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[Ulyaoth]

I bought Victoria. I'm confused. I tried playing as Belgium and for some reason was forced to become a satellite of the Netherlands, despite having beaten their armies out of my territories making it pretty much a draw.

 

[ComradeDavo]

I bought Victoria. I'm confused. I tried playing as Belgium and for some reason was forced to become a satellite of the Netherlands, despite having beaten their armies out of my territories making it pretty much a draw.

Have you got revolutions yet? Deffo get it, it makes Victoria alot better

In regards to Belgium....wait for the London treaty event to end the war. If it doesn't happen in the first year of the game, start again!

 

[Gustave5436]

Have you got revolutions yet? Deffo get it, it makes Victoria alot better

In regards to Belgium....wait for the London treaty event to end the war. If it doesn't happen in the first year of the game, start again!

It sounds to me like that event did occur, Netherlands just took the "give them semi-autonomy" option rather than the normal white peace option.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

Ulyaoth@ Be prepared to first being confused for about a week, then curious for couple of weeks, and after that, addicted for couple of weeks/months/years.

 

[Ulyaoth]

well, I went and played for a few hours yesterday as the Netherlands then, so I understand now the little event that happened. First time I chose not to free them thinking I'd take them back, but Britain declared war then and kept giving them armies until they started to overrun me.

Tried again, gave semiautonomy, then just went about trying to figure out the domestic aspects of the game. Think I got a pretty general idea of how things work, just still don't know what to do and what's good to do, so I just started taxing my people a lot, got a ton of money, got railroads from Belgium(why did I still go into that research point deficit? I traded a tech to them, I thought that meant it's even and I don't have to lose RPs) and built railroads all over the mainland Netherlands, although it took a while.

Anyway, got invaded by France at the end, they overran me, no one would help, so I'll have to go back to an earlier save.

 

[Rossiya]

In EUII, is there a rule whereby after 10 years or so of war all occupied provinces are given to you automatically?

 

[Hitti-Litti]

No, at least I haven't experienced anything like that.

 

[Dachs]

Tried again, gave semiautonomy, then just went about trying to figure out the domestic aspects of the game. Think I got a pretty general idea of how things work, just still don't know what to do and what's good to do, so I just started taxing my people a lot, got a ton of money,

Don't put taxes over 60% for the lower classes, over 50% for the middle class, or over like 30% for the upper classes (usually I give the upper class a total tax break, especially when railroads need to be constructed). If you have sufficient capitalists, your industry will take off (under a laissez-faire or interventionist economic system) by lowering their taxes.

got railroads from Belgium(why did I still go into that research point deficit? I traded a tech to them, I thought that meant it's even and I don't have to lose RPs)

You have to have accumulated enough RPs to pay for the tech research, or else you'll get a deficit. The same thing happens with the other country, too. If you want a lot of RPs, crank your education spending to max, and promote some POPs to Clerks or Clergymen. (You should do that anyway, of course.)

 

[Hitti-Litti]

I just looove EU2 + AGCEEP.

Currently I'm playing as Venice(I chose Venice thanks to Taniciusfox's AAR). I'm one of the richest countries in the world, thanks to the trade center in Veneto. I haven't fought a single war with the Ottomans, my relations with them are pretty bad but they haven't luckily declared a war yet, I think that they'll do that in some time... My glorious empire has expanded westwards though. Couple of years after the beginning Mantua cancelled vassalization with me, and of course I declared war. Huge battles emerged in Northern Italy, and in the end:
- Tuscany(my ally) annexed both Modena and Mantua, but later lost Mantua to Tyrol and Romagna(aka Modena) to Tunisia. Naples annexed Tuscany few days later. They got screwed because their BB rating was sky high.
- Switzerland(my ally) conquered Emilia, though Emilia revolted and declared independence as Switzerland had no access to that province
- Savoy fought bravely on my side, but they gained no province because they had no military leaders able leading a siege(actually my general captured the siege of Lombardia to me couple of weeks before it would have surrendered to Savoy)
- I conquered Kerch from Genoa and annexed Milan

Yay.

Then, several decades of peace. Then, in 1450s, Palatinate started to annex little German countries, and their BB rating became rising. In few months half of Europe declared war on them, including Switzerland, my loyal ally. The wars were disastrous for Palatinate, as Switzerland conquered Alsace and conquered Mainz + made Palatinate my vassal(I gave soon independence to Mainz to lower my BB).

