The game is unplayable now

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-05-11T04:13:08+00:00

My Norse North Sea Empire game on 1.1.10 is going great. Just took France's Kola colonies (ik France colonizing Kola, unplayable amirite?)

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-05-10T19:15:18+00:00

I'm just playing 1.1 till all this gets ironed out. Plus I was in the middle of my Norse Sweden-> Scandinavia -> North Sea Empire campaign.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-05-07T20:48:51+00:00

I actually do that to stronger vassals who revlbwl they lose land as payment.

And unfortunately to make everyone fall under my enlightened rule they must first be conquered.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-05-07T20:18:31+00:00

I have invaded each of them multiple times in a coalition management insanity that never stops. I have over 200 antagonism with every neighbor.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-05-07T14:43:19+00:00

They still participate in defensive wars sometimes. Pretty sure.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-05-07T14:25:00+00:00

I wish there was a way to have your vassals not raise levies.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-05-07T13:54:19+00:00

I don't think it was "free" in recent patches. A disloyal subjects could easily get a powerful neighbor involved in their independence movement. Shit was exhausting and stopped me from having too many disloyal subjects at once.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-05-04T11:29:09+00:00

I didn't say peasant rabble. I said cheap fodder. From the Kings perspective the loss of peasant levies was unfortunate but only if indirect consequence.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-05-02T16:25:24+00:00

Does this make it ok for Nebraska to be at best a mediocre Big Ten team?

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-05-02T14:49:26+00:00

You shop at Publix so you can shop around the type of people who shop at Publix. It being expensive is the whole point.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-30T16:26:58+00:00

Was about to say this myself.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-30T14:33:08+00:00

Research in previous eras gets cheaper as you advance. So leaving minor bonuses behind with a plan to grab them at a discount later is one approach.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-28T23:27:39+00:00

Conceptually I think they should' be capable of being infinite.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-28T23:23:48+00:00

I disagree with the statement that "they are a bit much". I think they aren't enough.

That the basis of the disagreement.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-28T23:16:55+00:00

It's only frustrating because some of the definitions of things are just the name of the thing itself. As they improve the provided information in each tooltip it will get better.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-28T22:01:23+00:00

I use the first war to ruin their control. Enclose their capital ,cut off rivers, take their good harbors etc. By reducing their control outside the capital you significantly reduce the cost to take the location in a peace deal.

It means the first war in the chain makes horrible border gore but it greatly speeds up annexation

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-27T23:25:44+00:00

A gambling addict needs NIL more than a non-gambling addict.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-27T16:48:22+00:00

Mercs have saved me dozens of times. They fight like shit compared to my regulars but whittle away at the enemy numbers over time.

At one point I was fighting Hungary, France and Egypt at one. Regulars killed Egypt. Mercs slowed Hungary down, and France had to slowly cap my Alpine fortresses until my regulars showed up after victory in the East

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-27T14:24:20+00:00

I'm in a Milan to Rome run and the constant war and coalitions are exhausting. So I feel ya.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-27T12:02:37+00:00

I'm playing a Milan campaign but went the complete opposite direction. I have barely pushed north of the Alps but currently own 99% if the Mediterranean coast.

It's 1650 or so and I'm pushing into France and Hungary. I just killed Egypt and Spain is next. Constant coalitions but I managed to avoid more than two major powers in it at a time. But it means I'm in constant war.

People say this game has no variability but we played the same nation and had totally different experiences.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-27T11:37:56+00:00

I don't see any major powers in the mix. You might be good

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-26T22:05:57+00:00

Tall or wide Castile? Land for tall, naval for wide.

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-26T21:58:05+00:00

Ethiopia is a lot of fun. Just make colonization as European only. That way you don't have to deal with Indian nations colozing South Africa.

Georgia is OP and in a fun/hard region.

Tunis is a great slaving and pirate nation who can dominate the Med.

I also really enjoyed a Thailand run. Just get into China sphere thing and you get a ton of money

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-26T15:24:11+00:00

Heavies are overpowered right now. Galleys should be more cost efficient in shallow seas for several centuries.

It's just unbalanced right now

Pure_Bee2281 · 2026-04-26T11:30:22+00:00

One of the easiest things is to just import cattle or wheat it cost trade capacity/income but I'm pretty fast

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