineers are the best support companies you can put on your tank divisions but I wouldn't bother going out of your way to get them before the Great War if your focus tree doesn't give you a land facility for free, since you are better off just building more factories imo
>>43043508>>43043428What kind of lore have I been missing? I thought they were thestral ultranationalists
>>43043513good division.
>>43043516>thestral ultranationalistsThey aren't. They are literally fanatical Nightmare Moon worshipers. And they will not stop at anything to see her restored as rightful ruler. They are literally willing to shed any sort of morality to achieve that goal too.
something feels really off about the new Celestia portrait but I can't put it into words
>>43043978What?
>>43043978Left: natural diffuse sunlight.Right: sharp shadows, muddy dark background. She's in a bunker, the source of light is a lightbulb hanging from the concrete ceiling.The crown, on the other hand, is worse on the old portrait, if wrong on both. It's not where the right half of her skull is, you ABSOLUTE DIPSHITS.
>>43043978old needs her ear hair trimmed badly
>>43043048>I did watch a tutorial that also said field hospitals are shit, I'll try a different support company next time.Trickleback from field hospitals only really benefits infantry pushes, which is one of the least efficient and costly things you can do. The bonus HP does help if you max out the template with infantry due to how HP works.Hospitals are more justified on tank divisions or other spearheads due to the EXP loss mitigation, and the fact they obviously take a lot of damage in the first place.
Has anyone written any greens set in EaW?
>>43043508I thought that the Maarite Cultists were Chaos Marines, or are they just generic devil worshippers?
Billions...
>>43044785WESTFALEN
I saved those dirty backstabbing Griffons from Stalliongrad as Equestria and this is how they repay me.This is literally the stab in the back.
>>43045060Didn't even know that they can join that faction.
>>43045060How? Who do they have as their leader?
>>43045060They are griffons, what else would you expect from them but betrayal
>>43044642Maarites are literally Luciferians, they even believe that Maar was the one who has given the griffons their souls.
>>43045451I had assumed that the Maarite Cultists were the Chaos Marines because of the Warhammer 40K April Fools event.
>>43045447I'd at least expect them to be smart enough to realize changelings can never be trusted.
>>43045669To be fair, it is not that dumb. Changelings will be busy putting down and dealing with pony resistance. Which gives them more time to subjugate the north and eventually form their West Griffonian Empire.
>>43045683The 5d chess. Like people who support the Legion specifically because it'll collapse.
WE ARE LEGION
>>43045747I wonder who could be behind this post
>>43045687That's just collapsoids.
William Steelbeak is based.
>>43045303>>43045324I genuinely didn't know either, it may have been the submod since I was playing Project Phoenix.The leader was Highhill, I took out Stalliongrad while Nova was having its civil war which prevented the communists from winning.
>>43045060>>43046397Same anon here, the Griffons joining the war actually wasn't too detrimental because the AI didn't have an army ready on the border yet while I had a bunch of infantry queued up in training so I just deployed them on the border and stole the line of forts they built from them to hold them off with while I focused on the bugs.Most of my losses in the war were just right at the start because I forgot to build AA for piercing so the changeling tanks got a good first push in before I encircled them all.It helped that I was already built up from my own civil war and abusing SPG + Pegasus divisions.
>>43046397Highhill gets wargoals on Yakyakistan, the Polar bears, the Penguins, and the Griffon Frontier. Were one of these in your faction?Also, helping the traitors against the republicans as Equestria is retarded. The commies side with the harmonists in the civil war.
>>43046447The submod I was using for Equestria pitted me against Stalliongrad pretty early and they were already involved in Nova's civil war when it happened. Celestia was feeling very vengeful by that point.None of those other minors were in my faction so my intent behind helping Nova was to use them as a land buffer when the lings invaded.It didn't really matter in the end since I was able to hold them off pretty easily.