A year after that Austria declared war to Pomerania(Pomerania annexed Stettin which had earlier conquered Ostmarch), allied with Brandenburg and Poland. I saw my chance, and first cancelled my military access with Tyrol(allied with Austria) and a month after that declared war on Tyrol. Week after declaration of war Austria made peace with Pomerania&Brandenburg&Poland(they gave Salzburg to Poland), and 3 days after that I made peace with Austria. That left Tyrol up for grabs. I took Mantua and Poland annexed Tyrol.

Now, my empire stretches from Lombardia to Ragusa. Also I have Corfu, Crete, Ionia and Kerch.

Edit: Switzerland declared war on Poland, I left the alliance(Poland is really strong, as is Brandenburg). France invited me to their alliance, they were at war with Savoy, I joined. I sent my military leader to the siege of Piemonte(Provence had about 18,000 men there, I sent 2,000 ), he grabbed the siege, I got control over Piemonte, and France negotiated Piemonte to me in the peace negotiations.

 

[Ulyaoth]

Ok, just played a bit as Brazil now. Jacked the taxes up to 48% right away, maxed tariffs, maxed education, and just let it go for a while until a rebel army spawned and took over pracitcally the entire western half of the country. I had my army spending down so I just stayed back, put the spending at max again and waited to reinforce my army and chase after him, just let him go and retook provinces. So that was a fun little diversion for a while waiting for techs to allow me to do anything. The population is a little sparse in Brazil, but it's gone up 1million in just ten years of play, and literacy's gone up about 12% with the help of some events. I just got the tech to build factories when the game crashed. Looks like this is one of those games you have to save frequently. Whatever, I'm going to go back to the Brazil game, I'd rather not have to deal with overseas crap until I get the hang of things. How do I get machine parts to start industrializing? I have none and I can't build any factories, and no one else has any either. And what factory should I build first? I'm guessing steel so I can build railroads then, rather than importing them like I did as Netherlands.

 

[ComradeDavo]

Sounds like a job for Vicky Wicky! http://www.paradoxian.org/vickywiki/index.php/Main_Page

 

[Gustave5436]

Tried again, gave semiautonomy, then just went about trying to figure out the domestic aspects of the game. Think I got a pretty general idea of how things work, just still don't know what to do and what's good to do, so I just started taxing my people a lot, got a ton of money, got railroads from Belgium(why did I still go into that research point deficit? I traded a tech to them, I thought that meant it's even and I don't have to lose RPs) and built railroads all over the mainland Netherlands, although it took a while.

No, you lose RPs from trading no matter what, thus making trading for techs somewhat pointless if you make less than 10 (possibly 9 depending on your country's values) per year.

It's prestige you save if you trade a tech for a tech. Trade away a tech for just money and you lose 10 prestige.

 

[Olav]

Htti: You didn't get the "Peace of Cremona" event (id 326064)? I got it in my last game as Venice, and had to give up all of my Italian possessions. Since you annexed Milan, it won't trigger, so you should be safe in any case. Oh, by the way, since you're from Finland, you might want to check out the current SG at the Paradox forums.

Ulyaoth: I think you will get some Machine Parts if you discover certain techs (industrial ones). One tech will also allow you to build MP factories. You can also trade for MP, but they won't be available in the market at the beginning (and they're expensive as hell IIRC).

 

[Say_my_name]

No, you lose RPs from trading no matter what, thus making trading for techs somewhat pointless if you make less than 10 (possibly 9 depending on your country's values) per year.

It's prestige you save if you trade a tech for a tech. Trade away a tech for just money and you lose 10 prestige.

You only lose RP if you initiate the tech trade. If another nation offers you a tech, you can accept without losing RP.

 

[Ulyaoth]

Well I solved the machine parts problem. I just needed prestige. I got a bunch of inventions in a row and ended up with the 2nd most prestige in the world, and suddenly everything I needed was bought instantly so I could start turning some people into craftsmen and I built 2 steel mills in rio de janeiro and that Gerias state, found I converted a bit too many clerks and have too few people. I need more people. Also, why are the factories producing so little? Those two were only producing .6 steel together. That's per day right? Is that bad or is it about normal considering I have no railroads?

 

[Hitti-Litti]

That's per day, I'm not sure if it's right. Do you have 5 craftsmen or just 1 in your factories?

 

[Ulyaoth]

3 craftsmen and 2 clerks in one, 2 and 2 in the other, but more people so it's making more anyway.

 

[Dachs]

Improve the infrastructure in those provinces, that way the factories will be more productive.

 

[Tycoon101]

So folks, what's your favorite mod(s) for HOI2 (if any?) Please link to any ones that you really enjoy and would recommend.

Personally, I love Kaiserreich, The Fallout mod, and Mod 34.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

I don't use any HoI2 mods with the exception of the mod I made myself that just adds a bunch of countries, but nothing else.