>Play Vic II>Play as Austria>Refuse to savescum>Want to expand through Balkans and don't want to create Germany>After 20 years realize Prussia is weaker than me>Maybe I will just create South German Federation since Baden is attacking northern OPMs and Prussia anyways>Forgot this won't include Austria>Now I have a big puppet and two bordergore provinces>Released an OPM but still have one (1) bordergore >Fuck it, now I have to create Germany or I will be stuck with bordergore untill the end of the game >Push through necessary wars >Have to fight at least four wars (one of which was a Great War) to demote Prussia to secondary power>mfw Britain steals my Suez canal since Spain conquered Sinai because Egypt was allied with Yemen which was conquered by aforementioned Spain and had "Liberate" casus belli which meant I couldn't intervene and in spite of having 6% nitroglicerine RNG just wouldnt let me have it>Waste 10 bad goy points on taking it back>France keeps attacking for Alsace every 5 years like clockwork >Can't just sphere Prussia since we have a truce and couldn't just add casus belli since I had too much infamy.>Try "add to sphere" to save time and having to deal with other Great Powers>Fuck too much bad goy points>Russia, Netherlands, USA and France with its allies attack me in a span of couple of months>Meanwhile Boxers fail to interest anyone>too much bad goy points so German and Italian allies refuse to help me>in a war so no way to drop infamy>fuck will have to reload >wait for the magic number to drop so I can have the same war over the same reason >Finally create German Empire>Get like 10 decisions, half of which are dedicated to Prussia (which is weird, since in this timeline Prussia is the one to fail the test of time)>pic related>Schleswig is NOT annexed for some reason>no will to continue the campaignDo (You) sometimes feel like the mechanics of Paradox games limit the player in a way that feels artificial?
Damnit, I'm unlucky today, this is what I meant to post instead of a thumbnail
gitten gut
Shameless BVMP since no one has taken interest ITT for some reason
>>2209489you could have just posted in the gsg thread
thats just part of the (learning)experience
>frustrated grossgermanivm warmonger blobber blogpostersomehow hilarious nostalgic
>>2195742>>2195749>Schleswig is NOT annexed for some reasonI think it's culturally Danish. Holstein and S-H is German.
>>2195749I was about to call you a retarded faggot for the first pic
>>2210738>>2196999that wasn't the point. The point was that none of this would happen if Paradox put a mechanic that would allow for a state transfer between states, especially between empires and their puppets
>>2211951This is the same dev team that could let you collapse a country from great power status by simply occupying them for a couple of years. Or the pre 1.4 nationwide rebellions.
>>2211951There is a mechanic for that, it's called console commands.
>>2211951Why would they add this? It doesn't happen in reality.
>>2210845What's with all the autistic memes in this place? I posted a game with Germany yesterday and I got swarmed by "HAHAHA GROßGERMANIUM XDDD" posts. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU EXPECT A NEW PLAYER TO POST YOU FUCKING AUTISTS??And before that I asked a simple question on how I crack the game and I again got swarmed by fucking autists with all their unfunny inside jokes. Fuck you and fuck those games, they are literally one of the most boring shit I've ever touched. Also fuck the guy in /twg/ who suggested I try out those autistic map painting simulators and "ask for guidance on the /gsg/ general and they will help you". Bunch of manchildren.
>>2195749vrg.... germaniubwhat covldve been...
>>2213862comical, bravo sir, well done. You sound just like the average germanivm player, encore, encore!
can't tell if OP is trolling or if he is actually a living stereotype, i lol'd anyways
faggot
i have no chin and i must blob
>>2213862Pay no mind to it, it's people from the cesspit that is /gsg/.They are basically the Jews of this board, they've been kicked out of /v/ and /vg/ and now they're here, refusing to assimilate and trying to subvert the board culture
>>2213862OP and his epic clitty meltdown is the best example of why gatekeeping is necessary.Imagine being such a pussy that a few shitposts get on your nerves this much.I dont even browse /gsg/ but this is embarassing.
>>2219979at least half this site are tourists now, giving tech to the third world was a mistake, perhaps the greatest mistake of all time.
>>2213862you can't play as eur*pean tags because its racist, you can only play heckin wholesome nations like chile and sokoto
>>2195742Vicky 2 would be perfect with eu3's infamy. How fast you lose it, how much you gain, territory cost, everything.The "maybe they'll find out we're planning to conquer them. OOPS 19 INFAMY!" is bad.
