More like why would they send a million troops to russia what can they possibly get out of it, im very surpised in the ai sending that many troops though.
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If they ever do break out of the Crimea, look out! They coudl do a ton of damage and occupy a lot of territory. I wonder if the AI wants to keep the Crimea after the war?
Really, at this point the Brits should look at landing somewhere else. Take Murmansk or something of value.
Really, at this point the Brits should look at landing somewhere else. Take Murmansk or something of value.
PriestOfDiscord: Yup, I wish the russians would have made peace, as it would have helped them alot, because I didnt have time to win the war for them, and didnt want to either. I didnt really smash the Ottomans myself though, the major breakthrough in the west was only accomplished once the Russians sent in 100,000 men as support. The reason I had such notable sucesses is because I do more risky attacks, with all my troops. The AI plays it too safe at times.
The colonial front has nothing happening, I dont really like colonizing, plus colonies arent worth much, they barely produce any resources at all, and cost a ton to create, and some to maintain.
JPesterfield: The forming of Germany only makes my tag Germany, changes my color and flag, plus doubles my production. IMHO that would make it too easy, since I can already wreak enough havoc with my current economy. And it would also cost me 200 prestige, remove any chance of ever passing social reforms due to it changing the ruling type.
Im going to take a chunk out of Austria in the next chapter, I plan on taking the whole of Czecho-Slovakia.
King Torres: Yup, dont mess with Britan, plus its impossible to land any troops in England unless you have a monstrously large fleet, as the AI is excellent at intercepting any fleets, and then destroy the.
dark_andrew: Well, it did help the Ottomans by a huge amount, over half a million Russian troops (Half their army) are being used to contain them, and without that distraction, the Ottomans would be in danger of losing almost all of their lands.
Tredrick: Yup, problem is they dont seem to be capable of breaking out, I suspect they keep sending too few troops to rout the Russian defenders.
It seems like once they got troops down there, nothing else mattered.
The colonial front has nothing happening, I dont really like colonizing, plus colonies arent worth much, they barely produce any resources at all, and cost a ton to create, and some to maintain.
JPesterfield: The forming of Germany only makes my tag Germany, changes my color and flag, plus doubles my production. IMHO that would make it too easy, since I can already wreak enough havoc with my current economy. And it would also cost me 200 prestige, remove any chance of ever passing social reforms due to it changing the ruling type.
Im going to take a chunk out of Austria in the next chapter, I plan on taking the whole of Czecho-Slovakia.
King Torres: Yup, dont mess with Britan, plus its impossible to land any troops in England unless you have a monstrously large fleet, as the AI is excellent at intercepting any fleets, and then destroy the.
dark_andrew: Well, it did help the Ottomans by a huge amount, over half a million Russian troops (Half their army) are being used to contain them, and without that distraction, the Ottomans would be in danger of losing almost all of their lands.
Tredrick: Yup, problem is they dont seem to be capable of breaking out, I suspect they keep sending too few troops to rout the Russian defenders.
It seems like once they got troops down there, nothing else mattered.
I think that England sent that many troops into Russia, because it wants to keep a balance in Eurpe. It does not want to have a strong Russia that fed off the OE to challenge their own power.
So the entire Russian Army=British expeditionary force.
Hmm.
I think they need to model disease/supplys better in this game. The Brits had huge ass casualties from disease with a much smaller force. 1
Hmm.
I think they need to model disease/supplys better in this game. The Brits had huge ass casualties from disease with a much smaller force. 1
Man, your AAR is amazing. Your details are awesome. And it doesn't hurt that the game looks so exciting! The AI is handling itself like a pro and there are some serious swings in the balance of wars.
Can't WAIT to get it... it'll ruin my upcoming grad research projects though!
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Why such a big rebellion of military units in Austria? Is it the 1848 events?
Can't WAIT to get it... it'll ruin my upcoming grad research projects though!
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Why such a big rebellion of military units in Austria? Is it the 1848 events?
John_Keats: Thanks, the AI is quite impressive yes, and Im sure Johan will be able to tweak it even further! 
About the rebellion in Austria, it seems like it was a even that triggered the 23rd of January. I think I know wich one it was, and it looks nasty. By the looks of it it makes the whole army revolt.
It almost took out some of the fun, as I was looking forward to fighting to take some Austrian territories, but waiting for it to rebuild I fear will take too long.
Timothy Ortiz: I think that the AI for every big nation is improved by a ton compared to HOI. When I got the game I was hoping for something challenging, but I never actually expected the AI to perform this good.
About the rebellion in Austria, it seems like it was a even that triggered the 23rd of January. I think I know wich one it was, and it looks nasty. By the looks of it it makes the whole army revolt.