>>43040404I am gonna be a contrarian and say current Equestria is THE ONLY good pony nation. When they rework they will lose me.My reasoning is simple: hoi4 is a war game, Equestria's tree is perfectly designed to wage a war. There. No need for garbage mentally ill writing from pathetic failed males on discord.Every single other race no longer has a nation worth playing. All jew griffon lovers had their nation turned into trash with pathetic narratives. Even Verany becomes boring after 1 playthrough. All slavic Ponies are garbage, and the only nation worth playing which was Lake City will be reworked into a democracy and economics simulator. Cat lovers literally have a garbage nation with a depression simulator and an ugly cat named GOMEZ, fucking gomez, latinx devs with the surnamed gomez just put their surname as one of the main characters of EaW. Dog lovers too have lost bronzehill, the whole reason to play bronzehill was to get leaders with Dog themed parodies of real people, with amazing names like Rosey Luxembark or my favorite, Ernst Thalpoodles. Like holy shit, how could the devs ruin something so difficult to ruin, all they need to do was update gameplay and keep the names. The ruiined gameplay and ruined the characters. Literal retarded filth the bunch of EaW devs, all of themAnd the one I hate the most, colthage being mexico instead of carthage. Something the devs themselves have defended when it released. Colthage for no fucking reason is about zebra mexico, not zebra carthage despite the name. If that doesn't bother you, you have no soul.
>>43046703TRVTHNUKE
>>43046703>Cat lovers literally have a garbage nation with a depression simulator and an ugly cat named GOMEZ, fucking gomez, latinx devs with the surnamed gomez just put their surname as one of the main characters of EaWplus cuckshit
>>43046703Exactly.
>>43046703What are your thoughts on the Changelings? I find it interesting that they get a grand war and a novel at the same time
>>43046703A lot of other nations are great.
>>43047012Like what? The Griffonian Republic is being nerfed into the ground because the devs have the ideology of "big country bad", while Kiria is just 3.5 years of developing a shithole followed by a nice big war.
>>43046703>My reasoning is simple: hoi4 is a war game ... No need for garbage mentally ill writing from pathetic failed males on discord.truclear bomb right hereI actually didn't mind Zongo and its minigame since they lead into lots of wars but how are you supposed to replay countries like that? All of those events, even if they're written perfectly and the stories are all amazing (most of them aren't) are only good ONCE. The prospect of having to click through them again is what KEEPS ME FROM REPLAYING THOSE NATIONS.
Chrysalis bros...
>>43047081when I boot up Austria in vanilla, I don't need to do twenty focuses about how Kurt Schuschnigg wakes up in the morning and goes to work. I'm not bombarded by events about how my actions affect the lives of Austrian peasants. I don't need to wait three years and then deliberately lose to Hitler to unlock some super secret Austromarxist path, it's available to me from the get-go.And being a communist actually matters because you know what else vanilla does better than almost any mod? Foreign policy and ideologies. HoI4 modders cream their pants over having a hundred obscure subideologies but none of this has any relevance to the game. In vanilla, fascist countries have an incentive to send volunteers to other fascist countries at war because the escalating tension will eventually result in a world war and you'll need all the allies that you can get. In EaW, faction building is turned off by default so being an anarcho-monarchist with Griffonian characteristics matters fuck all.
Can the AI actually recover if you do this to them? Should I catch and release?
>>43037418Wingbardy is the best starter nation. A series of wars gradually escalating in difficulty, with the Empire being the final boss, and Asterion being that one piece of shit that throws you for a loop.
>>43039200Commie nations. They're working on Stalliongrad and Pryhwen.
>>43042398>6m casualties on EquestriaHow is it even possible? Are you using just pure infantry or something?
>>43043428She executes them either way, she acks herself for doing it with monstrous cruelty of the Imperial Japan tier.
>>43047165I wasn't playing Equestria that was the AI, I was Greneclyf when I took that screenshot
>>43043978I don't like the eyelashes.
>>43045303>>43045324I've had that happen in non-historical. One of the leaders has an option to beg changelings for help in the civil war, and if they do, they're called in against Equestria later. I don't remember who.
>>43047167I'm talking about the previous one, where the choice is between releasing Chiropterra as a puppet, doing deradicalisation programs (basically increased compliance and reduced resistance), or executing the terrorists. Both the second and the third option give guilt-tripping events, while the third option also results in Posada killing herself and effectively ends your focus tree there.Executing them using radiation is messed up even if you understand that total Chiropterran death is the correct option.
>>43047273I've done a Posada run very recently, but I don't remember that. Oh well, my Posada run was funny anyway, the Chiropterra I've ended up beating was Carrot Stick's.
>>43046703They took Kimball Barking-Sun from us. I love EAW for what it is, but they're definitely not perfect and out of touch with their players. Let us be autistic faggots about the game.
