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A democracy that only allows socialist, communist and market communist parties apparently. Apparently it's buggy and still have the vanilla election events.
I'll see where exactly this will take me once the so called elections are finished.
Also
>Error: You must wait 12 minutes 25 seconds before posting an image reply. Veeky Forums Pass users have lower cooldowns.
Is this shit serious

So it's a utopia. Why not just call it what it is then?

Both HPM and /gsg/ and Taxes got updated btw

>Apparently it's buggy and still have the vanilla election events.
Why did the modders even include it then

I will try it tomorow. Any goals for it?

i think it's to try to prevent waifufaggotry because i've never heard of that type of cooldown until a few days ago

Seriously?
Based mods

gsg and taxes guy are you here? In your new update the turko-byz culture group is back, and in the patch notes you said MEIOU vanilla is fixed in this respect, what has happened?

This is the result from the election spam.
What have I done.

I think they just forgot about it.

Going to be impossible to keep posting the game then though.

Are there any good cultural melting pot mods for CK2? I'd prefer something compatible with CK2+, but anything works, as long as there's something with a decent amount of variability for possible cultures.

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CK2+ is the one that most has them, I think.HIP has some but not as many.I don't think there is an independent mod that adds more of them tho, not anything popular at least.
But those are very easy to add yourself, so if you want something specific for a run maybe I could help you.

uh-oh

Weed out the r*vsionists

Well that's nice from them.

The 1066 start wasn't just a meme, was it?

The main one I was interested in was a Croatian-Avar melting pot culture of sorts, since the Croats border Pannonia on two sides. Mostly, I just want to fuck around with some random scenarios and a Croatian-Avar Pannonia was one of them.

what books should a dumbass that never paid attention in school read, in order to have fun in HoI?

mein kampf by donald trump

14/88
kek, no need to read, just watch THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD so you can get completely REDPILLED on the kikes and their lies about based HITLER in the world war

Should also mention that I'm playing on CK2+, of course.
I may try to work on it, the only reason I don't make melting pot cultures is because I don't want to just mash together two name lists and go "HURR HERE'S A CULTURE". Feels weird, I feel like I'd have to blend the names somehow.

Das Kapital by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

>schools
>generating any interest in learning
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I'd recommend getting into Fiction first and foremost before trying anything related to Non-Fiction, start with easy to read shit like The Wheel of Time or Dune, then start to read more almond activating shit like a Canticle for Lebowitz and finally more philosophical and Historical works like Beyond Good and Evil and The Prince.
TL;DR, go to Veeky Forums, start with the Greeks.

Tips to avoid late game slowdown in paradox games?

Do you have any experience on modding?It's pretty easy, just
>copy one of culture conversion events, should be in three parts, at least in HIP
>create the actual culture in culture file
>(optional)create a new custom region so that the culture will not expand past certain boundaries, in this case the pannonian basin would be reasonable
>localize it all
As for the name, I would suggest something like "Panonski", serbocroatian for Pannonian, but since I don't think CK2+ uses native-localized names it would make more sense just being Pannonian.

in vicky 2, best way is genocide because pops get really fucking laggy because each one is a participant in the economy

I've got some modding experience and I can figure out how to copy the formula for melting pot. My problem isn't naming the culture (seems pretty easy, honestly), but rather localizing the names of the men, women, and dynasties. Is it just better to combine the two lists of their names together? Is it more immersive and rewarding to try and take the time to localize their names so it all comes together? I'm not a linguist and I don't know the best way to go about it.
If it was heavily requested, though, then perhaps a mod could be compiled of some potential melting pot cultures to liven up the world.

Nobody even knows what language the Avars spoke, and in the case of a croatian conquest(and specially in the event of a
"melting pot") it's very likely they would just speak croatian as it rumored that was already a popular language even when they were independent.
You should pick some Avar names then croati-fy them, then use that in conjunction with the croatian names.

how the fuck are you meant to beat ming? they can field nearly 4x as many troops as me

And in hearts of iron?

The only real way to fight it is quickly wiping countries?

You are not. It adds to the historical accurracy that vic2 fan-nerds love to claim

pretty much
most of the lag caused in that game is the fact you gain nation flags as the time passes, so every country ends up producing just a little more lag

say that to my face fucker not online and see what happens

avars still exist sweaty

Caucasian Avars, which are completely different.

>it is historically accurate that ming is an invincible powerhouse

>dood what if every country was GroB

>rich strata
>communism

Remember the Muslim Europe user, I foudn an opportunity to shatter two massive empires in one go.

