How long does one game take you and how do you split it?
(1 hour a day or more like 1 week in a row?)
(1 hour a day or more like 1 week in a row?)
How long does it take you to play one game?
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I have games on my computer that I started over a year ago. I play when I can and sometimes for hours at a time (4-6 hours a day is not uncommon) but, like others have said, I don't play every day. And I sometimes break for other games or life.
Also, I don't do long games. One of the things I try to do is identify a specific goal at the beginning of my game. For example, I started a game as Pagarruyung with the specific goal of suriving until 1500. Once I met my goal, I played a little longer and then moved on to my next goal. I played a Japan game with the goal of eliminating my rivals. I have Spain game where my goal was to colonize all of the South America. My next Castile game will be Spanish England and what happened to the Thirteen Colonies?
I like small, unique challenges more than huge world conquests. Maybe that's because, years ago, I was taught to play EU3 by a friend and that's how he played. EU4 will always be an empty sandbox to me. And no, I don't need the entire sandbox.
Funny, it's also why I own the DLC. When Paradox announces a DLC, I think: "What can I do with THAT?!" I'm about to start a Muscovy campaign where I will form Russia as some country other than Muscovy or Novogrod. Probably Ryzan. I may be lose but I'll have fun trying.
Also, I don't do long games. One of the things I try to do is identify a specific goal at the beginning of my game. For example, I started a game as Pagarruyung with the specific goal of suriving until 1500. Once I met my goal, I played a little longer and then moved on to my next goal. I played a Japan game with the goal of eliminating my rivals. I have Spain game where my goal was to colonize all of the South America. My next Castile game will be Spanish England and what happened to the Thirteen Colonies?
I like small, unique challenges more than huge world conquests. Maybe that's because, years ago, I was taught to play EU3 by a friend and that's how he played. EU4 will always be an empty sandbox to me. And no, I don't need the entire sandbox.
Funny, it's also why I own the DLC. When Paradox announces a DLC, I think: "What can I do with THAT?!" I'm about to start a Muscovy campaign where I will form Russia as some country other than Muscovy or Novogrod. Probably Ryzan. I may be lose but I'll have fun trying.
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My last campaign's been running for three months now. Should have it under wraps soon enough.
70 or so ingame hours.
70 or so ingame hours.
Depends if I know the playstyle and how long the achievement goes.
Stuff like the Battlepope achievement was 4 hours on a Sunday afternoon. Take out Ottos, take out Mamluks, eat through Poland, done.
First OF took me almost a month.
Generally speaking it takes me between 4 hours up to one week per achievement.
Stuff like the Battlepope achievement was 4 hours on a Sunday afternoon. Take out Ottos, take out Mamluks, eat through Poland, done.
First OF took me almost a month.
Generally speaking it takes me between 4 hours up to one week per achievement.
if you gonna play hardcore you need to slowdown game... a lot...
if you are playing allways on very fast : Maybe a week
if you are tring to micro every situation: Month? maybe 2?
if you are playing allways on very fast : Maybe a week
if you are tring to micro every situation: Month? maybe 2?
At Least Several weeks even if playing everyday. I play on Speed 3 and Speed 2 for wars with pauses as needed. This leads to 10-12 years per hour. I generally play a game until at least 1800 and frequently to the end 1821!
If I manage to survive all the way to 1821, I'm definitely looking at somewhere in the neighbourhood of two months. I'll play for a few hours at a time, maybe longer if it's a weekend, then go away and mull over what I've done, what I could do better, what my next moves should be, etc. Then I come back to it a day or two later and repeat as necessary until I'm either defeated or victorious.
I've actually started playing on speed 1 during wars (especially if there's naval battles).
Between a few hours for short achivements and a few weeks for things like a world conquest or similar.
It depends on how fast you play when paused, on how often you pause, on the game's speed when not paused, and on when you decide your current play through no longer interests you. Pausing is the most significant contributor to game duration in my experience: you can easily pour 80+ hours into a game if you pause regularly. (Actually, save scumming might be an even worse offender, come to think of it. But playing in Ironman mode is more fun.)
Tip: if you want to complete games much more quickly, enable Ironman, configure popups so that none of them pause the game, set a speed you're comfortable managing a war at, and play without ever pausing. You can complete a game over a WE if you do this.
Tip: if you want to complete games much more quickly, enable Ironman, configure popups so that none of them pause the game, set a speed you're comfortable managing a war at, and play without ever pausing. You can complete a game over a WE if you do this.