>>43047287He's still there, he's just renamed. So is Churchill and Rosey. Now, the dog dev might be autistic and renamed them for odd reasons, but Bronzehill is one of the best nations in the mod, so I think he can be forgiven.
>>43047287>Kimball Barking-SunGod damn it. I've seen that portrait a lot, but I only just realised that it's a Kim Il-Sung joke.
>>43047287Communist?
>>43047919Yes. Bronzehill are so loyal to the Grover dynasty that even their commies are monarchists.
>>43048121I think that is perfectly logical.
>>43046703>Translation: I like shitty Equestria nation. Cause muh lik war. Even though HoI4 always sucked at being a war game.
>>43048576HOI4 is a great wargame.
>>43048591>HOI4 is a great wargame.Said nobody with a serious face ever.
>>43048618Except me, apparently. It is unironically better then most wargames.
>>43048591HOI4 would be great if you could actually produce historical amounts of equipment fielded
>>43046703You are wrong. Equestria is severly outdated. It was designed around the Great War when the mod was just Equus and the Great War was the main content of the mod.But since then the scope of the mod has grown, and it is greatly insufficient nowadays to provide the same level of fun.
>>43048645I'd still say its better then most other wargames with equipment production. Besides, that hardly applies to EAW.
The Great War is too easy for Equestria now imo anyways.You have a bunch of OC nations in Griffonia and Zebrica spiking world tension constantly so you can get your military reform before the Changelings even line up on your border since you will get war support from it.
>>43048665Eh, not really. It was good back in the day when it was just Equus. But in context of wider content after Griffonia and Zebrica it certainly is outdated.
>>43048684You are retarded
>>43048687I agree.
Zongo is just a more boring version of Kiria, with only a few wars to spice it up.>AIslop writing>165156412315646511 zebras died during the construction>Progress continues>Did you know that lots of people died during the industrial revolution?
>>43048591Maybe 2 or 3, but not baby's mode 4
>>430487014 is the best in the series.
>>43048668It's old, but it's still fun. Compared to the weird AIslop mommy issues stuff that "modern" tags like Zongo have, it's much better.
>>43048778Just because it is better than Zongo, doesnt mean it holds up. Especially when I compare it to something like Sombra path.Now that is an old path that is still actually fun. And the party events for trying to bring him back still hold up and are far better than any modern events.
>>43048787Equestria is for playing defensively, since it starts weak and gets stronger, being a mashup of various Allied nations. The Griffonian Republic is for playing offensively, with a bit of cleanup at the start followed by lots of guilt-free warmongering. Kiria is for development fans, with a few years of building things followed by several wars.All of these still hold up. Everything else sucks.
>>43048825>it is this retard>literally defending an outdated nation in need of facelift
>>43048850>This nation is old and needs a rework>Therefore it has no redeeming qualities and the current retardation that the developers are forcing in is good
>>43048899>>43048850He BTFOd you there sparklefag
>>43048899>>43048904He literally didn't. If you call this "to btfo" then your standards are really low.First off all, we didnt really see much about actual EAW rework and how it will look.And second of all there is also Project Pheonix which improved Equestria (civil war path) quite a bit.
>>43048914>(civil war path)WHO CARESThis is not Equestria content. This shit is fucking worthless.A single electron being used on Equestria civil war content is an electron wasted. It would be better used by even the most savage tribesman to ever exist than that garbage.
>>43048914What we have seen of the rework so far sucks. Human writers can ramble, but there is usually some point that they are trying to get across. AI just spews out meaningless words.Project Phoenix is a good mod so far. I really like the idea of a Celestia that's clearly losing her mind without going full Daybreaker. The only problem is that for all the insanity and guilt-tripping, the end result is really just an authoritarian country like most democracies.
>>43048927>This is not Equestria content.You utter newfag. Civil War was a part of the fandom from the fucking beginning.
>>43048916Equestria is literally the continental hegemon, retard. The Changelings are just weak uppity retards that give it a wakeup call that it needs to modernise.
>>43048929>Project Phoenix is a good mod so far. I really like the idea of a Celestia that's clearly losing her mind without going full Daybreaker. The only problem is that for all the insanity and guilt-tripping, the end result is really just an authoritarian country like most democracies.Well, that is kinda the point. The final focus and event is literally about a cycle of 1000 years, starting anew.
