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Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Spill her blood!
More on topic, why do you have two Censors?
More on topic, why do you have two Censors?
In Norse mythology, there's a pig called Särimner. They slaughter him everyday and he still reincarnates every morning. I suspect that piggy above is somehow related to Särimner, since she always returns when I stab her. Anyway, I think she's a real bugga.
Two more funnies from the same basket.
The Free Hands cost half the Piggy Stabbing does. The governor loyality is still incresed by 50 but his cash is modified by 100 times the cost, so he ends totally broke.
The general here ends with popularity erased after his triumph.
Republics have 2 by default, the screenshot is from a real gameplay.
The Free Hands cost half the Piggy Stabbing does. The governor loyality is still incresed by 50 but his cash is modified by 100 times the cost, so he ends totally broke.
The general here ends with popularity erased after his triumph.
Republics have 2 by default, the screenshot is from a real gameplay.
Glad someone got that. Surely Lord of the Flies isn't an obtuse reference. Kids these days!
"Pig stabbing" is an annoyingly gamey feature for a game that wants to be a simulation. As if it was possible to "buy" stability as long as a country had cash reserves.
I had prefered a system in which the charisma and/or finesse rating of the leading politician would determine a slow and steady stability recovery. Similar to EuIII.
I hope the comment is not too serious
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I had prefered a system in which the charisma and/or finesse rating of the leading politician would determine a slow and steady stability recovery. Similar to EuIII.
I hope the comment is not too serious
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Maybe we can cross our fingers for the next expansion to have something like that...
Maybe it's like the Egyptians when their high priests brought out the statue of Anubis or someone from the temple once a year and everyone danced and dressed up nicely and sacrificed stuff and then (note: from here on stuff doesn't really happen like this) the state steals all their stuff and has them do it again every day until they get sick of it.
NO! We all know stabbing a pig is THE manly way to raise stability! Enjoy playing with your ducats in EU3!"Pig stabbing" is an annoyingly gamey feature for a game that wants to be a simulation. As if it was possible to "buy" stability as long as a country had cash reserves.
I had prefered a system in which the charisma and/or finesse rating of the leading politician would determine a slow and steady stability recovery. Similar to EuIII.
I hope the comment is not too serious
Just to add another opinion:
In ancient Greece when you needed public support, people would pay off the oracles to say good things about you.
Need war support? Just pay an oracle to say you will win.
Want to raise your political status? Pay off an oracle to boost your status.
Support of an oracle definately helped in the short term (although you still had to perform in the long term). Also, if you start to fail, the oracle can just come out and say you were doomed to fail as you did not follow the oracle's instructions (keeping the integrity of the oracle in tact).
Edit: Stabbing some pig, paying off an oracle, it is all the same.
In ancient Greece when you needed public support, people would pay off the oracles to say good things about you.
Need war support? Just pay an oracle to say you will win.
Want to raise your political status? Pay off an oracle to boost your status.
Support of an oracle definately helped in the short term (although you still had to perform in the long term). Also, if you start to fail, the oracle can just come out and say you were doomed to fail as you did not follow the oracle's instructions (keeping the integrity of the oracle in tact).
Edit: Stabbing some pig, paying off an oracle, it is all the same.
We could leave this feature in the game like it is possible to boost technological progress in EuIII.
But it should not be possbile to cure serious internal problems by just spending money. All of you who like the idea must at least admit that sacrificing and oracles alone did not do the trick to get a healthy state.
I mean this is Rome known for her tricky internal politics and not a tribe happily dancing around a dead pig.
But it should not be possbile to cure serious internal problems by just spending money. All of you who like the idea must at least admit that sacrificing and oracles alone did not do the trick to get a healthy state.
I mean this is Rome known for her tricky internal politics and not a tribe happily dancing around a dead pig
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We could leave this feature in the game like it is possible to boost technological progress in EuIII.
But it should not be possbile to cure serious internal problems by just spending money. All of you who like the idea must at least admit that sacrificing and oracles alone did not do the trick to get a healthy state.
I mean this is Rome known for her tricky internal politics and not a tribe happily dancing around a dead pig
As I mentioned in my post, I think it does work in the short-term. The people in charge still have to perform if they want it to last for the long term.
Even in Rome, the priests were influencial in controlling the masses. This was a time when the world was highly supersticious and the controllers of supersticians (aka priests, oracles, etc) can sway public opinion in the short term.
I think they can do a little more dynamic programming with stability. They can have some negative influences and positive influences that dynamically change. Sacrifices/Oracles/Religious Ceremonies could act as short term positive influences while you try and fix some of the negative modifiers affecting your country.
Something like this?
"Your people are upset by the sacking of Liguria by the Barbarians.
[Hold a Feast of Saturnalia! (Cost $$ gold, +5 RR in Liguria)]
[Their troubles are nothing compared to the nation! (-1 stability, +3 RR in Liguria)]"
"Your people are upset by the sacking of Liguria by the Barbarians.
[Hold a Feast of Saturnalia! (Cost $$ gold, +5 RR in Liguria)]
[Their troubles are nothing compared to the nation! (-1 stability, +3 RR in Liguria)]"
That could work. I would like to see religion interweaved a little more into events, due to the fact that it made up a big part of everyone's lives.