That's another neat trick to keep in mind, adding a relative cheap last-minute war goal to get extra prestige
That's another neat trick to keep in mind, adding a relative cheap last-minute war goal to get extra prestige
I'm a political science guy, too. Used to work in politics, and I had the good fortune to be taking a Soviet Politics course during a time (1990) when the prof would put two organization charts on the board, and say, "On the left is how the Soviet government was structured two weeks ago... On the right is how the Soviet government is structured today..."Yes, I read the strategy guide, but I've also read what I've found here on the V2-fori/um about it. Especially this (post #42ff), which is a wonderful example of how "first-past-the-post" (or: "winner-takes-it-all") works .
But back to vote-manipulation. In the Hawaii game, I've used an exploit to get "universal" vote and the "Jefferson-method". I learned that when your voters have, say: 5% jingosm before, and you choose "+15% jingoism" (from those "issue-pop-ups" during election), then the result is 5% + 15% = 20%. No other complicated math-formula to use, just add the +Y% from your selection to the starting X% of the voters to get the new value Z%. Hawaii as a "one province-one culture" country was helpful for this littl' (laboratory condition-) experience of mine.
Only one aspect of politics in V2 still is kinda "black box": ideologies.
Yours,
AdL
P.S. This particular feature of V2 interests me, as I once upon a time studied political science.
I always say, history is stranger than fiction!I love those guys, and all those other religious communes and odd groups. I think I had the opposite experience from you, where I was aware of the religious guys and then found out there were still corporations descended from them.
Gotcha. You should check it out sometime -- I only started watching it on Netflix a couple months ago, and loved it (not as good as B5, but still very good). Oddly, It wasn't until 2010 that I got to see the show, but back in 2002 I had some awesome geopolitical discussions with Adam Baldwin (Jayne) and other fans on the Firefly fan boards. Not saying what about...No, never even seen the show. Has to do more with my name
That man's no Shepherd (if he is, make him tell us his backstory!).
Dewirix is correct -- no unciv can be a Great Power or Secondary Power -- they're always ranked below the Civilized countries even if their numbers are higher.Shouldn't China become GP considering their ranking stats?
Well, we're about to complete our 2nd Tech of 5 required to become Civilized. The other requirements include a Military score of 50 and a Prestige score of 40. I'm coming right along on the Prestige (one reason why I was scrabbling for as many points out of that war as I could get!). The Military is going to be tough to get, but we're working on it.I don't think uncivilized nations can become great powers, so China would have to westernise first.
Speaking of which, how far is Siam towards becoming a civilized nation?
At present it's a set -.1 per month. So on average you'll lose 1.2 points per year. Slow. ((sighs))Good gains against Dai Nam. What determines how quickly you lose infamy?
Good job! I don't have the guts to take on China yet. As a general practice, I take screenshots for anything important, just in case... This means I already have about 1500 screenshots on my harddrive from this game.Nice update! Regarding your question, I don't intend to do an AAR as I did not take any screenshots when I started. Currently, my Siam game already took out Dai Name, Burma Rangoon and Haka as well as Chinese Yunnan. I did not managed to take Burma as a whole as UK declared war on them while I was recovering from my high infamy. China is being taken apart in my game as UK and Russia took chunks away. I mildly took advantage of a Russian-Chinese war and took Yunnan for Siam. I am eyeing Guangxi and Ganzhou next once the truce ends.
Hey, there's a guy I know who needs a spindoctor....I see a common cause behind these rebels and events. The rebels in Dai Viet were revanchists attempting to destroy the corrupt Vietnamese government, and regain the lands you have taken for the glorious fatherland. These elite liberals in your government, while patriotically wishing a large Siam but disturbed at the aforementioned rebellion, also want to bring rights to the minorities in the newly conquered lands to pacifiy them. They have written to the Belgian Scholarly Union asking for ideological and financial support, and les Belgiques have approached the invitation as they see fit.
Thanks!Go Go Siam!
Thank you! Welcome, JosephusDaniels! Your name sounds familiar... Where did you get it? Was he a Confederate figure, or a Postmaster, or something, or am I remembering it from someplace else?Very entertaining, as always Rensslaer. Keep up the great work!
Thanks! I quite enjoy thinking these things up. Much of it is second nature to me. Though, as I'm sure Chief Ragusa would be happy to point out, it's also second nature for me to get sloppy and ignore other strategies I've recommended to other players! It's supposed to be fun, right?That's another neat trick to keep in mind, adding a relative cheap last-minute war goal to get extra prestige
Thanks! Well... The first war was probably 5% or 10% regulars, as opposed to Irregulars. This war was probably more like 50/50. I'm definitely trying to weed out the irregulars -- planned obsolescence, mostly. Twenty years down the road I think I found an Irregular unit still hidden away in a backwater. As I get near my threshold for maximum units I'll disband them and replace them with Regulars, though in the meantime I'm happy to have them in case something happens and I need a little extra muscle.Another easy war. Good prestige gain and front screen- nice, even if as an unciv it doesn't matter right now. Remind me Rens, are you using irregulars or infantry?
I'm a political science guy, too. Used to work in politics, and I had the good fortune to be taking a Soviet Politics course during a time (1990) when the prof would put two organization charts on the board, and say, "On the left is how the Soviet government was structured two weeks ago... On the right is how the Soviet government is structured today..."
Thank you! Welcome, JosephusDaniels! Your name sounds familiar... Where did you get it? Was he a Confederate figure, or a Postmaster, or something, or am I remembering it from someplace else?
Rensslaer
Perhaps yes? When France DOW'd the UK, did the Netherlands heed the call to war?