>>2195742>now I have to create Germany or I will be stuck with bordergore untill the end of the gamethat's where you fucked up
>>2219979meds now, that was not OP, I'm OP and an vnbothered Aryan, frognigger>reddit spaceThe point of the OP was to show the rigidness of Vic2 mechanics that make the game feel unrealistic such as:>hard cap 25 infamy>no way to intervene in a war if my spherling has chosen a casus belli even if I as a state have a very keen interest in that region>no way to change borders without war with the exception of scripted decisions>>2212346but I DON'T WANT TO. Having to reload a save is enough to leave a bad taste in my mouth. I shouldn't resort to cheating if there could a mechanic (just like in eu4 and ck2)>>2212411Anon, there are at least two ('Seward's Icebox' and 'Webster–Ashburton Treaty') decisions in the vanilla game that are about peacefull transfer of states between nations. I'm not really a history buff but it isn't out of the question that it isn't something unheard of in 19th century.>>2220337This guys gets it
>>2195749>switching soul AH into souless germonygay
>>2195742ANT GERMANIA
>>2213862>"ask for guidance on the /gsg/ general and they will help you"kek, you'd get better help on /trash/ or /b/the sharty even
>>2220337Alright I have been putting this off for the entire time you've been doing this, over a month now, atleast. I am really fucking annoyed by this meme. Victoria 2 is a great game, by far the greatest grand strategy of all time, in no other game can you manage an economy, your pops, your diplomacy, your taxes, your army and your sphere of influence at the same time. Victoria 2 takes every element of every game and makes it great. Your pathetic fucking mana/dynasty/OoB/insert single issue game simply can't compete. I've tried playing them, believe me. They are pathetic. You play them and you only have to manage one, maybe, two things. Hah, what is this mess? It's a botched job. A complete write off. And sure, if you like that sort of purile simplistic shit then more power too you, it's not my job to kick down your sandcastle. But why must I spend my time arguing this with you? Just because Victoria 2 is too complex for you doesn't mean it is for everyone. And when challenged you crawl back into your same abhorrent memery, because that's all this is, you don't have the slightest clue what you're saying or who you're messing with, because if you did you'd stop. Go back to playing your blob simulator, little man, because this general belongs to us. The true strategy gamers. Not your lame, disgusting casual shit. And you know the worst part? We can't even meme back. Hell, I'm sure there's some really overpowered trade good in EU4, but we can't say "hurr durr naval supplies" or whatever because the simple fact is nobody has played your favoured game since EU3, back before they dumbed it down for people like you. So well done, my friend, you made an intellectual victoria 2 fan MAD. You've achieved your greatest feat since you formed grossulmiums, mark this on your wall as a victory for your abysmal existence because I can tell you now, kiddo, this is your peak.
>>2195742>>2195749Won't Schleswig get eventually annexed into your country due to the cultural union mechanic?
I'm going to Japan, getting a traditional wife and making her play V2 multiplayer with me. She can be Japan, obviously. And I will be Prussia. And together we shall each hold 50% of the liquor factories.
It’s finally happening.My old buddies have begun to look at old screenshots from our /gsg/ youth. The fools. Look at them giggling at the quirky borders they formed in the past. Pretending to enjoy themselves. They must be devastated to know that they once participated in trends. They don’t even realize that I spent years, painstakingly predicting future trends, analysing millennia of past grand strategy games, and every infographic on the internet for the sole purpose of building the ultimate empire. Something beyond trends. Beyond even time itself.Preussen's original borders, Alsace-Lorraine(slim fit), Austria(also slim fit), and the Baltic if I’m in a fun mood. This is it. This is what I’ve done day after day for over thirty years. My entire youth dedicated to these borders. This is victory over Johan. This is timeless.The fools continue to enjoy themselves like idiots. If only they’d have done what I have done they wouldn’t look so stupid right now.A screenshot of mine finally appears. Just as planned, it's Preussen's original borders, Alsace-Lorraine(slim fit), and Austria(also slim fit). There’s nothing to say about my perfect Grobgermaniums. A tingling sensation takes over my entire body as decades of work finally come to a payoff.They go to the next picture. It's Preussen's original borders, Alsace-Lorraine(slim fit), and Austria(also slim fit). Again there’s nothing to say. The hairs on the back of my neck stand up...
>>2254453Next picture. Preussen's original borders, Alsace-Lorraine(slim fit), and Austria(also slim fit)!My old friends begin to look at each other. They must realize what I’ve done by now! They are speechless! My heart rate quickens.Next picture. Preussen's original borders, Alsace-Lorraine(slim fit), and Austria(also slim fit). The Baltic will never appear because I am never in a fun mood! There is nothing fun about Paradox games. There is still nothing to say about my Grobgermaniums. The silence in the room is now deafening. Waves of pleasure begin pulsing around my whole body.On and on they scroll through old pictures of me trying to find something. Anything different. Even the slightest trend. They will find nothing. Preussen's original borders, Alsace-Lorraine(slim fit), and Austria(also slim fit).My closest friend breaks the silence.“Why are your borders always so boring?” He says.The waves of pleasure and tingling come to a climax. It’s too intense. I begin to shake. I can only moan out through the sudden muscle spasms.“Deutschland... Über... ALLES!”Silence falls over the room once again. Only my heavy breathing can be heard as my once close friends only stare wide eyed in awe at what they have witnessed. Perfection. Timeless beauty. Preussen's original borders, Alsace-Lorraine(slim fit), and Austria(also slim fit). Try as they may to find flaws in this empire even now they will only make fools of themselves. Without question I have won. I stand up to leave. I smirk then look over my shoulder and say one last time to my friends. "Ugh... what could have been..."
