Tides of War II - Development Thread - please check thread starter for current info

[unmerged(30416)]

Lets define it as "attacking through neutral countries you have militairy access through will not be tolerated" or something like that.

 

[Lotus Lo]

ok, that works for me

 

[Lotus Lo]

Diplo thread is up
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174663

edit: oh, and trav, dont forget about Lemprey... he signed on for Spain

 

[Aragos]

Guys,
Given the Annex crash problem, and since I'm playing Prussia, I'll probably go the war-satellite route instead; any annexes will wait until we are ready to quit the session.
Agreeable?
Aragos

 

[Lotus Lo]

thats fine, although, since i was prussia last time, and i annexed alot, i am more than willing to be patient

 

[unmerged(30416)]

I guess it depends if the Csar has been drinking vodka again. When he is sober he doesn't mind if you just tell the host you are annexing so he can save.

 

[Lotus Lo]

When is planned start time? this weekend? Turkey weekend here in the states, may not be best for us... or, if we all have it off and no plans, might be great.

So Nov 28th? or Dec 5th? we still doing Sundays?

 

[Traveler]

Hey ya'll,

Can ya believe we actually finished the first TOW, I'm still in shock. Anyway, Sunday appears to be a good day to play the game. I wouldn't mind playing this weekend, it's gonna be a long one, and by Sunday I'm sure I'll be tired of family and friends by then I'll want to fight some wars.... j/k

Ok ya'll review the rules, and let us know if this weekend is good.

Traveler

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[Aragos]

I can play this Sunday, we just need a consensus on when

 

[Traveler]

Aragos,

Read the thread starter, it has all the information and rules. I'll update the thread starter with all pertinent information.

So far there is:

1 definite yes: Aragos
and 2 possibles: Traveler and Lotus

Hope to hear from the rest of you. Again don't forget to read over the rules and settings to make sure they reflect how we want this game to run.

Traveler


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[King of Men]

I can play on Sunday. But Trav, you've forgotten to update the rules section as follows :

- Drop the five-month rule
- Permit giving the AI techs without giving anything in exchange
- Limit on the maximum amount of natives in your army
- No attacking through neutral nations.

There's a bit of dispute on the last one, so use your judgment.

 

[Lotus Lo]

you should define the limit. 1:2 right? regular:native. yes, i should be able to play sunday. as for time... same time is fine w/ me 1500EST

 

[unmerged(30416)]

I can play sunday. And didnt we agree on a 50/50 regular/native?

 

[unmerged(30852)]

I'm free on sunday so I can play.

 

[unmerged(10052)]

I can play sunday. Hopefully my dad will get the tree up without me.

 

[Traveler]

Ok folks,

Looks like we can start this weekend, just a couple more folks need to check in.

Here are the last minute rule additions. Let me know what you think.

New Rules

• Native Divisions will be limited. A player nation can have a 2-1 ratio of Regular to Native. Mobilization pool is not counted. So for every TWO standing Regular division a player may have one Native division.
• A player maynot attack through an AI controled neutral nation. A player can attack through an AI controled ally nation or enemy allied nation.

Also I had a question about the rule for permitting giving AI tech. Not sure if that could be exploited. If I gave Korea tech, then Russia bought the tech from Korea it could be a work around the tech rule.

Lamprey, if you are still interested in playing, I need to get your ICQ number so I can add ya to the list.

I'll check back here to see what ya'll think of the rules. Oh I changed the game difficulty to Hard.


Traveler


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[unmerged(30416)]

I've played all my games on normal

 

[Lotus Lo]

[*] Native Divisions will be limited. A player nation can have a 2-1 ratio of Regular to Native. Mobilization pool is not counted. So for every standing Regular division a player may have one Native division.

do you mean ever TWO regulars per ONE native?

[*] A player maynot attack through an AI controled neutral nation. A player can attack through an AI controled ally nation or enemy allied nation.[/list]

does that ai nation have to be involved in the war?

Also I had a question about the rule for permitting giving AI tech. Not sure if that could be exploited. If I gave Korea tech, then Russia bought the tech from Korea it could be a work around the tech rule.
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how about only giving of tech to ai nations, and human nations can only get tech from other humans?

 

[King of Men]

Since you are not allowed to tech trade with the AI, only give away techs, the scenario Trav describes would be Russia cheating, not a loophole. At least that's my understanding :

- No tech trading with the AI, ever
- except for giving it free techs.

 

[Traveler]

Lotus Lo,

Yes, A player must have 2 Regular Divisions for every 1 Native division they have. The Regular divisions are actual standing division, Mobolization divisions do not count.

KoM,

The AI tech trading should be watched, I'll let the rest of you decide. I don't want to see the same problem emerge in this game that we had in the last.

Prime,

I thought we had agreed we wanted the AI to be a little stronger than last time.

Traveler

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