Victoria II

[Arcvalons]

What would happen if I were to reduce craftsmen needs to 10%, then increase clerk's and clergy's 10 times. Shouldn't that keep the economy stable, plus giving the additional bonus of giving you more clergymen to speed up literacy?

[Solomaxwell6]

Originally Posted by Arcvalons

What would happen if I were to reduce craftsmen needs to 10%, then increase clerk's and clergy's 10 times. Shouldn't that keep the economy stable, plus giving the additional bonus of giving you more clergymen to speed up literacy?

If you want to make more clergymen and clerks, a better idea would be to mess around with their conversion rates. Make it more likely for other pops to turn into them, and less likely for them to convert to other pops.

[Ofaloaf]

Time to get too ambitious!

I tried adding an extra decision to UncivFlavor.txt, but it doesn't show as a potential decision when I load up the game as the country specified. Does anyone know why? Here's the text:

 brothers_divided = {
  potential = {
   tag = OMN
   NOT = {
    has_country_flag = zanzibar_independent
   }
  }
 
  allow = {
   prestige = 0
  }
 
  effect = {
   set_country_flag = zanzibar_independent
   prestige = 10
   OMN = {
    country_event = 19321
   }
  }
 }

The event itself has also been added, welded to the end of the GreatPowers.txt event file. Anyone know what's up?

[Arcvalons]

If you want to make more clergymen and clerks, a better idea would be to mess around with their conversion rates. Make it more likely for other pops to turn into them, and less likely for them to convert to other pops.

What is the value for that?

[wilcoxchar]

Been playing a Spain game and it's a lot easier to get to a decent position than in Vicky 1, where you were limited a lot as Spain. So far Cuba, Hispanola, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine regions are states, I've outlawed slavery, and the provinces in Mindanao are even Spanish cores.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17..._SPA_18622.png

[Whanztastic]

Originally Posted by Ofaloaf

Are you using Windows 7? If so, click the "compatability files" button once you're in the screenshot folder-- they might show up then.

Thanks! Now I can show the insanity of the, failed, Russian Conquest of North West England.

[Ofaloaf]

Originally Posted by wilcoxchar

Been playing a Spain game and it's a lot easier to get to a decent position than in Vicky 1, where you were limited a lot as Spain. So far Cuba, Hispanola, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine regions are states, I've outlawed slavery, and the provinces in Mindanao are even Spanish cores.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17..._SPA_18622.png

Oh man, I wish there was some prompt for the AI to release satellite states in conquered territories. Prussian Bohemia ought to be free, and Russia would do well releasing a puppet Armenia.

[wilcoxchar]

Originally Posted by Ofaloaf

Oh man, I wish there was some prompt for the AI to release satellite states in conquered territories. Prussian Bohemia ought to be free, and Russia would do well releasing a puppet Armenia.

I don't see a problem with it. Is Prussia taking Bohemia from Austria-Hungary really that implausible?

[Ofaloaf]

Originally Posted by wilcoxchar

I don't see a problem with it. Is Prussia taking Bohemia from Austria-Hungary really that implausible?

I know it's the era for it, but "Victoria II: The Blobbening" is something I'd rather avoid to a degree.

[catboy637]

Originally Posted by wilcoxchar

Been playing a Spain game and it's a lot easier to get to a decent position than in Vicky 1, where you were limited a lot as Spain. So far Cuba, Hispanola, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine regions are states, I've outlawed slavery, and the provinces in Mindanao are even Spanish cores.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17..._SPA_18622.png

What's up with China in Central Asia? And the green blob between the Ottoman Empire and the Iraqi part of it?

[Arcvalons]

I think it's Two Sicilies. It is in my game.

[wilcoxchar]

Originally Posted by catboy637

What's up with China in Central Asia? And the green blob between the Ottoman Empire and the Iraqi part of it?

China has had a few wars with Panjab (the pink below China's Central Asian bit) where they took a couple Panjabi states. The green in the Levant is the Two Sicilies invading Egypt a bit.

[Ofaloaf]

One last silly question-- I've finally decided to have a go at Prussia, and have gotten all the North German states into my sphere of influenza by 1841. How come the "North German Confederation" option still isn't available, then? Do I have to wait for Hanover to no longer be the UK's satellite or something?

[Trotsky]

Originally Posted by Ofaloaf

One last silly question-- I've finally decided to have a go at Prussia, and have gotten all the North German states into my sphere of influenza by 1841. How come the "North German Confederation" option still isn't available, then? Do I have to wait for Hanover to no longer be the UK's satellite or something?

Don't you have to force Austria to "admit hegemony"?

[Ofaloaf]

Originally Posted by Trotsky

Don't you have to force Austria to "admit hegemony"?

Is that so? Right, to the gates of Vienna I go!~

[charl]

Originally Posted by Faeelin

Eh. Honestly, an okay game when it could easily be great.

It's paradox man. You have to wait for at least an expansion or two and the corresponding year of patches before it gets playable.

[Solomaxwell6]

Originally Posted by Ofaloaf

Is that so? Right, to the gates of Vienna I go!~

Do you have Denmark? When I was messing around with Austria, I switched tags, had Prussia declare a War of Unification, and switched back. A couple months later, I saw Prussia and its satellites turn into the NGF.

[wilcoxchar]

Originally Posted by charl

It's paradox man. You have to wait for at least an expansion or two and the corresponding year of patches before it gets playable.

That really only happened with HOI3, which Paradox has definitely learned from. Victoria II is certainly playable and is a good game right now. With patches and expansions it will get better, but so does everything as more work is put into it.

[Ofaloaf]

Originally Posted by Solomaxwell6

Do you have Denmark? When I was messing around with Austria, I switched tags, had Prussia declare a War of Unification, and switched back. A couple months later, I saw Prussia and its satellites turn into the NGF.

Eh, too late for that. I've played the brinkmanship game with Austria so hard that now it declares war on me before the savegame even completes loading.

[charl]

Originally Posted by wilcoxchar

That really only happened with HOI3, which Paradox has definitely learned from. Victoria II is certainly playable and is a good game right now. With patches and expansions it will get better, but so does everything as more work is put into it.

I'd argue it happened with EU3 as well. And Crusader Kings. And hell, Victoria 1 too for that matter. They all needed patches and expansions to be good games. Before that they were passable, at best. It's a recurring trend.

But maybe I just have my standards set way too high.