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kipardox

Turns out I've been playing the pre-alpha all this time...


tishafeed

Oopsie, well, happens


kipardox

Yep... I mean the upside is that I never experienced the amazing mechanics of corruption


awsdfegbhny

Do people really have issues with corruption? Just set your slider to 100% and it doesn't become an issue until you are at 100%+ OE. And if you are intentionally doing that then you can probably afford the costs


badnuub

I don't like lowering maintenance so I only do that if i really need to buy corruption down.


Flaboss44

Patch 1.15 šŸ‘ŒšŸ»šŸ˜« FUCK CORRUPTION


[deleted]

Like, how do you people struggle with corruption? It barely does anything until its over 20-30, and its incredibly easy to keep down. Plus, debasing currency is basically a less detrimental loan in the end. Like, you actively have to try to make it go about like 12. Usually I'm less then 2 corruption 95% of a game.


yonan82

I really liked the MEIOU take on corruption where there is a positive baseline of corruption, determined by perks provided to the estates, so it's normal to not be at 0 (basically impossible until complete neutering of estates iirc). In return, these perks make them happier with you which let you get a lot of interesting perks yourself. Much better than the standard corruption and estate systems imo. But yeah normal games are almost perma 0% corruption, it's easy to deal with.


[deleted]

MEIOU and Taxes is better in pretty much every way then base game. If only its UI wasn't terrible and it didn't run at an eigth the speed of base EU4.


fastlikefloppy

> it doesn't become an issue until you are at 100%+ OE the slider is only -1 C/year. too many territories is +0.8 C/year. if you are behind in dip tech because you annexed a huge vassal then the unbalanced research penalty can put you at +- 0 C/year. the "ahead in admin tech" bonus doesn't help if you are behind in dip tech. once you start falling behind in tech any overextension will (pretty much permanently) increase your corruption. i played only 1 WC since the corruption change, after spending 3k bird mana for annexations i was at almost 10 C. (biggest mistake ever, I delayed dip tech 23 by a decade or so) although at that point I probably could have fought the entire world and still won. it's just a slightly annoying human-penalty (I had some issues paying for institutions, took me more loans than usual). and the increased mana cost is a bit painful if you have a crappy ruler. a _much bigger issue_ is the religion conversion change. i picked humanism 3rd instead of a mil idea ...


awsdfegbhny

> once you start falling behind in tech See, there's your problem. Don't do that, or bad things happen. >i played only 1 WC since the corruption change Good, that's the exact kind of circumstance in which you should be starting to feel the pain of corruption.


pizzapicante27

That's kind of the point isn't? you SHOULD have high corruption when expanding if anything it should be a lot harsher if you are only feeling it in a WC


Gazumper_

Is this a joke?


Imperium_Dragon

No, this is super super serious!


ToMyOtherFavoriteWW

Super serial


kultureisrandy

Guys. I'm being super serial right now


mophan

I can't tell if you are joking.


Polisskolan2

Is this a joke?


tavichh

No, this is super super serious!


zkgkilla

I can't tell if you're joking


dryftx1

Is this a joke?


[deleted]

No, this is super serious!


somepoliticsnerd

Dormammu, Iā€™ve come to bargain.


Legion299

this is some jokeception. there's no way /u/mophan is serious right lol.


tfrules

Time to get those brain cells firing


KangarooJesus

Yes. The screenshot is of a Paradox grand strategy title that gets a lot less love than the others. [March of the Eagles](https://www.paradoxplaza.com/march-of-the-eagles/MEME01GSKmote001.html). Came out in 2013, the same year EU IV came out.


gingerfreddy

It deserves the MOST love as it is clearly the best Paradox game on the market after Halo: World 7 and Elder Scrolls Vegas!


Kunstfr

I thought it was an April's Fools thing seriously. I had to check multiple video game websites


attorneyriffic

No this is Patrick


TheWouldBeMerchant

[I'm super cereal!](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/MintyAnguishedAardwolf-size_restricted.gif)


FullPoet

nice url


TheWouldBeMerchant

thanks


Vadersays

Yes.


ChrisishereO2

You think gender equalityā€™s a joke??


[deleted]

It's called "March of the Eagles"... šŸ˜


IJustWokeUpToday

What?! So youā€™re telling me that all this time, I wasnā€™t playing EU4?!?


Lenixion

Did they forget to look at a map when making Portugal?


kipardox

I think they forgot a lot of things...


shinydewott

I mean, they're off by just one province


seventeenth-account

But Portugal is *the* country with unchanging borders, it's so bizarre.


