I have almost 5k hours in Victoria 2 and over 1000 in CK2. I can safely say no other grand strategy games are as good as these two>Have you played anyNo and I'm yet to see a reason to
Just succeeded. You can all go fuck yourselves
>>2370975CK2 is less like a dollhouse and more like a personnel management game crossed with an RPG and a grand strategy game. I still maintain it's one of the GOATsCK3 is more of a dollhouse game, where you play through wall-of-text tumblr style adventures, and the strategy stuff mostly plays itself so long as you engage with enough dollhouse levelling-up. I stopped playing before any DLCs came out, some new stuff sounds appealing from a role-play perspective (landless/Chinese bureaucracy), and superficially the Byzantine/Chinese systems go to places CK2 never could, but they're still behind where CK2 was 6 years into its life cycle
>>2367710Try eu3 with all dlcs it runs on the same engine as vic 2. Very small learning curve (trade is super easy) way better mechanics than eu4 (sliders). Only problem is the borders if you play outside of Europe typically are aids and the terrible horde mechanic (fun sometimes if you play in Asia )
>>2367710I love ck2 and am wondering about my next paradox title, you convinced me to go for victoria 2 as you seem to have great taste
>>2370438Common Sense (developing with mana) fundamentally ruined the asymmetry that is part of what makes grand strategy games so unique, + it negatively affected a bunch of other things too
Good evening commanders, it's time for another /vst/ divegrass thread and another season. The Spring Babby is just around the corner and the team is collecting suggestions for roster additions. You can post them in the thread or in this survey https://s.surveyplanet.com/l4xlws04. Later this weekend, we'll collect all the player suggestions and post the proper roster poll which will run through next Friday (27th). This is also the place for other suggestions or ideas for the team like music, chants, aesthetics, etc.Team wiki page: https://implyingrigged.info/wiki//vst/>What is 4chan Cup? 4chan Cup is a virtual Association Football tournament, played with AI vs AI on Professional Evolution Soccer by Konami, featuring teams made up of various 4chan boards playing against each other.
>>2378476I hadn’t watched these matches before, only the last one on Sunday. But it was so fucking awesome. When is the next match, and when will /vst/ play again?
>>2378812The group draw for the Spring Babby happens on Sunday then the group stage will happen over the next 2 weekends. This page will be filled out with the match schedule once the draw happens https://implyingrigged.info/wiki/2026_4chan_Spring_Babby_Cup. If you want to watch other videos in the mean time, here's a link to the video archive if you want to watch past matches https://implying.fun/, check the team's wiki page in the OP if you want to see which tournaments the team played in. Notable ones include the Winter 2023 tournament which /vst/ won
>>2378823Thanks, I’ll check it out. It was unexpected for me that teams include custom characters. It was really fun.
>>2378476https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwWh1xy6gvU
>>2377913
You've read that right, it's getting new beta branch patches for a bit since February and they're going to check in these patches into the main game soon.THEYFIXEDEVERYTHING(i hope)
Awesome news. Main reason I never got far into these games was the stability/bugs
TFR is dying edition——-MODDING RESOURCES———>bit dot ly 3GPdwPDGeneral Index of tutorials for photoshop, GFX, scripting, etc. This is a google doc, so be aware.>https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/ModdingGeneral article hub on modding, also has a lot of info in general on all pages.>Text Editors/Codinghttps://notepad-plus-plus.org/https://www.sublimetext.com/https://code.visualstudio.com/Programs to write out proper syntax for code/scripting. Try to keep everything centralized in one program if possible; experiment and decide which one is right for you.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>OP IS A GIGANTIC FAGGOT THAT HAS BUMPED HIS OWN THREAD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND HE KEEPS SEETHING THAT NO ONE IN THE HOI4 GENERAL WANTS TO USE IT BECAUSE HE'S RETARDED>ONCE HE BUMPED OVER A HUNDRED OLD THREADS ON THE BOARD JUST TO FORCE THE REAL THREAD OFF THE BOARD SO THAT HE COULD SHILL HIS OWN FAIL THREAD>OP REALLY IS A GIGANTIC FAGGOT THAT SHOULD STOP BEING BUTTHURT AND JUST LET HIS THREAD DIE
Is getting good ol' Willie II under Canaris possible in R56?
>>2378653Obsessed. Who cares.
>>2378603mutts law
Why are there so many fucking events before the American civil war kicks off? You unironically spend more time paused to read the events than having the game run.There also being 2 decision tabs that can not be open at the same time which need to be juggled is also retarded.I just stare at events and click a decision once a while for 2 hours. Other countries were pretty enjoyable so far and I hope the actual civil war is fun to play but quite a lot of these events aren't needed or could be half the text easily.