>>43048914>that world tension iconfitting for Project Phoenix's Celestia actuallyI just wish the mod had other paths beyond the harmonic side of the civil war
>>43048942>fitting for Project Phoenix's Celestia actuallyThat is a different submod. I just really like it.
>>43048941No, I mean that I like the idea of a character that's crazy without being all "SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!", but this was underwhelming because life for the people is just business as usual for any citizen of an authoritarian democracy.
>>43048966As I said, it is clearly the point. It is about Celestia acting those 1000 years again, except (unlike before when she was trying to fill her broken heart with love for her subjects) she is now colder and more dictatorial (like Daybreaker Mother/protector light). The main focus the entire time is clearly on her inner suffering, which is literally spelt out to you in the final event.
>>43048989>Ermm I think Equestria should be allowed to win instantly and they should have infinite factories and they should also have the strongest army and andThank god you aren't a developer.
>>43049002Just admit that you hate the show, creaturefag
>>43049008Your cognitive dissonance is quite something. Project Pheonix Celestia literally subdued the creatures and put them rightfully under pony rule, because they need to be taught true ways of harmony and enlightened to give up their savage and barbaric ways.
>>43049002The fact that this is what you fags try to use as defense is greater proof of the TNO-ification of EAW than anything else. Zero argument, just pure distilled dishonesty to avoid confronting any criticism.
Lorewise, Chiropterra is quite possibly the most retarded nation in the setting, and their presence just makes Luna seem like a selfish bitch who had an actual following when she revolted (despite revolting over being sidelined and ignored) rather than Nightmare Moon being a crime of passion.You have these slavers on the coast next to Tobuck and Hippogriffia (both nations who have some diplomatic ties to Equestria) and nobody apparently knows they are there or has thought of actually dealing with them for the 1007 years they have been there.Chiropterra somehow does better work at spying on, leeching from, and destabilizing Equestria than the Changelings ever did.Somehow these slavers are totally secret despite raiding their neighbors for slaves constantly. They even somehow maintain an industrial economy and a modern combined-arms army in their hidden state, despite never engaging in outside diplomacy or trade (before 1007 anyways).
>>43048989EAW (especially the Great War) is literally just WW2 but in the MLP setting. If the cosmetics and voices didn't make it obvious, look at what the countries are actually doing. The Changelings (being insect Germany) are destroying their economy to manufacture weapons to steal everyone else's stuff. Everyone else is either dealing with internal issues or being normal countries. Equestria (being a mashup of the Allies) is gaining research slots, building civs, mils, railways, etc., and generally developing and building up for war. Stalliongrad (being a weird support tag version of the USSR) is dealing with the leftist infighting, modernising their agriculture, and doing the same as Equestria. The polar bears are at least trying to modernise so that they can put up some resistence to the Changelings. And so on.
>>43049053Chiropterra is just bat ISIS. Its neighbours know about it, but they are shitholes like Zarantia and Tobuck, so the weaker neighbours can't really put up a fight until later.
>>43049053makes sense
>>43049053Chiropterra is remnants of the civil war. It doesn't say anything about the extent of the following Luna had before Nightmare Moon. The civil war events both in NLR and in south east say much more about that. It makes an implication that she did have a following but not all batponies actually see her as Goddess or a leader. Which is highlighted by the fact that even if the bats win in the south, they can still choose to go their own independent way. Nightmare Moon is still very much a representation of Luna´s desire to be loved.
>>43049098I thought they were chaos marines, someone owes me an explanation
>>43049053There are retards out there who like this nation btw
>>43049144>The fact that there was a civil war means Luna had a not insignificant following.No, it doesn't. Civil War can be started with just a single cohort or legion of followers (literally how Romans did it). And she did lose. All it says is that she did have a certain amount of fanatical, dedicated followers. What Luna wanted was to be universally loved and accepted by ponies, not to be feared or shunned.Fur Celestia sake, we literally have two PMVs about this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4tyvJJzSDkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPjVCIX5Fvs&list=RDH4tyvJJzSDk
>>43049152And there is also a big difference between Luna and Nightmare Moon. Because Chiropterrans speciffically worship Nightmare Moon, and see Luna as a mere shell and prison of their Goddess.
>>43049140How? The "wholesome" Carrot Stick that's still a terrorist?
