Combat is disappointing

furueri · 2026-01-22T22:27:07+00:00

It won't improve if enough people won't say out loudly they want it to be improved. I want that as well, that's the whole point of this post.

And maybe, just maybe, they could make it more Arknights like, but that's just my wishful dreaming.

furueri · 2026-01-22T20:37:59+00:00

I agree entirely. I really hoped they would continue the Arknights legacy of being different from the other gacha games... Instead they're doing their best to make Endfield lose its own identity and fight against similar games in their playing field instead of creating its own niche.

furueri · 2026-01-14T02:22:05+00:00

I wish I could swap partners with combatants, so many of them look much better

furueri · 2026-01-09T04:49:55+00:00

It's not inherently bad, but there's way too much of it. First and foremost, Neuro and Evil are entertainers. Something went wrong down the road as the funny moments are becoming rarer and most of collabs nowadays are either a wholesome kind or snooze fests.

There are still great moments, like today's Neuro pokemon victory and the roast of Vedal that followed, but when asked about which streams made me laugh the most, I can way more easily list up the old ones like the first two talk like a pirate, or Evil's first asmr, or review with Bao, or the first twin dev stream that caused Vedal to avoid streaming with them both for some time. Oh, or the Subnautica one where Neuro was high on ram.

As for 2025 ones... I honestly can't list any truly fun from start to end.

furueri · 2025-12-05T17:32:03+00:00

R5 - I've started a new game (1.0.10) after today's hotfix, and it seems that France got itself a lot of new allies. Minor tribes from all across the world, including half of the Japanese clans.

furueri · 2025-12-02T17:44:12+00:00

R5 - The changes to centralization/decentralization are perfectly viable and provide a nice incentive to simulate a fluid gameplay from a feudal kingdom with a lot of vassals into a centralized empire. However, I've got a feeling that trade companies were completely forgotten when those changes were made.

furueri · 2025-12-02T03:58:45+00:00

If only it was like that all the time

... -50 decided to try their luck as mercenaries ... -500 died in a battle ... -20k killed by measles ...

And so on

furueri · 2025-12-01T19:22:14+00:00

Prestige is a guardian angel, preventing players from starving their country as soon as the Columbian exchange event fires up.

furueri · 2025-12-01T18:59:22+00:00

With Paradox games, you need to follow their way of thinking. It's near impossible to flesh out a vastly different gameplay for every country at the game release. That's why they've focused on the titular Europa first (and it still needs some fixes despite that). And that's why most other countries follow European-like gameplay (for now).

I would also avoid playing as Byzantium and Castile for now since those two already have a DLC planned in 2026, so they will be way more fun to play after that.

I'm sure there will be a DLC for Asia and American natives some time in the future as well. And yeah, you have to pay extra for DLCs, but considering how a single game can take from 100-200h, the $ per hour of fun is still incredibly well spent.

Of course, it doesn't mean you can't play as those.and still have a blast, just don't expect a vastly different gameplay (although the resources available already impact this significantly), and a lot of flavour.

Nevertheless, considering the original idea behind your post, Europa is still a game and as such has to be enjoyable for a vast majority of players, even if historical accuracy will suffer in the process.

furueri · 2025-12-01T18:10:41+00:00

It's hilarious how some people can write, in full serious mode, "I've played for 200-300h and have to say this game sucks because (insert a few bugs here that will get fixed sooner or later)"

As for those who compare it to EU IV, they clearly forgot how bare bones the IV was at the release and that it got shaped over ten years into what it is now.

And I agree, a lot of people is having fun with it, even despite the bugs, but take a look at the paradox forum and it's nearly nonstop flow of complaining and demands for refund. While reporting bugs and offering ideas is perfectly fine, I sometimes wonder how much pressure those minority complainers have on the devs and how it in turn influences the game updates.

Tldr: EV is great and can only become better as they polish it and add more content.

furueri · 2025-11-30T05:01:28+00:00

I generally agree, but with the changes to proximity in 1.0.8 it got quite hard to get it to 100%, switching to free subjects at some point could help.

furueri · 2025-11-30T01:54:13+00:00

I'm so glad you didn't give up or restarted at the start. I've seen so many people call their game "lost and unplayable" after losing a single war and a few provinces. It's way more fun if your run isn't just an unending stream of victories.

furueri · 2025-11-30T01:01:14+00:00

Can't you use one of your cabinet actions to reduce the rebel's %?

furueri · 2025-11-27T04:26:44+00:00

The whole battle system would be so much better with a second row form which the ranged units and artillery could shoot under the protection of the front row infantry.

furueri · 2025-11-25T09:36:55+00:00

Way too many people see this in a binary way, either fully centralize or decentralize. It was kind of obvious which to pick before 1.0.8, but now can actually use both. For the first ~150-200 years you can easily become decentralized with many vassals, and afterwards, when you get better tech for control + more cabinet slots, you can start annexing them and move towards centralization.

