Hello everyone, I'm here to reply to comments and snag the top post before someone else gets it =)
Yes, it's the family tree. I made it a point to indicate that it's a reference to InTveresting Times (and I will not cease to do so again should the topic arise in the future), as it's the only EU3 AAR I've seen to actually draw a family tree, as well as acknowledge that your monarch's heir isn't necessarily their child. Seriously, who has a son half their age when they're fifteen? =)
And if you have any questions about EU3's game mechanics in general, feel free to ask and I'll help you to the best of my ability. And you may call me Lady van Henegouwen if you wish =P
Note: For the uninitiated, the Lady van Henegouwen joke is a reference to an exchange between me and DensleyBlair at the end of this post.
I'm glad you like it! Nothing is more satisfying when creating something out of nothing than having others appreciate it. Wonder which Albrecht you're talking about, though =)
The mistake I made, since no one guessed it or attempted to guess it, was calling Tirol into the war against Bavaria, which gave Switzerland's armies access to the territory of my allies and vassals. If Switzerland had been excluded, I would have been able to (eventually) defeat Bavaria and Pomerania, instead, the Swiss armies quickly stormed Tirol and allowed Bavaria to force them to break their alliance with me. What that means, in the long run, is one less vassal, and an easy reconquest for Austria should they ever get access to that territory again.
Happy pillaging! And I do hope you realise that 'Henegouwen' actualy means Hainaut (boo, hiss!) in Dutch.
Sorry to disappoint, but the Promised Land won't make an appearance until I reach my current stopping point - I did mention this in an earlier post. Like I said back then, there is really nothing to do except wait for the provinces to core, then find some way to escape from Europe, and the HRE won't let me go so easily.
Floris and Wilhelm's status as twins is not anachronistic, they really have the same age! Well, the same birth year, at least, but if the game won't tell me their exact birthday they could well be twins. Young Eberhard is intentionally underwhelming - you can't expect a kid who's done nothing except live a good life in a castle with no responsibilities or duties to be capable of very much, at least at first. Sounds like lots of kids nowadays, doesn't it? Minus the castle bit, of course. And technically, my country has never had a father-legitimate son succession, as don't forget this is Holland, where bureaucrats, not petty feudal lords, are the real rulers.
And I'm glad you like the bureaucracy bit. As an aspiring politician who's seen it from both internal and external perspectives, I find bureaucracy to be intrinsically funny and the human institution most worthy of lampooning. Things like Yes, Prime Minister and The Thick of It are my perfect ideals of comedy. =)
Wow! I'm honoured that you're reading my AAR! Thanks for visiting - just take your time to read through, and enjoy yourself thoroughly.
I hope you found the era name for the Age of Floris nestled somewhere in the last update! It's not too hard to derive that word - on the other hand, using something like 'Jacobean' to describe the age of James just seems ... incongruent to me.
Also, thank you very much for your compliments. The maps initially took up to two hours to make, but once I got an idea of how to create the effects I wanted a new map could easily be done in under an hour. And the screenshot comments ... well, the posts are written in context, with no out-of-character statements except for the screenshot comments, so I guess that's where I can be most expressive. And I admit that I had to check the dictionary to find out what 'levity' meant.
On a side note, the AAR drew far more views with your comment visible as the last post, rather than any of my actual updates. It must be the celebrity factor =)
You'll find out soon ... along with a brand new set of problems confronting the Sovereign. Enjoy!
Just some administrative notes - I will NOT be updating the AAR to the newly-released official 5.2 patch. This is mainly for the sake of consistency, though I do like some of the fixes and improvements that have been made (terrain updates, vassal release-reconquest trick abolished, can no longer release hordes). However, the 10 year truce really grates on me, and the manpower nerf ... well, when you're in a position of relative strength, as I am right now, it's not a big deal, but it seems to overwhelmingly disadvantage small nations.
