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Started by Octavian, August 10, 2012, 10:05:06 AM

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garbon

Quote from: Josephus on October 16, 2016, 07:52:14 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 16, 2016, 05:35:20 PM
Actually they now have the p'dox run wikis for each game which are kept fairly well up to date.

Fairly but not quite. Also not quite the same as a manual. Call me old fashioned.  :D

Yes, one must change with the times - particularly in instances of a company where up-to-date/thorough manuals never existed. ;)
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Quote from: Liep on October 17, 2016, 03:46:28 AM
Quote from: Josephus on October 16, 2016, 07:53:22 PM
4000 hours.

Does the math...

Divide by two, carry the....

holy, that's 166 days.

That's about the same as my WoW time played in 2005 :weep:

Less than mine, but it was spread out over 8 years or so.
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Quote from: Josephus on October 16, 2016, 07:53:22 PM
4000 hours.

Does the math...

Divide by two, carry the....

holy, that's 166 days.

It's about 25 hours a week since release.  :wacko:

DGuller

Maybe he just never closes the game, but keeps it minimized.  I remember once racking up some impressive count that way by accident.

Razgovory

Berkut has played twilight struggle for over 90 whole days.
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Zanza

#3125
I got a queen-consort regency for the first time.  :cool: It somehow also triggered the Iberian Wedding, when the ruler of Aragon died a few months later.


The addition of ruler personalities and queens with their own background (related to their home province for example) and events (related to their family if you got them from a royal marriage) adds some flavor. Some of the AI ruler personalities are actually noticable. Definitely one of the best additions in the last few DLCs.

EDIT:

My queen-consort-regent somehow became queen (a bug? or some event I clicked away?) and then married a Habsburg. When my heir died, a Habsburg was nominated to follow on the throne. Somewhat similar to our real history...


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garbon

I've always thought Denmark was short on provinces...

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Zanza

#3128
Dithmarschen :) That will make Syt happy if he ever plays the game.

Dithmarschen was actually an interesting sui generis republic ruled by the peasants of the region and there was no nobility there.

Syt

Quote from: Zanza on October 25, 2016, 02:10:35 PM
Dithmarschen :) That will make Syt happy if he ever plays the game.

Dithmarschen was actually an interesting sui generis republic ruled by the peasants of the region and there was no nobility there.

Seen it in a stream once. Dithmarschers are mortal enemies of Steinburgers.  :menace:

But yeah, they were nominally under the Bishop of Bremen (IIRC) who didn't give a fuck when Denmark tried to conquer them. The Danes, with armored knights, and armored mercenaries (the Black Guard), invaded, got drawn into a road with flooded fields left and right, and most of the Danes and mercenaries drowned. :lol:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hemmingstedt

Dithmarschen and Wulf Isebrand were part of the big improvement mod for EU1, actually.
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Liep

Finally some justice for Jutland. Lumping West, Middle and Eastern Jutes together was outrageous.
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PJL

If they've redone Demnark, they really should have split Slesvig in half as well. It just looks wrong against the new Danish provinces.

Josephus

Interesting artcile here. And I agree with the last bit about how they really need to codify a rulebook/strategy guide

http://www.wargamer.com/news/the-evolution-of-warfare-in-europa-universalis-iv/
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garbon

Quote from: Josephus on October 26, 2016, 08:54:55 PM
And I agree with the last bit about how they really need to codify a rulebook/strategy guide

Which I would say is unlikely to happen. EU2 only got 'one' sort of when For The Glory was created as a few folk sat down and tested every rule.
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.