[HN Gopher] Teaching Paradox, Victoria II, Part I: Mechanics and...
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       Teaching Paradox, Victoria II, Part I: Mechanics and Gears
        
       Author : parsecs
       Score  : 62 points
       Date   : 2021-08-13 06:00 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | aqsalose wrote:
       | Here is link to author's previous blog series about Europa
       | Universalis IV: https://acoup.blog/2021/04/30/collections-
       | teaching-paradox-e...
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       | Vic II was the first paradox game I played seriously. Later I
       | bought EUIV after playing Victoria II, and while it naturally has
       | prettier graphics and UI and maybe "better" designed, I was
       | disappointed that EUIV didn't have the pops model.
        
         | MeinBlutIstBlau wrote:
         | This is a little off topic but EU4 completely got ruined with
         | the last DLC. And this isn't another annoying complaint,
         | universally on steam people despise it. It's the lowest rated
         | item on steam. It's dramatically slower compared to when ticks
         | were lightning fast several years ago. Buggy and broke the
         | balance of the game ridiculously.
         | 
         | Ever since paradox stopped focusing on performance of their
         | games and just said "add more features, who cares about speed!"
         | I stopped playing. A full EU4 campaign at 4-5 speed should take
         | at most, 80-200 hours. Not double that because I gotta wait for
         | ticks because they added an absurd amount of additional checks.
        
           | Bayart wrote:
           | I was an avid Paradox player, but I pretty much stopped when
           | they started pumping out DLCs at a rate I couldn't follow
           | with, in the CKII/EUIV era. I played EUIV a bunch but I
           | probably still have more hours on EUIII
        
         | Andrew_nenakhov wrote:
         | I had 1500+ hours in EU4, but then I discovered CK2, and just
         | couldn't go back to EU. You see, the very sketchy dynasty games
         | were always unsatisfactory for me in EU. You can't really
         | protect your dynasty or force a Personal Union on somebody,
         | that was always very annoying. I'd play EU5 with more detailed
         | family mechanics...
        
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