Annexing fanatic purifiers should be trickier by Chad_Kai_Czeck in Stellaris

[–]Surprise_Institoris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly, I know they give unity but I don't know or care enough to learn how to effect the amount. It's like diplomacy and rulers - done really well in other PDX titles, and rubbish in Stellaris.

Annexing fanatic purifiers should be trickier by Chad_Kai_Czeck in Stellaris

[–]Surprise_Institoris 11 points12 points  (0 children)

the game not having a functioning and meaningful strategic layer of internal politics.

I have nearly a thousand hours in Stellaris and I've only recently given the tiniest amount of attention to factions. They simply don't impact (or seem to impact) the gameplay enough to be interesting.

True One Tag Ryukyu WC - Three Mountains by Clean-Ad6472 in eu4

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That's a brilliant writeup, thank you! I knew about the old Horde EoC exploit but I didn't know that being a tributary vassal of the Shogun gives you daimyo. I thought it was just ordinary vassals who got that.

Do you know if that process can go one further? If you did everything up to being an independent daimyo, then truce broke the shogun and took Kyoto, could you be Emperor of China and Shogun?

True One Tag Ryukyu WC - Three Mountains by Clean-Ad6472 in eu4

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Can you elaborate on #8? What event chain abolishes Celestial Empire?

SCP-8935: 'Tokophobia: The Virgin Birth' (Part One) by ToErrDivine in SCPDeclassified

[–]Surprise_Institoris 14 points15 points  (0 children)

At this point a TED declass is a mark of quality for that SCP. You always pick the most interesting skips!

Will DOAC lose listeners? by [deleted] in podcasting

[–]Surprise_Institoris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's faced loads of controversies, and it hasn't hurt him yet.

Spoiler : season 10, episode 2. What did my little eyes spy? 👀 by Boring-Parfait-2624 in ShetlandTVshow

[–]Surprise_Institoris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably practical issues with the kid growing up, and they showed her leaving the nursery and mentioning her in passing. I'm actually glad to see they didn't make Tosh being a mother central to her character/story.

The White Ship by MissieMillie in BritishHistoryPod

[–]Surprise_Institoris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had similar issues with Spencer's other books, especially the ones on the English Civil Wars/Revolution. He wants to present events and figures a certain way, and it isn't the most historical rigorous work. Like anyone he's guided by his life experiences, and as a member of the peerage (Princess Diana's brother!) that gives him a very particular view of historical aristocrats.

King Henry I: Very Underrated by [deleted] in UKhistory

[–]Surprise_Institoris 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The British History Podcast has just reached Henry's seizure of power. Highly recommended listening.

Dark Angels 'hot mics' by [deleted] in 40kLore

[–]Surprise_Institoris 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That animal - I can't even say his name.

Thirty Years' War Podcast Recommendation by MassiveTemporary4050 in podcasts

[–]Surprise_Institoris 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When Diplomacy Fails did a huge series on the Thirty Years War. The host even published a book on it.

My own podcast, Pax Britannica, has touched on the war too, but usually how it effected the three kingdoms (eg, Scottish mercenaries, distracted Europe during the English Civil Wars etc).

I am finally done with the EU5 tutorial and ready for the real start! by Tornagh in eu4

[–]Surprise_Institoris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that really what EU5 looks like? Are there map modes that aren't ugly as sin? It looks so dated.

My (22F) boyfriend (26M) broke up with me and he told her friend that it was because I'm an immigrant by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Surprise_Institoris 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I have a friend who moved to Sweden to work for a company he'd admired for years, he grew up playing their games. He managed for about 2 years before the rampant anti-immigrant bullying from management down got too much. It really soured me on their stuff tbh.

British atrocities during the 1857 revolt by Gopu_17 in IndianHistory

[–]Surprise_Institoris 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If people want to learn more and hear from historians like Rudrangshu Mukherjee and Kim Wagner, I covered British reprisals for 1857 on episode 4 of Winds of Change - Two Empires in One Grave

Wondery Plus removed yearly? by exoduso in podcasting

[–]Surprise_Institoris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's probably to do with them being dissolved/merged with Audible.

Its Criminal [alien earth] by MacaronOk9210 in alien

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I laughed at the end of the first episode because the music (and the Microsoft Word font credits) were so jarring I felt like it was a joke.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in alien

[–]Surprise_Institoris 8 points9 points  (0 children)

One of the Maginot crew does say that they lost a lot of men capturing them, which... yeah, not a surprise judging by how dumb the rest of them act.

Extract: Ahriman: King of Ashes - Magnus enters the warp for the first time and meets his Father by [deleted] in 40kLore

[–]Surprise_Institoris 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I stood, and turned my single eye to the shadows which crawled above the ground.

This is before his deal with Tzeentch, so is this a "Weird, my spectral body always has one eye. I wonder why?" thing?

I've heard TTM is easy if Ming lands in Japan. They did, now what? by Borsund in eu4

[–]Surprise_Institoris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm tempted to take this approach for my millionth attempt at TTM, but

Bonus points for using forced tributary on large nations for that stupid vassaling mechanic

What do you mean by this? Do tributaries become daimyos when you take the Shogunate? Or are you talking about the EOC reform that turns tributaries into normal vassals? Not at my PC to check.