>>43049152>No, it doesn't. Civil War can be started with just a single cohort or legion of followersThen it either ends up as a coup or an easily crushed rebellion. Civil war doesn't happen without a substantial support base.>Fur Celestia sake, we literally have two PMVs about this.Lullaby for a Princess bends over backwards to paint Luna in a ridiculously, beyond undeservedly sympathetic light. And even it still doesn't present a case for a Luna who could or did inspire a civil war.
FAST
HOI4 is great, Chiropterra is fun and flavorful and the mod is a pony mod.
>>43049053Played a Solar Empire run to lategame and they're like the last free war goal focus so them and their allies were subjected to simultaneous thermonuclear strikes on capitals followed by full scale naval invasion. Deserved honestly.
the panthalassic submod still has no focus trees unfortunately, but I was in the mood for something similar to vanilla Japan so I'm just blobbing
>>43049911damn, that's a bummer. I hadn't played HOI4 in a year and decided to play again when I heard the panthalassic submod exists now from your comment.I'm just gonna play Lan Kir instead
>>43049799>Not nuking every single tile on Chiropterra with salted thermonuclear bombs
>>43049053They make sense and are well-written.
>>43043978i liek the new portraitI like how the shadows are tinted slightly red to denote stress, I like how her smile doesn't quite reach her eyes, denoted via the slightly hidden eyebrow in it's unraised position, and I like how her pupils-in comparison to Cadence-are more predatory by them being smaller, and more cat-shaped, likely to denote the Daybreaker side of her just under the vielnew portrait rules, oldfags drool
>Ponies? In my Griffonian Republican Pact? It's more likely than you think!
>>43050792So that's what happens now after Skyvania puppets the Northern Tribes and later gets eaten by the Griffonian Republic.I find it retarded how (as with Abyssinia) the developers act like people are too retarded to put a vote in a box every few years to decide who they want to rule them, despite the fact that in real life, democracy has existed for over 1,000 years even outside Europe.
>>43050794looks nice
>>43049799goodtotal thestral death
>>43051376No, there are bats who support harmony also solar rule
>>43051376No, just the Chiropterrans.>>43051478>>43051480Based.
>>43051480Good
>>43051376Why?
>>43051478>>43051480based
>>43051480Who is that?
>>43050794Nice!
>>43042173Haven't played EAW in a year and a half. There's finally some cool Greneclyf content?
>>43052484It's just a submod. The actual Greneclyf rework dev has basically just been inactive for years as far as I'm aware.
>>43051920thestrals are so-called 'nocturnal beings' in a SOLAR empire. they are clearly incompatiblethey probably commit a majority of the crimes too
>>43052805There are still loyal thestrals that aren't treasonous terrorist scum.
Stalliongrad is just a support tag, but it can feel like they were meant to be a hero tag when they show up halfway through the war with a hundred factories and lots of manpower.
>>43052905its a major from the getgo
>>43053128It's a "major", but it plays like a support tag.
The Arcturian Order is fun if you know what you're doing.
>>43053659I guess.
“Scorched Earth” 2.5.0.2 Additions: New cosmetic tags for Chisimbi unifiers. New equipment icons for Stalliongrad, Equestria and related countries. Added "Densely Populated Rural Area" modifier to highly populated, un-developed states. Aztlan: Added a decision to integrate the Crystal Empire if you own its land to account for them not having the chance to join you (willingly or otherwise). Karkadannistan: Tahmasp is now a field marshal. Lan Kir: New 'Lan Kir Above All' decision to guide gameplay. New focus about gliders. Tanaigha: Now starts with 10 Feathisian airplanes and an airport.
