Paradox Interactive Games Thread

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

I have read about how insanely wealthy northern Italy was in the medieval ages. Genoa and Venice in EU4 are just filthy rich, they are the superpowers of EU4. Has anyone here played as Venice,Genoa or Savoy?

[Bacon King]

SALE SALE SALE

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/paradox-bundle-2019

donate $1 or more to charity and you get Crusader Kings 2 as well as three other cool games

donate $6 or more and you get Europa Universalis 4 and CK2's The Old Gods DLC

donate $12 or more and get EU4's El Dorado DLC and several other cool games

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

SALE SALE SALE

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/paradox-bundle-2019

donate $1 or more to charity and you get Crusader Kings 2 as well as three other cool games

donate $6 or more and you get Europa Universalis 4 and CK2's The Old Gods DLC

donate $12 or more and get EU4's El Dorado DLC and several other cool games

I have always wanted to get EUIV but was waiting to do so until I had a more powerful computer for it. I don't want to pass this up though.

Do you think a dual core processor with an AMD HD7770 is powerful enough to handle it decently? I recall one of them recommending a 4 core, but maybe that was HOI4.

[Bacon King]

SALE SALE SALE

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/paradox-bundle-2019

donate $1 or more to charity and you get Crusader Kings 2 as well as three other cool games

donate $6 or more and you get Europa Universalis 4 and CK2's The Old Gods DLC

donate $12 or more and get EU4's El Dorado DLC and several other cool games

I have always wanted to get EUIV but was waiting to do so until I had a more powerful computer for it. I don't want to pass this up though.

Do you think a dual core processor with an AMD HD7770 is powerful enough to handle it decently? I recall one of them recommending a 4 core, but maybe that was HOI4.

I don't think you'll have any problem at all and you don't need a quad core. I'm not very good at computer hardware stuff but if I'm doing this benchmark comparison thing correctly then it looks like your computer is over twice as powerful as EU4's recommended system requirements

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

SALE SALE SALE

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/paradox-bundle-2019

donate $1 or more to charity and you get Crusader Kings 2 as well as three other cool games

donate $6 or more and you get Europa Universalis 4 and CK2's The Old Gods DLC

donate $12 or more and get EU4's El Dorado DLC and several other cool games

I have always wanted to get EUIV but was waiting to do so until I had a more powerful computer for it. I don't want to pass this up though.

Do you think a dual core processor with an AMD HD7770 is powerful enough to handle it decently? I recall one of them recommending a 4 core, but maybe that was HOI4.

I don't think you'll have any problem at all and you don't need a quad core. I'm not very good at computer hardware stuff but if I'm doing this benchmark comparison thing correctly then it looks like your computer is over twice as powerful as EU4's recommended system requirements

Quick bro tip : When playing EU4, go to settings and click video, turn off everything except borders and state borders. It made a huge difference for me in terms of mid-late game lag. I just ripped through a Rome game for over a thousand years of game play, and I had zero lag.

[Ye We Can]

People who play Hoi4 without Kaiserreich are the weakest race

That being said Hoi4 feels like a supply simulator sometimes compared to Hoi3

For all the Victoria 2 lovers in this thread, you better not be playing with Vanilla

HPM and HFM (PDM I find meh beyond the vastly improved Great War mechanic) both make the game vastly better depending on what youre looking for.  I wish I understood CWE better, because I can only play the cracked version of East V West so much until I get sad it was cancelled.

Wheres my Cold War Grand Strategy game paradox

You played the leaked version of East vs West and you didn't hate it?

You think literally anything feels more like a supply simulator than HoI 3?

I don't usually say this but wow your opinions are bad

(Kaiserreich is great tho)

what help do you need with CWE i love that mod

1.Yes

2. Yes. It's way superior than just looking at a production screen and clicking go on battle plans.

[dead0man]

I have a mediocre computer and the only time I ever notice a slow down (other than during saves and "big events") on any Paradox games is late in HOI4 games when 3-10 countries have many hundreds of units.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Does anyone name their kids after real people?

I currently have a princess named "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" with a brother named "Beto O'Rourke"

[Badger]

Does anyone name their kids after real people?

I currently have a princess named "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" with a brother named "Beto O'Rourke"

[dead0man]

I name my kids after family members, friends and famous people (never politicians though, that would be too nerdy by half)....that's what I do in all games where I can name people.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Thank you for alerting me of this sale. I now have five days to find six extra dollars somewhere.