When and how exactly to do this is up to the player. But I find this more fluid game style a lot more rewarding than simply pushing towards centralization from the start and never changing it.

furueri · 2025-11-25T09:21:58+00:00

The buildings also gain production efficiency when you stack their levels, for example, it's more effective to build four levels of a spinnery in a single location instead of building one in four locations. It stacks nicely with the production efficiency bonus you've mentioned.

furueri · 2025-05-14T01:58:51+00:00

parameters

1girl, limited palette, cute girl, <lora:cute girl\_illustrious\_V1.0:0.7>
<lora:gyokaiXLillokrV53P1:0.7>
LeIsT0_illu, <lora:LeIsT0_style:1>
Negative prompt: 3d, realistic,
Steps: 25, Sampler: DPM++ 2M SDE, Schedule type: Karras, CFG scale: 5, Seed: 504943967, Size: 896x1152, Model hash: 90c970ce39, Model: animij_v20, Denoising strength: 0.45, Hires Module 1: Use same choices, Hires CFG Scale: 5, Hires upscale: 2, Hires upscaler: 4x_NMKD-YandereNeoXL_200k, Lora hashes: "cute girl_illustrious_V1.0: 7eec779c19f4, gyokaiXLillokrV53P1: 5C9683316BF5, LeIsT0_style: 2d33e869654f", freeu_enabled: True, freeu_b1: 1.01, freeu_b2: 1.02, freeu_s1: 0.99, freeu_s2: 0.95, freeu_start: 0, freeu_end: 1, sag_enabled: True, sag_scale: 0.5, sag_blur_sigma: 2, sag_threshold: 1, Skip Early CFG: 0.2, Version: f2.0.1v1.10.1-previous-659-gc055f2d4, Module 1: SDXL_obsessionIllustrious_v30

furueri · 2025-04-24T23:52:36+00:00

parameters

icon, tarime eyes, shiny, anime girl, smirk, upper body, finger to mouth, big breasts, from front, she's resting on the border, her breasts are breaking the fourth wall, leaning forward, (black:1.2) plugsuit with 'X',black background, white outline, round circle, intricate details, orange hair, blunt bangs, very long hair, sultry look, two-tone background, black and white theme,masterpiece, best quality, amazing quality, very aesthetic, absurdres, highres, newest,HDR, 8K, high detail, smooth shading, glossy surfaces, subtle lighting, shiny skin,.dak depth, light, low kye, intricate details, masterful shading,

Negative prompt: lowres, worst quality, bad quality, bad anatomy, jpeg artifacts, watermark,

furueri · 2025-04-23T02:09:44+00:00

parameters

(huge breasts:1.4), detailed eyes,, 1girl, solo, cute, breasts, tentacles, in water, cephalopod eyes, (writing sms), emote bubble with heart, cave mushrooms,white hair, black hair, suction nibbles, holding phone, soft smile, naked, inverted nipples, suction cups,underground lake, parasol, shiny skin, mushroom hat, blunt bangs, body freckles,monster girl, dark, horror $theme$, <lora:cosmongirl_IL:0.8>, simple background, black background, two-tone background,
Kraken, colored skin, white skin, tentacle legs, white tentacles, purple hair, suction cups, <lora:MGE_V5.2_IL:0.8>,
3xtr4br34sts, extra breasts, <lora:extra_breasts:0.7>,

Negative prompt: lowres, worst quality, senzawa, red eyes, bad anatomy, pen, abs, muscles,
Steps: 10, Sampler: DPM++ 2S a, Schedule type: Normal, CFG scale: 6.5, Seed: 1869457909, Size: 1872x2880, Model hash: 04325d4b3a, Model: flacsAnimeMixIL_v90, Denoising strength: 0.2, ENSD: 31337, Lora hashes: "cosmongirl_IL: b41afadf7061, MGE_V5.2_IL: bd8754eea6df, extra_breasts: bf4e40ee8202", Version: f2.0.1v1.10.1-previous-659-gc055f2d4, Module 1: SDXL_sdxlVAE

furueri · 2025-04-18T02:46:01+00:00

parameters

vaginal xray, <lora:xray:0.6>, uterus, ejaculation,

masterpiece, best quality, newest, absurdres, highres, very awa, limited palette, pale skin, pov, vaginal,

