Comment Thread : RELee's CounterIntuitive USA AAR or What I Did Last Summer

[Kriegsspieler]

Appreciate the kind words. However, as you can probably tell by reading, I did not handle this first game in an "optimal" manner. I've restarted the game twice since I played this first, and it's getting better. Learning the diplomatic side of things helps a lot.

You know, it's still Vicky, but it's not. It's better. No, that's not right. Let me restate that. It's better!

I'm not going to get into detail right here. But trust me, unless your are a SUPER micro-management freak, I will say with a lot of certainty that if you like v1, you will love v2. If you were simply a regular micro-management freak like me, then the same applies. You'll love it.

Thanks for this reassurance. I am exactly in the same camp as you - I liked the micro-management in Vicky, but was also quite happy (after some - ahem! - vigorous persuasion) with the changes that King and aberg made to Revolutions, with respect to factory and RR construction.
I'm really looking forward to this.

 

[Darkrenown]

Do union tags have predetermined primary culture or is it derived from the nation that forms the union? IE. Will Germany allways have NG as primary and SG as accepted, regardless if it is formed by Prussia, Bavaria or Austria?

IIRC you keep your primary culture when forming a union, and gain the extras as accepted. So If BAV forms GER they should still have SG as their primary and NG as accepted.

 

[Earl Uhtred]

Very nice.

I notice Colorado was admitted 'as a state' according to the popup. Is that just a careless form of words or was statehood immediately granted once the colony was established?

 

[Ex Mudder]

Any idea if Mexico gained 20 infamy for trying to annex Texas? I take it they gained 2 mil for failing to do so.

You didn't seem to have a truce with Mexico when you grabbed Mexican Texas in the second war, but did afterwards. Does joining a war as an ally and asking for nothing allow you to avoid the 5 year truce?

How much prestige are those colonies bringing in? And which war goal would give you the most prestige without a CB?

 

[Baneslave]

I notice Colorado was admitted 'as a state' according to the popup. Is that just a careless form of words or was statehood immediately granted once the colony was established?

Maybe colonised areas in the same continent as capital automatically turn states?

 

[Nikolai]

Maybe colonised areas in the same continent as capital automatically turn states?

So a united Eurasifkika.

 

[RELee]

Very nice.

I notice Colorado was admitted 'as a state' according to the popup. Is that just a careless form of words or was statehood immediately granted once the colony was established?

It's a "colonial" state.

According to safferli, "because you get yankee POPs in the US, and you need 1% primary culture POPs to turn a state"

 

[safferli]

According to safferli, "because you get yankee POPs in the US, and you need 1% primary culture POPs to turn a state"

That's my first assumption, I don't know for sure. To clarify, you need 1% bureaucrats of your culture to turn a colonial state into a full-fledged state.

 

[Earl Uhtred]

That's my first assumption, I don't know for sure. To clarify, you need 1% bureaucrats of your culture to turn a colonial state into a full-fledged state.

Thanks for tidying that up. Sounds reasonable, if a little low.

 

[safferli]

Thanks for tidying that up. Sounds reasonable, if a little low.

You need 1% bureaucrats for 100% administrative efficiency (at zero social reforms), so it sounds reasonable.

 

[Earl Uhtred]

Right. Even so, it was a long time before some of those midwestern states got statehood IRL. Perhaps there should be a primary culture qualification as well, like there was in V1. I dare say it can be modded.

 

[Kriegsspieler]

You need 1% bureaucrats for 100% administrative efficiency (at zero social reforms), so it sounds reasonable.

Saffferli, I hope the game has properly modeled bureaucratic creep, so that as your level of social reforms go up, the % of bureaucrats required for "100% efficiency" (a qaint concept!), goes up even faster!
Maybe it's a static modifier you can mod. . . .

 

[RELee]

Right. Even so, it was a long time before some of those midwestern states got statehood IRL. Perhaps there should be a primary culture qualification as well, like there was in V1. I dare say it can be modded.

Possibly. But they're not states just yet. They did not become states during this game, and I played it until '55.

 

[JoeGiavani]

Where is your immigration going? I assume you are getting immigrants. In Vicky 1 New York never got any immigrants, while Louisiana's population rocketed.

 

[RELee]

Where is your immigration going? I assume you are getting immigrants. In Vicky 1 New York never got any immigrants, while Louisiana's population rocketed.

Didn't dig into immigration this time around, but you can go into the Population screen and see the immigrant breakdown at the national, state, and, I believe, the province level. National and state levels for sure. But, yes, I was getting a pretty good bit of immigration.

 

[RELee]

What with all the excitement and frenzy over the release of the demo, I'm sure there is not nearly as much excitement over this beta AAR. Nevertheless, I've posted another three installments for you to look over at your leisure.

Enjoy yourselves. You're one day closer to Friday!

 

[Baneslave]

I am still reading.

Also, the effect of the technology is +1 to maximum number of National Focus, so it doesn't necessarily give you another point.

 

[RELee]

I am still reading.

Also, the effect of the technology is +1 to maximum number of National Focus, so it doesn't necessarily give you another point.

Did I not give a nod to population? Meant to.

 

[Capt. Kiwi]

What with all the excitement and frenzy over the release of the demo, I'm sure there is not nearly as much excitement over this beta AAR. Nevertheless, I've posted another three installments for you to look over at your leisure.

Enjoy yourselves. You're one day closer to Friday!

Some of us don't have the luxury of being able to download the demo at this point in time, so I'm still following and excited

A good AAR; nice to see more of the mechanics if colonising, and of the US expansion west. Looks like the AI has all the tools available to get the proper borders, as long as it can be made to use them. It's just a shame I can't go play myself yet

 

[RELee]

Some of us don't have the luxury of being able to download the demo at this point in time, so I'm still following and excited

A good AAR; nice to see more of the mechanics if colonising, and of the US expansion west. Looks like the AI has all the tools available to get the proper borders, as long as it can be made to use them. It's just a shame I can't go play myself yet

Sorry to hear about the lack of a demo, but I believe that the wait will be worth it. It's a solid release. It's not perfect, but really solid.

You compare the 1.1 version of v2 with the 1.1 version of v1 and, well, there IS no comparison in my opinion. v2 blows it away.