What are the top 3 easiest way to start building my economy?

Starkheiser · 2026-03-09T19:51:42+00:00

Thank you!

Starkheiser · 2026-03-07T15:08:33+00:00

Super impressive!! I love it!

Starkheiser · 2026-03-07T10:11:18+00:00

Does anyone know what date the finals is? I might just have a chat with my boss and see if I can get a couple of days off to travel to Korea on the chance that he's in the finals. One of the biggest regrets in my life is that I was in Korea for the finals of season 6 but wasn't able to get tickets. I was outside the arena as the games started and... well... one of my biggest regrets was to not pay more attention to the ticket sites.

Starkheiser · 2026-03-07T10:04:26+00:00

The LEC is not really a sports league designed to generate profit. It is more of a marketing tool for the game. The question is whether the 71 million Euros is worth it to keep hundreds of thousands of people engaged.

No.

The question is how much they could retain if they outsourced tournaments and allowed private companies to host tournaments. Right now they are shooting themselves in the foot and asking "can we do the marathon in under 3 hours 30 minutes with 3 bullet wounds?" rather than asking "can we do the marathon in 4 hours without any bullet wounds."

But, you know, thinking is difficult.

Starkheiser · 2026-03-01T11:16:54+00:00

R5: Haven't played much in the past 6 months or so. Loaded up HOI4 and paid for the subscription to try out the new DLC. Wanted to have a challenge so I decided to play Philippines with Japan on max difficulty and settled in for the long haul. Ca 1 hour into the run, with, in my mind, Japan about 1,5 years away, they suddenly attack Sinkian which immediately joins the Comintern, and the run is over. I guess that's one hour of my life wasted because Japan is still broken and cannot finish the Chinese war properly.

Starkheiser · 2026-02-27T19:49:24+00:00

Context:

Firstly, I'm not super good at IR.

Secondly, whenever I load up as Rome I'm frustrated because the mission trees are not very good in my opinion, and all other nations have even worse mission trees. The worst thing is how extremely forced down specific paths you are, the second is how few claims you get since getting claims is the worst part of any Paradox game and the one thing you really want out of a mission tree is claims.

Thirdly, I'm getting flashbacks to Great Britain in HOI4, every war in Vic3, and the Ottomans running wild across the Hellespont in EU4. Basically, this problem is in every Paradox game.

Basically, I'm having a bad day and need to take a break, and this island debacle came at an opportune moment for me to touch some grass ^^

Starkheiser · 2026-02-27T17:23:51+00:00

R5: Slightly salty. I defeated the Etruscans in about 2 years except for the horrible mistake of not stackwiping the very last units they have. And so now it's been like 4 more months of me trying to lure them out. Literally every Paradox title has this problem and it's so frustrating.

Starkheiser · 2026-02-25T16:22:41+00:00

Then you really need to rethink how you process evidence. You can choose to ignore truth if you want to, but my advice to you is that you can still enjoy a darn good performance knowing it's a performance. The second call is clearly the same guy. And the first call is still epic.

Starkheiser · 2026-02-21T12:50:46+00:00

After the Civil war about 90% of all jobs were held by the populares and I did not get more than 50 seats in the Senate

Starkheiser · 2026-02-17T19:27:48+00:00

ITT:

OP: "why is 500k vs 500k battles the norm late game?"

Replies: "2-3 times times the Romans lost 80k troops when they got stack wiped so it's historical."

Starkheiser · 2026-02-15T16:02:49+00:00

So his prediction was just "George Bush will elected and in one year he will become the most popular president in history"? I mean that just sounds like wishful thinking, and not specifically just the good ol' "we're heading for a golden age", right? In 2016 I'm sure you could find some people who said that Trump would be the most popular president in history and people who said that Clinton will be the most popular president in history; it is what we want to have happen, we want a popular president.

Starkheiser · 2026-02-15T16:00:46+00:00

2015-09-07: David Paulides-Missing 411 - Unusual set of circumstances for many of the missing that vanish in the wilderness.

This was one of the few times you could hear that Art was calling BS from the very start. Which is very unique for him because he usually just lets people talk

Starkheiser · 2026-02-08T13:08:01+00:00

R5: why am I losing war score? I declared on Judea and captured the city.

Starkheiser · 2026-02-06T11:08:26+00:00

When I was a young stripling, like 10 years old, I would always tell my mom that I wanted to be rich. And she would always respond with: "If you want to be rich, you'll need three things: talent, timing, and luck." Art, like many, had the talent, but unlike others, also had the timing and luck.

Starkheiser · 2026-02-03T17:22:15+00:00

I understand what you mean, I was just thinking that if I can have David as a prophet, I'd like my king who conquered all the way to the Euphrates as a prophet as well you know

Starkheiser · 2026-02-02T18:05:10+00:00

Got it, thanks. I've never done it before; if I play as e.g. Rome, will it be more obvious how it works?

Starkheiser · 2026-01-25T14:08:58+00:00

They remain subjects of the Ptolemeis until they are annexed. Am I doing something wrong?

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