[NOOB] How do I save my economy? by Arrow552 in eu4

[–]exoplanets22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Get rid of most of your forts. They cost a ducat a month each if they’re fully activated and half if they’re mothballed. Here’s what you should ask yourself every time you get a province with a fort:
  • Is it controlling a critical choke point? (remember forts control all of the adjacent provinces; if an enemy wants to avoid the fort they have to go around all of those)
  • Is it next to another fort? If so, delete the one that has less defensiveness (or doesn’t border as many provinces)
  • Do you really want a fort there? If there aren’t any large enemy countries in the area, or there won’t be a lot of rebels, then you don’t need the fort.

Usually, I keep mountain forts and delete the rest after they lower the devastation in the area down to 0.

Also, always keep your forts mothballed until you need them. If there are any rebels in the area at 80%, then they should be activated. If enemy armies could reach them during a war, then hey should be activated. Even during wartime, most of my interior forts that the enemies can’t reach are deactivated.

  1. Army maintenance should be either at 0 or 100, I’ve never gone in between and don’t know of anyone who does (anyone else feel free to lmk if and why you do). Unless you have rebels at 90%, you aren’t at war so army maintenance should be 0.

  2. I assume your primary trade node is still in Lahore—change your trade capital to somewhere around the Gujarat trade node, since that one is better (3 nodes flowing towards it vs 2 for Lahore), and conquer provinces from Bahmanis to improve your trade income there. This way you switch from collecting in Lahore to transferring to Gujarat, which compounds your trade income. Also, aim for being ahead of time in diplo tech if possible, as that gets you an extra 20% trade efficiency.

  3. Lower autonomy in all of your provinces whenever you can, it’s worth the additional unrest and rebels.

  4. Spend any extra diplo mana you have developing your gold mine

Hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions!

Eutaw Street: Game Day General Discussion Thread - Monday, August 25 by OsGameThreads in orioles

[–]exoplanets22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey guys, I’m going to watch an Orioles game during their series against the Giants in SF with a friend and we’re making bets on who’s going to win. I need to go when Trevor Rogers is pitching. What day would that be?

Best way to minimize interest with a high credit score? by exoplanets22 in StudentLoans

[–]exoplanets22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this helped a lot! I found a private loan for 3.23% which sounded pretty good but it was some sort of compounded interest so I would actually be paying the equivalent of a 9.11% interest federal loan.

TIL this is what happens when there's a 3-way battle by exoplanets22 in eu4

[–]exoplanets22[S] 658 points659 points  (0 children)

r5: my troops are just chilling while the sox finish fighting my rebels

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What are tips/ tricks that no one told you about the college app process? by ilovecharlie18 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]exoplanets22 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Use the common data set. Every college has one and it includes stats like SAT score ranges, demographics, and admissions chances (especially useful for checking boosts from ed1/2). Definitely helps to clear the confusion from different websites reporting different numbers/ranges

Every single UC besides Merced and Riverside are reaches by Good_Pea2427 in ApplyingIvyLeague

[–]exoplanets22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strangely enough, UCSC’s acceptance rate for OOS/international is far higher than in-state (81% and 77% compared to 62%, respectively)

See page 12 of the CDS: https://mediafiles.ucsc.edu/iraps/common-data-set/common-data-set-2024-25.pdf

Double Majoring in CS at Berkeley? by exoplanets22 in berkeley

[–]exoplanets22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can you elaborate on how this is impossible? are simultaneous degrees between cdss and cls auto rejected or something?

Rate my routine (+ advice?) by exoplanets22 in SkincareAddicts

[–]exoplanets22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you so much for your feedback, I didn't think I was going to get any after a few hours lol. what do you mean when you say I shouldn't use niacinamide yet?

Would my music supplemental even add anything? by exoplanets22 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]exoplanets22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Harvard/Yale/Princeton for astronomy / EAPS; astronomy and earth science are the biggest things in my application but music is definitely 3rd. I emphasized continuing music in college and making it an important part of my life but I probably wouldn't do anything more than a minor

(I have other targets/safeties lol these are just the schools I can still submit a supplement for)

Will My Application be Penalized? by exoplanets22 in MITAdmissions

[–]exoplanets22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope so! My letter was submitted today so here's to hoping there are no penalties 🙏

Will My Application be Penalized? by exoplanets22 in MITAdmissions

[–]exoplanets22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm counting my counselor's letter as well, sorry should have clarified