In addition, I feel that I should announce that my gameplay currently stops at the end of this present Chapter 10 - I haven't played beyond that, since February, as I've reached an important stopping point which would greatly affect the flow and tone of this AAR. Since I'm obviously writing this for entertainment purposes, I aim to canvass readers for their opinion on how to proceed once that point is reached. I'll state the issue more clearly when that time comes, in less than 10 game years, but this is just to signal that I have not played ahead of this point. Thus, I do not know what will happen or which characters will turn out to be important, and I'm basically running on instinct and creativity at this point =) Of course, this is not an excuse for bad writing, but just a friendly way of saying the author is making guesses about the future direction of this AAR, just as readers are.
Lastly, with the release of The Old Gods for CK2, I'm curious to know if anyone will be interested in a CK2 AAR, with the v1.10 patch, but with a 1066 start date and no pagan mechanics. I've just been struck with a tremendous idea for a AAR over the weekend just past, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to renew my interest in CK2 (as some will know I'm not really a fan of the game), but since I have no interest in Pagans or the new start date, I'm wondering if an AAR with those settings would have any readership.
Anyway, thanks for visiting, everyone, and keep those comments, remarks, praise or criticism coming! I hope to get the next update up over the weekend or the start of next week, and fill in the story until that aforementioned stopping point as quickly as I can manage.
Hmm, it may be because I recently started to read this AAR, but I don't know what you mean about the post no.2. Is it the family tree? Anyway, I'm up to page 2 so far, quite a great read! It's like reading a good book, so I'll take my time in reading everything. It is a bit confusing for me, since I'm quite a EU3 noob- nay, beginner and all the different characters are unfamiliar to me. I know little about Holland's history as well. I'm caught reading a couple more AARs I subscribed to, started Steve Jobs' biography, writing my own AAR and finishing my Byzantine game before the Old Gods come... Phew!
May I call you Lady van Henegouwen?
Yes, it's the family tree. I made it a point to indicate that it's a reference to InTveresting Times (and I will not cease to do so again should the topic arise in the future), as it's the only EU3 AAR I've seen to actually draw a family tree, as well as acknowledge that your monarch's heir isn't necessarily their child. Seriously, who has a son half their age when they're fifteen? =)
And if you have any questions about EU3's game mechanics in general, feel free to ask and I'll help you to the best of my ability. And you may call me Lady van Henegouwen if you wish =P
Note: For the uninitiated, the Lady van Henegouwen joke is a reference to an exchange between me and DensleyBlair at the end of this post.
I'm now at page 6 of your AAR. Great work! It has all I like: intrigue, war, scandalous love affair, women spies, assassins, and economics! Playing a smaller nation sure is a thrill isn't it? I'm saddened how Albrecht turned out, but then Floris and Wilhelm form a magnificent duo of man and man behind the man.
The one thing that confuses me are the EU3 mechanics which I'm not familiar with. I blame my inexperience. Like, that one time when you ask: "See my mistake here?" /scratches head hopelessly
Queen Sif I of Sweden requests me to go pillage Western Europe again. Keep it up Lady van Henegouwen! (I dig the name)
I'm glad you like it! Nothing is more satisfying when creating something out of nothing than having others appreciate it. Wonder which Albrecht you're talking about, though =)
The mistake I made, since no one guessed it or attempted to guess it, was calling Tirol into the war against Bavaria, which gave Switzerland's armies access to the territory of my allies and vassals. If Switzerland had been excluded, I would have been able to (eventually) defeat Bavaria and Pomerania, instead, the Swiss armies quickly stormed Tirol and allowed Bavaria to force them to break their alliance with me. What that means, in the long run, is one less vassal, and an easy reconquest for Austria should they ever get access to that territory again.
Happy pillaging! And I do hope you realise that 'Henegouwen' actualy means Hainaut (boo, hiss!) in Dutch.
The writing on the wall... I'm sad to see Floris go - I'm assuming that, in game, you had Floris and then Wilhelm, with the two being anachronistically portrayed as twins? Nonetheless, a very clever way of imagining the family tree.
I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next. We haven't seen anything from the Promised Land in a while...
Ah, bureaucracy - isn't it the best? Good to see Wilhelm'shairheir problem was sorted out, though Eberhard seems a bit...underwhelming. Will there ever be another father-son succession?
Looking forward to seeing what the ambassador's arrival entails.
