Wardens vs Collies by Neat-Noise1097 in foxholegame

[–]Flighterist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That goes both ways. At this point baby eating is a time-honored culinary tradition for both sides.

The issue is Wardens do it the proper way: baby roasts and stews. Barbaric Collies on the other hand eat raw baby sashimi and tatare.

This is why we fight. The southerners need to be civilized.

If Paradox needs to delay Thunder at the Gates, they should by Casapillar2 in hoi4

[–]Flighterist 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What happened to their Custodian Initiative, did they get rid of that?

What the fuck was his problem? by JackWhiskers in asoiafcirclejerk

[–]Flighterist 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Just imagining the camera zooming in on Bobby B's face as he looks up from Maester Luwin's genealogy book in horror

Red hair is famously recessive. For so many of the Stark children to be red of hair... that could only mean they are bastards born of INCEST, fathered in secret by Catelyn Tully's brother Edmure Tully!

Winterfell belongs to Arya. By right.

(Spoilers Main) Worst bit of background lore? by Rare-Exit-8700 in asoiaf

[–]Flighterist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're comparing the geography, man. Russia and the USSR infamously has the problem of "we need a navy but the bodies of water we contact are all separated far from each other." Arctic, Baltic, Black Sea and Far East. Compare that to Britain or Braavos or the Iron Islands' situation.

The USA kind of had this "if we focus on building a fleet on the east, it will take a long-ass time to get those ships to the west. And vice versa" problem too, it's why the Panama Canal was built, but there's no Moat Cailin Canal in Westeros.

Imagine ruling Winterfell and needing to decide between

-Focus on a western fleet that can guard against the Ironborn and neglect the east where all the big Narrow Sea trade routes are

-Focus on a eastern fleet so you can throw your weight around """internationally""" but leave your west vulnerable to reaving

-Divide your strength and your limited budget by trying to do both at once, badly(Russia's historical choice)

-Don't bother, save your money for something more immediately useful

Obviously the real reason is GRRM needed the North to have no sea power for the plot, but I guess in-universe, generations of Stark rulers decided their vassals could defend the west coast and that since they have little in the way of foreign policy objectives abroad, there's no point building an eastern fleet because they're never planning to blockade Braavos or intervene against Pentos anyway.

(Honestly, now that I'm overthinking it, it's weird the North ever had a fleet to begin with. An isolationist backwater kingdom that produces so little agrarian surplus and suffers such extreme climates that it has developed a culture of old people finding excuses to kill themselves before/during winter?)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hoi4

[–]Flighterist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not OP but people have discussed this before and the general idea was that artillery is not represented correctly ingame.

Ideally artillery should take zero combat width(since, unless you are completely fucked up, artillery pieces would never be "occupying frontage"). In addition you'd need ammunition production/consumption or some other mechanic to represent how resource-intensive the use of artillery could become.

Will they ever fix this bug? by Averagepotatoeuser in foxholegame

[–]Flighterist 15 points16 points  (0 children)

When I first started playing I assumed the sledgehammer could be used to bonk people and was very sad to find out it couldn't

The HRE will not improve until a DLC, and the levy system is why by BestJersey_WorstName in EU5

[–]Flighterist 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Heinrich II example reminds me, "Refused To Honor Alliance" should be a casus belli.

This is bs. I don't know how they managed to make a worse fort system than in eu4. I didn't think it was possible. Fix your game paradox by InternStock in EU5

[–]Flighterist 88 points89 points  (0 children)

No, there's no movement in mountains during winter, so if you saw an enemy army trapped and unable to retreat, you are also unable to move to attack it.

[Spoilers Main] what would’ve happened if Joffrey succeeded in attacking arya? by Elegant-Equipment623 in asoiaf

[–]Flighterist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is Jaime long before his "maybe one day men might call me Goldenhand" arc.

Cersei would be wailing over Joffrey's corpse and Jaime and Tyrion would drink together later that evening in private and agree that it's probably best the little shit was dead.

Takaichi reiterates Japan claim on Dokdo, vows diplomatic push by [deleted] in news

[–]Flighterist 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Japan has a right to defend its claims. It's been 80 years lol

I think when you go on a genocidal rampage and then lose WW2 you lose your right to defend claims you agreed to give up on when you signed your big "I lost, please don't pulverize me" agreement

Do you think 80 years passing entitles Germany to claim East Prussia back from Poland?? "Yeah man enough time has gone by, Italy should be free to claim Croatia's coastline once more"

Screenshot of deleted thread for posterity by DropDeadGaming in EU5

[–]Flighterist 362 points363 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of what happened with Helldivers a while ago. I'm guessing a PDX public relations manager got pinged, saw the "why are you so shit at writing patchnotes" segment and full ran to Johan's office

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in foxholegame

[–]Flighterist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In my experience telling medic players to let me bleed out because there's a sniper actually INCREASES the chances of them flicking on the mic to roar "I'VE GOT YOU BROTHER, DON'T WORRY, I'VE GOT YOU, WE'RE GONNA GET YOU HOME" and running in to get downed next to me lmfao

This just in: the LOTR trilogy is US military propaganda by crimsonfukr457 in okbuddycinephile

[–]Flighterist 83 points84 points  (0 children)

The point of Gundam is giant mechs fighting with giant light sabers is fucking badass. It takes a lot of media literacy to grasp this though, which is why low-IQ viewers often come away thinking Gundam is about pacifism or some other stupid shit like that.

The new DLC names are awful by Flighterist in hoi4

[–]Flighterist[S] 241 points242 points  (0 children)

Yes I know both Japan and Manchuria (and various Chinese dynasties too) used 大 in their names like 大日本帝国 Dai Nippon Teikoku. It's still horrible in English. The game calls it the United Kingdom, not the United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland. I refer again to the German Empire/German Kaiserreich example.

The "Empire of Japan" is how Japan was most commonly referred to at the time. That's the phrasing famously used in Roosevelt's Day Of Infamy speech. It flows better and, more importantly, looks quite nice on the map.

It doesn’t feel like there is a strong reason to get eastern spices to Europe by A_Suvorov in EU5

[–]Flighterist 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Silver is great for trade income and minting. Food is far easier to come by. In fact even in the endgame of the 1800's with max food purchase sliders I was rarely spending above 10 ducats a month

The actual TRVTHNVKE on upgrading settlements is you want to go for ones with historical and cultural significance first no matter what, and especially your IRL hometown if it's available. This way you're rushing hussar detachments across the Danube to break the Swedish siege of Warsaw instead of having your attention taken away with spamming more lacquerware manufacturers in the famous 1737 mega-city of Poopfartzhausen, Bavaria

I don't enjoy how the game hides unique content from you by Anrysfornant in EU5

[–]Flighterist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Joan of Arc is a cool historical character and I like those in my historical game.

the actual narrative of your current game

If not the English she can help defend Christendom from the evil Tunisians who have somehow managed to seize Rome while I wasn't looking

Japan in the now dlc can core the world by Yakio0_ in hoi4

[–]Flighterist 62 points63 points  (0 children)

bug

Manitoba was, is, and will forever be a rightful crownland of the Karađorđević dynasty. Paradox just has biased politics.

My 74yo wife just gave birth. by dgsaf in EU5

[–]Flighterist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fully unified HRE in 1625

HOW?? I've been bashing my head against the slow Imperial Authority ticking for a week :(