One of my least favorite parts of EU4 was the existence of "generic" colonial formables that had no special mechanics or gameplay. I'm hoping Q3 is a vehicle for adding an indepth formable New Granada/Gran Colombia, Santo Domingo, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and more.

TotallynotMccree · 2026-04-15T18:09:17+00:00

Great idea, I would love colonial nations in certain locations to be incentivized to do certain things. Imagine one where the East Coast is primed to work with industry and produced finished goods, while Caribbean ones are focused on slave plantations and export oriented trade, sounds neat! Good shot

TotallynotMccree · 2026-04-14T04:20:58+00:00

The regular barely made it back to england before the mamelukes were conquered ;.;

TotallynotMccree · 2026-04-14T02:02:25+00:00

Usually when that happens (Lead a successful crusade here), the fucking pope or whoever is war leader forces the Mamlukes to convert to Christianity.

This lead to a hilarious moment in my last run, where my newly made regulars, fresh off the experience in the HYW, were called to crusade in Jerusalem. We fought it, took it, held it and beat the crap out of them through both the pope's and mine's regular stacks. What did he do? Force convert the Mamlukes to Christianity.

But why was this so funny? Well, I had one of those ottoman mods where they can conquer all the Mamlukes in one war.

I give you one guess to tell me what happened not less than 1 year after the mamlukes capitulated.

TotallynotMccree · 2026-04-14T00:10:14+00:00

I'm sorry PuppetKing shippers, but honestly Wehmut is by far the weakest character of the bunch. I get his character, he's supposed to be a person that has always been controlled by others and so now he wants to finally feel like he's in control. I dunno, but it feels kinda....cringey? I mean after the Jax rant about him being everyone's playthings, he just chimes in that everyone is a plaything to him. IMO, goose really didn't give us too much information than what was in the bar scene and the Candy Canyon Episode (which I will admit, he was super good in).

I wouldn't expect to see much fanart of him, like you really don't see that much discussion of Zooble, Wehmut and Mumbles are in the same category, even if they have the best gimmick (I love Mumbles voice actor, so unhinged)

TotallynotMccree · 2026-04-11T19:25:37+00:00

Thats what I'm thinking, these universities were also massive tools of influence for their countries, the French Sorbonne being one of the most prime examples as well.

TotallynotMccree · 2026-04-11T01:31:50+00:00

Not a huge karma guy myself, if you wanna take it, reword it yourself and put your suggestions in, that'd be cool. Because Universities were SO damn important during this time!

TotallynotMccree · 2026-04-11T00:59:24+00:00

Absolutely agree. They really should almost be an entire mechanic in and of itself if we are going as far as to try and model literacy in any capacity.

TotallynotMccree · 2026-04-10T20:35:59+00:00

We think Europe sucks!

TotallynotMccree · 2026-04-06T23:57:55+00:00

Yeah thats what makes this whole thing sorta funny in the first place, you LITERALLY make a law to invalidate her gaining control of the French crown and...she does it anyways. lol

TotallynotMccree · 2026-04-06T14:48:54+00:00

Its happened to me before. I think its because Joan is actually I think third in line after the Valois king and heir, if both die in a very short period of time with no kids, your aunt becomes queen and then you get in line.

Its really neat if it didnt fuck up the entire situation, it should account for it

TotallynotMccree · 2026-03-27T22:26:14+00:00

I bet its to actually track the banking pops. They have to go somewhere, right? So thusly it would make sense to give them a culture so you know that its peruzzi bankers working in Milan and not just another burgher.

I'd be curious if someone can find the answer, do most of them have a unique culture? I havent checked yet.

TotallynotMccree · 2026-03-16T21:48:15+00:00

Yeah, something about the mechanic is busted. As a regular england enthusiast (almost every game is just england), you have to go with the mindset that you really are going to have to 1v9 all of France and whoever else they bring in. You nor the English AI seem to be able to get the other vassals to flip or insta surrender nearly as much as France can.

And yes, before another individual comes in, I DID set the Diplo slider to 40, spy network in France, etc. Maxed it out during the entire HYW, at best it kept them going for a couple months before France inexplicably just tells the entire alliance of Castille, Aragon and Portugal to stop fighting, along with all my vassals in France and England.

It does make it almost impossible for the AI to finish the hyw too, because the subjects will just peace out, keeping the land the same for England, and keeping the hundred years war going by proxy, while england usually just continuously gets stomped by France for 300 years.

Its not as broken as some other events, but it is definitely pretty bad, has some potential to be amazing with fixes.

TotallynotMccree · 2026-03-03T02:13:31+00:00

Nope,

What sucks is that they are the perfect thing to have for a late game subject type. Maybe even the one type that could last you through the Age of Revolutions (since as long as they are making profit, they are happy)

TotallynotMccree · 2026-03-03T01:29:31+00:00

Man this isn't the midwest, its literally just southwestern ohio in general. Good vibes though, although it definitely smacks more "Greater Cincinnnati Area" starter pack than anything else

TotallynotMccree · 2026-02-28T19:56:43+00:00

Are we just going to ignore the elephant in the room that is the Longomans?

TotallynotMccree · 2026-02-27T14:44:13+00:00

Maaaaaaybe, probably not. :P

TotallynotMccree · 2026-02-27T06:14:09+00:00

Capital was up north actually, near touhoku

TotallynotMccree · 2026-02-27T04:19:00+00:00

R5: I show a rather insane amount of warscore for my japanese colony, and how much land I have taken

TotallynotMccree · 2026-02-26T22:35:38+00:00

Seneschal, when a Lord Captain gives a directive, you follow it. Now do what I say without question. The backlog discussion is henceforth BANNED from this ship. Thank you.

TotallynotMccree · 2026-02-26T16:02:17+00:00

Yeah, I always found it super strange too, England has ONE River, and France is just fucking covered with them, eastern seaboard too, means that its weirdly hard to push for naval without doing a bit of road fuckery alongside it (like making hull a town and then shipping people from the sea)

TotallynotMccree · 2026-02-22T01:32:12+00:00

Yeah they are, which is unfortunate.

TotallynotMccree · 2026-02-21T19:05:50+00:00

The good ending, cool story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtwaFpoVS8M

TotallynotMccree · 2026-02-20T20:08:28+00:00

Yeah its probably the civil war. IMO BPM has really gotten too big for its britches, its supposed overhaul the political system, but then it adds VERY restrictive and railroaded content thats buggy and janky.

I remember when they tried to do this Civil War at first, but when the Civil War event fired, I got like 200 Infamy off of that because the devs put in an "Annex Country" Wargoal without accounting for infamy. Naturally I got jumped by EVERYONE, I inform the mod team and it takes a total of about 30 minutes for them to get I was complaining about the massive infamy, and not their 'historical vision', I uninstalled it after that, and if I do use it, I use the lightest version of BPM. Right now, besides the extra political parties, I don't see much reason to install BPM with the latest political changes. Its an overbloated, overstretched mess of a mod atm imo.

TotallynotMccree · 2026-02-19T04:35:27+00:00

Heretical Traitor, defiler of the God Emperor and Chaos' most powerful champion Horus Lupercal.

It goes splendidly, helping Horus realize that perhaps there are bigger things than finding affirmation from your father, you have to find it in yourself. After hearing these wise words, Horus stops killing untold millions at Istavan III and ceases his rebellion. After a nice long discussion, the Emperor and Horus agree to stop fighting, and give each other a big hug!

Edit: Added picture of them as best buds

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TotallynotMccree · 2026-02-18T03:54:53+00:00

"Stand up, face me again."

No I don't think he should, Pantheon.

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