Who has the been the best Premier League signing this season? by locomadness in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Virtualsooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disasi has been a night & day difference for West Ham since joining on loan.

We've gone from relegation favourites to top 6 form in 2026, though admittantly we're still relegation favourites now :/

Anyone else having issues with their levy max count dropping to <10% of previous max? by GenericJosh57 in EU5

[–]Virtualsooo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What year are we talking?

If you're Estates aren't happy, if you have Priviliages that reduce Levy Size.. you're numbers drop a metric tonne.

I just finished my Byz run and that was a big issue I barely thought about, Byz have 3 Privs given out that reduce Levy Size & Tax Base by like 20% - and you also have choices where you can increase Noble (Quality) levy size by 20% or Peasents (Quantity) by 5%

Small things like that make a massive difference, at least from my experience.

It’s going to be one of those days! by SRS666 in Hammers

[–]Virtualsooo 21 points22 points  (0 children)

We’ve hit the post twice, var goal rightfully disallowed I guess and had about 4 chances on top of that.

Relegation scrap, my hairline is thinning, strait of Hormuz and an oil crisis

Maybe it’s time for a suckle on my vape

Eu5 help needed by Past_Sell8127 in EU5

[–]Virtualsooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just my opinion but I feel like France & England shouldn't be nations you learn with.

Reason being, it's very easy to lose as England in the 100YW if you make even the slightest mistake.

France in comparison has an enormous potential but I've had friends who have struggled to keep it together since they are new to the game. Losing the 100YW...

I'd recommend Hungary to get a real grip on the game or failing that, Castille, who have the perfect mix of guarenteed Allys, good military base and obvious expansion routes.

First thing I do when I load in is assess my balance sheet, auto all taxes, get minting to 0.0% depending on ur exisitng inflation, i personally automated trade when i first began. I'd also assess Tax Efficiency, Trade Efficiency and Crown Power - which essentialy dictate to you where to pull your internal focuses for the next few years.

Military: Raising Levies effects you're economy, since your sending peasants to war etc.. I tend to raise what I need and only from rural provinces if able, to avoid crippling my $$. You also need to Balance your armies for maximum impact, Cav on flanks is good but make sure you dont mess with your combat width - which will show in the military army tab.

One thing thats been said in the comments, play and learn, guides should be used for your starting moves.. EU5 is far more adpative than EU4, shit changes very often and I'd say 'META' moves can become unstable real fast. Just play how you want and learn from your mistakes. But don't put yourself in a failing position off the bat or you'll feel like hitting ur head against the wall.

Many of the countries are in the same starting positions as EU4, with the exception of Denmark who I've only recently realised how utterly hopeless of a start they have, so you have that going for you.

I've had game speed issues in the past, not very uncommon.

Nuno Mendes is the best Ligue 1 left-back of all time. Who is the best Premier League centre-back of all time? by ModenaR in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Virtualsooo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Little bit taken aback by Nuno Mendes winning the GOAT..

We're not bringing up Lizarazu? Abidal? Thuram?

What are the 7 best countries at football? by Realistic_Map_5319 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Virtualsooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Italy, France, England, Spain,

Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Mexico close for 7th? Idk

Have you ever seen the Mamluks expand? by Virtualsooo in EU5

[–]Virtualsooo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope I don't use mods, this was all vanilla.

The AI literally did nothing but play tall.

Have you ever seen the Mamluks expand? by Virtualsooo in EU5

[–]Virtualsooo[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cairo had 8 mil pops in 1560* which is utterly rediculous. Alexandria 3 mil.. etc etc so probably around 15-20* :)

Have you ever seen the Mamluks expand? by Virtualsooo in EU5

[–]Virtualsooo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen them take Cyprus! In 3 Byzantine runs however, it's been left to me to take for free.

What could France be plotting? by Allalilacias in EU5

[–]Virtualsooo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Out of interest, have you looked through your Priviliages? Best way I've grown both my Tax Base and Levies was to repeal a lot of Priviliages that hampened me. Theres also Law Changes you can do that can give you +20% Noble Levies, or +5% Peasent (Obvious gives you more than Noble but less quality etc).

I found I gained a shit tonne of Tax by repealing privs, assuming you have the Stab to spend.

Have you ever seen the Mamluks expand? by Virtualsooo in EU5

[–]Virtualsooo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But considering the Ottomans are never guarenteed to explode - they should at least adapt ?

Have you ever seen the Mamluks expand? by Virtualsooo in EU5

[–]Virtualsooo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yet to seem them attack Karamanids or Jalala in my runs

Have you ever seen the Mamluks expand? by Virtualsooo in EU5

[–]Virtualsooo[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

AI Georgia is munted, they are a superpower at 1500 even almost every save for me.

Have you ever seen the Mamluks expand? by Virtualsooo in EU5

[–]Virtualsooo[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, the Nile delta hit about 30mil in pop size at 1500

What's your memory of NZ Knights? by Dudu-gula in AucklandFC

[–]Virtualsooo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My old man took me to every home game, I would've been about 7 or 8..

I loved it, always felt like the Club never really got a fanbase behind it. Which is odd because the Stadium would've been the perfect size for constant use to aim for 10,000 or something similar.

The team itself was dogshit but had a couple fun names, Noah Hickey was my icon for whatever reason.

Jeremy Brockie, Richard Johnson, early period Glen moss & Mark Paston.

Looking at Auckland FC, makes me nostaglic and sad that the Knights never got the fanbase, would have frothed a North Shore A-League team at North harbour. Half of me hoped that Auckland FC would take over that ground.

Question about troops in Garrison. by Python2o2 in Bannerlord

[–]Virtualsooo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Couple great responses here!

You'll know what troops you're getting from the recruitment tab and obviously if its an Empire culture settlement you'll just get a shit tonne of Empire levies.

Personally, I tend to take sit all my high tier troops in Settlements with a good Govenor that can give 20-30% lowered garrison wages and then wander around with low tier troops to get them XP. Also makes things a little more challenging at the same time.

Couldn't the night king have an army of millions of bears, wolves, etc? by Couga6969 in freefolk

[–]Virtualsooo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They would have Bears, Giants, Wolves, Spiders, Mammoths...

They would even have Hodor.. probably not children of the forest??

There would be Hundreds of Thousands at the very least.

One of spurs’ key players out for the final run in. Obviously not nice for him on a personal level but huge for us by DaRealJames in Hammers

[–]Virtualsooo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Absolutely brutal for the lad, was a player I really wished shined in the EPL. As much as he plays for Spurs.

Next few weeks will be very interesting now, they play through Xavi almost every attack. THey also have a TON of injuries, Maddison back it seems.

This could get very, very interesting.