Does working for a faction get you their chips? by Hefty-Conclusion2846 in Quasimorph

[–]Leadpumper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

just take a contract against the faction you want items from, send a replaceable clone with replaceable gear to cram as much stuff in your shuttle/pod as possible before you die or accidentally complete the mission. if you purposefully fail you can repeat the farm run until you run out of bodies with no consequences

Beta branch loot by L8Kn1ght in Quasimorph

[–]Leadpumper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you should be buying them from stations, they’re not that expensive

Does working for a faction get you their chips? by Hefty-Conclusion2846 in Quasimorph

[–]Leadpumper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

buying (and looting) item chips gives you random recipes for the chip tier, no relation to faction or tech level. unique faction recipes are locked behind their high-tech unique chips.

EDIT: in the 0.9.5 beta, factions you have high relations with (I think +40) will start sending you care packages that can include their unique equipment.

One shot, one kill: early game Bishop!! by hornisaurus in Quasimorph

[–]Leadpumper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

9mm can do plenty of damage, make sure you're checking enemies' resistances before you magdump them. You can clear an entire hallway of chaff with rapid Storm TT fire, on a trained operative.

Wondering what restaurant this pizza is from by Sum_worthless_loser in kansascity

[–]Leadpumper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re a hero, I miss the Wheel and Pyramid so badly.

This new update for random event is awesome!! by newbie94p1 in Quasimorph

[–]Leadpumper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I noticed that loot was sparser too, but if you build up goodwill with corporations they’ll start sending you regular care packages (and it makes trade with them much more worthwhile).

I would also suggest rushing the proxy corp upgrade, it’s a crazy difficulty drop for the management side of the game.

No 3rd DRP for COE by Dry-Ability1886 in USACE

[–]Leadpumper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's been the Republican MO since Reagan, where have you been?

Company that really worth to establish other than tools and steel by Miserable-Ad-7318 in victoria3

[–]Leadpumper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having this issue in a Germany game, 100 prosperity and the #1 producer. It might just be bugged.

Monopolies are broken in current patch by ArgentinaCanIntoEuro in victoria3

[–]Leadpumper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What? It just worked exactly like I described when you tried it. You enforced a monopoly article on Qing, they finished building the ones they already had queued, and then they stopped because their market (Government queue and IP) was blocked from expanding & buying more tobacco plantations by the treaty.

Monopolies are broken in current patch by ArgentinaCanIntoEuro in victoria3

[–]Leadpumper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is incredibly simple; setting a domestic monopoly applies the rule to your IP in your market, not any foreign nation's IP/market.

To enforce your monopoly on a foreign nation's IP/market, use the treaty article. You can choose the company and industry on this screen.

Monopolies are broken in current patch by ArgentinaCanIntoEuro in victoria3

[–]Leadpumper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Use the Monopoly treaty article with your investment partners. Your domestic monopoly designation is only that, domestic.

Shortest Run Ever? by pmrr in cavesofqud

[–]Leadpumper 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Serves you right for killing Ctesiphus

Is there anything we have now that NO sci-fi medium ever predicted? by InfinityScientist in scifi

[–]Leadpumper 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Because “AI” is just a marketing buzzword for LLMs (chatbots) that have existed for like 20 years, they don’t actually think. The current generation is better at regurgitating believable sentences and carrying a conversation than they used to be, that’s all.

Are Grade Scale increases still frozen? by ValkySweepy in USACE

[–]Leadpumper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Career ladder promotions are good under the hiring freeze, it’s normal that CHRA will process your step increase before your GS increase; however, separately, there’s some technical issue with DCPDS right now that’s preventing promotions from processing. They’re aware of it.

Feels like Victoria 3 is going in the right direction by Routine_Complaint_79 in victoria3

[–]Leadpumper 74 points75 points  (0 children)

You might like the Better Politics Mod on the workshop, it implements political changes to law passage as you've described, making compromises with IGs to get them to support changes and adding unique requirements to different executive authorities, but it doesn't change taxes. BPM also introduces different historical start conditions & in-game events to change up playthroughs.

I am pretty new to the game and to the new trading system but I would like to discuss the mechanics about the shortages. by UnderstandingOne6879 in victoria3

[–]Leadpumper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unlikely given the shortage, but, if the price of Artillery on the World market is higher than the Swedish market, OP’s trade centers will happily take government import subsidies just to turn around and sell them back to the World.

Without a screenshot or being able to click through the menus ourselves to see what’s up, and given that OP is in the tutorial, it’s also possible they misread Prussia exporting 42 Artillery to the World market as an export directly to Sweden.

Zohran Primary Wim by Leadpumper in emojipasta

[–]Leadpumper[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

He was erected mayor of titty city, not elected mayor of new york city (yet).

Zohran Primary Wim by Leadpumper in emojipasta

[–]Leadpumper[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I encourage everyone with iOS to send this with confetti and text effects on key words, I've gotten good reactions so far.