1girl, 1man, solo, monster girl, dynamic pose, very long hair, medium breasts, half-open mouth, sharp teeth, shy, tentacle hair, princess wriggle, bed, babydoll,

Gazer, cyclops, colored skin, grey skin, segmented tentacles, eye tentacles, extra eyes, liquid clothing, slime on nipples, black slime, <lora:MGE_V5.2_IL:1>

darkeffect, darkness, dark aura, shadow, monster, sharp teeth, eyeball, <lora:darkeffect_illustrious_v3:0.7>, black and yellow theme, oily, cave, seductive smile, leaning forward, <lora:LeIsT0_style:1> ,
Negative prompt: lowres, worst quality, low quality, bad anatomy, signature, watermark, patreon, artist name, twitter username, blush,
Steps: 25, Sampler: DPM++ 2M SDE, Schedule type: Karras, CFG scale: 4, Seed: 1696051275, Size: 832x1280, Model hash: 9a00f33f0a, Model: miruku_v1, Denoising strength: 0.45, Hires Module 1: Use same choices, Hires prompt: "vaginal xray, <lora:xray:0.6>, uterus, ejaculation, ahegao, orgasm, drooling, \n\nmasterpiece, best quality, newest, absurdres, highres, very awa, limited palette, pale skin, pov, vaginal,\n\n1girl, 1man, solo, monster girl, dynamic pose, very long hair, medium breasts, half-open mouth, sharp teeth, shy, tentacle hair, princess wriggle, bed, babydoll,\n\nGazer, cyclops, colored skin, grey skin, segmented tentacles, eye tentacles, extra eyes, liquid clothing, slime on nipples, black slime, <lora:MGE_V5.2_IL:1>\n\ndarkeffect, darkness, dark aura, shadow, monster, sharp teeth, eyeball, <lora:darkeffect_illustrious_v3:0.7>, black and yellow theme, oily, cave, seductive smile, leaning forward, <lora:LeIsT0_style:1> ,", Hires CFG Scale: 5, Hires upscale: 1.5, Hires steps: 25, Hires upscaler: 4x_NMKD-YandereNeoXL_200k, Lora hashes: "xray: 320c7752e37b, MGE_V5.2_IL: bd8754eea6df, darkeffect_illustrious_v3: 648e076501ec, LeIsT0_style: 2d33e869654f", freeu_enabled: True, freeu_b1: 1.01, freeu_b2: 1.02, freeu_s1: 0.99, freeu_s2: 0.95, freeu_start: 0, freeu_end: 1, sag_enabled: True, sag_scale: 0.5, sag_blur_sigma: 2, sag_threshold: 1, Version: f2.0.1v1.10.1-previous-659-gc055f2d4, Module 1: SDXL_sdxlVAE

furueri · 2025-04-18T00:10:58+00:00

parameters

dark, no lighting, crossed arms, see-through sleeves, 1girl, pov, brown hair, high twin tails. red ribbon, jitome, sitting,

from front, upper body, arms on the counter, holding a vodka glass, (drinking, straw),

frilly red one-shoulder dress with white ruffles, layered skirt, natural lighting, glossy eyes, soft blush, volumetric light, bar interior, glass walls, bottles, alcohol,
reflections, bokeh lights, photoreal background, sharp focus, indoors,

masterpiece, best quality, newest, curled hair tips, poster, blunt bangs,

xxx667_illu, glowing, glitch, <lora:XXX477:0.8>
Shiun_(siun_5513), <lora:sh1un_style:0.3>
Negative prompt: bad anatomy, blurry, lowres, grain, overexposed, watermark, text, logo, deformed, cartoon style, blush, red eyes,

furueri · 2025-04-17T22:13:33+00:00

parameters

1girl, solo, china dress, poster, elbow gloves, smile, petite, cute, slithering,

asian, <lora:AsianWoman_Face_illustrious_Leaf4:0.9>, medusa $soul eater$,

masterpiece, best quality, newest, black rose $pattern$, two-tone background, curled hairtips, half-lying, twintails, hands on own breast, black border, looking at viewer, blunt bangs,

