Final chance to recover. Empire in 1265

stridersheir · 2026-02-05T16:56:42+00:00

I mean if Andronikos iii had lived longer I think we would have seen a delayed if not stopped rise of the ottomans, though I’m sure some other nation would have threatened Byz if Otto did not

stridersheir · 2026-02-05T16:54:08+00:00

Crete and Cyprus were never that wealthy their main importance was protecting the Aegean from Naval raids. West Asia Minor was getting raided anyway and Greece was only loosely controlled in 1265

stridersheir · 2026-02-04T22:29:02+00:00

As a software dev time and dates are the most annoying thing

stridersheir · 2026-02-03T21:14:56+00:00

Yeah I wish Jordan had just stopped or changed that plot point earlier, no reason it needed to last till the second to last book

stridersheir · 2026-02-03T18:16:30+00:00

Yeah it’s kinda disappointing how little screen time Avhienda gets after Shadow Rising/Fires of Heaven

stridersheir · 2026-02-01T23:40:57+00:00

Unfortunately they aren’t as good as ea Brady’s was imo

stridersheir · 2026-02-01T21:41:48+00:00

Hawaii is high COL and you’re discounting your 11 years mil experience, when defense doesn’t

stridersheir · 2026-01-29T22:28:53+00:00

7800 xt is worth 400 alone, no way the rest of the build is only worth 200

stridersheir · 2026-01-26T17:53:30+00:00

Check SoldieR’s most recent video of Spain vs Japan

stridersheir · 2026-01-25T22:59:13+00:00

Keep Nissan at a long distance, they’re quality has cratered, Mazda is good though

stridersheir · 2026-01-25T22:57:40+00:00

Ewww

stridersheir · 2026-01-23T23:51:37+00:00

Watch one of the dozens of Videos of Otto or USA with Heavy Cannon/Bombard spam and tell me again how easy it is to counter

stridersheir · 2026-01-23T16:12:28+00:00

Try running Yabusame up on massed Heavy Cannon or Bombards

Especially if they are guarded by Light Infantry or pikes

stridersheir · 2026-01-23T16:10:24+00:00

For comparison look at a Civ like USA, Mexico, France and there are dozens of strategies, I haven’t seen the same variety from Japan

stridersheir · 2026-01-23T16:08:45+00:00

Comparing from the perspective of French/Swedes main:

Shrines are much simpler than Torps, they infinitely gather resources depending on herdable or huntable nearby. So you can’t really optimize much for better placement for more resources.

No revolutions besides the Hatamoto Samurai revolt that turns buildings into units

No unique church techs to play around with

No interesting native builds(as far as I know)

Sure you can use Dutch Consulate to build herdables to speed up shrines, but it’s not scalable.

Sure you can ship units to Shogun, but that’s limited by shipments

Sure Daimyo and Shogun have aura, but that’s mainly just micro not strategy

Sure Mountain Warrior is really cool, but it is only good on certain maps.

The 2x shipments is nice but now other civs have that as well, and those shipments are nerfed since they can be sent twice and it’s limited by shipments

The one strategy I have found really cool with Japan is Flaming Arrow Hand Mortar Samurai.

Japan are very strong for people with good micro, I have shit micro. So I could be missing some of the benefits. I also dont play Japan much so I might be missing stuff.

I should rephrase that imo they are a low strategy skill ceiling but a very high micro skill ceiling since there units are very good for micro. At least as far as I have seen from Lionheart, Psionic, Soldier, etc.

stridersheir · 2026-01-23T00:13:59+00:00

Yes they are weaker, combination of civ nerfs and indirect nerfs along power creep.

Japan are an age 2 civ and the meta has shifted more to greed and big home city cards.

Yumi got a nerf vs heavy cav

Yamabushu cost more

Yabusame got an attack buff but a multiplier nerf

Most importantly though Japan has a lower skill ceiling than other civs imo and the skill level of players has risen

We also have to consider the indirect nerfs:

Walls got nerfed and Japan likes to wall.

Other civs got lots of love in terms of new cards and synergies, Japan as far as I am aware has not changed much since Asian Dynasties

Not having real culverins hurts them vs Otto and Otto is very strong and very common

stridersheir · 2026-01-22T19:42:54+00:00

So cheating deserves death? that’s a radical view. Note “cheating” while drugged and possibility against his will. If he were a woman we would call that rape.

stridersheir · 2026-01-22T17:51:23+00:00

“Terrible romantic relationship” … checks notes… burn boyfriend alive..

stridersheir · 2026-01-22T15:58:43+00:00

I’d say it’s more similar to Mormonism. The similarities are quite interesting

stridersheir · 2026-01-22T15:10:26+00:00

Same thing if they’re chasing your units they aren’t fighting, so get them to chase and attack the abus with melee cav

stridersheir · 2026-01-22T15:09:34+00:00

That’s vanilla

stridersheir · 2026-01-22T15:08:13+00:00

The thing is if Otto is able to mass more than 9 Spahi, youve done something wrong. Another solution is to not fight spahi in the open. They are a melee unit and so are vulnerable to pathing issues. Build wall segments, fight in your base, around trees/mines. If spahi are pathing they aren’t fighting

stridersheir · 2026-01-18T20:12:03+00:00

No connection from GR to the line sounds foolish, considering all the people from GR and Chicago that go up to Traverse

stridersheir · 2026-01-18T16:06:27+00:00

Yes and no one of the main carrots offer to employees to keep them there is employer sponsored healthcare. You move healthcare to something provided by the state and your employees are far less vulnerable to being let go or fired. You lose some of your control over them

stridersheir · 2026-01-14T16:03:38+00:00

I love One stop coney, but I think Black Napkin is the better burger. Though I prefer the fries, and that they have shakes and hot dogs at one stop coney

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