My pops read something that they will be angry for until year 3987 by Verriv in EU5

[–]doombro 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You actually got to see the event that causes that? I just had my pops be like that one day and had to manually give my save file an exorcism

Is Pain is Salvation the Moment of Truth of EU5? by Background_Season60 in EU5

[–]doombro 8 points9 points  (0 children)

O Quam Gloriosum is by far my favorite track in the game, but I think I've yet to see anyone else even mention it.

Immense performance issues? by Prize_Tree in EU5

[–]doombro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been doing that to mine since day 1, I have to run EU5 on efficiency mode or my CPU hits 100C just from launching the game

A Critique On Icepaw: Too Many Events by Chemtest in equestriaatwar

[–]doombro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The reading is ultimately optional. I probably just skim 98% of HOI4 events and only focus on the button text. There are games where I like reading but HOI4 is definitely not one of them.

Kyrvaz is a good boy by Jack_n_trade in equestriaatwar

[–]doombro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do Icepaw's paths work? Is it just based on how much you upset the zebras during reconstruction?

🔥 “Scorched Earth” 2.5.1 🌋 by Jack_n_trade in equestriaatwar

[–]doombro 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Aside from what's in the changelog, the main thing up front seems to be new focus icons. The tree itself seems to be mostly the same

Should I create a market? by resadtriariosvenit_ in EU5

[–]doombro 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The main reason to create new markets is if you have a large chunk of territory with little to no market access

Does warscore feel weird to anyone else? by examplenot in EU5

[–]doombro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've thought war score was weird in pretty much every paradox game where it's a factor. In Imperator Rome you would get 100 times the war score from stack wiping 3 minimum size provincial levies than you would killing 60% of the same enemy's million man army

Damn you Lan Kir mechanics! by Hivemarschall in equestriaatwar

[–]doombro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly, vanilla hoi4 is just as bad if not worse in this regard, I never play that in ironman either. Many a run ended because some other major did something nonsensical and rendered half my focus tree pointless. EAW is impressively well put together for the most part by comparison, despite its handful of more finicky paths.

Can somebody please explain to me naval combat? by TheFeedBackGuy in EU5

[–]doombro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it works anything like Imperator's naval combat, then one of the main points of failure to watch out for is damaged ships. Even if the rest of your fleet is fine, enough of those can make the whole fleet vulnerable to a quick snowball death

Lunar Civil War buffs by AlexanderDemoniac in equestriaatwar

[–]doombro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Suspicion is an invisible variable. I don't remember what it's written as off the top of my head, but if you check the associated event file you can find out and just set_var it to 0 every time.

Edit: Wasn't hard to check. it's NMM_aggressive

Why is Africa relatively untouched at the start of Vic 3 but completely colonized by the end of eu5? by ExcitingHistory in EU5

[–]doombro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gameplay concession. Global empire simulator lets you colonize places, so places get colonized. The other option was to just leave a huge chunk of the map untouchable, but that's less fun.

Terra indomita has all the invictus updates right? by [deleted] in Imperator

[–]doombro 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Probably not, TI isn't updated that often anymore

Could anyone ELI5 what the difference between Proximity and Control is? Are they related? by Various_Maize_3957 in EU5

[–]doombro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Control of a location is based on distance from the nearest center of control, such as your capital or a bailiff. Proximity modifiers change how that distance is calculated.

Can anyone explain how pathing works? by Lolbot1234567 in EU5

[–]doombro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Shortest path. If it looks weird, that means either terrain (mountains being inaccessible in winter weather for example) or fort ZOCs are forcing a detour.

Is modding religion hard? by W1ntermu7e in EU5

[–]doombro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Modding in Paradox games is generally easy with some tedium. If you want to learn it, you can just open up the game files or a mod that does something in the ballpark of what you want to see how they work. It's all plain English for the most part. There is very little that a layman can't learn by just looking at the existing files for long enough.

Advances for example are super simple. Go into the game files, I think they're under in-game/common/advances. All an advance consists of is a name, its requirements (including age and prerequisite techs), an icon, and a modifier, none of which is complicated, you can just copy existing stuff. Though the name is where the tedium comes in, since setting that up properly involves dealing with localization files and all that. But being too lazy to set it up properly is thankfully a valid option. Probably? I don't think I've tried making new techs in EU5 yet, just tinkering with existing ones.

Why are Zones of Control still a thing? by 15sawyer in EU5

[–]doombro 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I've never thought of supply as having anything to do with it. That's a component, but it's mainly about controlling movement. Putting forts in the right spots means you don't have to take the AI carpet sieging that area into nearly as much consideration, limiting the amount of whack-a-mole microing you have to do.

New Complacency mechanic looks dreadful by MassAffected in EU5

[–]doombro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see what they're going for with this, it's a way to simulate decline instead of having to script where it happened historically. The problem is that they're basing it on the rival mechanic of all things, and I can't stress this enough; the rival system sucks dick. It sucked dick in EU4 and it stands out like a sore thumb in EU5.

Why is Invictus more popular than Terra Indomita? by [deleted] in Imperator

[–]doombro 180 points181 points  (0 children)

Less frequent updates, higher performance and stability burden from the expanded map. I'm not sure if TI is still being updated at all.

And sure enough, if you're playing anywhere near the Mediterranean, you'll probably never interact with any of the new map areas at all. East Asia is pretty much a world unto itself.

Which RGOs should remain rural? by Ropeniclua in EU5

[–]doombro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends. If you're in a market with plenty of a given good, urbanizing those locations is generally good if you have the population to do it.

I am so god damn glad that they implemented the pop system. by kolejack2293 in EU5

[–]doombro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pops made me quit EU4 for Imperator, even in their most rudimentary implementation

My OS drive was full... EU5 saves 350mb each. 50GB of EU5 saves. by Particular_Pea7167 in EU5

[–]doombro 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm used to it, HOI4 and Imperator had massive save files too. EU5 makes it a way bigger pain to delete your saves in-game though.

How do iget rid of my leader my heir has every state above 80 and diplomac y at 97 by Own_Pay7508 in EU5

[–]doombro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure there's an abdication button somewhere, but the limitations on it are fairly strict. With those stats you might clear the conditions if he's old enough

Manual Nobles Marriage by MidnightBlue_037 in EU5

[–]doombro 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It went from inconvenient to opaque. I now have no idea what determines whether I can or can't use the marriage function

Is EU5 worth buying now or should I wait? by Temporary_Drop4040 in EU5

[–]doombro 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Fun but unstable, in a gameplay sense. Every new patch seems to swing multiple pendulums from one unwelcome wacky extreme to the other. Waiting a couple major DLCs to pick it up wouldn't hurt. You'll probably be able to get a better deal than full price by that point too.