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#11

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by crazy canuck - November 19, 2025, 10:43:38 PM

I didn't get that deep into the game yet but it seemed like things were balanced OK on release.  Levies were stronger in the first 2 ages and maybe the 3rd but that mapped well on to the historical period when levies were dominant and standing armies non-existent to very rare. I think its perfectly OK if during the earlier period, the standing armies are basically there as royal bodyguards or small groups of specialists to be used in reserve or for sieges and such until you get to the 1600s or so.  Now maybe the balance on release was due in part to some coding mistake but then don't fix the mistake in a way that totally undoes that balance.

Agreed

#12

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by HVC - November 19, 2025, 10:19:33 PM

Hey Viper, just hesrd theres a new stargate project in the works at amazon

#13

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Tonitrus - November 19, 2025, 10:13:04 PM

And back to war news...there are indications that Steve Witkoff has still been hard at work trying to surrender Ukraine.

#14

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Zanza - November 19, 2025, 08:53:48 PM

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-talks-89-19th-of-november-2025.1876786/

So tomorrow we will have radical re-rework of combat values and then next week the radical recalculation of the economic base which as I understand is a key metric informing several scaling systems.

Also next week's patch is going to be a major overhaul of vassal management,inckudingns rework of the centralisation-decentralisation axis.

Now apart from the ridiculously convoluted levy values the rest of the changes sound like good improvements, but I also feel frustrated I am in this very very familiar Paradox situation where I feel I want to play but I shouldn't because major changes are just a week away. And obviously next week's patch will break something brand new and then I will be waiting for the next fix etc.

I will just play Anno 117 for a while and then play EU V when it has matured a bit.

#15

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by The Minsky Moment - November 19, 2025, 08:43:15 PM

If the Grand Jury hasn't actually seen the case, in what sense has James Comey been indicted?

That's the same question the district judge raised today.

#16

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Razgovory - November 19, 2025, 08:41:38 PM

If the Grand Jury hasn't actually seen the case, in what sense has James Comey been indicted?

#17

Off the Record / Re: The China Thread

Last post by The Minsky Moment - November 19, 2025, 08:27:51 PM

Japan's Lost Decade is the closest analogue but China is quite a bit bigger and not as far advanced in per capita GDP.  We are in uncharted territory.

#18

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Tonitrus - November 19, 2025, 07:58:36 PM

It may have been unique to Digby...that place is pretty remote, especially for the younger/single troops living in the barracks.

#19

Off the Record / Re: The China Thread

Last post by Jacob - November 19, 2025, 07:49:50 PM

So what are likely scenarios for how that plays out?

#20

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by The Minsky Moment - November 19, 2025, 06:44:55 PM

Well two of the leading AI companies are led by an addled ketamine addict (X) and a pathological liar (Open AI).

The Anthropic guy seems kind of balanced.  On the one hand he keeps warning about the dangers of AI, the threats to economic stability and world peace, and the need for regulations. His way of addressing that in the business is to proceed at breakneck speed in AI development and do deals with any international scumbag with cash (aka the Gulf Sheikhs).