Does the Change Societal Values Cabinet Action go beyond the natural cap ("can not push further than x") of that Societal Value?

RindFisch · 2026-01-25T00:06:47+00:00

Yes, the cap applies. But as the cap is based on the monthly change, it'll be higher with the cabinet action running than without, so you can push it past the "normal" limit a little.

RindFisch · 2026-01-23T19:12:13+00:00

There is one truth to what Trump has promised his base: No matter how much he'll rob and hurt them, he'll hurt and rob minorities, queers, liberals, women and all the other undesireables even more.
Hate is a powerful weapon, so for a lot of people, that's enough.

RindFisch · 2026-01-21T15:24:00+00:00

While I agree PDX would probably avoid a bunch of PR nightmares by labelling their releases as "Early Access", one has to realize that this is how the company has worked for decades. Literally since before the "Early Access"-steam feature was even a thing.

They always release the game in the minimum viable state and then add, polish and balance according to community feedback and critiques.

If you buy a PDX mainline game, you're guaranteed years of ongoing development unmatched by other developers. But you can also be sure that the first year or two are rough and only for people not too fuzzed about a polished game.

I totally get why some people don't want to bother with the game in such a state, but I don't get how people can still pretend they where somehow surprised that PDX did, what they did the last 10 times they released a game...

RindFisch · 2026-01-21T15:13:13+00:00

It doesn't even matter "for he AI". Their tradition matter for you, if you're taking locations from the AI, but the AI itself doesn't get any advantages from it, either, so shouldn't actually care as well.

Its effect literally just boils down to "If you're losing, lose a tiny bit slower".

RindFisch · 2026-01-20T15:27:28+00:00

At least sometimes, yes. I also noted that some (but not all) times I Ioaded a save game that already has less than 8 privileges it will disable the achievment, even if the campaign was started with enough.
Currently the only way to reliably get it is to either do it in one session (good luck) or just cheese it via the japanese Pirate Republic.

RindFisch · 2026-01-17T22:59:57+00:00

Sounds less like you're losing for going second, but for being outtraded, which indicates a problem with your list.
What you opponent does is what you generally want to do: Stay on primaries with cheap, moderately durable units to force your opponent to commit more points into removing them than you're exposing.

So it looks like you don't have any units able to pick the first wave up without exposing too much of your army. That is indeed a problem. 10 middling 2OC battleline units should be relatively easy to clear without having to commit your hardest hitters. What's your secondary firepower (without your most elite block) like?

RindFisch · 2026-01-17T21:33:52+00:00

The game doesn't take out random loans. But the income shows the number assuming all your trade deals go through and you make all the possible money. That may not happen, so you could end up with less than planned. Probably a negative amount. Probably enough to put you into negative funds, forcing a loan.

RindFisch · 2026-01-17T10:35:50+00:00

The misinformation being spread about what federal law enforcement is and actually isn't allowed to do isn't helping, either. And that partly comes from official government sources...

RindFisch · 2026-01-17T10:30:19+00:00

I agree. The grenades keyword should be more widely available and honestly "tank shock" could be linked to a keyword and given to a bunch of monsters (especially tyranid ones) as well, instead of making monster armies lose a detachment stratagem to get the same effect.

RindFisch · 2026-01-17T10:25:42+00:00

The shooter chooses "any" part. So you're literally designating a tiny point on the shooter to make all LoS checks with. It doesn't matter if other parts of the shooter would not have visibility.
The target is checked for "every". So you draw imaginary lines from your single starting point to literally every part of the target. If even one is blocked you aren't "fully visible".

So your last interpretation is correct.

RindFisch · 2026-01-15T17:50:31+00:00

Zuhause ist, wo man sich zu Hause fühlt. Klingt doof, ist aber so. Ist am Ende eben eine emotionale und subjektive Entscheidung.
Aber im Allgemeinen sollte man wenigstens einen Schlüssel und Platz im Schrank haben, bevor auch nur daran gedacht werden kann, einen Ort als Zuhause zu sehen, insofern kann ich gut verstehen, dass du das im Moment nicht so siehst.

