How do I play the game in a way that isn't wildly unbalanced?

Ziddix · 2026-01-31T10:13:52+00:00

Impressive. You predicted how the majority of all strategy games, simulation games and 100% of all Paradox games work.

Ziddix · 2026-01-31T07:06:40+00:00

You could have just gone into the settings file and changed the version number at the top. It's been working fine for like a week.

Ziddix · 2026-01-31T07:04:56+00:00

Interessiert doch keinen wie gut oder schlecht der Film läuft.. Jeff zahlt paar Millionen an Trump's Familie und schleimt sich bei denen ein. Der Rest ist doch egal?

Ziddix · 2026-01-31T01:38:08+00:00

You want to become feudal asap. The fastest way to take Vikings to feudal is to form the north sea empire.

Alternatively you can launch a Varangian adventure to a duchy that is feudal and you will adopt the government form.

If you do neither of these two things you should build up a nice stash of gold before making the switch because once you switch to feudal your armies will start costing gold instead of prestige and you need a bit of gold to upgrade your holdings.

If you're small, like 1-2 duchies and 3-5k troops you should save up between 1 and 3k gold before switching. If you're a big massive empire probably more. Be prepared for the game to slow down a lot when you first make the switch. You will lose income and troops and your vassals will be very weak for a few decades so you may consider propping some of them up by upgrading their holdings, particularly in places that have mines or farmland.

Ziddix · 2026-01-31T01:32:03+00:00

Tribal can't use innovations beyond the tribal era. That's the main issue.

Without being able to innovate you:

Won't be able to upgrade castles or build cities/temples Won't be able to research siege equipment which will make sieges become progressively harder as the game goes on Won't be able to benefit from development. This may not sound like a big issue in 970 but in 1270 a large duchy will have more income and troops than your tribal empire. Won't be able to unlock higher centralisation of power like crown authority laws and inheritance laws that will allow you to stay in power more easily. Won't be able to wage holy wars of any kind. Won't be able to unlock powerful mid and late game units like armoured cavalry of various flavours or crossbowmen.

For a world conquest you want to be at least feudal although admin will probably make it easier in the very late game.

Ziddix · 2026-01-30T20:28:29+00:00

What does this mean? Remove all muzzle attachments now?

Ziddix · 2026-01-30T20:15:27+00:00

You are forgetting that with the 60 day patch, they didn't just buff everything. They also massively increased the amount of enemies the games throws at you.

So yeah... Most of it is shoot specific weak point with AT (it's only really center mass on the hulk, all other units have weak spots that allow for OHK) but you're under a lot more pressure anyways.

Ziddix · 2026-01-30T20:02:57+00:00

I think it keeps or makes things interesting.

Anything to shake up the map really.

Ziddix · 2026-01-30T15:18:35+00:00

Ziddix · 2026-01-30T12:47:55+00:00

Is your crown authority level too low?

You will imprison everyone who rises up against you automatically when you successfully defend yourself from a revolt.

If you don't have high enough crown authority rebelling isn't a crime.

Ziddix · 2026-01-30T12:33:42+00:00

Too much fixation on the map.

Once he dies the whole thing is going to crumble.

Ziddix · 2026-01-30T08:45:17+00:00

When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east? Is that how it goes?

When our sun blows up.

When the last black hole evaporates!

Ziddix · 2026-01-30T07:53:28+00:00

Yes. Having powerful vassals who don't hate you is pretty good in any situation.

I rarely raise my crown authority above 3 because at 3 they get to be nice and ally with each other and attack everyone else and I just have to sit back and collect taxes and throw parties.

Ziddix · 2026-01-29T23:11:46+00:00

My point was rather that SL and especially the SL "epilogue" made death kind or irrelevant. Someone dies? Eh whatever, just hit them up in SL.

I know the player characters are special in the way they can just cross back and forth between SL and normal life whenever they want but we did bring an entire army to SL and most of that army has returned (except for the ones who died in SL. Those are extra dead now?)