Similar to @Dominion , it depends on the achievement really. I don't play all campaigns to the end as they are not as engaging. But the ones that are really fun, i play out in 5-6 days or so.
Eras. It's basically geological, as I like long sessions and don't have many windows for them.
On a sample size of two games, over two hundred hours spread across a few months (sessions of between three hours to all day), seeing as I tend to divide my attention across several games simultaneously (and that noth games I was wrtiting up for textual let's plays probably adds a lot of time, as does my reloading...)
Despite over a thousand hours, I've never actually finished a game. I never finished one in EU3 either.
I bought EU4 in June, four months ago, and Steam says I played 542 hours. Some of this is just the game open on my PC and me doing something else like taking care of the kids, but still I play about 3 hours per day in mean time.
I did the following parties:
_ two with Portugal to start, the second ended in 1821: took me one month and a half
_ one with Mali for their special achievement about colonizing South America: done in one day (1444-1651 in game time)
_ 7 with Dai Viet for their special achievement before 1500, done in 3-4 days
_ one with Genoa to have Protected Market (without DLC): 3-4 evenings to play from 1444 to 1655
_ one with Moscovia, gaining several achievements (Royal Authority, Relentless Push East, Grand Duchy, All belongs to Mother Russia, In the Name of the Father) before using Siberia to conquer Japan (for The Rising Sun achievement): two weeks from start to end, 1444 to 1809 in game
_ one with Austria, failed attempt to build HRE, ended in 1607 after achieving The pen is mightier than the sword achievement: two days
_ one with Hesse, from 1444 to 1767, started with objectives to have their special achievement for mercenaries but also to become Emperor. Finally I became protestant, lost the League War and finished by destroy the HRE and create Germany: two weeks
_ one with Nassau, for the Electable! achievement, ran from 1444 to 1517 in some hours
_ current game with Poland started on 10 October and now in 1655. Aim is to have A king to rule (done), Winged Hussards and Poland in Space.
I play in speed 5, except some critical war moments where a one day difference may matter between life and death for a big part of my army/fleet, but that is rather rare. And always in Ironman, so no rollback to add more time to games. I also don't restart, except with achievements with a given goal date, like the Dai Viet one, when I think I'm too late. If things go bad I change objective (Hesse losing the imperial throne to a very early king death at the wrong time, then losing the League War by an inch) or I try to recover (I ran into two bankruptcies with my Genoa campaign (both to avoid annihilation by the Ottoman when all my allies decided not to defend me...)).
I did the following parties:
_ two with Portugal to start, the second ended in 1821: took me one month and a half
_ one with Mali for their special achievement about colonizing South America: done in one day (1444-1651 in game time)
_ 7 with Dai Viet for their special achievement before 1500, done in 3-4 days
_ one with Genoa to have Protected Market (without DLC): 3-4 evenings to play from 1444 to 1655
_ one with Moscovia, gaining several achievements (Royal Authority, Relentless Push East, Grand Duchy, All belongs to Mother Russia, In the Name of the Father) before using Siberia to conquer Japan (for The Rising Sun achievement): two weeks from start to end, 1444 to 1809 in game
_ one with Austria, failed attempt to build HRE, ended in 1607 after achieving The pen is mightier than the sword achievement: two days
_ one with Hesse, from 1444 to 1767, started with objectives to have their special achievement for mercenaries but also to become Emperor. Finally I became protestant, lost the League War and finished by destroy the HRE and create Germany: two weeks
_ one with Nassau, for the Electable! achievement, ran from 1444 to 1517 in some hours
_ current game with Poland started on 10 October and now in 1655. Aim is to have A king to rule (done), Winged Hussards and Poland in Space.
I play in speed 5, except some critical war moments where a one day difference may matter between life and death for a big part of my army/fleet, but that is rather rare. And always in Ironman, so no rollback to add more time to games. I also don't restart, except with achievements with a given goal date, like the Dai Viet one, when I think I'm too late. If things go bad I change objective (Hesse losing the imperial throne to a very early king death at the wrong time, then losing the League War by an inch) or I try to recover (I ran into two bankruptcies with my Genoa campaign (both to avoid annihilation by the Ottoman when all my allies decided not to defend me...)).
I actually play EUIV in some kind of cycle. When I bought it, I spammed games like a nolife, going until 60 hours per week, trying new countries, succeeding or failing and starting again. Sometimes giving up after 15 years, other times going through the whole timeline. Then I got bored and stopped. Only to start again when first patch came out. And then spam again until boredom kills me, and wait next patch/DLC and so on.