Changes: Arabia-League of Four Emirs war will be properly treated as a civil war. Adjusted victory points, starting factory locations, state categories, heightmap and terrain. More paths in Herzland can get access to the mandate decisions now. Enabled international market access for agrarian societies as well. Aztlan: Now you can see which Huey Tlatoani you are electing after establishing the Confederation of Equestrian Republics. Coltva: Replaced Stalliongrad event images with more appropriate ones. Haymirite Kingdom: Starts with some extra divisions. Imba-Zaru: Now starts industrialising instead of newly industrialised. Katzennia: The decision to boost Abyssinian agriculture now highlights the required states. "Begin Katzenification Protocols" renames major cities in conquered areas. The South Pole can now be turned into an Arcology and is renamed to Teho. Rearranged the focuses in the Equus and Griffonia conquest trees. "A Mountain of Iron, A Mountain of Steel" focus now provides resources in Griffonia rather than Zebrica. Adjusted the effects of several focuses. Flying Fortresses gives superheavy airframe. Towards the Sturmer strengthens railway guns. Queen over the Water gives transport tech bonuses. Purple Plague focus now only affects ponies All-Weather planes gives new effects. Rainbow of War gives operatives. Cracking open the mountain gives resources in Mt. Aris. Merged the two dragon-related focuses together. Switched "Tame the Dragons" to "Recognizing Prowess" to match the icon, now provides XP and Mastery. Merged the two Zebrican jungle-related focuses together. Switched "Through the Clearings" to be about railways after Zongo is conquered. Khamrin: Renamed communist country name.Lan Kir: Lan Kiran Satellite State Leaders will now turn nirik. Reduced surrender limit bonus. Cut political power cost of Lan Kir Long March decisions. Updated harmonic flag and changed country name. Avarice and Bloodlust now reduce war goal justification time, added more manpower to Prairie Spark's Long March Home. Updated the flag of the Lan Kiran Roam puppet state.Nova Griffonia: AI has a higher chance of going harmonic if there is a player in northern Equus.Zarantia: No longer instantly annexes Azir if it is a player.Zongo: Changed various event pictures.
Fixes: Fixed lakes in the Great Lakes region breaking frontlines. This required moving some provinces around, so southeast Zebrica now has two fewer and Polar Bears have two more provinces. Fixed some random AI path game rules not actually being random. Fixed River Coalition countries being able to join wars when they shouldn't if "No Compromise, No Surrender" DLC was enabled. If Zinder is exchanged when signing the Anti-Aris axis, any claim or core by the previous owner is now removed. Replaced vanilla code related to factions that was prone to causing crashes. Aztlan: Added bypasses for focuses in receiving foreign help if all the nations you try to seek help from do not exist. Greifenmarschen: Now if you form the Empire before entering Truthahn's path, his focuses will load correctly. Katerin: Fixed broken focus icon. Katzennia: Fixed "The Road Ahead" and "Floating Fortresses" focuses giving the wrong number of boats. Lan Kir: The Kiran Quadripartition now works properly. Lushi: Fixed some issues with triggers. Wingbardy: Fixed having American tank icons. Winggarden: Fixed not having American tank icons. Wittenland: Tried to fix Voliare not being promoted to country leader at the end of the communist path. Zarantia: Fixed the focus "The Second Tobuck" resetting the nation to industrializing society when it already had a better development level. Zongo: Sanity checks for being a subject. Assigned second starting military factory to a production line. Fixed a focus giving wrong category technology bonus. Dehumanized some GFX. Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements. Miscellaneous localisation fixes.Checksum 6499 // Image by NCMares (Link)This update IS NOT save compatible with 2.5.0.1.
>>43054127NEW UPDATE TIME
>>43054144Cool
>>43054144Always nice to see. Looks like a lot of fixes.
NMM>Daybreaker
Havent played since gotterdammerung and probably forgot everything I learned, any interesting new nations or paths?
>>43054134>Enabled international market access for agrarian societies as well.So how often do you all actually use the market for equipment? I don't think I've touched that menu at all since it first released.
>>43055202>newLan Kir and Zongo>interestingnocome back in another year
>>43055522I once used it in one of my Arcturian Order games to buy trucks because the Arcturian Order has a massive research debuff until late in the game.
>>43055202Lan Kir is pretty good.
>>43056059Forgive me for sucking at the game, but what's the strategy for the early game focus tree for Lan Kir, and which war goal to go for first? I've been speedrunning whatever gets me free units and free tech, and I went for Zeblu first but then got cockblocked by a war goal on the Roamans before taking Zongo
>>43055697It's actually gotten better since occupying Magehold now gives you a 100% research boost from the landmark modifier on the state.
>>43056308I'd suggest taking out the north first, then go south. If you can, try delaying fighting Roam until you get a really large army. They can be tricky. Ideally, your early wars should be fast. Blitz as hard as you can. Use the Nirik transformation to help with that.
>>43056350Yeah, I noticed that when I clicked on the tile to see if it got new art. Does it stay even after fully modernising? It would be nice to finally catch up as what starts as the most backwards country in the game.