What do you guys think?

Is this épic es white men??

I thought that they removed both Bulgarian and Greek from it but it seems that they left the Greeks in. I'll fix it in the next minor patch

no

Eh, I might not make a melting pot for them, then. From what I'm reading, it sounds as though the Avars were already being Slavicized. Although I might be tempted to make a melting pot anyway for Croats to refine into some Pannonian Slav culture.

Sounds good, was not sure if maybe my version bugged out or something, thanks

Is there any difference between the ledger and manually checking provinces in order to find remaining required holdings for the RE restoration for CK2?

With pleasure. You fat fuck.

What nation conquered Ming in the timespan of EU4?

Qing

Manchu tribes, Shun

>germania
You are already better than Romanon ever was.

Well this run is probably going to collapse now.

180k Ottomans coming at me and they don't even own Egypt yet.

Yeah, the PLC exists for a reason. Use it as a buffer state between you, the Ottomans, and potentially the Germanies.

PLC never formed the union so I at them both. The Germans got memed on by the Turkish-French alliance I'm about to have to deal with.

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>nazis knowing how to flag

Speaking of the Avars, hugbox user here. Started my playthrough earlier, will post more regarding progress in it later if anyone cares. Anyway, I discovered that Avaria can be restored if Avars regain control of Pannonia. Previously thought it was gone forever once they were stomped on.

Also, regarding melting pot cultures last thread, it turns out some are unavoidable, especially with my campaign goals. For example, East Slavs will start merging into Russians as soon as a foreign power conquers them or Slavic paganism is reformed, both of which I aim to do. Oh well; it'll make the region easier to govern, at least.

You're Russia, you should be fine. Plenty of troops I can see.

Russian campaing continues. defeated roaches and their Netherland allies. Freeing Dobruja to Romania giving them sea acces. Russian armies also freed lands of Mountain Niggers in turk control. Right after war ended Circassians rebelled and were crushed. Reward for their disloyalty to Tsar of all Russians they were genocided, killed and deported. With Circassian threath gone. Akbazia was integrated to Caucasus Namestnik. Which I was able abolish right after because we lost border connection with turks.

forgot picture

get that education up and youll have the highest industry by the end of the game

Now its time to reinforce armies and wait infamy to lower. When there is no risk of contaiment going to justify great game cb against Kokand.

He has more lead by a 6 shock general, with the same manpower and a much better economy. This isn't taking into account 50k french he has in his pocket.

If you are one of the manchu tribes or another power in the region you smash them as early as you possible can before they can get their mandate up. Otherwise you spend the early and mid game blobbing elsewhere and come back int he 17th or 18th century with superior tech and militaries ideas and policies to fuck their larger armies over and then you bleed them on devastation until their mandate collapses.

Fuck forgot picture again. here spheres in europe.

>reinforcing armies
>with serfdom
"No"
Encouraging soldiers is slow enough as is, never mind being artificially lowered with shit handicaps.
If anything having Serfdom should increase soldier promotion speed.

>France as well
You're fucked.

yeah HPM kinda blundered there. His Russian fixes in newest patch were great. But there is still unhistorican thing about serfdom. Atleast in Russia sefs could enlist into army and were granted freedom when doing so. This wasnt rare thing to happen either.

>Is the plan to give SCA all their cores, then annex the USA bit by bit until you can wipe them off the map?
Yep. Also abusing Doctrine of Lapse for free infamy because fuck every US state with 5k people costing 11 infamy.
>Are you genociding the Yanks?
Is it even worth it on 0.3.9? HPM said he was going to fix emigration, and he just now made it so instead of 70% it kills less than 10%.

are you going to fuck Prussia? are you going to take tsargrad?

Well I dunno what your comparative discipline etc is, an it looks like you're spending all your manpower...an that 6 shock general does suck.

Ottomans are stronk, I'd think a formed player Russia should be able to fight them off though...but I dunno your exact situation. With no trade or colonizing I'd have taken mil ideas by now...but maybe you need other groups to click the Russia button, I don't remember ever playing them.

French troops'll run to France, they don't matter. Pick good battles, wear them down....maybe too late now...

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Just give up, and expand hard into asia in the mean time, maybe polan too

Russia needs a huge buff like that as well. They curently always end the game as a backwards shit hole going through constant revolutions 10/10, most realistic mod ever because Prussia/Germany beat them as if they were African natives. I'm not saying they should win and steamroll Europe, but they should at least put up a fight.
I've unironically seen Germany occupying Vladivostok in world wars, having marched all the way trough Russia.

