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zero BB in 13 years ... 
kebzero: ...Patron of the Arts pays off! Two free slider moves.
nice ! !
kebzero: ...At 'maybe' chances, five offers of annexation are sent out. Two of five vassals accept, not bad - especially since we have cores on both those vassals.
perhaps you could use a spy or two and conjure up cores on some more vassals ? ?
kebzero: ...Inflation shall soon never bother us again!
splendid ! !
kebzero: ...And just to really tank French prestige, another succession war breaks out.
hmmm. i remember reading somewhere that bad luck comes in threes ! !
awesome updates ! !
kebzero: ...Patron of the Arts pays off! Two free slider moves.
nice ! !
kebzero: ...At 'maybe' chances, five offers of annexation are sent out. Two of five vassals accept, not bad - especially since we have cores on both those vassals.
perhaps you could use a spy or two and conjure up cores on some more vassals ? ?
kebzero: ...Inflation shall soon never bother us again!
splendid ! !
kebzero: ...And just to really tank French prestige, another succession war breaks out.
hmmm. i remember reading somewhere that bad luck comes in threes ! !
awesome updates ! !
Ifni is french? :rofl:
WyHat? :rofl::rofl:
You should start conquering en masse very soon.
WyHat? :rofl::rofl:
You should start conquering en masse very soon.
always nice to have those events , or an ally who declare war on a truce target , resulting in a big prestige loss or -6 stab
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You must have had a really bad day if this thing helps... Glad you like the AAR.
Random luck happens. And France loves WyHat, and hope we get more of his kind.
13 is close, but we did better.zero BB in 13 years ...
kebzero: ...Patron of the Arts pays off! Two free slider moves.
nice ! !
kebzero: ...At 'maybe' chances, five offers of annexation are sent out. Two of five vassals accept, not bad - especially since we have cores on both those vassals.
perhaps you could use a spy or two and conjure up cores on some more vassals ? ?
kebzero: ...Inflation shall soon never bother us again!
splendid ! !
kebzero: ...And just to really tank French prestige, another succession war breaks out.
hmmm. i remember reading somewhere that bad luck comes in threes ! !
awesome updates ! !
Spies don't provide free cores in 3.2b, only CBs - if they did, this whole task would have been much, much easier.
This sort of 'bad luck' only happened twice, but that was enough to push us down to 44 prestige.
The beauty of French colonies in the neighborhood.
Ah, conquering en masse is, I'm afraid, not an option. We still have to stay under the BadBoy limit, and if I'm to get any luck with annexations, I cannot have much in the way of points.
There's a reason why I tend not to ally with the AIs, unless they are my subjects. They're very good at attacking truce targets.always nice to have those events , or an ally who declare war on a truce target , resulting in a big prestige loss or -6 stab
Part 63 - Spotless Reputation
Japan, under Champa? That could be a true superpower, if only Champa were strong enough to maintain good relations. Insults start flying almost immediately.
Your lands will be burned, Your people enslaved, Your towns destroyed.
Resistance is futile.
- Mongol Diplomat
Resistance is futile.
- Mongol Diplomat
that's quite a lot of modifiers
finally 0BB ^^ and another godlike ruler
btw , allies can be useful ^^ especially england if i play burgundy , they are at least able to distracthalf the blue man army and vassals when i crush the other half
but they never support me in a war i start xD
finally 0BB ^^ and another godlike ruler
btw , allies can be useful ^^ especially england if i play burgundy , they are at least able to distracthalf the blue man army and vassals when i crush the other half
but they never support me in a war i start xD
Excellent game, one of my favorites. The only bad thing is waiting for the next update. I know, I know, you have a life, blah, blah, blah, but what about our needs?
When I viewed the world map and then read this update where your BB went to zero it struck me that the BB calculation should probably be modified. In most WC-like games players begin steamrolling at some point and BB starts growing continuously. You, however, show that someone can conquer and/or colonize a huge part of the world yet still work off their BB.
If BB represents the fear, if you will, other countries have towards a state that is expanding and apparently bent on further expansion then there should probably be some base value that represents the size and power of a realm. In normal instances this might be so small as to be insignificant but in the case of a France that dominates 4 continents and looks to do the same on two more you'd think countries would already be alarmed, excellent diplomatic rating or not.
When I viewed the world map and then read this update where your BB went to zero it struck me that the BB calculation should probably be modified. In most WC-like games players begin steamrolling at some point and BB starts growing continuously. You, however, show that someone can conquer and/or colonize a huge part of the world yet still work off their BB.
If BB represents the fear, if you will, other countries have towards a state that is expanding and apparently bent on further expansion then there should probably be some base value that represents the size and power of a realm. In normal instances this might be so small as to be insignificant but in the case of a France that dominates 4 continents and looks to do the same on two more you'd think countries would already be alarmed, excellent diplomatic rating or not.
What's the point with having diplomats if they only convey depressive messages that are unnegotionable?
Try to conquer the world without diplomats! You can't simply attack someone, you have to tell them that you're going to kill them etc., so they can have some time to prepare.
I used to think Vijayanagar was hard to consistently spell correctly, but then I saw WyHat's name.
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Sure you can - just throw enough armed peasants at them.Fighting against the Horde sounds a bit freakish.
One cannot overcome the Horde.
This certainly has been true for the Russian minors and Lithuania.
Mayhap so, but the trouble they cause outweighs the benefit, I say. The only reason I'd ally with an AI nation is to make sure they don't attack me...that's quite a lot of modifiers
finally 0BB ^^ and another godlike ruler
btw , allies can be useful ^^ especially england if i play burgundy , they are at least able to distracthalf the blue man army and vassals when i crush the other half
but they never support me in a war i start xD
I'm updating as fast as I can or care to. Playing the game is one thing, fiddling with screenshots quite another.
As for BadBoy - keep in mind I'm sacrificing everything else for BadBoy reduction - slider moves (only Centralized after diploannexing vassals), slow, haphazard expansion (to reduce BadBoy cost), national ideas (Espionage makes diplomat advisors more likely, but I've little use of spies anymore), kicking out six-star advisors for a one star diplomat, going republic and pick only Diplomacy rulers...
It might be a larger, 'nicer' empire, but it certainly isn't as profitable as the standard steamroll.
As I see it, BadBoy is not an indicator of threat, but an indicator of aggression. I don't think there's a single nation bordering France that is not in 'fears France' mode on the diplomatic overview. At one point, I had 'rival' nations, but after dealing with Castille and England, that sorta vanished.
Well, he was!
We do need to give our diplomats something to work on, no?Very impressive. The next should be bloody then?
Well, someone has to tell their victims they have no hope, and should just surrender now...What's the point with having diplomats if they only convey depressive messages that are unnegotionable?
Is that a challenge? Play a game without ever using diplomats for anything? I imagine that would be... difficult. Others would have to attack you, and they would have to peace... no RMs, no alliances, short of what comes your way...
Might work if you play a colonial trading nation, or something, but still...
Tank cat?
That was close to my reaction - but we care not for his name, with those abilities.
Part 64 - Dealing with vassals
While we wait for Austria to deplete their forces, we engage in a skirmish in the far east.
I had once two diplomatic advisors, giving +12 diplo boost for my 9 diplo monarch.
Everyone who just I wanted to vassalize accepted it and annexing was 'very likely'. :rofl:
Everyone who just I wanted to vassalize accepted it and annexing was 'very likely'. :rofl:
You asked about tank cat...
XD :rofl: Bathtub fleet is better than none!
The landlocked Papal State is indeed very proud of their fleet - if only it existed outside the Pope's bathtub.