French Ideas are garbage.

[MinhowMinhow]

Let's see their idea set:

Traditions:
+20% manpower - Just awful, who still uses manpower, mercenaries are much better, specially nowadays.
+1 diplomatic reputation - This is only effective versus the AI, well, who plays with AI?

Ideas:
+1 diplomatic slot - don't see the use of this, one more vassal/PU/alliance isn't never worth it.
+20% land morale - morale isn't important, because it doesn't increase damage or decrease damage received.
+10% tax - Is money even important? BTW Papal taxes are even better.
-50% native chance uprising/+50% native assimilation - Why colonize as France if you can go full BBB and turn Europe into your colony in 1500?
-20% fort mainanance - Who even makes forts?
-10% Tech cost - Just to make the player stack with innovative ideas.
+2 ToHeretics/ToHeathen - Completely ahistorical for pre 1789 France, I can't even RP anymore.

Ambitions:
+5% discipline - another +5% discipline placeholder.

So yeah, these ideas are pretty weak, unplayable. You can't even annex ENG in HYW anymore .

 

[Xetfield]

Too much cringe, bro

 

[EarlKonrad]

20% manpower is hot garbage when you can take quantity for 50% manpower. I mean, you can literally get 2.5 x more by spending 400 mil once. And mercs are so completely broken having infinite manpower that 20% manpower is as useless as +50% drill gain.

We all know that nowadays the Swiss have the best NI because of their space mountaineers mercs. Literally unbeatable.

 

[Sidolowka]

Yeah, all of France's ideas are basically bland filler ideas. Why can't they have +10% admin efficiency and -75% coring cost? The Mughals get -60% if they take admin ideas, and I think France should be better than the Mughals.

And their Mission Tree is garbage, why does it only give like, 3 PU CB's? SMH my head, France should get PU CB's on any Christian Nation they want, why play them if they can't get free PU's? And no diplo-annexation cost in their ideas? Can't even get Big Blue Blob on Very Easy anymore.

Oman obviously has the best idea set in the game, have you seen that amazing +33% trade steering?

 

[firezatswill9]

I mean, have you SEEN Betsimisakara's idea set? They get +20% sailors! 20 freaking percent increase! And they also get 20% garrison strength, and garrison is just a fancy word for "sailors without boats." Then they get +15% privateer efficiency, which is basically +15% privateers, and privateers are just sailors with funny flags and parrots, so that's ANOTHER 15% sailor increase! But wait, there's more! They also get 20% chance to capture ships, which is a DOUBLE EFFECT of +20% sailors for you, and -20% sailors FOR YOUR ENEMY! Literally the only idea in the game that gives all other nations an ACTIVE DEBUFF. And finally, they get -10% sailor maintenance cost, which means you can have 10% MORE sailors.

As we can all see, Betsimisaraka is INSANELY OP, so much so that they're the first place you think of when some young martial artist comes up to you and asks where sailors hang out. PDX pls nerf.

 

[BadOrc]

I mean, have you SEEN Betsimisakara's idea set? They get +20% sailors! 20 freaking percent increase! And they also get 20% garrison strength, and garrison is just a fancy word for "sailors without boats." Then they get +15% privateer efficiency, which is basically +15% privateers, and privateers are just sailors with funny flags and parrots, so that's ANOTHER 15% sailor increase! But wait, there's more! They also get 20% chance to capture ships, which is a DOUBLE EFFECT of +20% sailors for you, and -20% sailors FOR YOUR ENEMY! Literally the only idea in the game that gives all other nations an ACTIVE DEBUFF. And finally, they get -10% sailor maintenance cost, which means you can have 10% MORE sailors.

As we can all see, Betsimisaraka is INSANELY OP, so much so that they're the first place you think of when some young martial artist comes up to you and asks where sailors hang out. PDX pls nerf.

Sems to be even stronger in the hands of the AI that ignores the Sailor mechanic!

 

[EarlKonrad]

I mean, have you SEEN Betsimisakara's idea set? They get +20% sailors! 20 freaking percent increase! And they also get 20% garrison strength, and garrison is just a fancy word for "sailors without boats." Then they get +15% privateer efficiency, which is basically +15% privateers, and privateers are just sailors with funny flags and parrots, so that's ANOTHER 15% sailor increase! But wait, there's more! They also get 20% chance to capture ships, which is a DOUBLE EFFECT of +20% sailors for you, and -20% sailors FOR YOUR ENEMY! Literally the only idea in the game that gives all other nations an ACTIVE DEBUFF. And finally, they get -10% sailor maintenance cost, which means you can have 10% MORE sailors.

As we can all see, Betsimisaraka is INSANELY OP, so much so that they're the first place you think of when some young martial artist comes up to you and asks where sailors hang out. PDX pls nerf.

Betsimisaraka + marines = unbeatable land/naval boat army.

 

[Xetfield]

Do you know that all of this is deeply unfunny, guys?

 

[Sidolowka]

Do you know that all of this is deeply unfunny, guys?

I mean, I see 4 times as more people that left a haha than the people who left a disagree... Guess we all just like unfunny things.

 

[Culann]

It's hilarious! I really appreciate this thread. So tired of the country X has garbage ideas or stop nerfing country Y.

 

[dragon guard]

Couldn't agree more.Especially this version,France has not been as strong as it should have been.

 

[Imperium84]

Do you mean that country F has garbage ideas so please stop nerfing country K?

 

[kgmi]

I mean, have you SEEN Betsimisakara's idea set? They get +20% sailors! 20 freaking percent increase! And they also get 20% garrison strength, and garrison is just a fancy word for "sailors without boats." Then they get +15% privateer efficiency, which is basically +15% privateers, and privateers are just sailors with funny flags and parrots, so that's ANOTHER 15% sailor increase! But wait, there's more! They also get 20% chance to capture ships, which is a DOUBLE EFFECT of +20% sailors for you, and -20% sailors FOR YOUR ENEMY! Literally the only idea in the game that gives all other nations an ACTIVE DEBUFF. And finally, they get -10% sailor maintenance cost, which means you can have 10% MORE sailors.

As we can all see, Betsimisaraka is INSANELY OP, so much so that they're the first place you think of when some young martial artist comes up to you and asks where sailors hang out. PDX pls nerf.

I have a serious question, why is something as trash Overpowered as garrison strength even a national idea? I'd wish they would trim all these garbage horrid OP ideas down to interesting and or at least decent ones.

 

[Sunlg103]

I've never considered playing France for this very reason. Was really hoping Emperor would be the tripple B:s time to shine.

 

[redshirt4life]

This is how you satire. Completely over the top with a hint of laziness in the descriptions. The other "ideas are garbage" posts need to learn from this.

 

[EarlKonrad]

I have a serious question, why is something as trash Overpowered as garrison strength even a national idea? I'd wish they would trim all these garbage horrid OP ideas down to interesting and or at least decent ones.

Fortress + attrition manufactory + naval battery + extra garrison = impenetrable island.