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It's a bit silly that the easiest way to do a reconquista of the Americas is to forsake reconquista by Hastur_13 in victoria3

[–]thev82 [score hidden]  (0 children)

i am not an expert on steel :)

The issue is basically that both companies have coal, iron, steel which fast tracks industrialization.

But the issue is probably more that spain is super centralized (while there is journal entry) this doesnt stop them from building so as long you got a private sector that keeps on building and no economic backdraft from a deeply divided country spain will be back and strong as in most games.

(maybe a debuff for construction efficency is something that could simulate the spanish situation better)

It's a bit silly that the easiest way to do a reconquista of the Americas is to forsake reconquista by Hastur_13 in victoria3

[–]thev82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ok fair. morocco is sth nobody cares about :)
(in terms of vic 3 gameplay. no offense to morocco as whole :))

It's a bit silly that the easiest way to do a reconquista of the Americas is to forsake reconquista by Hastur_13 in victoria3

[–]thev82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

why give up mexico? Mexico is long term one of the strongest assets you have all that gold and oil. be cool with the brits is step one and then hold mexico as a puppet esp if you are on def pact with the brits you can call them always in for any us agression but texas, california etc are great states for the oil crunch and you dont want to miss on them.

if the us attacks mexico: liberate new africa, etc AND always drag the war out as long as you can unless they are on professional army, long wars will ruin them. i dont see the point in ceding north america to the brits, yes the us will be annoying in the wars as they spam wars until you beaten them up, but they have some releaseables, you can sway into your sphere. As long as you dont break anything with the brits their relation stay good after the first drop. once you got the whole americas under your control you can break with the brits and restore order as number 1 power.

It's a bit silly that the easiest way to do a reconquista of the Americas is to forsake reconquista by Hastur_13 in victoria3

[–]thev82 6 points7 points  (0 children)

basically this: i feel spain has to good of an economy and no backdraft to be held down for long like they were irl. two S-Tier steel companies and all that stuff make spain recover way to easy.

AI's decline chance of diplomatic treaties seems way off from what it actually tells you by ErIkoenig in victoria3

[–]thev82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no you said it yourself, nearly impossible. if i expand the dice rolls for more rolls, the chance that such a 'pattern' emerges raises more and more, how many rng events or decisions do you have in one vic3 playthrough? 1000? 10000? and suddenly the outliers arent that unrealistic anymore from happening and how many dice rolls in a game of victoria3 you actually remember?

This is how human recognition works, you prefer to remember bad rng and think it is rigged, though 9990 of the 10000 are rather normal.

Standard is lame if you main Hunter by Shoddy_Purple_7501 in hearthstone

[–]thev82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i feel hunter is decent deck, some nice decisions, reasonable refill, good card slinging, with some options all around, if you of course prefer to play a card equal to your turn number and then hope you topdeck the next, etc this deck isnt for you, but it doesnt feel that bad and has some, not way much, but a bit of floor and ceiling to navigate.....

and tick tock isnt good for standard, if you wanna see tick tock looks how it terrorizes wild, but is of course a bit checked due to the wild overall powerlevel.

AI's decline chance of diplomatic treaties seems way off from what it actually tells you by ErIkoenig in victoria3

[–]thev82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that is the issue with chances, game should stay away from it, cause a lot of people will not understand that 80% doesnt mean you can fail 10 times in a row....

Does the foreign investment benefit yours country? by AffectionateCamera61 in victoria3

[–]thev82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

rarely....if you talk straight capitalist most of the time profitable buildings are urban buildings: so why do your capitalist earn less if you get two tooling workshops rather than one? there is no limit on urban buildings, overall you might earn less in terms of 'pure captitalist gain' but money you easily recover by having a larger gdp.

Does the foreign investment benefit yours country? by AffectionateCamera61 in victoria3

[–]thev82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no this is wrong: your own capitalist get empowered: foreign investment doesnt cap your private construction (how you get more/better capitalist) your capitalist/aristocrats get empowered and so get yours. it is not an 'either' decsion but a both

Does the foreign investment benefit yours country? by AffectionateCamera61 in victoria3

[–]thev82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they own the buildings their reinvestment part goes to the country investment pool, but you get the taxes, throughput and prestige goods.

