Speed of play

[unmerged(25696)]

That many popups is just bad planning, I'm afraid, either in arranging your borders or in your message settings.

I like pop-ups for everything.

From armies ending their movements, to battles, to sieges, to merchants, to nations joining a war, to broken RMs, to revolts, etc, etc.

And I was slightly exagerating.

 

[DSYoungEsq]

Yeah.
1st day : pause, give the orders, unpause.
2nd day : pause, read the 65 pop-up windows, give the orders, unpause.
3rd day : pause, read the 76 pop-up windows, give the orders, unpause.
4th day : pause, read the 87 pop-up windows, give the orders, unpause.
5th day : pause, read the 58 pop-up windows (a lucky day!), give the orders, unpause.
6th day : pause, read the 127 pop-up windows, give the orders, unpause.
7th day : pause, read the 71 pop-up windows, give the orders, unpause.
8th day : pause, read the 68 pop-up windows, give the orders, unpause.
9th day : pause, read the 82 pop-up windows, give the orders, unpause.
10th day : pause, read the 66 pop-up windows, give the orders, unpause.
11th day : pause, read the 75 pop-up windows, give the orders, unpause.
:rofl:

And on the Twelfth Day He rested.

 

[Underhand]

And on the Twelfth Day He rested.

:rofl:

 

[unmerged(33638)]

I always play on very fast as I try to change the speed and it just don't work, just another failing of my gameplay.
But I can normally do 100-150 years a night, this is on a laptop, in front of the tv, talking to my girlfriend (so she doesn't stop me from playing )
I pause a lot, but I prefer to force myself to react to the way things are going, I play as a commander, not God like lawkeeper.
Caesar couldn't stop time, neither can I. (unless i am really in the shit :rofl: )

 

[unmerged(6147)]

This evening I played 5 years and it took 5 hours. Now all my armies and ships stand ready for BB war round no 1 as Byzantium. The year is 1779 and when I start up the game tomorrow evening I will press the annex button and then I estimate the number of messages the first 10 days at about 300, not less. Ah, how sweet...

 

[saskganesh]

generally a GC takes me 40-45 hours. this can be broken down into 8-12 hour sessions, about 80-120 years each, depending on speed.

so three-four days. means no work, no people, some food, too many stimulants and no life. anyhow, i don't play like this anymore.

edit: 1000 posts! well, that took about ... three years.

 

[Muizer]

I play at above normal in peace and normal in war/endgame. I play sessions of 40 to 20 years respectivley and usually finish a GC in a couple of weeks. I just don't spend a lot of time building reorganizing and moving around units (either for war or exploration) which IMHO is the most tedious and time consuming micromanagement in the game.

Muizer

 

[Phax]

Extremly Fast, the entire game. I pause quite alot though.

 

[unmerged(4875)]

I play the game on Extremely Fast throughout the entire game. I play on this speed even during wars (I rely on sound effects to let me know what's going on off screen). I pause whenever I am doing something relevant. It usually takes me about two weeks, playing 5-8 hours three days per week, to finish a Grand Campaign. Honestly, I wish it took me longer. I love games that take forever but playing on any speed less than Extremely Fast is just painful. I feel like I am watching grass grow.

 

[unmerged(18043)]

Depending on what I'm doing I stick around Fast or faster. During a war I have been known to creep along at Normal.

My Spain game took 2 months to finish and I cruised at the end. Though I finished a Brandenburg/Prussia game in little over two weeks.