Is EU3 fun yet?

[ulmont]

GamersGate

The last time I ordered from them they charged my card three times.

GamersGate = FAIL.

I've always used Paypal as an intermediary between GamersGate and my credit card.

[Caliga]

@Ed Oh yeah, Citibank pulled that same shit on me.  It was labelled "CASH ADVANCE FEE" or some shit.

[DGuller]

I've always used Paypal as an intermediary between GamersGate and my credit card.

Same here, I love Paypal.  It's like a condom, it lets you venture into dubious places with an extra layer of security.

[Agelastus]

GamersGate

The last time I ordered from them they charged my card three times.

GamersGate = FAIL.

I've never had a problem with Gamersgate, and I always use my card in preference to Paypal. No multiple charges, no odd charges, nothing. I didn't think I was that lucky.

[HisMajestyBOB]

The only problem I've had with Gamersgate is games requiring a CD.
Deus Ex had this problem, but then I found I could solve it by editing the .ini file.

Serious Sam 2 also had this problem after patching, but a No-CD crack fixed it.

[dps]

And pirates, when they get out of control, can be a bitch. I know that all it takes is a single sloop patrolling the coast, but if you lose one in a war and don't realize it, those pirates can sometimes spawn to unbelievable numbers. I once had a coastal province blockaded by a stack of 35 pirate ships. 

What's even worse is when instead of losing the patrolling ships, you have to run them into port to protect them when you're at war. 

My thought has always been the ships in a port should be considered to be patrolling the neighboring sea zone for purposes of suppressing pirate spawning.  I have no idea how hard that would be to code, or even if it's possible.

[DGuller]

Does EU3 have badboy system?

[Razgovory]

I've always used Paypal as an intermediary between GamersGate and my credit card.

Same here, I love Paypal.  It's like a condom, it lets you venture into dubious places with an extra layer of security.

You should have been wearing one when you got mugged.

[Caliga]

I wonder what would have happened had he asked his mugger "Do you take PayPal?"

[Lucidor]

Does EU3 have badboy system?

I think so. It's called reputation, and you can see it ingame.

[Grallon]

Just so you all know - the Magna Mundi team will release their EUIII latest mod: Magna Mundi 2 Platinum next monday (oct 5th).  You can visit the EUIII sub-forum for details.




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[DGuller]

Does EU3 have badboy system?

I think so. It's called reputation, and you can see it ingame.

Found it out the hard way.  I managed to lose with France, of all nations, due to it.  My badboy did go down when I had to cede most of the territories to Castile, Austria, and England. 

[Grallon]

And here's a glimpse of one of the latest beta test.

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With every new beta, MM team member berto1 sets up a series of automated hands-off games, allowing us to observe long-term game balance, and catch the occasional bug.

Here is a brief glimpse at what I gleaned from one of those save games, where the AI is basically all left to its own devices:


The German Republic

In 1523, the Empire adopted a hard line against Protestants, outlawing all non-Catholic rites. Apparently, this did not deter the Reformation much. By the 1590s, fifty provinces in the HRE had converted to a Christian religion other than Catholic. Consequently, the Netherlands felt that they, with the backing of many other Protestant Princes with whom they had conspired, could challenge the Austrian Emperor, attempting to force toleration. Thus began the War of the League of Holland.

One of the earliest Protestant countries had been Ansbach. It adopted its new faith in 1518, only to be annexed by the Bishop of Würzburg, less than a year later.
In 1594, the Counter-Reformation could count Ansbach among its victories - the province had returned to the fold.

But the semblance of tranquility soon turned out to be treacherous. In May 1604, as the League of Holland was in the midst of waging war on the Emperor, Ansbach rebelled and declared independence from Würzburg.
The Catholic dynasty that took the throne never sat firmly in the saddle, and social unrest continued to brew.

On November 23rd, 1608, a rebellion by peasants and burghers deposed the Count, and declared the German Republic.
Stadholder Götz von Berlichingen took office the same day, with a keen sense of historical accuracy, in spite of a contingent and dynamic underlying system.

The historical figure of that name was from that exact area. As you may know, he introduced the phrase, "Kiss my ass!" (I am not making that up!).

Two months later, neighboring Niederbayern revolted against its Bavarian rulers, and joined the German Republic. The ensuing war was quick and one-sided, ending with a decisive victory of Protestant Bavaria. The Republic returned to monarchical government, became a Bavarian vassal, and returned Niederbayern.

Here, the story should have ended, if I had gotten the code right (fixing it now).

Instead of collapsing, the German Republic flourished, attracting other provinces to its fold, where rebellions deposed the old feudal lords.
Between May of 1609 and April of 1610, a total of eight provinces defected to the German Republic (Dresden, Württemberg, Breisgau, Baden, Litomerice, Thüringen, Worms, Nassau, and Würzburg). As a consequence, the Republic and its Bavarian overlord were constantly at war between May 1609 and May 1615.

In these wars, the Republic expanded futher, annexing Mainz and Bamberg (where the Bishop of Würzburg had taken refuge from the peasants who now ruled his former capital province).

As the social revolution had shrivelled under the chill of warfare, the citizens of this new middle power (11 provinces) enjoyed nearly ten years of peace under the rule of Götz von Berlichingen. In 1623, Ferdinand I succeeded him to the throne, and the following year, Bavaria became involved in a succession war (1624-1632), bringing along its vassal.



The German Republic in 1625
1624 was also the year that the Empire experienced what amounted to a whole-sale social collapse, borne from a mix of fiscal and economic exhaustion, and exacerbated by an outbreak of the Plague. The Emperor had failed to deliver victory over the Protestant League, and many of the non-Germanic states on the fringes of the Realm began to break away.

In 1630, after more than 30 years of war, the religious enemies finally signed a compromise - a restoration of all Catholic Bishoprics, and a policy of toleration towards all Christian confessions. But it was too late to shore up the fraying Empire. By the end of the seventeenth century, the number of provinces in the HRE had decreased to 81 from 113 (1600).

With peace restored, and social conflict largely quelled, on March 11th, 1640, after returning to his castle from confession, Ferdinand I took the extraordinary step of declaring the end of the German Republic, and vowed to return all its possessions to their rightful owners. He stepped down as Duke of Germany. Thus, the revolution came to an end.

[Caliga]

Neat.   I have an EUIII game as France going right now but with the Terra Incognita mod or whatever it's called.  I liked MMP before, I'll have to try this iteration of it.

[Alcibiades]

Haven't played eu3 in 8 months because I've been waiting for this.