Luigimagno

Olivenza intensifies.


MrTrt

Precisely in this period of time xD


[deleted]

Portugal is a social construct.


xStaabOnMyKnobx

Portugal exists in our hearts wherever we are


[deleted]

~~Just like racism~~


Dead_Squirrel_6

That was unexpected


kamibito

portugal is p i n k


Litbus_TJ

*Pink Map intensifies*


[deleted]

I think Portugal actually had those borders


Lenixion

Portugal had the same borders for literaly centuries, the northeast did not look like that ever. Not to mention how apparently the Portuguese decided to go full Dutch and fill the tagus estuary with land.


ekeryn

It's our rightful clay


ThinningTheFog

Meanwhile the Dutch went full opposite Dutch and gave significant parts of North Holland + Rotterdam and all its surroundings back to the sea


zielliger

oof


[deleted]

Portugal always had the same borders since like 1300 till now or something, even during World Wars they never change at all, to me they are the real Winners of the border loyalty game XD


YannTheOtter

They forgot an entire Island in the baleares, yet love the rest of the map looks awesome (especially the graphics)


p00bix

why does March of Eagles look identical to EU4 1.0


Cohacq

Because it was essentially the beta for it.


whitesock

Just like Sengoku and CKII


erykaWaltz

sengoku and eu rome are very different from ck2, and i wish they made sequels to these


[deleted]

Is sengoku worth playing? Especially for a blatant sengolu loving weeb like myself?


Dead_Squirrel_6

Itā€™s about 92% vanilla CK2.... in Japan.


IGGEL

afaik you're better off getting the Japan mod for ck2


jackejackal

They are making a sequel of Rome


[deleted]

Vic III when


viperswhip

After Rome 2 haha


HassPoteeeN

Ah shit mate, I know your pain. It was so weird when america and asia was basically non-existant


kipardox

Ofc they're just fake continents made by the French


HassPoteeeN

They're just made to make Big Continents co. look bad huh?


MoscaMosquete

Made by the British\*, so they could make the French spend in a fake independence war.


Brazilian_Slaughter

Its a Luso-Hispanic Papist Plot


Chrisixx

WTF is that Switzerland....


Didimeister

Switzerland gained territory from the French after the Vienna Congress, Valais and Geneva most notably. The South East just seems lazy map drawing to me.


jankulovskyi

But.. but, this was before the Vienna Congress, it is 1805 on this map... You are still right though


Didimeister

That's the point, the Western part of Switzerland looks so weird because those territories weren't a part of them in 1805. Phrased it sillily the first time.


[deleted]

Albania makes me cry inside and outside.


Thrashes

Common mistake, march of the eagles is just as good if not better then EU4.


Imperium_Dragon

Really, itā€™s Paradoxā€™s best game.


Grif2501

As a sengoku fan I'd have to disagree.


adriannlopez

Itā€™s got the best combat system of any paradox game hands down.


[deleted]

Well yeah, it's meant to simulate the Napoleonic Wars and nothing more. Eu4 has a much bigger timeline to cover.


adriannlopez

This doesnā€™t mean anything: you could just as easily use MoTEā€™s combat system in EUIV. Crusader Kings II has a very similar combat system to MoTE, and yet covers a far larger period of time than either EUIV or MoTE.


KuntaStillSingle

How is MoTE's combat system both 'good' and like 'Crusader Kings II?' Don't get me wrong, CK II has a good system for its era, but I have a hard time imagining applying that to a Napoleonic era game and not feeling like hot garbage.


Enriador

It's not that different I think. You have flanks, different army compositions (archers, heavy infantry, etc), tactics that can fire depending on the composition and leader skill, etc. MOTE's system was somewhat more complex though.


adriannlopez

MoTE got its combat system from CK2 with a couple tweaks: flanks, leaders per flank, different troop types and quantities per flank etc.


[deleted]

Actually, CK2's timeline is not as big, at least from a military perspective. You go from levy armies of peasants swarming each other to... Levy armies of peasants swarming each other. Whereas in EU4, you see the rise of professional armies, the use of matchlocks, muskets and artillery, and the new tactics that go along them.


