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SouthernKing
crickety cricket
Perhaps the second expansion will be WWI-focused? And include such an update? Although, in most V2 games I play that last into the 1900s and involve me fighting a Great War I do get some semblance of a unified front, especially along the French-German border. I agree, it could be a lot more like HoI in Vicky's latter stages.
Either way, it's still too young and has a good part of its life ahead of it for a Victoria 3, and I doubt that an expansion is going to get a code name.
Hey everyone, I made a new account just to ask this q. I invaded Korea as Japan and I would like to emigrate some of my craftsmen there. Problem is, I can't build factories there, as it is a colonial state. Can anyone explain how I can convert it to a full fledgling city?
What the game needs is a basic HoI OOB system. Late-game, if you establish fronts with all your stacks, you end up with this cluttered mess in your organizer devoid of any organization. Not to mention switching to the attack-is-movement model like used in HoI would enable flanking by armies as observed in the Franco-Prussian War and later conflicts of the period. The ability to use submarines to raid shipping would also be a good feature to include for a WW1 expansion (and the more involved naval engine that would be required to flesh out this part of the game).
Mosher
Mushroom dad
It needs to have a certain amount of beauracrats and it has to have an accepted culture in it.
SouthernKing
crickety cricket
Yes, you would need at least 5% of said state's population to be bureaucrats of primary or accepted culture (I forget which one)
Do socialist parties revolt, or just the communists? I've forgotten.
Soooooo is the consensus that CK2 is best out of paradox games so far? It seems so from what I read on metacritic, game reviews, and forums.
I never played paradox grand strat games so I want something good and graphic has to be reasonably good.
I never played paradox grand strat games so I want something good and graphic has to be reasonably good.
salty mud
Deity
CK2, if you like that sort of thing, is a fantastic game. There's just something awesome about watching your dynasty slowly take over Europe while you inbreed with your aunt to produce the best possible specimens. 
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
I prefer EUIII tbh, although CKII has definitely had the best launch by miles.
salty mud
Deity
EUIII is also a good game though it's not fair to compare the two, really. They are quite different. There are a few demos available though, so you can make your own opinion! 
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Except EUIII's demo is ancient and lacks 4 expansions of content, but yeah.
madviking
north american scum
I'm beginning to feel pretty disappointed about Vicky2. It's pretty boring now.
NedimNapoleon
Weird Little Human
The problem with Vicky is you quickly run out of fun nations to play with.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
That is a big problem with HoI too.
Meh, operational flanking isn't that useful in the pre-WWI era and moreover usually occurred within the space of a single territory as seen on the V2 map anyway (especially in 1870 and 1905).
Personally, I just accept that the military engine for V2 is garbage and move on with my life. Of course, I don't actually play V2 anymore, so.
The significant flanking bonus could be at a top-level tech and mostly negligible throughout the early and mid-game. Another reason why its inappropriate at the earliest stage of the game is because they made the provinces quite large, especially in non-European areas.
It doesn't excuse user-friendliness or the lack thereof, though. I have a Russian game that I play off and on right now, and wars are terrible enough with 20 stacks on the Western front plus a few stacks in SE Asia where I've been conquering and colonizing. I'm not looking forward to the massive buildup for the 1910s.
SouthernKing
crickety cricket
I think this is exactly why Divergences, Kaiserreich, and other AH mods are so popular.
Speaking of which, the PDM guys updated Divergences to AHD. There are a few issues (I noticed some weird decisions that show up) and it runs at typical APD speed but other than that it's pretty smooth.
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