Tsk, tsk, tsk... 
It is much easier to understand after reading the source code.o
It is much easier to understand after reading the source code.
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Bunch of screenies, from England and Ottoman (the same game which was overrun by rebels).
Ooh lala
Schwerpunkt?
Uzbek is no longer so Uzbek
All your trade are belong to us
Europe in 1819. Note that huge increase in money is because of CoTs and 1/5 of map being dominated by me.
Vijayangar on loose
Ooh lala
Schwerpunkt?
Uzbek is no longer so Uzbek
All your trade are belong to us
Europe in 1819. Note that huge increase in money is because of CoTs and 1/5 of map being dominated by me.
Vijayangar on loose
Very nice screenshots, Lord Finnish!
I am back with one more from my game as England.
The mighty English army invading Russia!
I had left that army waiting close to the Russian border one winter and when the war started I remembered that I had that army and I started moving in to Russia with it. It was about 50 men back then. It actually survived some combat, which brought its numbers down to 8 men.
I am back with one more from my game as England.
The mighty English army invading Russia!
I had left that army waiting close to the Russian border one winter and when the war started I remembered that I had that army and I started moving in to Russia with it. It was about 50 men back then. It actually survived some combat, which brought its numbers down to 8 men.
Ha ha, it almost was, and then my idiot alliance leader went and accepted a peace where I only got 3 siberian provinces... And two of them were trading posts.
By the way, my total income each year is already over 4000 ducats. Wow.
By the way, my total income each year is already over 4000 ducats. Wow.
I thought noone would be thoughtless enough to not be the alliance leader while playing a superpower in the 17th century...Byzantine_Owns said:
Well you were wrong. The alliance I am in has existed since the 15th century and it has never expired and nobody has ever dishonored it. Honestly, all I want is that those Spaniards would stop declaring war against half the world all the time. They never let the alliance expire.
Haha bad show. But on the other hand Spain is a good ally. Axcept when they take too much.
But on the other hand Spain is a good ally. Axcept when they take too much.
I'd have rather dishonored. And taught them a lesson of good manners just afterwards.Byzantine_Owns said:
Spain + Portugal + Me (England) is the alliance. Just start thinking about what would have happened in the real world if they had allied...
Emperor_krk said:
It has been a tempting idea, but there always came up something else.
You know the events where you get casus bellis against Spain? I and my alliance was at war against half of Europe (who were Poland's vassals) back then. Nobody was able to win the war, and it all ended with my alliance getting 50 ducats to share. Yay. And I lost my chance to attack Spain...
I've seen big Vijayanagars before; what I haven't seen is Seminole declaring independence from Transylvania!Lord Finnish said:
Vijayangar on loose
Your own fault dude :rofl: Just dishonor and let them get their asses handed to them by the rest of the world. Then, strike at them.Byzantine_Owns said:
MichaelM said:I've seen big Vijayanagars before; what I haven't seen is Seminole declaring independence from Transylvania!
This had me completely shocked as well. That really strains reason. :wacko:
That truly is strange.MichaelM said:I've seen big Vijayanagars before; what I haven't seen is Seminole declaring independence from Transylvania!
That screenshot may well be one of the strangest ever. And not for anything the map shows. :wacko:
:wacko:
I want to see more of this former Seminole Transylvania!
How in the name of ****** did they get a port in the first place?
How in the name of ****** did they get a port in the first place?
DSYoungEsq said:<sigh>
Ok, for the last time.
The FAQ is quite thoroughly researched. Hours and hours went into it. I know, because I was there when it was being put together. And we went through some lengthy board discussions, and lots and lots of people tried things out.
And it is quite accurate. If you are unable to diplo-annex a country, then one of the factors listed is missing.
This is especially true if you cannot diplo-annex after 30 years of continuous vassalization. After that, the randomness simply goes away and if you can annex, you will annex.
So if you are not completing annexations, you are doing something wrong.
The usual suspects:
You are before the Edict of Tolerance, and you are Catholic and they are Protestant/Reformed, or vice-versa. Thus, you cannot have a royal marriage and are thus unable to diplo-annex. Wait until the Edict of Tolerance.
Your vassal is not at peace. It's stuck in a war with some nation three-quarters of the way across the map, and one or the other of the nations has managed to capture a province, so a white-peace isn't possible. The fix is simple: load up the game as your vassal and peace out the war by giving the opponent everything they could want.
You lack a common border. This one trips up even the best players. The solution, fortunately, is simple. Take a province next to your vassal from whomever it is that is weakest.
