Europa Universalis IV

[Sranchammer]

FSM, how are you finding it hard as France? I hear it's the Big Blue Blob again.

 

[MasterSmithFandango]

FSM, how are you finding it hard as France? I hear it's the Big Blue Blob again.

I didn't mean to say it was "hard". For some reason though, the mechanics make me less inclined to spread like crazy. I had some issues during the Reformation since there was no WAY I was going to "strive for a more tolerant society", and then a beefed up Aragon and Savoy and England decided to try and take advantage. It was just some rebel stomping, and my manpower was drained for awhile, but I was never threatened, and now I'm expanding at will (but still slowly... I'm trying to diplo-annex whenever possible).

 

[fizzelopeguss]

Around 1600 or so, just to take a single province from poland ,it had to burn 250k manpower(went for quantity over quality ideas) as eastern archers and steppe cavalry defintively cant keep up with modern infantry.Its very well balanced and fun , superior to EU3 in my opinion.

 

[oscar]

Found myself using scorched earth for perhaps the first time ever in my campaign as Hungary. Pretty useful feature to make it painful for large enemy stacks to pursue you (though it didn't help my manpower recovery after the war). Been a bro to the Orthodox Balkans by helping them against the Ottomans and supporting rebels. Orthodox rebels in the West and a Mamaluke invasion in the East might mean we'll see a very early Ottoman collapse.

The new retreat system is massive incline over the usual Paradoxian ping-ponging.

 

[Space Satan]

FSM, how are you finding it hard as France? I hear it's the Big Blue Blob again.

Blobs are no longer safe now. If you piss neighboors enough or overexpand you'll have huge coalitions massed against you. And small but rich minors can now throw gazillion of mercs at you.

 

[potatojohn]

How do you turn off the unit movement animations or animations in general? They're really confusing, because units seem to play the animation when the movement is already completed, and they sometimes also play when the game is paused which makes me panic and press space, which then unpauses the game

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

12:28 AM - MHC: Oh shit
12:29 AM - MHC: I took the single most popular EU4 screenshot on Steam.
12:29 AM - MHC: I'M E-FAMOUS
12:29 AM - MHC: GONNA BE RICH
12:29 AM - Absalom: which one?
12:29 AM - MHC: GONNA GET THAT SCREENSHOT MONEY
12:29 AM - Absalom: DOSH
12:29 AM - MHC: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=169357962
12:29 AM - Absalom: GRAB IT WHILE YOU CAN COWFAG

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

How do you turn off the unit movement animations or animations in general? They're really confusing, because units seem to play the animation when the movement is already completed, and they sometimes also play when the game is paused which makes me panic and press space, which then unpauses the game

I'm fairly sure that's in the options somewhere. Look under video settings and scroll down.

 

[potatojohn]

Oh doh, you can scroll down.

 

[Zeriel]

The Protestant Reformation can really fuck you up. It had me scrambling around for awhile. I am really liking how tech works, although I have next to nothing to do with my military points right now.

In my game Castile and Portugal had so much internal strife they didn't get around to colonizing much (Castile not at all, in fact), so I'm able to take some territories in the Caribbean, and I'm going to take out the Aztecs next. I like the improvements. In EU3 at this point of the game I was normally looking to start a new one due to how easy it had gotten, but I don't feel so untouchable right now. It's good.

Haha, Byzantium blobbed up when ran by the AI? Oh, Ottomans, never change.

 

[XenomorphII]

Blobs are no longer safe now. If you piss neighboors enough or overexpand you'll have huge coalitions massed against you. And small but rich minors can now throw gazillion of mercs at you.

This. Add to it having an army or two get destroyed, and your manpower eaten, and just about any country can fall into a death spiral from one war (if it is bad enough) that leaves them easy prey for all those pissed off neighbors (or just opportunistic ones) and rebels.

 

[Borelli]

The Protestant Reformation can really fuck you up. It had me scrambling around for awhile. I am really liking how tech works, although I have next to nothing to do with my military points right now.

In my game Castile and Portugal had so much internal strife they didn't get around to colonizing much (Castile not at all, in fact), so I'm able to take some territories in the Caribbean, and I'm going to take out the Aztecs next. I like the improvements. In EU3 at this point of the game I was normally looking to start a new one due to how easy it had gotten, but I don't feel so untouchable right now. It's good.

LOL RAGUSA.
LOL MONTENEGRO.
LOL SAVOY.
Wtf happened in your game? I told myself not to get this right at the start but these screenshots are slowly changing that opinion.

 

[oscar]

LOL RAGUSA.
LOL MONTENEGRO.
LOL SAVOY.
Wtf happened in your game? I told myself not to get this right at the start but these screenshots are slowly changing that opinion.

Bosnia's been kicking Ottoman ass in my game and even taken some Greek territory. Cornwall also achieved independence during some big English civil war (don't know if it was generic or War of the Roses).

Despite the zappy cultural conversion (changing province's religion is the hard part), blobs seem fairly vulnerable to implosion and over-extension.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Alright, I've gone through 350 province files so far. Cultural enrichment is going well. Once I'm done with that, I gotta start restoring cores too (this is one of the more weaksauce aspects of CK2 conversion).

 

[Imperator]

What national idea good for Byzantium?

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

My game so far. Castile is making me REALLY uncomfortable. Especially since we're rivals. I'm also a rival with Austria, which is that white blob near me making a delicious HRE sandwich. Everyone hates England 'cept Portugal.

 

[Multiple Sarcasm]

So. Anything obvious missing (like muslims/pagans/republics in CK2) that's likely slated for inevitable DLC, or is the game pretty much finished now (cosmetic/vanity stuff notwithstanding)? How about bugs - standard Paradox fare?

 

[RedScum]

Alright, I've gone through 350 province files so far. Cultural enrichment is going well. Once I'm done with that, I gotta start restoring cores too (this is one of the more weaksauce aspects of CK2 conversion).

Please share your converted mod when you're done, would be really cool!

 

[Ulminati]

Grorious Nippon has finally toppled Worst Korea and Manchu. Now their mechatentacles turn towards colonial expansion to the north while rebuilding and rearming for the inevitable clash with the Ming dynasty

 

[Hellraiser]

Why colonize the north when the south has the spice islands and Australia? Leave that useless frozen shit to the russkies.

EDIT: @The Brazilian Slaughter it was @Furious Flaming Faggot who gave the chinese that assfuck in MMU, nevar forget.

 

[Spectacle]

My game so far. Castile is making me REALLY uncomfortable. Especially since we're rivals. I'm also a rival with Austria, which is that white blob near me making a delicious HRE sandwich. Everyone hates England 'cept Portugal.

Wow, that looks almost historical except for the fucked-up France. Nice to see a strong Castille expanding into Europe and not North Africa.

 

[Space Satan]

Uprisings, especially patriots, are insane. 25+ units popping out on nowhere can suck nation's manpower instantly.

 

[potatojohn]

Don't rememebr if this happened in EU3, but now when there are rebels my allies automatically come in and crush them <3

 

[Malakal]

My game so far. Castile is making me REALLY uncomfortable. Especially since we're rivals. I'm also a rival with Austria, which is that white blob near me making a delicious HRE sandwich. Everyone hates England 'cept Portugal.

Wow, that looks almost historical except for the fucked-up France. Nice to see a strong Castille expanding into Europe and not North Africa.

This screen is beautiful. Feasible alternative history. Especially love neat Poland.

 

[oscar]

Westernising is a nightmare.

 

[hoverdog]

I miss Furious Flaming Faggot