>pick up ck3 for a few bucks with a coupon code on steam>give it a try to see if it's any better than CK2>manage to unify ireland and have conquered half of england in about 2 hours flat on hard mode>no issue of foreign claimants since all my children are from my own lords family>get a claim on bavaria just because I do for some reason>quit outI really thought it would be slightly better than that, but jesus christ it's too stupid of a cake walk
>>2378990>when you die your land will be split between your sons Disinherit with dynasty mana>everyone will hate you No one will because of the 50 different opinion modifiers>Hopefully by now you have invested in men at arms retinues Don't worry, it only takes a single generation to build them up to be space marines capable of btfoing armise thrice their size.>What this game really needs is the societies DLC from CK2 and more magicYou are cattle
>>2378990>What this game really needs is the societies DLC from CK2 and more magic
>>2379090The disinherit cost scales up and isn't really worth it when you can just claim your brother's shit if you really want it. If you're willing to "exploit," you can give spare sons a city holding so they turn into republican rulers who can't inherit, then just revoke it back if the intended heir dies early.
>>2376416I remember switching from ck2 to ck3 for the first time. It was around the time that disease expansion came out. I chose William the Conqueror since even if I lost the war I could still do an epic alt history where I build the house of Normandie in France. I started up the game, chose Willy, clicked on my army, right clicked on London, and in like 1 minute I was king of England lmao.
>>2378990That's the most horrendous take i've seen in a whileSocieties and Magic its the worst part of ck2 along side with that aztec dlc
>No Distand Worlds 2 threadwhat gives? It's basically the better Stellaris
>>2359560turns my pc into chernobyl so i only play during (australian) winterit's the best space logistics game i've found but it's still disappointing>better than stellarisis an excruciatingly low bar>x4slightly higher bar but lol, lmao regardless
>>2369190play auroraor space empires if you want to know what it copied
>>2359560I agree
It's a disappointment.DWU with mods mogs it on every front except perhaps eye candy, but nobody plays these games for the eye candy.Remnants of the Precursors is a nice little game that strikes the right balance for me.
>>2379809>rotpSo disappointing you had to come in and bump the thread with ragebait eh?
lmao they just posted this on the steam page then deleted it half an hour later/r/eu5 is banning anyone who even mentions itprevious thread: >>2369026
>>2380180Or more institutions like meritocracy that are specifically designed for the east so they have something to do while waiting for tech to arrive from europe
>>2380171Eu5 is a sandbox and Europe isnt the main character chud
>>2380184If Europa isnt the main character then why is his name the name of the game?
>>2380191link is the main character of the legend of zelda
>ally france>use 20 favors on cooldown to "isolate allies" on their vassals>they break free
Watcha>playan>listnan>unit favanFor me it's the RA allied campaign, TD's Depth Charge and I love the artillery, I just think it's neat.
>>2373359is the chinky looking guy between stalin and hitler hirohito?
>>2296016>playanRed Alert 3>listananBlack Magick SS - Scarlet Desires album(Super Samurai goes insanely well with the Japanese faction holy shit)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rd8eSrsMdY>unit favanMammoth/Apocalypse Tank. You can't go wrong with twin barrels. Give me back my missiles launchers in 3 damn you
>>2298945But the Veti aren't capturable... Wished they were in the campaign. They're like an evil Masari from Universe at War.
>>2296016Playing >>2374139 pic related, the MBTs of the USA, Russia, and China can attack aircraft, so that's cool for that monster flexibility.>>2375958I played both, but wished there was a high-res playthrough of all the ages, I do remember of a nifty scifi faction called that novorussiya, also liked their airfield just autolaunching those planes for them bombing runs.
>Light tank>As long as it is in motion, all AP damage from Medium and Mammoths is cut by 90%.We solved this fire control problem decades ago, fuck even before the gulf fucking war.
Let's discuss the greatest fantasy turn based strategy series of all time.>Heroes of Might and Magic IIIThe greatest fantasy strategy game ever made, contender for best TBS ever along with SMAC obviously.>Heroes of Might and Magic IVGreatest soundtrack in the series, most innovative game too but unfortunately it didn't have enough time (money) to flesh out its good ideas and fix the bad ones.>Heroes of Might and Magic VAn admirable attempt to capture the magic of the 3rd game, while still trying to incorporate some ideas from the 4th.Haven't played the rest, although I had the 2nd game on my backlog ever since I got it for free 20 years ago. From what I've heard it's just a more imbalanced version of 3, with less options. Just like M&M VI is to VII!I missed the 30 year anniversary last year, just like Olden Era missed its release date to commemorate the anniversary.
>>2378008Based detective anon.
Any hero you like in the demo so far? For me it's Ethric
>>2379364What do you even like about the demo? I hate everything about it, the art and UI alone make me gag. It's a shame the olden era devs decided to take a fat stinky shit all over the franchise's legacy by making it lame, gay and for modern audiences
>>2322719olden era is so bad it doesn't need external sabotage, the devs already did all the sabotage they could
>>2379364One of the many problems of OE is the unreadable and terrible looking graphics. I don't even know what I'm looking at, or what kind of abilities it has. In NWC games, everything was obvious at first glance. The OE looks like crap, but maybe it'll be playable once I get used to it, I don't know at this point. Maybe I'll give this game a try someday, but for now, I think I'll play the new HotA campaign instead.
Timberborn finally releasedIt has redstone computers nowI'm getting wiped by back-to-back badtidesDistrict management seems to be basically as bad as it always was but at some point they made it so districts don't have a range limitI love folktales and how they have free infinite powerI still don't understand the point of robots
>>2379727>all those power wheelsWhat does a beaver need so much power for? What kind of doomsday device are you building?