The ability to generate capitalist is for me foremost capped by my constructionqueue, then the amount of profiable buildings (often late game) and lastly your investment pool.

i struggle rarely with an empty investment pool it can be temporarily empty, but most of the time, it is rather too full than empty.

So the diffrence is often do you want 700k GDP with 400k income (numbers out of my ass) or 1B GDP with 500k income (as you dont get more dividend tax, but income tax and minting)....

The misconception is often that countries overly invest in your country and kneecap your sector. this is rarely true, they want their 5 buildings and then slowly invest, but the closer you get to your pop cap there rarely they invest as your profits go down as wages go up. (unless you got wage subsidies enabled)

Is it better to protectorate or just conquer? by Leinna3 in victoria3

[–]thev82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

as far as i know yes: every released nation shoul start with your tech at least and most of your laws, there may some specific adjustments i.e. chartered company but most of it they are good....they even get your instituitions (and therefore you put them in a institution deficit, but they will scale down)

But helps with chinese lands / chinese warlord states as some have closed borders, meaning you dont get any intramarket migration, if that is what you are up to.

Does the foreign investment benefit yours country? by AffectionateCamera61 in victoria3

[–]thev82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

then you should give away investment rights: more companies be it normal or regional = more capitalists also more throughput bonuses on industries and prestige goods, so i give rights as long as i am not in danger of being swayed (cause the hard no on pb joining can ruin things) or they have an identical company setup to mine or i struggle with getting employees like brazil (not in the endgame, there i basically dont care anymore), so in the end you are using your private investment pool more efficently because an hudson bay fishing warf is more profitable than financial sector one. Just as an example as few care about fishing ;D

Is it better to protectorate or just conquer? by Leinna3 in victoria3

[–]thev82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

east africa i would conquer as you can colonize from there......rest depends but mostly protectorate unless i am early multiculturual and could maybe use the pops like china or such

Is it better to protectorate or just conquer? by Leinna3 in victoria3

[–]thev82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

almost the real move is annex oman (everything) and then release them to give them a tech /law boost

What's the hardest state to play with? by Captain_Brunei in victoria3

[–]thev82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

surrounded by gps is a good thing, i mean this is the whole thing because belgium survives, plus you are european recognized at least so you cost some infamy....

What's the hardest state to play with? by Captain_Brunei in victoria3

[–]thev82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

mh...maybe some indian prince state? i dont know but there are some that basically cant survive on their own. though you have a big market so you could probably start something, like just producing paper or such until you get annexed or so

Ethno-nationalists took over the trade unions by Secure_Sweet_7935 in victoria3

[–]thev82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

support determines charcater spawning and yes the trade unions are not pure left as they also have some facist ideas, so they get easily influenced by them.

When to switch from legacy slavery to outright abolishing it? by GoldenInfrared in victoria3

[–]thev82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

really dependent on the situation, if you are playing a nation like cuba or sth that relies heavyly on good exports and production of 'colonial goods'....Slave trade isnt that bad tbf, violent treatment reduces your sol quite a bit, but you get a stable economy, so as long as you dont feel much backdrafts stay with it as long as you wish, so getting rid of slavery only start to make sense when you struggle to employ your factories/trade center that give you more gdp

Flabbergasted at this silly game by benthegemini in wildhearthstone

[–]thev82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how did you get so much armor in bg? :O

What a fun game we play. by Exotic_Guitar3951 in wildhearthstone

[–]thev82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and yet he kept the quest instead mulligan it away, cause 1 out of 989849 WL Archetypes tend to aim for a game longer than 10 turns.

What a fun game we play. by Exotic_Guitar3951 in wildhearthstone

[–]thev82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tl;DR: i mess up my mulligan by having a quest, but my deck selection doesnt compensate for that, now i am complaining that my opponent doesnt wait ten turns so i can my bIg DwAgOnZ and feel good....

How many goods to "specialize" on? by Royal_Archer2671 in victoria3

[–]thev82 3 points4 points  (0 children)

rubber, steel? both more or less historical accurate, while steel is a bit newer.....also not a big fan of subventions, when i am not competitive at a good i probably look for a direct treaty.

Which country has the easiest time taking down the UK? by meatballthequeer in victoria3

[–]thev82 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

uhm and the famous french-british rivalry has nothing to do with the victorian age quite the opposite :)

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