Again, I want to iterate: this game has been out since 2002. It's been played extensively by a very large number of players. There was a time when this board used to have so many new threads in a single day in the main forum for the game that you would scroll off the front page if someone didn't answer within 24 hours. The game's mechanics are quite well documented (we even had the help of the lead programmer, Johan Andersson, who in a couple of instances allowed forum members to hack the .exe to figure out what was going on; see the Battle System FAQ for an example). In almost all instances where someone documented what they thought was an error to one of the FAQs, persistent efforts to uncover the culprit yielded the unsurprising result that the FAQ was correct and there was a factor that the player wasn't taking into account.
If you ever have a result you think isn't what should be expected in a game, save the game, and post your question. Be patient, since the number of people who pop in here anymore on a regular basis is relatively small (they are all off playing EU3, the fools! :wacko: :wacko: ). One of us will try to help, and, if need be, likely would be willing to have you transmit the save game so we can look at it and spot the problem.
DSY. Your post almost made me laugh a bit. Nothing wrong with it, just that you seem to be speaking to someone who just started playing the game.
I know the game has been out for decades. Before i ever registered on these forums, i had been playing EU2 without any patch for ages (basically since i stopped playing Empire Earth because of the new expansion for the same said game, and that was around 2003). I still remember the good old COAs from England or OE in EU2, for example. (i also remember the damn nasty revolts, but i cant remember if that was from the pure unpatched EU2 or from a consequent patch)
From these times, till now, however, and despite the massive amount of games played, i have never done one thing. DA a major.
Before checking the FAQs for the first time, (which i did a long time ago, by the way, and in some cases i still do regularly, for example in the case of the BB faq, which is even on my favorites), it was always my assumption that you could not DA a major.
That asumption was, however, destroyed pretty fast, after i saw someone doing it (and destroyed again when i started reading the FAQs and studying everything to detail for better performance online). And that was, ages ago, either in my first or second multiplayer game where i was still a raw noob (i still remember back in these days i didnt even know how to see my total BB points, and always thought they influenced only BB wars plus certain events -while in fact the most important thing about them is the impact upon stability costs)
After knowning such was possible (DAing majors), i remember trying it out in single player more then once. Spain with Austria, Spain with France, France with Spain, France with Austria, Austria with Spain or Austria with France, the combinations were unlimited. But all led to one single path: failed annexation.
And in some lucky cases even to a canceled vassalization.
After so many games i eventually gave up. I never knew what was up and still do not (despite meeting all conditions). But i know the FAQ is right since i have seen people doing it online. So i am not questioning how right or wrong the FAQ might actually be.
Perhaps you misunderstood my post. I just consider myself damn unlucky. I believe the failed attempts, and the fact that the one refusing it was a major, is just a coincidence, but whenever having to annex one, i always do it the hard way now.
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One of these days i will have to copy a lot of stuff from my old hard disk into this new computer, and since vacations are coming soon, i might do it one of these days. Maybe once i do that, i will get my latest SP save as Spain, where i always failed at DAing France, and post it here.
Oh and, I would like to inform you that we do not need RMs to perform DAs. I have DAed many times the Papal States, who cannot conduct RMs, without any problems. Perhaps you need to check the FAQ yourself, before making such commentaries, no?
And as i said, i always get my DA proposal refused, and sometimes the vassalization canceled so: the button isnt greyed. I actually have to press the button to receive the message that the said country refused my proposal.
I dont know if the calculation is done with your current income (with all factors included), but if it is, then stability does count. Higher Stability means Higher income and thus bigger chances of sucess, i believe. Correct or not, i always try to DA nations at full stability. Unless i am filthy powerful and i know they wont refuse.
Ok, I'm going to try and be tolerant here. Perhaps you don't realize how stupidly snarky this sounds.BurningEGO said:Oh and, I would like to inform you that we do not need RMs to perform DAs. I have DAed many times the Papal States, who cannot conduct RMs, without any problems. Perhaps you need to check the FAQ yourself, before making such commentaries, no?
READ THE DAMN FAQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It says you only have to have the right religion for an RM, not that you have to HAVE the RM. Thus, the Papal States are eligible for DA. The "able to have an RM" is short-hand for "you have the appropriate religious relations such that, absent the coding that prevents the Papal States from marrying anyone, you could have a royal marriage."
It's right there in the FAQ.
I now return everyone to their regularly scheduled strange screenshots discussion.