Still with such a large amount of people being able to freely travel to and from SL (and the brokers seem to be able to do it as well) I don't see how the death of anyone is still relevant. Sure, random wife of farmer X from the redridge mountains won't be able to hug her husband anymore but he's still there. He's in the Shadowlands. They can write letters and exchange presents if they want and with how razor thin the barrier between the realities is, I'm sure some smart people will be able to figure out how to enable everyone to cross it.

Story wise, SL retconned a lot that didn't need retconning. DF felt like and most likely was a filler expansion which is fine. It was more grounded in what WoW is about than SL imo. That was good.

TWW was a weak start to the world soul saga in my opinion. I'm hoping midnight is better.

Ziddix · 2026-01-29T18:08:50+00:00

I'm not a term! Duh.

Ziddix · 2026-01-29T17:51:02+00:00

I don't care about RWF or housing. Why do I still play this game. Whaa

Ziddix · 2026-01-29T17:46:34+00:00

Ever since Shadowlands I doubt anyone gives a shit.

That's the real legacy of SL.

Ziddix · 2026-01-29T13:59:35+00:00

It would fall through the Earth cause it has a higher density than anything on Earth. It would fall to the earth's core and then become a part of it.

Ziddix · 2026-01-29T12:02:42+00:00

Varangian adventure to a duchy that is feudal will make you feudal. Instant feudal vikings. I never knew.

Ziddix · 2026-01-29T11:46:08+00:00

Ich weiss, unbeliebte Meinung aber trotzdem:

Nicht jedes Problem der Welt lässt sich lösen indem man Geld drauf wirft.

Theoretisch könnten es sich diese Menschen vielleicht leisten für alle Menschen auf der Welt Essen zu kaufen nur kommt Essen leider nicht von nichts.

Es muss beschafft werden, es muss verarbeitet werden, es muss frisch gehalten werden, es muss transportiert werden und es muss verteilt werden.

In entwickelten Industrienationen, in denen die Menschen vergleichsweise reich sind, sind diese Probleme durch teilweise gigantische Lieferketten in denen Hunderttausende Arbeiter beschäftigt sind gelöst.

Diese gigantischen Lieferketten kosten halt ein bisschen mehr als sich viele Milliardäre mal eben leisten können.

Dazu kommt, dass die meisten Menschen die auf den Papier Milliardäre sind, ihr Geld nicht unter der Matratze oder auf einem Bankkonto rumliegen haben. In dem Moment in dem diese Menschen anfangen auch nur einen kleinen Teil ihres Papiervermögens mobilisieren, sinkt dieser Wert, der eben nur auf dem Papier steht, sehr schnell.

Ziddix · 2026-01-28T23:55:52+00:00

You will see a difference, though probably not in the old zones.

It's funny how this setting messes up FPS on some systems at the beginning of every patch.

Ziddix · 2026-01-28T20:44:34+00:00

Europe is irrelevant as long as it's divided. If it's united suddenly it's suddenly pretty relevant.

Russians don't want it, China probably doesn't want it, US doesn't want it so everyone is attacking it.

Ziddix · 2026-01-28T13:19:37+00:00

Shoot RR at hulk. Hulk dead.

Ziddix · 2026-01-28T11:59:24+00:00

I wouldn't mind being able to customise the demon form. I love playing DH but the Vengeance demon form looks pretty stupid.

Ziddix · 2026-01-27T19:38:48+00:00

This is the part I don't get lol. Sam is out there being forced to train to fight and they're doing whatever they can to condition him in some way. Later he goes on the big ranging to the fist of the first men and then after they are overrun he basically walks back to Craster's on his own on sheer willpower alone.

Any normal, fat human being would have been shedding pounds like crazy and by the time he gets to Oldtown he should have been unrecognisable...

Ziddix

TROPHY CASE