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one of my vacation projects is to try and become a great power as the Zulu :D I fear I might have to cheat a little bit at first though.

ahh podcat, It is my understanding (Correct me if Im wrong) that cheating in vicky will backfire because of the complicated global market system, at least giving yourself extra cash should
 

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one of my vacation projects is to try and become a great power as the Zulu :D I fear I might have to cheat a little bit at first though.

Pfft being a guy who helped develop the game, you don't need to cheat.

While us common folk are scratching our heads going "huh what? Revolt already?" You will have the zulus marching on Buckingham palace before 1880 i bet.
 

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ahh podcat, It is my understanding (Correct me if Im wrong) that cheating in vicky will backfire because of the complicated global market system, at least giving yourself extra cash should

I think tech level and research speed is probably a bigger issue for the zulu than cash, you only have 100 years to work with and start pretty low on the ladder :D. injecting money would screw with the economy, but probably much like counterfeiting it hurts the world as a whole but benefits the counterfeiter :p

but I'll of course try and see how far I can get without any such shenanigans.
 

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I think tech level and research speed is probably a bigger issue for the zulu than cash, you only have 100 years to work with and start pretty low on the ladder :D. injecting money would screw with the economy, but probably much like counterfeiting it hurts the world as a whole but benefits the counterfeiter :p

but I'll of course try and see how far I can get without any such shenanigans.

I Would Love to See A ZulAAR, plus in AAR form we'd know if you cheated:p
 

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I shall lead the Risigormento from the helm of the Savoia dynasty. Northern Italy shall be depopulated in a series of bloody wars against Austria! :rofl:

Although I'm hoping that maybe using the Sphere of Influence will allow me to annex some states without throwing the clerks and craftsmen into the furnace so often.
 

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Ottoman Empire, try to keep conservative by encouraging the promotion of clergy while expanding into the Middle East to create a new, powerful Caliphate (Difficult, I know. :)) I really wanna know what are the benefits of keeping conservative, instead of modernizing, which I felt there had been a huge bias towards in Vicky 1 and hoped they fixed it this time around.
 

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I'll start as Austria, release Croatia, Hungary, Venice (and maybe some others) and mod them as independent nations.
Then I am taking Croatia and trying to become a GP in 100 years (managed in V1 somehow :p)
 

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Sardinia Piedmont and then unified Italy and then avenge history against Abyssinia.
 

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I haven't downloaded the demo so I wouldn't be spoiled.

With that being said, I'll most probably play the two I have played over and over in Vicky1 : Québec and Argentina. Or I might start off with the Netherlands after playing the tutorials.
 

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Spricar; said:
Ottoman empire... Hard game but with lots of possibilities.

OE will probably be my third game
 

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1st game Ottoman Empire and then try to release Bosnia and play with Bosnia as my 2nd game (Ofcourse have to do some modding too) :)....
And then we'll see who is next, maybe Austria-Hungary, USA, Britain or even Prussia...
 

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Ireland, in the naive hope that I can build a colonial empire and end up as a secondary world power. Also I have decided to use Ireland for first AAR. Work with what you know.

After Ireland, I'd like to try out China, Japan, USA, Prussia, France, some Italian minor... so many countries to choose from...
 

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I'll just have to learn the ropes the french way.

Then, I think Japan and modded Venice will do nicely, if I don't succumb to the batavian or united-statian sirens. :)