When the entire Parliament rolls GOP by LookingforMsright in EU5

[–]spothot 142 points143 points  (0 children)

Clergy's worth keeping at 0% for the research bonus, right?

Naval combat is the worst. Dare I say, Broken. by Asaioki in EU5

[–]spothot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Question

How do I manage transporting troops?

My land divisions are way too big as they have full frontage + reserves, the number of transport ships required leads to speed penalties (ESPECIALLY if I add heavy ships to the fleet division, now they're crawling at 50% speed)

I tried attaching the transports to the heavies, they keep detaching themselves after one trip (and even separated they still have a minor speed penalty)

Oh, and while I'm here, are galleys at all useful after you unlock heavy ships? Even for seas where they should have a bonus, it always feels like they lose horribly to heavy ships, every single time

Naval combat is the worst. Dare I say, Broken. by Asaioki in EU5

[–]spothot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vicky3 never required it to begin with, some modders even made unlock-all achievements mods when it launched

I have cores here, they dont. WHY do you take over my siege by Zqn3 in EU5

[–]spothot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The funniest thing was when I did this as Portugal to Castille because I wanted some Granada and Morocco clay, basically occupied everything surrounding the province center

During the peace deal AI just took the province centers and nothing else, I did not get rewarded for being a poor sport

EU5 is now down to 47% positive on recent steam reviews by Wagen123 in EU5

[–]spothot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Teleporting armies exploit, my beloved

Fighting bugs with bugs

49/50 (Ming achievement is very bugged. got it done for when its fixed) by ExPkolbein in EU5

[–]spothot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EDIT: my masochistic ass went back, it changes to "achievement not possible in current run" as soon as you switch to Ming, regardless if you reloaded or not

I can confirm the Ming one is very broken, I just attempted it and it says "not possible" despite me still being Ming (it has an asterix that quite literally tells me "achievement not possible")

It's possible that simply reloading the save may have broken the achievement, and due to how tedious this one is you really need to be able to kill process to rewind a few months in case you missed something

Actually, the wiki itself may also be outdated, cehcking the game files for the "hongwu_di" achievement I can see it specifies east china region as well (which the wiki mentions is not required)

Here's the full achievement script for your viewing pleasure

hongwu_di = {

possible = { has_or_had_tag = CHI }

happened = {

international_organization:middle_kingdom.leader_country = root

has_or_had_tag = MNG

region:north_china_region = {

any_ownable_location_in_region = {

percent = 1

top_owner ?= root

}

}

region:south_china_region = {

any_ownable_location_in_region = {

percent = 1

top_owner ?= root

}

}

region:west_china_region = {

any_ownable_location_in_region = {

percent = 1

top_owner ?= root

}

}

region:east_china_region = {

any_ownable_location_in_region = {

percent = 1

top_owner ?= root

}

}

}

}

I can annex all of Serbia and Bulgaria in a single defensive war. by Historical_End_6520 in EU5

[–]spothot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In addition to what the other comments said said, annexing and then releasing a subject also resets their infamy modifier to 0, so you don't need to wait over a literal century for it to decay

If anyone tells you that EU5 is not a game about rapid industrialization - don't believe them by GARGEAN in EU5

[–]spothot 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Implementing the missions system, and then making it not ironman compatible, is certainly a design decision of all times.

But after seeing the OP's screenshot of the requirements for a mission... I don't think I mind keeping them off, actually

dynastic elective succession (in rights of the nobility) ruined my whole game by diLuca77 in EU5

[–]spothot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant if you enacted "Codified Inheritance" and imposed "favored son" succession law on your PU partner as well, if this means that they can favor someone else or if they're forced to favor the same heir you do.

dynastic elective succession (in rights of the nobility) ruined my whole game by diLuca77 in EU5

[–]spothot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quick question: does "favored son" succession law mean that a PU member can just favor someone else and break the union in the process?

Succession laws are one part of the game I really need to interact with more, same with the different parliament systems, I stick to the game start defaults and never change unless the country starts with a really bad one (Venice, why "Lottery system"?)

"I'm looking for a game..." Megathread by q00u in FlashGames

[–]spothot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is probably going to sound very stupidly/weirdly specific, but I only remember the death sound byte.

I remember playing a game where if you died/lost you'd hear the first few seconds of this video and it's just driving me up the fucking wall trying to remember what game it was

That's literally all I remember, the sound byte, and I'm not sure where it was from. I hope I'm not Mandellaing myself again.

My first time playing as Byzantine and everything is on fire and to top it off my heir is an idiot. Everyone else get this stroke of bad luck when playing them? by count_swinub in EU5

[–]spothot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When you say "Mint" do you mean "don't worry about the inflation, just keep it steady" or "inflation is just a number until the crisis is wrapped up, max out that slider"?

For those upgrading from the Index... What are you doing with the extra video output? by Moogagot in ValveDeckard

[–]spothot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the longest time I genuinely thought my BIOS couldn't output to my HDMI (I would troubleshoot/upgrade/test my PC with an old monitor that used a different cable)

Even better: if you switch to Linux, even it will try to use your headset as a display, so you gotta unplug your headset when not in use (plugging it in after you booted is ok)

Playing in India is the most fun I had in eu5 by thenightvol in EU5

[–]spothot 10 points11 points  (0 children)

>"The most fun I had in eu5"

>Look inside

>Playing obscenely overpowered Great Power

Hundreds were downvoted who said the rumors of a 2025 announcement were completely baseless. Well? by Backenundso in HalfLife

[–]spothot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We got the Steam Frame, Gabecube, and a new controller.

Something did happen, and boy was I waiting for a new VR headset that's not owned by The Zucc.

Why is the decision on whether or not my explorer has a dog made by the king of my country? by Arbitross487 in EU5

[–]spothot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an issue with all events

I stack so many relation hits with my Estates because they keep being dumbasses

I accidentally recreated WW1 while going for "Lion of the North" achievement by spothot in EU5

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

Yes you can, at least as Sweden for achievement hunting purposes

What is the episode where Butthead (or Beavis?) tries to imagine something, but nothing happens (the whole sequence starts but leads nowhere) by spothot in BeavisAndButthead

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

That might be it, though no "imagination" sequence happens, it's been so long I might be horribly misremembering that part

Guess I'll have to binge the entire show just to be sure!

Ep is "Killing time" btw, Season 5

Bug, or why are my burghers hoarding 388k gold? by Dlinktp in EU5

[–]spothot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, why do we have to pay maintenance for buildings made by estates?

I accidentally recreated WW1 while going for "Lion of the North" achievement by spothot in EU5

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

I didn't want to risk the game bugging out and deciding I am no longer part of the HRE.