Sorry to disappoint, but the Promised Land won't make an appearance until I reach my current stopping point - I did mention this in an earlier post. Like I said back then, there is really nothing to do except wait for the provinces to core, then find some way to escape from Europe, and the HRE won't let me go so easily.
Floris and Wilhelm's status as twins is not anachronistic, they really have the same age! Well, the same birth year, at least, but if the game won't tell me their exact birthday they could well be twins. Young Eberhard is intentionally underwhelming - you can't expect a kid who's done nothing except live a good life in a castle with no responsibilities or duties to be capable of very much, at least at first. Sounds like lots of kids nowadays, doesn't it? Minus the castle bit, of course. And technically, my country has never had a father-legitimate son succession, as don't forget this is Holland, where bureaucrats, not petty feudal lords, are the real rulers.
And I'm glad you like the bureaucracy bit. As an aspiring politician who's seen it from both internal and external perspectives, I find bureaucracy to be intrinsically funny and the human institution most worthy of lampooning. Things like Yes, Prime Minister and The Thick of It are my perfect ideals of comedy. =)
Not quite caught up completely, but thought I'd jump in to say that the war maps with the coats of arms on are some of the coolest maps I've seen in any AAR
I like the dialogues, but my favourite bit of all is probably the comments under the screenshots A nice combination of plot and levity. I'm hoping for more Florises if only to see how you react to the lack of a good equivalent of 'Caroline' or 'Jacobean'
Wow! I'm honoured that you're reading my AAR! Thanks for visiting - just take your time to read through, and enjoy yourself thoroughly.
I hope you found the era name for the Age of Floris nestled somewhere in the last update! It's not too hard to derive that word - on the other hand, using something like 'Jacobean' to describe the age of James just seems ... incongruent to me.
Also, thank you very much for your compliments. The maps initially took up to two hours to make, but once I got an idea of how to create the effects I wanted a new map could easily be done in under an hour. And the screenshot comments ... well, the posts are written in context, with no out-of-character statements except for the screenshot comments, so I guess that's where I can be most expressive. And I admit that I had to check the dictionary to find out what 'levity' meant.
On a side note, the AAR drew far more views with your comment visible as the last post, rather than any of my actual updates. It must be the celebrity factor =)
Ah the introduction of the new heir and the resolution of the great brotherly conflict...
Or is it???
You'll find out soon ... along with a brand new set of problems confronting the Sovereign. Enjoy!
Just some administrative notes - I will NOT be updating the AAR to the newly-released official 5.2 patch. This is mainly for the sake of consistency, though I do like some of the fixes and improvements that have been made (terrain updates, vassal release-reconquest trick abolished, can no longer release hordes). However, the 10 year truce really grates on me, and the manpower nerf ... well, when you're in a position of relative strength, as I am right now, it's not a big deal, but it seems to overwhelmingly disadvantage small nations.
In addition, I feel that I should announce that my gameplay currently stops at the end of this present Chapter 10 - I haven't played beyond that, since February, as I've reached an important stopping point which would greatly affect the flow and tone of this AAR. Since I'm obviously writing this for entertainment purposes, I aim to canvass readers for their opinion on how to proceed once that point is reached. I'll state the issue more clearly when that time comes, in less than 10 game years, but this is just to signal that I have not played ahead of this point. Thus, I do not know what will happen or which characters will turn out to be important, and I'm basically running on instinct and creativity at this point =) Of course, this is not an excuse for bad writing, but just a friendly way of saying the author is making guesses about the future direction of this AAR, just as readers are.
Lastly, with the release of The Old Gods for CK2, I'm curious to know if anyone will be interested in a CK2 AAR, with the v1.10 patch, but with a 1066 start date and no pagan mechanics. I've just been struck with a tremendous idea for a AAR over the weekend just past, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to renew my interest in CK2 (as some will know I'm not really a fan of the game), but since I have no interest in Pagans or the new start date, I'm wondering if an AAR with those settings would have any readership.
Anyway, thanks for visiting, everyone, and keep those comments, remarks, praise or criticism coming! I hope to get the next update up over the weekend or the start of next week, and fill in the story until that aforementioned stopping point as quickly as I can manage.
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