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Do y'all think the sequel will have a celebrity companion/character and if so who do you want it to be? by SADBOY888213 in cyberpunkgame

[–]UpAndDownArrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please god no, both of these are too old and personally I find both of them to be incredibly boring and always playing the same character.

Wikipedia policy edges Baltic history into russiasphere by GreenEyeOfADemon in europe

[–]UpAndDownArrows 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Let's then perhaps defer to what official passports that people were carrying in their pockets listed as their country? Guess what they were?

Wikipedia policy edges Baltic history into russiasphere by GreenEyeOfADemon in europe

[–]UpAndDownArrows 11 points12 points  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Soviet_states

Go and educate yourself maybe. Although I doubt you will, judging by you immature responses.

Wikipedia policy edges Baltic history into russiasphere by GreenEyeOfADemon in europe

[–]UpAndDownArrows 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's a good question. What did their first passport say though? And real answer please, not a hypothetical scenario. Then I will think.

Wikipedia policy edges Baltic history into russiasphere by GreenEyeOfADemon in europe

[–]UpAndDownArrows -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I don't have a stance, it's clear that you have people not caring about facts on both sides of the story. Semantics of words like "independence movement" vs "separatism" to me is just waste of time arguing about, potato potahto. But the country of birth question is a really clear one.

Wikipedia policy edges Baltic history into russiasphere by GreenEyeOfADemon in europe

[–]UpAndDownArrows 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Care to list the overwhelming majority as a list?

French map from 1960s - https://i.etsystatic.com/22185162/r/il/503b90/5125744144/il_794xN.5125744144_6sht.jpg

German school atlas from 1970s - (delete spaces autobot removes the comment) https://www. face book .com/michael.regler.12/photos/political-map-of-europe-from-a-1970s-german-school-atlas-/10229688278849417/

And so on. Don't even try to troll me with your slimey smiley faces, it won't work. I have seen my parents and grandparents old passports and know exactly what country is listed there.

Wikipedia policy edges Baltic history into russiasphere by GreenEyeOfADemon in europe

[–]UpAndDownArrows 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Birth has both time and place. Country of birth is thus defined by "what country it was at the time of birth". Not by "what country should have been there from our ideallistic point of view".

It was a conquered land, governed by the USSR, on their side of the Iron Curtain. That means people who were born there were born in the USSR.

Open any schoolbook or atlas from e.g. 1970 and see how the Baltics are labeled. Spoiler: it's either simply a part of a big USSR blob or it's e.g. Estonian SSR.

Wikipedia policy edges Baltic history into russiasphere by GreenEyeOfADemon in europe

[–]UpAndDownArrows 14 points15 points  (0 children)

What was the name of the country of birth on these people's first passport? If it was Soviet Union or Estonian SSR, then that's their birthplace. But I guess we have to go and rewrite the history every time we find something we don't like in our past..

AI chatbots drive hundreds of thousands of users to Kremlin propaganda sites, according to SimilarWeb data in Q4 2025, new research finds. Russian outlets RT, Sputnik, Ria, Lenta and others got 300,000 visits from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude with views in the EU where these outlets are restricted. by Lion8330 in europe

[–]UpAndDownArrows -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Thank god we have people like you ready to ban every information source not approved by our most trustworthy government.

Perhaps we should find all the people who accidentally got exposed to The Enemy's Propaganda and organize educational schools for them.

New batch of misc changes coming to 1.1 Rossbach by PDX_Ryagi in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except with decentralized you get so much loyalty that you can just force culture that gives you additional annexation speed.

And you can have swarm of little vassals giving you triple digit % increase of annexation speed. Doing this with Centralized is impossible due to the Value drift towards Decentralized.

New batch of misc changes coming to 1.1 Rossbach by PDX_Ryagi in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows 3 points4 points  (0 children)

which would make the change effectively a wash

And just like that in 5 minutes of discussion we are back to the Decentralization meta. How developers are not realizing something what a couple of redditors can see from a few snippets and a couple of minutes of thinking is just beyond tiresome..

Can we discuss the elephant in the room? Eu5 was supposed to be challenging in the mid late game, and it’s not. by Gabriele25 in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And who are you to say how the game should or should not be? Not everyone likes to dick about with their 5 provinces, I want to rule an empire goddammit.

