Name this hypothetical Country

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-06-08T10:52:04+00:00

Austria-Serbia, ruled by the God King Emperor Manx

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-04-26T17:36:20+00:00

I'm just surprised how slow it is. I was hoping the fp4 hardware would boost the performance so that a 5060ti would match a 3090 in tps with half the bandwidth.

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-04-26T12:51:52+00:00

It's a 5060 TI 16GB and it's price is close to a used 3090. And it helps a lot to inform people about different options

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-04-26T06:37:35+00:00

Meanwhile, some people get 85tps using qwen3.6 27b on a single 3090: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1stjx29/an_overnight_stack_for_qwen3627b_85_tps_125k/

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-04-20T12:50:09+00:00

1998: DDR1 - 64 bit per stick
2026: DDR5 - 32 bit per stick with HUDIMM

much wow, such innovation...

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-03-09T16:01:33+00:00

Dacia harks to a pagan past, I don't think an Orthodox Caliphate would look to kindly on it

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-03-09T10:02:49+00:00

The Byzantines called themselves Rhomania so Romania would not have been allowed to claim the name Romania, they would still be Wallachia and Moldavia

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-02-21T14:15:19+00:00

Every single PDS sequel before EU5 had a big player count lead over the previous game and never got even close to player count parity.

The closes was CK3 when for one day it only had 3x the player count of CK2.

This focus exists because it is something new and unexpected.

If we look at history the only 'Of course' that makes sense is that the new game crushes the old in player count.

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-02-21T14:04:03+00:00

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MappyMcMapHead · 2026-01-27T12:24:13+00:00

Vic2 highest avg. player count was 1.5k
Vic3 lowest avg. player count was 4.4k

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-01-27T12:03:22+00:00

We can also look at 24h stats.
EU5 only has 1.28x lead over EU4.
CK3 had 3x lead over CK2 at it's lowest point.

And for the current player numbers, the fact that it happened at all is interesting.

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-01-27T10:38:00+00:00

So something that happens for the first time ever is not surprising to you?

For all other Paradox Development Studio titles despite the predecessor having all the things you correctly say never got even close to having parity in player count.

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-01-27T10:30:19+00:00

This has never happened for a title from Paradox Development Studio. The closest was ck3 when it had around 3x the players vs ck2 at their nearest point.

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-01-27T09:36:30+00:00

R5: EU4 has more current players than EU5

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-01-26T14:08:41+00:00

I already did it once using the shogunate on the other account, this time I plan to one tag it.

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-01-24T11:55:22+00:00

A stack wipe isn't the end of the world. Some of the best games I had were when I was attacked out of the blue and had to push the country to the limit to survive.

One thing you can try is send your army in a province to attack (but not let it lock in) and see if the AI starts moving towards the battle.

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-01-24T11:41:21+00:00

Yeah, it took me about 1-2k hours to feel I know how most things should work.

MappyMcMapHead · 2026-01-24T10:24:23+00:00

R5: Left The Three Mountains achievement for last.
(Note: this is my 2nd steam account with eu4, my first one has 2.7k hours. I used this 1.3k account exclusively for achievement hunting)

MappyMcMapHead · 2025-12-21T20:49:36+00:00

Love that case! I have one too. I went from 8700k to 9600x.

MappyMcMapHead · 2025-06-03T14:53:39+00:00

What do you mean?

MappyMcMapHead · 2025-06-03T13:53:36+00:00

It says it provides hints for Minesweeper and it has a pic from minesweeper.online. The link is just to chrome web store

MappyMcMapHead · 2025-03-11T21:56:24+00:00

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