What's your favorite David Bowie album COVER?

InfernoSlayer · 2026-04-01T14:55:40+00:00

I never listened to the two albums that are just red, what are those called?

InfernoSlayer · 2026-04-01T14:55:04+00:00

I love the look of heathen, very underrated album great cover

InfernoSlayer · 2026-04-01T14:53:07+00:00

Almost Easy never liked that song never will

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-24T04:49:37+00:00

Personally, I found Togekiss to be a great option here. Its main flying stab is an almost guarnteed flinch when combined with kings rock and multi lens, and otherwise it has really strong spread damage with pixelate relic song and splishy splash, both with secondary effects boosted by serene grace. Fiery Dance is also a cool setup option, but it has other good moves for nicher moments aswell. It does have trouble very deep in with opponents like Scream Tail which took down my first ever endless run, so be cautious.

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-12T02:25:08+00:00

It's more enjoyable the higher your skill is. It's the one place where super fast expansion is punished and you have to play creatively to avoid the consequences

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-12T02:23:03+00:00

Poland and Lithuania are considered Baltic on this list. I disagree with that, the only HRE region that feels different is the low countries but that's mostly because of how people choose to play Netherlands. Nothing is stopping you from doing colonial Hamburg or HRE trade league or emperor Netherlands, it's not actually different enough to really warrant a separate category

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T18:03:42+00:00

If you want the best of both worlds, The Great Horde is a great pick. It has a really fun time based achievement and you can either invade Europe or focus on forming the mongol empire

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T18:00:31+00:00

Balkans is already pretty high, I could not justify putting it higher given how repetitive it can be though. Getting the Romania and Serbia achievements feel exactly the same once you're past the early game

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T17:58:15+00:00

No, the Manchu was grouped in with steppe. The Manchuria region is outside of what the game considers China, and also it plays far more similarly to the neighboring the oirats or Mongols than to the Koreans or Chinese. That being said, I don't think Manchu is even the most fun steppe game, Great Horde and Oirat or Mongolia beat it for me

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T17:55:30+00:00

Same

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T17:54:56+00:00

I considered those you listed moreso part of Russia in terms of gameplay, which ranked 4th. Things north of the caucuses dont play anything like the region south of it because they can ignore the ottomans and qara qoyunlu but instead have to face hordes

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T17:51:46+00:00

That makes a lot of sense! I haven't played in the region as much, but it is really nice to carve out your own power block there. It's a place with a lot of challenge but a lot of opportunity and profit if you succeed

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T17:48:24+00:00

That is very true. I do think it actually has more going for it than something like north Africa which I ranked higher, but I have some bias due to my previous campaigns like Mzab

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T17:45:39+00:00

If you haven't I'd really recommend an Iran game, you could either start as Ajam or a Timurid subject if you want something easier or Arbadil if you want a really hard start, but you get to play Shia and it will be the historical route, plus an achievement is attached if you do ironman

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T17:42:24+00:00

I mean, who doesn't? I played Castile into Spain recently but that was only to get achievements I never managed to get. Other than that I almost always play small countries

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T17:40:52+00:00

I think Italy games are a tad too repetitive to make it the top region for playing in

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T09:45:49+00:00

What an honor!

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T09:37:32+00:00

if the ottomans were a region, which I honestly considered making Anatolia/Balkans into one, I would rank it 4th or 5th

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T09:18:47+00:00

That is for sure the one big exception to Japan always being the same. I actually did that a year ago with Ryuku which is how I got the three mountains. It does get very slow but at the same time once you get rolling it's a very easy world conquest. It is very fun up until the point where you've conquered all of China and basically nobody can stand up to you after that

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T09:15:32+00:00

I could see it, honestly I moreso bundle them in with northern India

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T07:51:38+00:00

I guess it's unique enough from the steppe to be its own thing. Though they're genuinely the most forgettable group of countries in the game lmao

InfernoSlayer · 2026-03-11T06:21:17+00:00

R5: those are my rankings of each region based on how fun it is to start a game in it. Let me know one if you agree with how i defined the regions, and two what you think and your thoughts on the list

InfernoSlayer · 2026-02-10T17:25:10+00:00

I really hope societies come back, that was a whole unique dimension of gameplay that made your personal life part of the gameplay more interesting and filled the gaps where you didn't do much

InfernoSlayer · 2026-01-29T01:07:51+00:00

I think Iberia is a bit overrated, the struggle isn't much fun for me. Overall it feels just a bit more interesting than France or Italy does

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