I will probably do Cathrines plan regarding Tsargard. Greeks will get it but Greeks will be made satelite to represent Russian prince put as their ruler. Cathrine planned to have one of her grandsons as king/emperor of greece. So trying to something similiar.

Regarding Prussia long term plans are getting east prussia for nicer borders and to cuck them. Also trying to protect based danes from their aggression. But some reason they usually dont call you to help them in war when eternal kraut attacks.

Conversely if you are nearby you can knock them out early, but by that I mean really fucking early. You'll drain your manpower and treasury but Ming troops are shit tier without a tech advantage and max mandate.

Also trying to protect Two Sicilies against italian nationalism. But usually they just magicly end up annexed by Sardinia without any wars or rebels. Whats best way to prevent this? Also its compensation to Austria for me cucking them in second year into game for Transylvania for that early Romania sweetness.

alright, what are your plans for the middle east?

What are your plans for China?
You should take East Turkestan and Manchuria, as the Tsar wanted.

Take Silesia, Posen, and Pomerelia as well. Also Galicia Lodmeria and Ruthenia.
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Are You fucking dumb?
You should support Italy, they can be a decent ally against G*rms, especially if they also ally France (though they probably won't)

Puppet them and then leave a 30k defence force to kill redshirts.
If they're a puppet they're not annexed into Italy, see Papal States and France.

Nothing beyond puppeting Persia so far. Going to focus Europe trying to prevent rise of liberalism and support monarchies best way I can.

Not sure if there is reason to annexing manchurian territories outside historicals you get by desicion/event. It just adds shitloads nonwhites and you already dont have pops to fill ones you deport from there with events.

Will try get atleast one more harbor from Chine than Port Arthur. One with cotton since Russia really does not have cotton provinces until much later in central asia. Also whole Sakhalin and Kurils are Russian clay so Russo-Japanese war end in slaughter of japs.

They have 5% discipline on me. and I have .5 morale over them. They crossed a River too.

I can't go into Asia because Ming has tributaries all the way to fucking Persia and I already at half of Poland and all of Lithuania.


I think I'm done with playing as Russia until Janassary gets nerfed in the new patch/dlc.

Germany's massive population doesn't help easier.
To add since V2 doesnt model logistics at all, an army could walk from Berlin to Vladivostok without suffering any movement penalties or attrition.

Just cede them what they want, blob East and then smack them down in fifty years. Also get allies that aren't irrelevant minors.

I will ally France in late game after crimean war fallout goes away. So dont really need Italy. Also Two Sicilies has been loyal ally. Trying to keep small monarchies in Europe alive.

Galicia-Lodomeria and East Galicia I will grab when time is right. Not that interested on those polish provinces. But late game plan is to release kingdom of Bohemia-Moravia (not czechoslovakia because it ends republic always and pro france) and make it strong state and friend.

They are my ally and sphere already. Infamy really does not allow to break sphering and attack them. Also would break muh immersion.

>.5 morale over them

That's a lot at this stage, I dunno what's going on, wouldn't expect those casualties...may as well just
Don't expect Jans nerfed, Ottomans are _supposed_ to be stronk as fuck, especially early game. I fought them in 1500s as Spain very recently...they're very strong, but they're meant to be, they're the end boss of mid game, don't need nerfing.

>education on full

If you released a sphered Czechoslovakia they'd be under your government and loyal to you.

Put education on 0% and military spending on 100%. Literacy is your enemy as Russia. It's far easier to accept technological backwardness and stability rather than "progress".

I ment if you dismantle Austria it will spawn Czechoslovakia republic and its more friendly to france than me atleast last time I tried. So decided that I will release Bohemia-Moravia rather. Also I like it more than Czechoslovakia.

>have a sudden bout of tism
>decide to see how many people live under the ebin World Reich in G0Y$
>add it all up
>848,120,000 people live under the Führer either directly or via puppet states/ reichkommisariats

wew

You ment? Do you mean you meant? Ment is a suffix, not the past particle of mean. You really need to improve your grammar if you're going to be posting here long term.

Has anyone actually tried this? To not increase lit at all.

Dismantlement influence is based on who they have truces with. Every country that has a truce with them will get a share of the spoils. As long as you dismantle them whilst they have no truces with anyone else you'll be able get every splinter state as your sphere.

Time to use Ming as a meat-shield I guess.

As for allies? Everyone who isn't England has been splitroasted by this fucking alliance.


Jan is getting turned into a special unit rather than a blanket buff to the entire army. They cost a lot to maintain and military mana to raise. It's in a dev diary.