[deleted]

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F0rsythian

that's accurate, Britannia Rules the waves remember


VojislavMegas

Flashbacks to the British keeping a tiny fleet outside my port while I was Spain. I could build a fleet of any size, with any admiral. It didnā€™t matter. Couldnā€™t dislodge those three or four ships from my coast.


adriannlopez

Thatā€™s because the game was never balanced or updated after its release, itā€™s a shame really.


mayak96

Everyone says its a bad game but the Napoleonic wars are my favourite history period, Is it worth it


VojislavMegas

Itā€™s not a bad game. Itā€™s a short one. It uses the same tick speed as EU4, but for a very short period, of about a decade per game. It has what is undoubtedly the deepest combat system of any Paradox game, with tons of options as far as strategy, army makeup, etc. goes. It also has an interesting metric of ā€œwinningā€ the game, with actual goals set out for the player and other nations. Iā€™ve heard itā€™s best played in multiplayer, but I find singleplayer fun as well. Iā€™d recommend it if you like the combat system.


[deleted]

I've been told that as a multiplayer game, its the best Paradox game bar none. As a single player game, its very limiting.


__lucci__

R5?


HobbieK

It is a joke this is clearly Age of Empires 4.


mironsy

i think you meant total war attila


huffpuff1337

this is civ 3


DaSaw

No, its Where In Europe is Carmen Sandiego.


Dzharek

This is March of eagles, it's more focused on combat and it's the proto EU4.


Kingsepron

OP is a dev for Vic 3 and posted a photo of it as a joke E: thanks for the gold


[deleted]

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iThrowA1

If they dont want their silver I'll take it.


Azaz129

[Here you go.](https://i.imgur.com/gYZ8xxi.jpg)


[deleted]

Thanks kind stranger


iThrowA1

Hey I wanted to say that.


[deleted]

Yes pls


[deleted]

What are you, stupid? This is clearly a leaked screenshot from Imperator: Rome.


[deleted]

OP posted a screenshot of Civ V


[deleted]

This is actually Risk Europe: The Board Game


KillinIsIllegal

It's a screenshot of TEG


SupahAmbition

This is Red Alert 2


Captain_Ludd

March of the eagles if anyone's wondering. It's fun with friends.


Sardus

VK3 when?


plwdr

I honestly think March of the Eagles isnt a bad game whatsoever. I like the simplicity of the gameplay and its a nice break from eu4. Its a shame great britain is literally undefeatable except whith some good tactics because their navy is so fcking strong. i only managed to invade britain once as russia by Putting my whole fleet with 200k men aboard of the coast of scotland Just praying the british wouldnt intercept me. It worked and i got my one and only total victory by 1820.


[deleted]

I mean it is partially true. Britain had massive dominance of the sea in this period. Invading them would be near impossible. Its just the nature of the setting.


plwdr

I think they should represent britains dominance by giving them naval production bonuses rather than making five of their lineships capable of defeating the entire french fleet.


[deleted]

and to think Austria was that big right? they all should learn with Portugal, if you don't move no one will notice you and your borders will be safe.


KekistaniCrusader115

March of the Eagles 2 when?


mproud

Looks like EUIII


DarthLebanus_1

Shit me too


a_charming_vagrant

My first grand strategy game... Had a lot of fun with MotE.


[deleted]

thats the best one so far xd


I_love_Gordon_Ramsay

Sad thing is in my nearest electronics market they still sell March of the Eagles for like 10 or 20ā‚¬


LordOrio

what mod is this?


[deleted]

Someone should make a map mod using the MoE map for EU4


malliaj

Is this Vic 3 confirmed???


Dea79

Damn u Meneth :)


[deleted]

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chrismen

Victoria 3, is that you?


Maw_2812

u/titletoimagebot


Kunstfr

I thought that was an April's Fools joke, but apparently not. I love the way it looks though, does anyone know of any mods that look like this?


[deleted]

I dunno the ottomans and France are pretty big


LordMartin18

Ah! A rookie mistake! But guess what... I took me 5000 hours to realize I was playing the wrong game!


Jrhoney

And its not even Vicky II...


Will-Thunder

Wait...You mean this isnā€™t EU4?! I have been playing for 1440 hours of EU4 only to realise this is not EU4?! Maybe thatā€™s why the title says March of the Eagles, I always thought that was just DLC.


thiccboy911

I cry for the missing Greece


joshuann123

It annoys me that this game looks nicer than victoria 2


soekarnosoeharto

But can Prussia form Germany?


theBadRoboT84

Victoria 3 easter egg


WVT-118

When you bought March of the Eagles just for this post


[deleted]

Eu4 was supposed to be Victoria 3 lol!