Greetings from Ukraine

[Oporto]

Welcome!
Greetings from Russia.

 

[Darsara]

Hi! Please mind the fire, the screaming and the running about; it will hopefully clear up at least a bit soonish, and shouldn't hurt you as long as you mind where you step.

 

[willrobd]

Greetings from Brooklyn. EU4 is a great game, possibly my favorite game. However currently it's a little broken but the developers should fix it this week.

 

[Dracupuncture]

Welcome to the forums friend. G'day from Australia (good-day).

Like others have said it can appear to be a bit toxic on these forums sometimes but there are alot of good people, we just don't go out of our way to post all the time
hope everythings going well in your country, I know things are a bit tense there lately

 

[MordredViking]

Hello and welcome!

 

[ValPaliy]

Since no one has said it, I guess I will. I strongly recommend you roll back to patch 1.30* for a while. It should be more stable, and coming in for the first time, you won't know any difference in what 1.31 changed anyway.

*I have stayed on 1.30.4. Maybe somebody else can comment on whether 1.30.6 is worth using instead.

The patch seems ok for me. I am running 1.30 on my Linux setup, and the latest patch on Windows. So I have a backup plan

 

[ValPaliy]

Good luck ValPaliy, and welcome. Ask away with any questions. Contrary to some we are not toxic

Thank you! I have been a member of a few gaming communities, and this one is surely not toxic from what I can tell.

 

[Secuter]

Thank you! I have been a member of a few gaming communities, and this one is surely not toxic from what I can tell.

I guess that depends on who you ask. Ask most of the community and they would agree. Ask Paradox who really do not want any criticism, and they would disagree.

EUIV is a really bloated game nowadays, but I've still played countless hours in it. Ottomans are probably a good start, but Spain is very good as well. There is a lot to the game - hard to learn, easy to master. Then, when you want to play a smaller nation, you can go with Florence. It's settled neatly in the middle of Italy surrounded by smaller nations. Just remember to look at what alliances the enemy have.

 

[ValPaliy]

I guess that depends on who you ask. Ask most of the community and they would agree. Ask Paradox who really do not want any criticism, and they would disagree.

EUIV is a really bloated game nowadays, but I've still played countless hours in it. Ottomans are probably a good start, but Spain is very good as well. There is a lot to the game - hard to learn, easy to master. Then, when you want to play a smaller nation, you can go with Florence. It's settled neatly in the middle of Italy surrounded by smaller nations. Just remember to look at what alliances the enemy have.

Well, Paradox is acting like any game devs would, really. Being a software developer myself I can understand where they are coming from, partially. But being a gamer I'd say the community should be listened to.

As far as the nations go, thanks for your advice. Spain seems good. I was also thinking Japan, but I'd imagine it will be harder to expand?

 

[The_Sound_Of_Violence]

As far as the nations go, thanks for your advice. Spain seems good. I was also thinking Japan, but I'd imagine it will be harder to expand?

Japan isn't a thing yet in 1444.

 

[Oporto]

Japan isn't a thing yet in 1444.

You meant to say not in the unified state

 

[The_Sound_Of_Violence]

You meant to say not in the unified state

Yes, as a playing tag.

 

[ValPaliy]

Yes, as a playing tag.

Well, no playing tag, but if you chose Kyoto you could be the first to unify Japan

 

[Cpt.Cross]

You could start as Zaporozhie and form Ruthenia aka (proto-Ukraine) the newest update has given them the ability to raze provinces like a horde.

 

[Palaiologos]

Thanks guys! Why was yesterday a bad day to join? As far as the game goes, I think I will go with the Ottomans. Neighboring country, which is also nice

Go with Ryazan, and form Ruthenia.

 

[XYN]

Well, Paradox is acting like any game devs would, really. Being a software developer myself I can understand where they are coming from, partially. But being a gamer I'd say the community should be listened to.

As far as the nations go, thanks for your advice. Spain seems good. I was also thinking Japan, but I'd imagine it will be harder to expand?

Japan can be a very interesting game. Once you managed to unite it, expansion is also quite easy in almost every direction.

If you want a very chill colonial game, Portugal is the best choice. While smaller than Spain, it is extremely safe, because AI Castile will not attack you.

France is a great choice if you want more of a "normal" game, it has quite a bit of content and is very strong and very flexible.

If you still stick around with the game after playing the big nations, there are a lot of interesting choices in the HRE (Bavaria, Brandenburg), Italy (Milan, Naples, Venice) or Middle East (any middle sizer, although my favorite is Ardabil -> Persia).

Personally I am not a fan of Poland/Russia/Ukraine, it is a rather poor and boring region to play in this game, although the Orthodox religion is pretty good.

 

[ValPaliy]

You could start as Zaporozhie and form Ruthenia aka (proto-Ukraine) the newest update has given them the ability to raze provinces like a horde.

Perfect! That's what I will do.

 

[ValPaliy]

Go with Ryazan, and form Ruthenia.

Never. Because Ryazan was formed much later than Zaporozhie (Rhutenia). I like my history

 

[Palaiologos]

Never. Because Ryazan was formed much later than Zaporozhie (Rhutenia). I like my history

Zaporozhie doesn't begin at game start, hence Ryazan.

 

[Cpt.Cross]

Zaporozhie doesn't begin at game start, hence Ryazan.

Just release it as Lithuania and you are ready to go at start. its only 3 provinces though so can be a challenge to start. I'd release all other minors in Lithuania first. I think it has a core in crimea too.