It almost took out some of the fun, as I was looking forward to fighting to take some Austrian territories, but waiting for it to rebuild I fear will take too long.
Timothy Ortiz: I think that the AI for every big nation is improved by a ton compared to HOI. When I got the game I was hoping for something challenging, but I never actually expected the AI to perform this good.
Congratulations on the AAR, DT.
I cant believe the British have sent over 1000000 troops to russia, but i would rather have this than just sending a division here or there because at least this is affecting the outcome of the war by tying down 500000 russian troops.
I think if the British ai was restricted to historical troop deployments it would be unable to launch any major army military operations.
I cant believe the British have sent over 1000000 troops to russia, but i would rather have this than just sending a division here or there because at least this is affecting the outcome of the war by tying down 500000 russian troops.
I think if the British ai was restricted to historical troop deployments it would be unable to launch any major army military operations.
I'm a bit disappointed winning battles doesn't add anything to your warscore. Nations didn't lose wars because they lost territory (what did Russia lose in the Crimean War, or Austria in the wars with France and Prussia?), but because they were beaten in the field. After this, demands could be made. It's a real shame this isn't th case in Vicky.
I'm really impressed by both your playing (I'm alot worse myself) and by the AI. The AI really seems to have a basic concept of the balance of power. Some additional tweaking could probably make it perfect but it looks awesome already. I think I read in the manual that attrition is not affected by the number of troops in the area so that could possibly be changed in future patches if the AI can handle having to spread out.
Are you planning to do annex Austria and all German POPs in the long run?
Are you planning to do annex Austria and all German POPs in the long run?
there has been a post in the past stating that achieving major victories increases the victory score. Is also the case for EU2,
if not that would be dreadful and impossible for the CSA to achieve a "territorial" victory
Yeah, some of this event determinism looks a little restrictive, but that can easily be changed with mods (removing or changing event impacts) so no worries there.
wow that pretty cool/historical
in RL after France lost there colonies they made an economic turn around because they were no longer forced to pay for them. to bad there are no disadvantages to colonies in HOI and EU2. But after playing this they WILL have to remake both games to add in all these new features.
Econometrician: Thanks, Im planning on annexing all the German states, but leaving Austria alone except for taking Czecho-Slovakia from them. I dont want to tear them down too much, because I fear it would make it too easy, since they are the second highest ranked industrial nation (Only behind China, who I dont get how can be so high ranked, they have 913 as Industrial rating, but they have 0 factories and no improved infrastructure!)
Spruce: Sorry but only taking provinces gives warscore, look here:
John_Keats: Well, I think most events have ways around them, this one would probably be easy to avoid by disbanding your troops and then training them and not deplyoing them. Or so I believe.
But as you said, you can always change it, thats one of the great things about Paradox games, almost 100% moddable!
skkrrt: SP play is fun, and with tweaking I think the AI will be able to challenge many players, but maybe not experts. But multiplayer is always possible, no AI can ever beat the unpredictability and ability to adapt of a human player.
Faelin: I think the british indian colonies are quite profitable, but the african colonies available for colonization arent too profitable atleast.
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Spruce: Sorry but only taking provinces gives warscore, look here:
John_Keats: Well, I think most events have ways around them, this one would probably be easy to avoid by disbanding your troops and then training them and not deplyoing them. Or so I believe.
But as you said, you can always change it, thats one of the great things about Paradox games, almost 100% moddable!
skkrrt: SP play is fun, and with tweaking I think the AI will be able to challenge many players, but maybe not experts. But multiplayer is always possible, no AI can ever beat the unpredictability and ability to adapt of a human player.
Faelin: I think the british indian colonies are quite profitable, but the african colonies available for colonization arent too profitable atleast.
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Brits: India
French: desert, desert and, what a surprise, more desert.
The age of modern imperialism was what brought France most of her colonies. Since before that the world had already been largely divided, Africa was the main target in this last phase. Not surprisingly, what was left wasn't all that valuable (with a few exceptions, most notably the Boer states, taken over by the Brits). So, for France, colonies really were in many respects only a burden, a burden which she (like others) brought upon herself for "prestige" and survival in a world filled with Social Darwinist ideas.
Great update! I hope they change the warscore around to include major battles - that really is an important part, especially when you cream someone else's fleet. Impressive to see the British landing so many troops as well I'm glad the British are to be somewhat feared here - in HoI it was quite easy to load up some transports and invade England, as the AI wouldn't use his vast fleets to intercept. Keep it up, I'm really enjoying this one
I'm glad the British are to be somewhat feared here - in HoI it was quite easy to load up some transports and invade England, as the AI wouldn't use his vast fleets to intercept. Keep it up, I'm really enjoying this one