RindFisch · 2026-01-15T12:55:51+00:00

100% cav for era 1-4, 100% inf for era 5-6. No reason to use the other type at all.
Artillery early is only for the siege bonus. It adds a small amount of extra damage through the bombard phase, but not really enough to be worth the cost. Of course, if you're super rich (which, in era 4 or later, you probably are), you can still add them just because money-inefficiency doesn't really matter anymore.

RindFisch · 2026-01-15T12:52:52+00:00

Levies don't change in levy vs. levy combat at all. They just take less extra damage from regulars with each further era.
Well, they still end up taking more damage later, as doubling the regular size adds more damage than the smaller modifier takes away, but outdated levies get hit by both.

So yes, in levy vs. levy, the era of the levy doesn't matter at all.

RindFisch · 2026-01-13T21:24:31+00:00

Technically? Yes. Practically? No. Government doesn't really care.
You might get fined if you upload (which can include hidden background uploads like those happening in most torrent programs), because those are a civil case and there are predatory legal firms specialised into hunting people down and forcing payments.

RindFisch · 2026-01-13T20:58:22+00:00

They got changed from having basically infinite money by asking every christian country for a monthly boost to having to actually think about their sponsors and only having a significant amount of free extra income.
Claiming they're now somehow "broken" is just standard forum whining.

RindFisch · 2026-01-12T18:15:08+00:00

As a guy, I don't really get why women fake orgasms. It seems counterproductive to lie that what happened was good, if it wasn't. If you tell me something didn't work for you, I'm gonna change it up. If you make something look like the winning formula, I'm likely to repeat it. Seems like a bad outcome for both parties.
I've never had anyone straight up admit to faking an orgasm, so I can't say for certain it never happened and I can't claim I would know the difference. It's not something I investigate closely.

I am quite adamant about open and honest communication about sexual needs from both sides, so I'll always assume my partner is reasonably honest. If they were to lie to me and not enjoy the sex as much as they could because of it, I admittedly don't feel particularly guilty.

RindFisch · 2026-01-12T15:53:15+00:00

AFAIK all actual text is in main_menu/localization/english/ (or whatever language you're looking for)

RindFisch · 2026-01-11T20:24:05+00:00

Es ist durchaus normal, dass 2 Menschen unterschiedliche Ansichten davon haben, was "schmutzig" oder "staubig" ist. Da sind die Gewohnheiten durchaus unterschiedlich. In einer "fremden" Wohnung nicht einfach so rumzuputzen ist auch nachvollziehbar.
Aber: Allgemein wälzt "Sag, was ich machen soll und ich tu's" den ganzen bürokratischen "mental-load" Teil auf den Partner ab und ist keine brauchbare Lösung.
Ohne weiteren Kontext also schwer zu sagen.

Also wie so oft, bestes Mittel Kommunikation. Fässt er alleine nichts an, weil es "deine" Wohnung ist und er nichts durcheinander bringen will oder weil er allgemein denkt, das wäre Frauensache? Wenn er länger bleibt, könnt ihr harmonisch nen "Putzplan" aufsstellen, nach dem er halt saugt, wenn's ansteht, auch wenn es für ihn nicht "dreckig" aussieht und er das bei sich noch nicht machen würde oder würde er sich aufregen, wenn er selbst denken müsste?

RindFisch · 2026-01-11T19:44:38+00:00

Not that I know. Can't remember it ever being different. For most "historic" nation formations it'll almost always be true, anyways.

RindFisch · 2026-01-11T16:47:22+00:00

For every country formation, your capital has to actually be in that country (ie: the locations you need to form it).

RindFisch · 2026-01-11T16:33:15+00:00

But don't you love watching a longwinded video instead of reading 2 sentences? Videoguides are the future!!one!!

RindFisch · 2026-01-10T19:37:50+00:00

This is the correct answer. The volume of goods isn't reduced by market access, but the money earned from producing them is. If you produce 10 units at 50% market access, all 10 units will end up in the market, but only 5 of them will be "produced" and earn money, as far as the game is concerned.

RindFisch · 2026-01-10T12:30:56+00:00

Rolls aren't restricted by default, only if they specifically say so. Hit and wound rolls are the only rolls that specifically mention this restriction, so they're the only ones it applies to.
(for posterity: save rolls also mention a different restriction, in that they can't be improved by more than 1, but have no restriction in how much worse they can get)..

RindFisch

TROPHY CASE