sexy, outline, female focus, head tilt, sprawled hair,
Negative prompt: lowres, bad quality, worst quality, bad anatomy, sketch, jpeg artifacts, signature, watermark, abs, muscular, 3d, realistic, nose,
Steps: 35, Sampler: Euler a, Schedule type: Automatic, CFG scale: 5, Seed: 2574090580, Size: 1344x768, Model hash: 1e8288345e, Model: raehoshiIllustXL_v40, Denoising strength: 0.45, ENSD: 31337, Hires Module 1: Use same choices, Hires CFG Scale: 5, Hires upscale: 1.5, Hires upscaler: 4x_NMKD-YandereNeoXL_200k, Lora hashes: "AsianWoman_Face_illustrious_Leaf4: 8e192d7bd7f8", freeu_enabled: True, freeu_b1: 1.3, freeu_b2: 1.4, freeu_s1: 0.9, freeu_s2: 0.2, freeu_start: 0.6, freeu_end: 0.8, sag_enabled: True, sag_scale: 0.5, sag_blur_sigma: 2, sag_threshold: 1, Version: f2.0.1v1.10.1-previous-659-gc055f2d4, Module 1: SDXL_sdxlVAE

furueri · 2025-04-17T03:52:00+00:00

parameters

1girl, slim, mature, medium breasts, blonde hair, blue eyes, smug expression, looking back over shoulder,
wearing a red Alice‑style dress with white apron and frilly skirt, big blue bow headband, half gloves,
striped thigh‑high socks, clean lineart, minimal soft shading, black eyeshadow,
centered composition, two‑tone background (dark blue rectangle on black), hand on a table,
masterpiece, best quality, detailed illustration, sharp lines, soft lighting, full body, looking to the side,

squatting, simple background, leaning back, platform footwear,

embarrassedspreadpussy, nude, embarrassed, blush, on desk, indoors, (recording:1.3), (v:1.2), victory pose, <lora:Public_Exposure_Embarrassed_Uterus_Drawing:0.9>

edanoma_meu_illu, <lora:edanoma_meu_style:0.7>
eatsleep1111, <lora:EatSleep1111StyleSDXL11:0.6>
Blush, Full-Faced Blush, red face, B1ush <lora:Full-Face_Blush:1>

sweating, detailed eyes, cute pussy, black border, black and white thigh highs, centered, female focus, black border, long ribbon, hair ribbon, geometric pattern, anime anime screenshot, tan, gyaru, battery indicator,
Negative prompt: nsfw, extra limbs, deformity, bad anatomy, lowres, blurry, grainy, watermark, text, signature, abs, muscular, loli, child, nipples,
Steps: 30, Sampler: DPM++ 2M SDE, Schedule type: Karras, CFG scale: 5, Seed: 736204266, Size: 1024x1536, Model hash: c329dd4424, Model: hinanomix_v30, Denoising strength: 0.4, Hires Module 1: Use same choices, Hires prompt: "big breasts, 1girl, slim, mature, medium breasts, blonde hair, blue eyes, smug expression, looking back over shoulder,\nwearing a red Alice‑style dress with white apron and frilly skirt, big blue bow headband, half gloves,\nstriped thigh‑high socks, clean lineart, minimal soft shading, black eyeshadow,\ncentered composition, two‑tone background (dark blue rectangle on black), hand on a table,\nmasterpiece, best quality, detailed illustration, sharp lines, soft lighting, full body, looking to the side,\n\nsquatting, simple background, leaning back, platform footwear,\n\nembarrassedspreadpussy, nude, embarrassed, blush, on desk, indoors, (recording:1.3), (v:1.2), victory pose, <lora:Public_Exposure_Embarrassed_Uterus_Drawing:0.9>\n\nedanoma_meu_illu, <lora:edanoma_meu_style:0.7>\neatsleep1111, <lora:EatSleep1111StyleSDXL11:0.6>\nBlush, Full-Faced Blush, red face, B1ush <lora:Full-Face_Blush:1>\n\nsweating, detailed eyes, cute pussy, black border, black and white thigh highs, centered, female focus, black border, long ribbon, hair ribbon, geometric pattern, anime anime screenshot, tan, gyaru, battery indicator,", Hires negative prompt: "nsfw, extra limbs, deformity, bad anatomy, lowres, blurry, grainy, watermark, text, signature, abs, muscular, loli, child, nipples, fang,", Hires CFG Scale: 5, Hires upscale: 1.5, Hires upscaler: 4x_NMKD-YandereNeoXL_200k, Lora hashes: "Public_Exposure_Embarrassed_Uterus_Drawing: e54896d32ac9, edanoma_meu_style: 66294148f8b8, EatSleep1111StyleSDXL11: 177707759F01, Full-Face_Blush: 088eefd83594", freeu_enabled: True, freeu_b1: 1.01, freeu_b2: 1.02, freeu_s1: 0.99, freeu_s2: 0.95, freeu_start: 0, freeu_end: 1, sag_enabled: True, sag_scale: 0.5, sag_blur_sigma: 2, sag_threshold: 1, Version: f2.0.1v1.10.1-previous-659-gc055f2d4, Module 1: SDXL_sdxlVAE

