Languish Universalis - Game thread

[Berkut]

I see.

Habbaku is like Tywin Lannister- completely ruthless, no qualms about breaking any agreement, and an expert at playing others off against each other.

Tamas is like Mad King Aerys.

[ulmont]

Anyone after a good laugh and who has some spare time on their hands should go read this thread of an EU 3 MP game (which Slargos also happens to be in) : http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=453541

And I thought some of the people here were whiny.

They sure have a lot of rules.

That's really not a lot.

[Solmyr]

It is compared to our game, where the only rule is "Tamas sucks at hosting".

[Berkut]

It is compared to our game, where the only rule is "Tamas sucks".

FYP

[sbr]

I know the 150 ships per fleet thing has to do with the performance/stability of the game.  More than that apparently cause CTDs or other bad things.

[Berkut]

I have been scrupulously holding myself to that limit voluntarily.

[Berkut]

We need more chat in this thread about the game.

Let's discuss the Westerners ganging up on France and cutting them down to size. I think that would be a great idea.

[sbr]

I have been scrupulously holding myself to that limit voluntarily.

In a small close-knit game like this that works, if everyone knows about it.  That game looks like there have been 30+ players cycling in and out for a session or two, what a disaster.

[ulmont]

I have been scrupulously holding myself to that limit voluntarily.

I'm sure your support limit of 5 ships has nothing to do with that.

[Berkut]

Listening to slargos lecture people about how they should interact with other players is really very amusing after his whineragequit in the Languish game because people (gasp!) attacked him.

The AAR is quite fun to read.

[Habbaku]

Tamas is violating the 9th rule.   

[Habbaku]

We need more chat in this thread about the game.

Let's discuss the Westerners ganging up on France and cutting them down to size. I think that would be a great idea.

If anyone thinks that France is really in a position to dominate the continent, they need only take a look at the sheer size and capacity that the Emperor's army possesses.  France is rich and technologically advanced, but would lose a war against any two of its neighbors.  The real worry should be that the Austrians wake up and decide that they don't want the Turks in the Balkans after all--something that France will be powerless to prohibit with Spain and Britain virtually guaranteeing that France would be incapable of intervention.

[Solmyr]

Britain is not guaranteeing anything at all on the continent concerning France, it is simply not involved there. Indeed, overtly aggressive expansion by Austria outside Germany would likely affect British policy.

[Solmyr]

One more question, is it better for Britain to go mercantilist or free trade? I see some fairly nice events/modifiers for mercantilism, so I'm wondering.

[Tamas]

Good question. Depends,  I guess.