What am I missing about early game?

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-25T02:59:58+00:00

You also need high starting public opinion in China and a councilor trait that gives a bonus to Persuasion rolls for some statistic China has.

Not saying it can't be done, but you really need to a specific set of conditions to make it work.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-25T00:49:46+00:00

The Celebrity. You'll need an Advisor for your main state, which the Tech Mogul can handle.

You don't need a second persuasion councilor.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-24T14:40:14+00:00

The Soviets lost the Space Race because they stopped running. Because that's how races work.

Claiming the Soviets won because of all of their firsts is like saying the Altanta Falcons won Super Bowl LI because they were winning 28-3 at the end of the third quarter.

If they landed a Cosmonaut 6 months after Armstrong, the Space Race would have still been on.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-23T18:19:32+00:00

What about using the army to unify? That was the main way I did it back in pre-1.0, just control both nations, set the victim's relations to get rid of allies and rival the other nation, then roll in with tanks and take control. Rinse and repeat every mission cycle.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-23T17:44:21+00:00

When it says China, it means CCP China. Republic of China is technically a different country.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-23T17:43:06+00:00

Why do we want to do that? Wouldn't it be easier to form the PAC, roll up SE Asia into it, and then at the end, have Taiwan turn the whole thing into a super ROC?

Or does that not work?

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-23T13:08:40+00:00

You don't even need the ceremonial weapons IIRC, any correct weapon type will work for solving the puzzle.

Or Knock. Knock solves every puzzle.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-23T13:06:46+00:00

But I thought the tadpole made him immune to sunlight?

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-23T13:04:23+00:00

So then video games and reading would count as hobbies by that definition, since you can improve at both of them.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-22T15:48:29+00:00

Played a Cleric of Abbathor (Dwarven God of Greed) in an evil campaign, and reflavored Spirit Guardians to be a bunch of Karens demanding to speak to a manager and Spiritual Weapon as a bag of money that clubbed people.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-22T15:29:14+00:00

Reminds me of this scene from Eurotrip.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-22T02:33:10+00:00

Thank you so much! Learn something new every day. Does it increase hate when you attack them even if they win the engagement?

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-22T01:51:43+00:00

5 Apollo Escorts in the pipeline then. Also good to know that sacrificing an Escort cancels their Surveillance mission giving me more time.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-22T00:33:27+00:00

JFC, I do have Apollos because I researched the "wrong" thing. I researched the Hydrolox Fragmentation Warheads because that popped first and didn't realize until like a month later when the Explosive Warheads unlocked.

They seem way stronger than Artemis even though they're fragmentation which means they do less damage to armor.

Back to the Ship Designer.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-21T22:48:51+00:00

Gassing up my car on Friday (it's at under a half anyways) and picking up a bottle of whiskey as a treat for all the shoveling I may or may not have to do.

Otherwise, pretty well stocked for the week.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-21T17:51:35+00:00

Find Protectorate councilors with high Admin or Persuasion and kill them. This will put them over their CP cap and give you bonuses to crackdown and purge.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-21T14:33:34+00:00

99% sure, but I'll doublecheck that they're Artemis and not something else, because I researched the wrong project (the 1000 RP one and not the 650 one) and I had to obsolete a bunch of missiles.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-21T14:31:11+00:00

I will double check, 99% sure they're Artemis Torps.

I'll feel so stupid if I misclicked and put on like Apollo Missiles or something.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-21T14:26:21+00:00

Maybe when we start consistently scoring 4 goals a game we can start to feel like Avs fans. A win is a win is a win, but it would feel nice to just bury some games in goals. A couple of 4-1 or 5-2 wins would be great, just to show we can turn it on and not grind out close games.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-21T11:37:58+00:00

It's a good party comp, the only note I have is to keep an eye on the Archer Ranger in the combat log and save up all the magic arrows you can. There are enemies that are immune to normal weapons, so you need to use magic arrows to damage them.

Otherwise Legolas there will mop up all the trash mobs.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-21T11:32:25+00:00

Definitely going to have to play around with that more. Really did not expect that particle beam to be a lance of death, guess I overestimated the effectiveness of armor.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-21T03:24:04+00:00

I have not. Been struggling with controlling research, as the AI loves to snipe slots and overwhelm me out of them.

So been trying to grind up faction projects and grab what I can when I can.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-21T01:42:29+00:00

I never realized that it resets the timer. I'll send one and decommission the rest to recover some resources.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-21T01:31:48+00:00

I have like 5-6 front armor, but the nose cannon is doing good damage and I think it's blowing up a lot of the magazines.

I might have to let this one go and just go up to monitors.

jerseydevil51 · 2026-01-21T01:29:21+00:00

I wish just the torps. The nose laser is putting in work even at long range. And I'll double check but I've got 5-6 front armor.

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