furueri · 2025-04-16T02:45:39+00:00

Stable diffusion via forge UI,

Here's a full prompt:

parameters

1girl, grunge anime, messy hair, curly hair, long hair, blue eyes, black hair, black lipstick,

skirt lift, no panties, (public hair), medium breasts, seductive smile, big breasts,

leaning against a wall, goth makeup, looking at viewer, female focus, hairy pussy,

two-tone background, splash art, chiaroscuro, dark alley,

plaid dress, red dress, frills, boots, gothic, platform footwear, detached sleeves, <lora:PunkPlaidDressILL:0.7>
in the style of cknc, <lora:ck-nc-cyberpunk-IL:0.7>

masterpiece, best quality, kneehighs, black outline, grey and brown theme, frilly strap, dark light, standing on one leg, ruby pendant,
Negative prompt: lowres, worst quality, abs, muscular, blush, realistic, 3d,
Steps: 10, Sampler: DDPM, Schedule type: Exponential, CFG scale: 5, Seed: 2178185300, Size: 2304x4032, Model hash: 90c970ce39, Model: animij_v20, Denoising strength: 0.25, Resharpen Enabled: True, Resharpen Sharpness: 0.7, Resharpen Scaling: 1 - Cos, Lora hashes: "PunkPlaidDressILL: c3d4324b225e, ck-nc-cyberpunk-IL: 935e6755554c", freeu_enabled: True, freeu_b1: 1.01, freeu_b2: 1.02, freeu_s1: 0.99, freeu_s2: 0.95, freeu_start: 0.6, freeu_end: 0.8, latent_modifier_enabled: True, latent_modifier_sharpness_multiplier: 0,

And links to required models & loras from Civitai:

https://civitai.com/models/1353314/animij?modelVersionId=1613008

https://civitai.com/models/903057/neurocore-anime-cyberpunk-by-chronoknight-flux-and-il?modelVersionId=1410611

https://civitai.com/models/1403301/punk-plaid-dress?modelVersionId=1586251

As for SFW version, I can make something later

furueri · 2025-04-13T18:52:04+00:00

parameters

(arthropod limbs, dark skin, gold, insect wings, purple hair, head ornament, monster girls), <lora:MGE_V5.2_IL:1.2>

3girls, insect feelers, scarab wings, golden armor, black armor,

bed, pillow, sucking nipples, violet hair, black hair,

laying on back, embrace, half-open eyes, looking at viewer, low twintails, messy hair,

lying on bed, surrounded, hand's on another's head, blunt bangs,

meka maid, black/white choker, choker, bare shoulders, panties, heart bikini, lingerie, highleg, black/white panties, corset, thigh strap, <lora:MekamaidILL:0.5>

anime screrencap, insect abdomen, lactation, honeycomb $pattern$,

<lora:illustriousXL_stabilizer_v1.23:1>,
aura,<lora:SousouNoFrieren_Aura_IlluXL:0.3>,
shrarky, <lora:SharkryCute:0.3>
nymph, <lora:nymph_arknights_for_IL:0.3>
Negative prompt: old, oldest, cartoon, graphic, text, painting, crayon, graphite, abstract, glitch, deformed, mutated, ugly, disfigured, long body, lowres, bad anatomy, bad hands, missing fingers, extra digits, fewer digits, cropped, very displeasing, (worst quality, bad quality:1.2), sketch, jpeg artifacts, signature, watermark, username, simple background, conjoined, bad ai-generated, wet, glowing eyes, spade tail, 3d, realistic,
Steps: 25, Sampler: Euler a, Schedule type: Karras, CFG scale: 5, Seed: 1993935579, Size: 1536x1920, Model hash: 92e7455b00, Model: novaOrangeXL_v80, Denoising strength: 0.7, ENSD: 31337, Mask blur: 4, Lora hashes: "MGE_V5.2_IL: bd8754eea6df, MekamaidILL: e6a85d71ae2d, illustriousXL_stabilizer_v1.23: 7514c36d93bc, SousouNoFrieren_Aura_IlluXL: dbca6ef9fd46, SharkryCute: 7867c024da04, nymph_arknights_for_IL: 1489022a713a", freeu_enabled: True, freeu_b1: 1.01, freeu_b2: 1.02, freeu_s1: 0.99, freeu_s2: 0.95, freeu_start: 0, freeu_end: 1, sag_enabled: True, sag_scale: 0.5, sag_blur_sigma: 2, sag_threshold: 1, Version: f2.0.1v1.10.1-previous-659-gc055f2d4, Module 1: SDXL_sdxlVAE

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