Missions

[unmerged(36763)]

So, I come back to playing EU II recently and I just noticed these missions.

Do they work?

I accepted one, Controll Flanders and don't lose it by the deadline.

Well, I did, but still was penalized.

Weird thing about the missions is that they don't seem to be mentioned often. Do the AI nations ever take them?

 

[labalag]

Nobody ever plays with Missions AFAIK... I believe some are even erroneous or provide impossible missions...

 

[curtis]

Missions are pointless.

 

[unmerged(36763)]

Missions are pointless.

Assuming they do work, they are supposed to give VP. For example, one would give me 30 VP for holding land I already had. Another gave me 30 or so for taking a certain province, in addition to whatever VP you'd get for it anyhow.

 

[Susanna]

I don't play with them, but I like to check them occasionally. Sometimes the suggestions really are impossible -- "Royal Marriage with Papal States" is probably my favorite. :rofl:

Susanna

 

[idont]

You can use the discover/conquer X missions to make sure you have indeed discovered/conquered the whole world, and not forgot an island somewhere. Apart from that, they are indeed useless.

 

[Sleepyhead]

I only use them when I want to lower my VP somehow.

 

[Kelvin]

Useless, never used them...

 

[unmerged(36763)]

Thanks for the replies everyone, but for the most part the questions I asked were not really answered.

 

[th3freakie]

I only use them when I want to lower my VP somehow.

what for?

edit: those missions are usualy to own and control, you said you controled it only.

 

[unmerged(36763)]

edit: those missions are usualy to own and control, you said you controled it only.

I think it might have said only control, rather than own, but I honestly don't remember.

 

[th3freakie]

I think it might have said only control, rather than own, but I honestly don't remember.

I'm prety sure there are 3 kinds of province related missions

-Keep Control
-Conquer
-Discover

The first 2 requiring you to own it.

 

[Testy]

If you check the 'points from missions' screen after you've surrendered, you'll see that only a handful of countries have them (and that the Golden Horde consistently has the most, for some reason). So, generally, it looks like the AI doesn't bother with missions.

 

[th3freakie]

If you check the 'points from missions' screen after you've surrendered, you'll see that only a handful of countries have them (and that the Golden Horde consistently has the most, for some reason). So, generally, it looks like the AI doesn't bother with missions.

Victory Points gained from events are counted under "mission" so that's probably it.

 

[BurningEGO]

The "Punish all Non-mongols" in the Disentegration of the Golden Horde, iirc, gives the golden horde a hellish amount of VP points. Creating Russia as Muscowy (or another russian state), also grants a lot of VP points. And the "Attack all Traitors" in the Disentegration of the Timurids (I wonder how that event was called), also grants a good amount of VP points. Usually these 3 nations are the only ones to have a good amount of VP points. Also, some random events grant/reduce VP points. Apart from holding a province, or get a Royal Marriage with someone else, missions are somewhat hard. And Very pointless too. Playing in SP, will always mean you will win by far. The AI rarely beats the 2000 VP barrier (in vanila), iirc.

Oh, and the AI seems not to follow missions. Sure, you can always put the Dynamic missions on, but the AI will almost never manage to do a single mission.

 

[Sleepyhead]

what for?

To make sure I'm not in a gigantic prestige lead when I convert, besides I'm to lazy to edit

 

[th3freakie]

To make sure I'm not in a gigantic prestige lead when I convert, besides I'm to lazy to edit

You get a penalty for converting when you lead on victory points?

 

[Sleepyhead]

You get a penalty for converting when you lead on victory points?

Well I want the game to be balanced and not a cakewalk for me.

 

[SeedSnatcher]

I'm prety sure there are 3 kinds of province related missions

-Keep Control
-Conquer
-Discover

The first 2 requiring you to own it.

There's also colonize, but that requires you to own the province.

 

[TheLoneTaco]

You get a penalty for converting when you lead on victory points?

He means converting his EU2 savegame into a Victoria savegame