>>2379730We must remain vigilant against otters.
>>2379730I'm already using a quarter of it.
>>2379754>19 living, breathing beavers>317 botsYou've almost achieved a trans-beaverist paradise
>>2379754I despise what you're doing and how you're doing it but I have nothing but geniune respect for the autism required to do it.
>passing laws is now slightly less annoyingAmazing! At this rate the game will finally be be fixed by 2035!
>>2379703The point are the mana and spells blocs give you. Sovereign empire also saves infamy by letting you subjugate members for free.
>>2379008Because of how the game works, cheaper prices print money. What makes companies good are the throughput bonuses increasing profitability and prestige goods increasing demand. Prices mean very little, as military goods for example have so little demand they're completely irrelevant.
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/victoria-3-dev-diary-180-the-art-music-of-the-great-wave.1917061/
>>2379768Bitch, you don't need to advertise the paradox forums. Just give a QRD.
>>2379768cool art
Roadmap revealed>One last major update of 2025, including allied bot support for skirmish>1st DLC will be free and coming early on 2026. Full reveal on December 9th>will add a new "allied" country, which will be available to the US side as a spec in multiplayer (likely the Baltic units from singleplayer)>new environment and maps planned for later 2026, released for free alongside the listed paid DLCs>full expansion for 2027 with a new singleplayer campaign and a new faction
>>2313497I sabotaged the game because some faggot from slitherine banned me for making fun of some guy for crying to the mods because someone disagreed with him.
I played this in the free test, was pretty fun as someone who has dumped tons of hours into red dragon.However it seemed to have the same critical flaw as red dragon but even worse, team stacking. It was ok in the beta but I could tell it was only going to get worse and worse.In fact the way you queue up for matches seemed to specifically encourage team stacking, and the devs seemed to encourage it with the competition they held.Did they do anything to reel it back or is it indeed pure faggotry to play?
>>2377187For the most part all the dudes who stack up play in the hyperinflated 3000 ELO range against each other all day. Those dudes basically just have a discord server where they arrange teams so they never have to queue alone.Down in the "I have a job" matchmaking range it's mostly just soloque or at most like some duos here and there. It's not like Warno 10v10s where chinese clans with 10k hours will just camp pact and shit on randos all day.
Warno and BA both dropped some big news today>WarnoNew DLC is out:https://steamcommunity.com/games/1611600/announcements/detail/537757884478391638Artillery Rework patch released:https://steamcommunity.com/games/1611600/announcements/detail/537757884478395094>BAPTE release date announced for April 22nd:https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1604270/view/645845003826888952Full PTE changelog:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nqoN7aTzYiPSBs4J2fOtRrzMQIV-9GcqBiWxQHxSJqY/edit?usp=sharing
>>2379633>yet another useless DLCThis is why I hate it
So now that the dust has settled,>what went right?>what went wrong?>hopes and copes about new content & dlcs?
>>2372227Lack of seductive sea charts burying the desk hurts...
Twitch drop ad campaign is also happening now, last drop takes 9 fucking hours of watch time.
Blog post is up:https://www.anno-union.com/devblog-travelling-to-the-volcano-island/
>>2376423I'm sure you are. Anyway, is that a yes on >>2376204 ?
New blogpost, only thing worth mentioning is their roadmap.
Help me /vst/, my emotions, Im feeling them getting scammed away from me.>what game is itEspiocracy, a cold war GSG project by a polish dude>what's going on in the screenshotdev said this is a playtest where he had the USA carpetnuke the USSR before they could achieve a balance of M.A.D
>>2378376Oop, the schizo is here.
>>2378530post gameplay
>>2363841Is he still insisting on the "you're not allowed to win with a market economy since I've hardcoded market economies to inevitably collapse" thing? Because that kinda killed my hype, desu. If I'm playing as commies I want have fun LARPing as Stalin and do commie shit; I don't care about the real-world economic viability because this is an alt-history vidya game where the economics are heavily abstracted anyway. Why do a Soviet run if you're inevitably railroaded into not being Soviet?
>>2379201>"you're not allowed to win with a market economy since I've hardcoded market economies to inevitably collapse"Meant command economies here, sorry, I dude weeded.
>>2379204polish dev please understand, retarded commie dudeweeder
Why are tier 1 skeleniggas so expensive to raise in this shit game
>>2379116just follow a basic guide i guessyou know, second city by turn 10 and third city by turn 20, that kind of shit
>>2379116What are you having trouble with, specifically?
>>2379246Posting for one thing fucking let the site site
>>2379116https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2XGp5ix8HE#1 mistake I see people make with this game is treat it like Civ and focus on developing their cities. Especially in the early game you need to be killing everything you see, except if there are stacks that you can't take without severe losses (though this depends on your difficulty/map settings). Not only because killing neutral stacks is way more profitable than anything you'd get out of an early game city, but also because you want to get as much XP as possible, especially on your ruler and hero(es).
>>2379454Yeah I definitely feel I'm a bit too passive then, I do need to get better at the battle system since it feels hard not to take losses early game.
