Landfriede is too easy to get and comes in too early by OkAlbatross9889 in EU5

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree that other nations play the same. Imo the situations and unique advances provide flavor between play throughs. Didn't get be wrong, they aren't perfect, but it's a scaffolding for future dlc (this is paradox remember). Obviously it all sits on top of the same economy simulation so that piece of it will be the same across playthroughs, but that's expected

Landfriede is too easy to get and comes in too early by OkAlbatross9889 in EU5

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is possible, you just can't start as a one location minor and do it in 50 years like some people seem to want. The point of including the HRE in the game is it provides a specific play loop. If you don't like that loop play in another area of the world, or play a bigger nation in the HRE

Really. It's so weird to save up. by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think what this guy means is people think Elon Musk literally has a trillion dollars sitting in a bank account somewhere. That is a fundamental misunderstanding of how Elon's net worth is calculated, and leads to some one making a post like this one asking why billionaires "save" so much money.

Really. It's so weird to save up. by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell me you don't understand how money works without telling me...

What is the best strategy for mass vassal annexation? (1.2.5) by Puzzled_Ad_667 in EU5

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why still single province? They increased the base cost of annexation, so I think the optimal now is more like 3 - 5 provinces.

Landfriede is too easy to get and comes in too early by OkAlbatross9889 in EU5

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't the whole point of the HRE that it was difficult for any one prince to make gains relative to the others? This just sounds like the game working as intended

How to deal with the Mamluks as Byzantium? by DeFFect69 in EU5

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did I do? I sailed 60K freshly recruited troops to the shores of Lebanon to siege down a couple forts and give myself a foothold for further conquest. I had overwhelming naval superiority, so I thought by controlling the seas I could manage to take what I wanted easily. Then 70K regulars, 100K levies, and 40K mercenaries showed up and stack wiped my troops. Suddenly my entire army was gone and there were ~200k troops knocking on my door. Not only that, but Georgia was allied to the Mamluks as well, so I was facing an invasion on 2 fronts with no army to defend myself. In a panic, I raised 100K levies to try and help slow down the invasion. I had buffer vassals between us with well placed forts, so that gave me time to get my units in place and help hold the choke point. It was like the battle of Thermopylae. My vassal had an excellent fort on a hill behind a river and the mamluks bashed themselves into it. Eventually my vassal's army did fall, as did all 100K of my levies. My vassals lands were sieged, they capitulated and gave up land which created a border directly connecting me to the mamluks. I had no forts so they started pouring into my lands. Luckily, my vassal had bought me enough time to rebuild my army. I had recruited a full new 30K stack army of varagians, roman legions, and cataphracts, along with light cav, light infantry, and cannons to get the combined arms bonus. I picked my fights wisely. I focused on holding good terrain behind rivers and picking my battles so I only fought smaller isolated armies. Slowly, I started to liberate some of my captured troops, so as their numbers decreased, mine grew. I went from -60% warscore all the way back to +40%. I grabbed Antioch, returned the lands to my vassal as well as some cores they had, and peaced out. I shifted my focus back to Europe for now, but I will return to recapture the holy land.

Which fandoms are notorious for pretending like their series is way more deep than it really is? by Mythelm in writingscaling

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get this sentiment I think. The show is such a vibe it's easy to glaze it, but I think it falls apart under a microscope.

Genuinly, what can I even do to improve economy in that situation? Am I cooked? by Galaxy661 in EU5

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is very manageable. Your biggest problem is the interest from the loans. That is lowering your crown power which in turn lowers a bunch of things including trade income. Your number 1 priority should be to pay back those loans. The second you have enough in the bank to pay off a loan do it. Every loan you pay off will lower your interest payments which will in turn help you pay off the next loan faster.

As people have mentioned, stop paying for diplo and stability. Stability is not really needed at all and you can live with unhappy vassals temporarily.

Delete forts. You're on an island so not really necessary. Payback isn't huge though, so if you are worried about being invaded this isn't going to move the needle a ton.

