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#41
Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...
Last post by Tamas - Today at 11:30:15 AMOk so... in a game with individual bloody pops, separate court language settings etc., why is the solution to the unhistorical HRE thunderdome is to force the AI not to gobble it up when it could? Shouldn't we be trying to introduce the same constraints that existed historically?
Also I cannot for the life of me understand why the whole levy thing has to be so god damn complicated. To me it seems so simple: for every unit type, the regular version of it, as opposed to the levy one, should have bonus to discipline and maybe morale. DONE. You then tweak that to get the balance you want. Not these super-convoluted mega-mechanics of incremental cross-influencing modifiers. Gawd.
I am not very eager to return to the game to be honest. My next Paradox play will be Vicky 3.
Also I cannot for the life of me understand why the whole levy thing has to be so god damn complicated. To me it seems so simple: for every unit type, the regular version of it, as opposed to the levy one, should have bonus to discipline and maybe morale. DONE. You then tweak that to get the balance you want. Not these super-convoluted mega-mechanics of incremental cross-influencing modifiers. Gawd.
I am not very eager to return to the game to be honest. My next Paradox play will be Vicky 3.
#42
Off the Record / Re: Are we in the opening scen...
Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 08:21:23 AMQuote from: Jacob on January 01, 2026, 01:04:49 PMQuote from: crazy canuck on January 01, 2026, 12:08:08 PMToo bad we can't ignore the US impact on climate change.
I saw an article the that claimed that more than 90% of the US' new energy capacity in 2025 was renewable, in spite of Trump's efforts.
To be able to understand whether that statistic is meaningful, I would need to know how much new energy was generated in proportion to the existing energy.
#43
Computer Affairs / Re: Alternative search engines
Last post by Josquius - Today at 07:50:02 AMQuote from: Sophie Scholl on Today at 04:21:07 AMI think the "add 'fuck' to any google search" thing still works to remove ai bullshit and just deliver actual links and whatnot.Never heard of that so tried it. First result is the AI saying yes this works.
#44
Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...
Last post by PJL - Today at 07:33:56 AMQuote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on Today at 07:31:24 AMThe higher the number of Russian dead the better. Can't send corpses to the front
Quote from: Zoupa on Today at 04:08:27 AMrussians conquered 0.67% of Ukraine in 2025. Casualties estimate: 100 k dead, 200 k wounded.
It should be higher wounded and lower killed, but russians tend to just let their dudes bleed out instead of attempting a casevac.
Well, many of them are not ethnic Russians, as they're fighting Ukraine to the last Kazakh, Uzbek etc.
#45
Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...
Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 07:31:24 AMThe higher the number of Russian dead the better. Can't send corpses to the front
#46
Gaming HQ / Re: What are you playing? (Red...
Last post by Darth Wagtaros - Today at 06:08:04 AMQuote from: Josquius on Today at 01:28:30 AMI played Eternal Sonata like 20 years ago, so something made me think of it not long ago and then I saw this post.Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on December 30, 2025, 09:25:06 AMQuote from: Josquius on April 18, 2013, 07:30:27 PMEternal Sonata on the PS3. Was told it was a good RPG and I really felt like an old school RPG. It is...bizzare. Set in Chopin's head during his dying moments. No really. The classical music fanboyism you get in japan is strange stuff. Fairly fun so far though the plot seems pretty uninspiring- being told from the get go that anything you do will be meaningless as nothing is real....yeah.I got 3 quarters throuhg Eternal Sonata and then the damn game got corrupted. Like something at that point on the disc just stopped. Ienjoyed it. Was weird. King of Dragon Pass was similar experience to yours.
King of Dragon Pass on the PC. Quite fun for a while but then suddenly foot shortages became regular and impossible to fix, my people starved. Which was a big anti-climax. Reading guides apparently you have to invest heavily into sacrificing to crops related gods. Shame I have to start again, was enjoying it.
I note Cities in Motion 2 was released recently. Don't have it yet though must investigate!
What a belated reply
Makes me feel old.
I remember playing that.
Makes me think.
I wonder if I've grown out of JRPGs.
Used to love them. A favourite genre.
Not too long ago I finally got around to going through Eiyuden Chronicle. The only thing I ever kick started. From the maker of suikoden.
It was serviceable but.... Not brilliant. Just.... OK.
Recently started on Ni no kuni. A series that has passed me by largely though which is widely loved.
It's very pretty.... But just doesn't grip. Me. So very... Slow and simple.
Is it that it's too much of a game for little kids? But apparently no. Adults like it too.
But I'm not seeing it.
I did love Persona 5 a few years ago though. So... Hmm...
#47
Computer Affairs / Re: Alternative search engines
Last post by Sophie Scholl - Today at 04:21:07 AMI think the "add 'fuck' to any google search" thing still works to remove ai bullshit and just deliver actual links and whatnot.
#48
Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...
Last post by Zoupa - Today at 04:08:27 AMrussians conquered 0.67% of Ukraine in 2025. Casualties estimate: 100 k dead, 200 k wounded.
It should be higher wounded and lower killed, but russians tend to just let their dudes bleed out instead of attempting a casevac.
It should be higher wounded and lower killed, but russians tend to just let their dudes bleed out instead of attempting a casevac.
#49
Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread
Last post by Josquius - Today at 03:48:08 AMAway from the higher discussions about AI for a moment....
Seen a lot of chat on social media lately on the Vichy hellscape's new fucked up development.
Increasingly basically any picture a woman posts of herself gets the grok command to put them in a micro bikini. Which is promptly generated.
Oh did I say woman?
No no. Children too of course.
Quite a cross-over with the general musk is a shithead thread but jeez that place really needs legal action.
Seen a lot of chat on social media lately on the Vichy hellscape's new fucked up development.
Increasingly basically any picture a woman posts of herself gets the grok command to put them in a micro bikini. Which is promptly generated.
Oh did I say woman?
No no. Children too of course.
Quite a cross-over with the general musk is a shithead thread but jeez that place really needs legal action.
#50
Gaming HQ / Re: What are you playing? (Red...
Last post by Syt - Today at 02:22:29 AMThis holiday break I'm spending way too much time playing Brotato on my phone while watching shows/podcasts.
Essentially it's in the vein of Vampire Survivor - survive ever harder waves of enemies (your little potato bro fights automatically, so you "only" need to navigate him through the enemies) while collecting material/XP to level up and buy gear.
The fun comes from the dozens of different character classes with their special abilities and buffs/debuffs, plus the gear and items that can create great synergies (e.g. each weapon has one or two classes, equipping multiple of one class will give set bonuses) - it gives me the same kind of dopamine kick that running maps in Path of Exile does. Though your mileage my vary.
The game and its Abyss expansion are free on Google Play Pass, or on sale on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1942280/Brotato/ (regular price is 4.99, currently 2.99 or 5.56 if you get the expansion which adds classes, new enemies, new equipment).
Essentially it's in the vein of Vampire Survivor - survive ever harder waves of enemies (your little potato bro fights automatically, so you "only" need to navigate him through the enemies) while collecting material/XP to level up and buy gear.
The fun comes from the dozens of different character classes with their special abilities and buffs/debuffs, plus the gear and items that can create great synergies (e.g. each weapon has one or two classes, equipping multiple of one class will give set bonuses) - it gives me the same kind of dopamine kick that running maps in Path of Exile does. Though your mileage my vary.
The game and its Abyss expansion are free on Google Play Pass, or on sale on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1942280/Brotato/ (regular price is 4.99, currently 2.99 or 5.56 if you get the expansion which adds classes, new enemies, new equipment).