>>43056367I'm actually not sure, I noticed it after killing the Dread League as the Griffonian Empire. It never went away after I occupied it.
>>43056358is 25 units not enough by early-mid 1009? I have enough units to fill a whole army, but I feel like that's not enough to fulfill both offensive needs and defensive if a zebra neighbor goes to war on me.I think I should have trained far more units and levied more aggressively
>>43056421its why you gotta rush wars against your first neihbors. It requires some micro, but quick encirclements are key. Ponypower will be your biggest issue, so try to take decisions that help with that. Dont be afraid to use your puppets.
>>43056421I might genuinely be retarded. I only have 14 units in early 1009 when I conquered Zeblu.Yeah I need to restart and build a crap ton of units earlier.
Do you anons like the update?
>>43056685I do. Some just like to hate good things.
>>43056685Eh. I don't like No Compromise No Surrender's changes to how doctrines work, and Zongo is too slow and generic.
>>43057230doctorines are fine
>>43057595Experience is almost worthless now, while mastery requires being in long, grinding wars, or grinding your most experienced units down to regulars level through constant training.
My beloved girl.
>>43057956Based.
>>43057956Why?
>10
I LIVE
>>43056435It kind of depends on your division templates, but you need enough troops to hold the line and conduct encirclements.
>>43057956I want to cuddle her.
>>43058582Awesome communist mare, who looks bad ass and is also very cute.
>>43060667they have capitulation lines now?
>>43061029They always did, I guess they just made it look nicer.
oh god what do I do
>>43061840dont die lmao
So did they give up on adapting EaW's setting for EU4?
>>43061847thank you for the advice I didn't die and they ran out of equipment (somehow)
>>43061912Good stats
>>43061912Nice. Their not breaking through that.
>>43062233my production suffered for it which was why I had so few divisions but I rushed artillery, engineers, recon rangers, and better infantry equipment asap to see if I could stack modifiers with the special forces doctrine bonuses + knightsby the time I got the second Dread War I had souped up knight divisions using 12 knights + 4 line artillery and maxed out doctrines so the support companies turned them into super soldiersfor the first time ever since I started playing this game I had to add AT to the divisions because the windigos had way too high armor to deal with, but by that point the AI had flooded the market with it so I was just able to buy plentyI'm not sure if the template would be as effective without the Arcturian Order bonuses to knights though
>>43062693based, dont underestimate bonuses
>>43062693Post your template. I just used the starting template and relied on using forts and holding the line until I had assault rifles.
>>43063385qt mare wanna pet
I am still disappointed EAW didnt make this picture a proper loading screen
This is still the best loading screen
Does anyone have a picture of the current main menu screen without the main menu and preview text?
>>43063804Kek what is this?
>>43064253A pony.
>10>>43063746cute maremost of the kirin gfx ingame disappointed me
I BELIEVE IN THIS THREAD
>Marching ever-forward, Masha leads the revolution to its inevitable conclusion. After thwarting the betrayal of revisionist and reactionary traitors that had infested the very highest levels of the SCP, Masha led the Red Star Army, its Commissars, and the state's most loyal Marksist visionaries to take control of Stalliongrad. A dangerous plan is now in motion, but Masha does not fear, for a red tide sweeping the world is not only inevitable, but lies at the end of her bayonet.>Note: Exhaustion will start far lower than this, we're just showing how it can escalate
This background is a massive upgrade over the last.
>>43065545kinda, but I wish there was actual lore explaining where the fuck so these giant turtles and dinosaurs come from, because they just appear out of nowhere. I thought, it would come from the Not El Dorado, but it just required a focus, not the land. And I didnt really get any event. It feels like something that should have dedicated events.>>43065456>>43065457More TNO shitteryBlerghTNO-EAW crossover truly was a mistake
Did another A-Z run, this time Kingdom of Wingbardy.I decided to try a communist run, since I only ever did Beakolini runs before with this country. I conquered what my focus tree wanted after winning the civil war.Pros:>Fun civil war.>A good setup for a war with Aquileia eventually.Cons:>This particular path feels very limiting.>Story stuff, while not intrusive, feels kind of boring.>The focus tree is tiny.Overall, do not get this leader if your playing Wingbardy. Your better off going fascist or maybe one of the other ones. It does lead you to some nice conquest, but you don't really get any cores or formables. Just be a dick or a republican, I guess. Nothing much else to say.Next up would be Kingdom of Wittenland.