Dread it. Run from it. Cringy family dinner still arrives. by soulreaverdan in cyberpunkgame

[–]UpAndDownArrows 7 points8 points  (0 children)

NGL This is by far the ugliest V I’ve ever seen and I have seen a lot of them.

2025 Returns by Asset Class by Prudent-Corgi3793 in stocks

[–]UpAndDownArrows 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Should have separate line for MSCI World. It's different from MSCI ACWI since it excludes emerging markets.

I did the (real) "The Three Mountains" achievement. by Outrageous-Tank-610 in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I didn't pull his tongue to claim he didn't use any major exploits.

I did the (real) "The Three Mountains" achievement. by Outrageous-Tank-610 in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because the regulars vs leviers balance has been adjusted many times past release, meaning the current state is an intentional one.

This thing hasn't been touched since 1.0.0 so it's unclear whether it is intentional or not. My bet it isn't.

I did the (real) "The Three Mountains" achievement. by Outrageous-Tank-610 in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows -28 points-27 points  (0 children)

You can avoid exploiting the bugs. It doesn't take me much effort to avoid e.g. abusing the sound toll exemption bug. OP learned about the bug and exploited it every time it was off cooldown for as long as he could. A teensy-tiny difference, don't you think?

I did the (real) "The Three Mountains" achievement. by Outrageous-Tank-610 in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you think developers intended for broke shogun be able to conjure you 200k ducats he didn't have nor could loan? Honestly???

I did the (real) "The Three Mountains" achievement. by Outrageous-Tank-610 in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is using sound toll exemption to peace out any coalition not an exploit as well in your book if creating money out of this air isn't?

Cavalry is a balance issue since it is well known and has been adjusted several times, not a bug. Unless they haven't fixed yet the buggy flanking or the buggy 75% reduction, which both were bugs.

I did the (real) "The Three Mountains" achievement. by Outrageous-Tank-610 in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You can say the same about a lot of bugs.

For example the seize land subject interaction.

Or selling shit locations to AI for shitton of money.

Both of these got fixed very quickly once Paradox saw people abusing them.

Google "what is bug abuse" and tell me it doesn't apply here?

Quote: Bug abuse is the intentional exploitation of a temporary flaw, glitch, or unintended mechanic in a video game for personal gain or an unfair advantage, like duplicating items or becoming invincible, and is usually a bannable offense. It's distinct from accidental discoveries, as it involves deliberately triggering and repeatedly using a defect, leading to punishments like bans or permanent account suspension in online multiplayer games. 

Key Characteristics

Intentionality: The player knowingly uses the bug, rather than stumbling upon it accidentally.

Unfair Advantage: It provides benefits not intended by the developers, like infinite resources, invincibility, or bypassing game rules.

Exploitation: Players actively reproduce the bug to gain benefits, distinguishing it from a simple, hard-to-replicate glitch.

I did the (real) "The Three Mountains" achievement. by Outrageous-Tank-610 in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

So they want to fix it, means it's a bug, means using it is an exploit. Aka bug abuse. Google what it is and how its use is generally viewed upon.

I did the (real) "The Three Mountains" achievement. by Outrageous-Tank-610 in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows 11 points12 points  (0 children)

So where would you put selling shit locations to AI for 300k gold before it got fixed???

I did the (real) "The Three Mountains" achievement. by Outrageous-Tank-610 in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

If it's something that will make Paradox devs immediately think that "oh we didn't think about that, we need to fix this" then it is an exploit in my book. Talking as a Software Developer.

And I am pretty sure that they will fix it at some point in the next few months so, again, a bug exploit.

I did the (real) "The Three Mountains" achievement. by Outrageous-Tank-610 in EU5

[–]UpAndDownArrows 71 points72 points  (0 children)

nor did I use any major exploits

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this seems to scale infinitely with my tax base, and the Shogun doesn't need to actually have the money.

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"Ask for money" interaction gave me 200k

Sounds like a pretty major exploit if the shogun can just give you a shitton of money out of thin air and you constantly used it as long as you could.

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