The Off Topic Topic

[crazy canuck]

Not sure if CC missed the reference or if I missed his. 

It's one of her song titles.

[Oexmelin]

The DLC economic model promotes discombobulated game design.

Catchy.

[crazy canuck]

sales were not good for that one

[Saladin]

I bought Civ VI yesterday. Hopefully less complicated than EU4.

[garbon]

I don't think EU4 is all that complicated unless you want to min-max. I am glad that they are getting rid of the insane estate actions though, that was not at all fun.

[crazy canuck]

I am glad that they are getting rid of the insane estate actions though, that was not at all fun.

I agree.  That was the reason I stopped playing.

[Zoupa]

Thanks to the mods, I installed a no-estates thingie through the steam workshop. Game still gets stale around 1650, max.

[KRonn]

I bought Civ VI yesterday. Hopefully less complicated than EU4.

I've been playing that a bit lately. Good game.

[Eddie Teach]

Thanks to the mods, I installed a no-estates thingie through the steam workshop. Game still gets stale around 1650, max.

Well, that's a feature of the entire series.

[Valmy]

That was not my experience of the first two EU games. I finished games pretty regularly.

[DGuller]

The problem is that you can't be challenged for 400 years straight.  If you play well for the first 100 years, you're setting yourself up to snowball.

[The Brain]

The problem is that you can't be challenged for 400 years straight.

Longevity drugs are just around the corner though.

[Tonitrus]

The problem is that you can't be challenged for 400 years straight.

Longevity drugs are just around the corner though.

Just don't mistake them for fusion power.

[Josquius]

The problem is that you can't be challenged for 400 years straight.  If you play well for the first 100 years, you're setting yourself up to snowball.

Ish.
There's usually an early challenge, then a period of relative ease, followed by a bit more challenge again as you run into others who have blobbed

[Syt]