[dead0man]

Thank you for alerting me of this sale. I now have five days to find six extra dollars somewhere.

TV tells us to check under the couch cushions

[Devout Centrist]

I'm looking at purchasing EUIV in the future. What DLC would you folks recommend? Obviously I'm not going to purchase the content or music packs, but of the major ones that were released, which ones would you recommend?

[Ye We Can]

I'm looking at purchasing EUIV in the future. What DLC would you folks recommend? Obviously I'm not going to purchase the content or music packs, but of the major ones that were released, which ones would you recommend?

Art of war is essential

After that like common sense, rights of man, mandate of heaven, maybe El dorado

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What's a good starting country in EU4?

[DPKdebator]

What's a good starting country in EU4?

The Ottomans are a pretty easy country to learn the ropes with. Spain is good if you want to learn colonization and naval gameplay.

[dead0man]

So, the new Navy set up in HOI4 is confusing.  It was already my least favorite part of the game (though not the most forgotten about by me during games, that was and still is the air force), and they just made it all the more confusing.  I guess the best way to do it is to have a cruiser or two with a dozen or so destroyers on "patrol" in each region with a bigger/stronger "strike force" for each fleet.  But holy hell that's a lot of micro management for the bigger navies (UK,US,Italy).  I don't mind the new "fuel" system, and playing as the US is certainly more fun with the politics added in, but that naval system almost makes me want to go back to a previous version.

[Continential]

So, the new Navy set up in HOI4 is confusing.  It was already my least favorite part of the game (though not the most forgotten about by me during games, that was and still is the air force), and they just made it all the more confusing.  I guess the best way to do it is to have a cruiser or two with a dozen or so destroyers on "patrol" in each region with a bigger/stronger "strike force" for each fleet.  But holy hell that's a lot of micro management for the bigger navies (UK,US,Italy).  I don't mind the new "fuel" system, and playing as the US is certainly more fun with the politics added in, but that naval system almost makes me want to go back to a previous version.

The Navy is hard that I have a habit of changing every fleet to 1 or 2 fleets now and the micro management seems to be like something of Hoi3 I guess.

[Bacon King]

New sale!

[Bacon King]

but that naval system almost makes me want to go back to a previous version.

I've owned HOI4 for two years and still haven't gotten around to playing it so I can't give you any specific advice, but before you roll back your game version I'd suggest you check the Steam Workshop (and maybe the official forums too). When any paradox game has an unpopular/controversial change, there will inevitably be a half dozen mods that remove/undo the bad change while keeping everything else from the new update

[Reluctant Republican]

Might have to pick up EU4 this weekend. I loved playing EU3 with the Magna Mundi mod a few years ago, but when I tried to download it this time I found that not only can you not get the patches for it anymore, the mod itself seems to have vanished from the internet.

Are there any recommenced mods for EU4 that introduce more complexity?

[Continential]

Might have to pick up EU4 this weekend. I loved playing EU3 with the Magna Mundi mod a few years ago, but when I tried to download it this time I found that not only can you not get the patches for it anymore, the mod itself seems to have vanished from the internet.

Are there any recommenced mods for EU4 that introduce more complexity?

The Expanded Timeline Mod shows anytime from where Jesus is born to the Modern day.

[Devout Centrist]

So, the new Navy set up in HOI4 is confusing.  It was already my least favorite part of the game (though not the most forgotten about by me during games, that was and still is the air force), and they just made it all the more confusing.  I guess the best way to do it is to have a cruiser or two with a dozen or so destroyers on "patrol" in each region with a bigger/stronger "strike force" for each fleet.  But holy hell that's a lot of micro management for the bigger navies (UK,US,Italy).  I don't mind the new "fuel" system, and playing as the US is certainly more fun with the politics added in, but that naval system almost makes me want to go back to a previous version.

--Use convoy escort to protect your convoys and intercept subs
--Build submarines and put them in wolf packs of anywhere from 1-8
--Destroyers are your workhorse; subs will flee from them 10 times out of 10
--Using auto balance for fleets creates a even sized task force
--If needed, import more oil for fuel and build more silos; going down to war economy helps a lot

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Okay so I'm debating pre-ordering Imperator.  I think it looks amazing but I'm not sure if it'll be a good idea to get it straight from release, what would you guys suggest?

[Continential]

Should I buy Victoria 2 in the future?