My first Vicky game

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Well guys i beat france and now germany is united. I crushed their armies with belgiums help in a blitz before they could really respond.

Altogether ive had to restart the game twice since i started and also a few reloads due to events.

I feel im really getting the hang of things now especially the economy. Ive got 900 exports and a good, healthy income. I did go con-mon which was a major help. At least it felt that way. Still there are a couple of things that confuse me.

1 - crime fighting budget. Is it worth it? Maybe its just the fact im playing prussia but i just cant afford it.

2 - WE. It seems whenever i get into a war I get really high RR that takes ages to go down. Doesnt this make a WW1 type war impossible? Im worried that in mp wars will suck because of this.

3 - tech ive basically been investing in tech randomly. In a competitve mp game what do people invest in? Clearly this will depend on your nation but is there are general scheme that people follow?

4 - when i DOWd france i used belgium as an ally. Even when i seiged provinces by myself they went to belgium occupied. Whats that about?

 

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1. Start jacking up your crime fighting before you get the invetion the leads to stock market crashes. That event can fire repeatedly if you have lots immoral business crime buildings iirc. Some other crime buildings have other negative effects.

2. Never had too much problems with WE, but I try to keep my wars short

3. haven't played mp yet

4. A province will go to the country in which the besieging army was in last. Thus if you invade from Belgium they get control of the provinces.

 

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4. A province will go to the country in which the besieging army was in last. Thus if you invade from Belgium they get control of the provinces.

hmm interesting.

I thought attacking from beligium would be clever as i could take paris fast. It then fell into belgium controls and i shouted at my computer. Belgium then peaced out and i retook it. Great feeling when this happened and germany was united. I think it was 2:00am at that point

 

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Solution don't be in an alliance with them around 1870. Just have military access.

 

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1 - crime fighting budget. Is it worth it? Maybe its just the fact im playing prussia but i just cant afford it.

2 - WE. It seems whenever i get into a war I get really high RR that takes ages to go down. Doesnt this make a WW1 type war impossible? Im worried that in mp wars will suck because of this.

3 - tech ive basically been investing in tech randomly. In a competitve mp game what do people invest in? Clearly this will depend on your nation but is there are general scheme that people follow?

Crime fighting is worth it: fighting crime reduces revolt risk I think, also some crime can mess with your POPs money (i.e. trusts)...It just takes a while to be able to cover it all.

On WE and Revolt risk, when fighting a war, lots of provs will turn red on the map, but look closer, they're really not that revolt-prone usually.

Tech is tricky, I'm not sure if I've masted it, but the key is getting RP production up to 1.5 a month; this will give you a surplus. With a surplus, you can trade techs...which can be essential to making large strides.

I usually focus on a few culutural techs at first (they're worth it even later since they reduce revolt risk), then indus/econ alt. with mil.

On the belgium matter: HAHAHAHAH! So for once instead of just steamrolling it, the Prussians asked nicely before marching through!

 

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hmm interesting.

I thought attacking from beligium would be clever as i could take paris fast. It then fell into belgium controls and i shouted at my computer. Belgium then peaced out and i retook it. Great feeling when this happened and germany was united. I think it was 2:00am at that point

Interesting, but false I'm afraid. What actually happens is if the land you take borders on an AI ally who is also in the war, the land goes to them.

Also, if you were using my mod the event would have triggered when Belgium controlled Paris and you were allied to Belgium

 

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Im now full crime fighting and nearly all corruption is wiped out. Russia and France have clearly been worried about my growing strength and launched a combined attack on me. After a tough war i fought them off. WS system is very different to EU2 also. I had to take 8 russian provs before they would accept wp. Fun though.

Only problem i have now is anarchist liberal types. About 3 of my provs have them and they are the only ones with rising militancy. To counter this i put infantry in all provs that contain these dangerous people.

1 last noob question. I dont have the "ban" option in my politics screen but i do have "set as ruling party" button. This seems strange to me as i have right to ban enabled. Anyway my question is, how bad does setting a ruling party myself hurt me? I didnt notice any difference after i did it and i cant find anything about it in any of the manuals or guides.