>>43065582The dinosaurs are a unit you can get as Lan Kir. They seem to be native to the south Zebrican jungles.
>>43065582>chrysalis and gythait's criminal these two never actually interactwhy is Greneclyf so shit?
>>43065881I know you get them as Lan Kir, I have said that. My point is there is no events or explanation for them being there. You just do the focus and bam you get them. It feels like a thing that should have its own events.>>43065965One day the Greenclyf will come out, I believe in Clypeus. He is a Gytha x Chrysalis shipper
>>43065879If you want to go communist you should have gone with the Palmiro Toglitatti leader and do the Worker´s Empire
best submod
>>43066082>decision bloatthey should have made it a game setting instead
Altidiya's newer portrait was a total downgrade.
>>43066137how so?
>>43065999Probably. I thought rejecting the coupers was the right choice, but it seems it was not.
>want to try the reworked nations>pick Zongo>oh cool train autism>first run ruined by Lan Kir rushing their wars>-3 hours gone>restart>get a full army out and take the south>Lan Kir invades again>stuck in a stalemate until the Kaiser cunt invades>another 3 hours lostWhat the fuck are you supposed to do? Lan Kir has a bigger and better army that you can't push over that river against.
>>43066445It removed her snowpity.Were it not for the eyelashes you would think she is a stallion.
>>43066822Compare and contrast.
>>43066790Don't try to make optimal divisions, you are gonna have to put out 12 width infantry shitters and just hold the line.You basically fight WW1 style in the jungle. Grind the enemy down with static trench warfare. When you do finally get the fronts stabilized, invest in charger divisions and use them to encircle things.As for the train stuff, the starting three options are the most important to get done asap.
>>43066082What does it do?
>>43066835Same anon adding on to this, since you are playing Zongo do grand battleplan and assault infantry as your doctrine.The other doctrines are more up in the air but I generally prefer field engineering and rapid domination.Tank doctrine is whatever. The meta players do the one that gives you breakthrough at the start. I usually go for streamlined deployment. I rarely use tanks in EaW regardless.
>>43066835>>43066865I was thinking of getting a 48 div 12w out instead, but they seem to stop attacking after a few waves and just sit there until the Kaiser comes.>charger divisionsDo you mean those Zebra specialized ones or something like a 9-4?
>>43066984The Zebra special forces yeah. They are just better offensive infantry so you can use them or any other offensive infantry template, they are just the ones I used to carry me on my Zongo playthrough.Really you just need enough lineholders to halt the Kaiser (or whoever wins over him) and Lan Kir.
>>43067466Oddly cutem
>>43067085Well no, adding artillery is not a good idea. Because streangth of Chargers is that they are fast and have lot of piercing. They are very good for encircling and overruning.
>>43067466>best sirenThat is not Adagio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULguVHrMDaECould be interesting.
>>43067810>cats, dogsI doubt it
>>43067810nice
>>43067085Alright, I'll try that plus spamming 12w holders. Do you keep the chargers at 12w too or should I increase it? Trying to figure out if I should try rushing that war or not. The window for the kaiser invasion is quite small.On a separate rant, why the hell is Zongo so focused on domestic issues when they have two aggressive expansionist nations at their border? Like there's almost no events or decisions for it despite it being more existential than fucking vanilla Poland.
>>43065456>>43065457All that for a country I'm just gonna ~annex every time I play Equestria.
>>43068322itll be more fun to fight
>>43067768
>>43067466>>43069274Sonata is best.
>>43069274Cute fishie
>>43069274Kek
>Invincible and Legendary!
>>43070523Spear communism.
I'm not letting my kids die, I'm just gonna be honest >>43070523
>>43071251good
>>43067810It was mostly stuff we already knew. Zar-Hay, another furry nation, the yetis. There was only one new teaser - the kelpies from Aestlonia.>>43067851That was just a recap of already long released content, Abyssinia and Bronzehill.
Favorite griffonia leader?
>>43071688Archibald Dawnfeather. He may not have the best content, or the best focus tree, or even the best events, but I just love this gimmicky pervert. He provided me one of my most memorable playthroughs in the mod, when I've puppeted Celestia.
>>43071688Grover VI.
>>43071848He was supposed to be even more based initially
>>43073021Damn, why did they ditch that?