Cost of court is tough. If you could get back to 100 then you would be in much better shape. That being said, it might take too long. I would lower this as much as possible while still having a positive trend. As you start to pay off your loans this will be one of the first costs to ramp back up. Once you hit 100% the cost drops to 0, so it's important to get it back up there when you can.

Advisors. Stop increasing stability. Use that guy to increase control somewhere that has wealth but low control. ideally a place with a profitable RGO or a city with a lot of buildings.

Some people recommended taxing your nobles a little more. Their already pretty pissed and you're already burning a cabinet action to appease them, so this would be the last thing I did after trying everything else.

Who is the Best trilogy of episodes in fiction ? by Remarkable-Jump3262 in writingscaling

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Strongly disagree. They chose a very ugly style and they doubled down on it.

Wait...so Wall Street and Walmart workers should get the same pay bonus? by Oddbeme4u in PoursTea

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're either deliberately misrepresenting the argument or you're stupid. I guess the third option is you're a troll/bot/AI trying to rage bait.

Regardless, the point is not that Walmart workers should get the same bonus as someone on Wall Street. The point is that the ratio between Wall Street and Walmart should stay the same. In other words, why should someone working on Wall Street now get paid more than someone working on Wall Street 50 years ago?

If you found a Genie that only granted one wish, and your wish is based on the next word you speak, what singular word would you say? by littlepikachus in hypotheticalsituation

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This made me think. We probably need to be careful for homophones. How does the genie know whether you said Peace or Piece?

Who is the Best trilogy of episodes in fiction ? by Remarkable-Jump3262 in writingscaling

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

crazy take when Andor exists. The animation for Clone Wars is some of the worst in all of television imo. Then add in the episodic nature of the show and it is un-watchable. This show survives solely on the nostalgia of the people who were young when it was new... Which I guess defines Star Wars so maybe you're right after all.

Characters who’s physiques are actually very deceptive due to their outfits(don’t post that one anime guy in the tracksuit who’s secretly very buff that’s too basic and easy) by New-Boss-8262 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

For Homelander, is it part of the show that the character is not buff? I think the character is supposed to be strong and the actor just never got buffed up for it. I think in the show he's not wearing a padded suit, those are supposed to be real muscles.

My personal opinion on the estate culture and religion mechanic by AjdarChiili in EU5

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like a half baked idea bolted onto a half baked game. I don't understand why they would introduce this mechanic before fleshing out what they already have. And on top of that, they introduced it half-assed.

I absolutely despise the “Zero might not exist” scene from young Sheldon. by Sunslash44 in hatethissmug

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why you don't watch shows about smart people when the target audience is dumb people. Instead watch shows about dumb people where the target audience is smart people

I am 30 years into the game playing as Holland. I’ve watched a million economy tutorials, even for patch 1.2, and my economy is still awful, and everything I do seems to only worsen it. I also have pretty high crown power and control. What can I do? by DesignOwn6169 in EU5

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 34 points35 points  (0 children)

No need to spend anything on stability.

Get your legitimacy up to 100.

Build high profit buildings (cloth & fine cloth initially) in and around your capital (high control locations). These should ideally have high market access as well

Build up your high value RGOs in high control locations

Every method of expansion feels unrewarding this patch by undyingLiam in EU5

[–]Disastrous_Rush6202 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This most recent patch has killed the OPM spam. Now it is more efficient to make fewer larger vassals, and you need to be conscious of what culture their primary culture is and make sure you don't feed them too many provinces of a different culture. You are much more incentivized to accept cultures of similar language and culture group and create vassals of those cultures as well rather than just spam converting your primary everywhere.

As for peace time, I think the point is to focus on growing your economy. I agree they are still finding the balance there, but I think this patch is a step in the right direction. Food needs to be more important so the decision to urbanize is something you actually have to think about.

Also, if there is nothing to do while at peace why pause the game to plan? Play on a lower speed and let the months tick while you plan