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What are your expectations for the EU5 release?

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Not sure what happened with the Elder Kings 2 mod for CK3 but I think the mod imploded a few weeks ago. Some update made some dumb changes or something and got everyone up in arms. This seem to be at least some? Most? Of the changes. I only just heard some shit went down but I can't really see much.
Unsurprising, the EK2 devs are the most petty. obtuse fuckers around.
 
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A random street in Duluth said:
Speaking of reddit, they have finally added the highly expected fourth crisis and its some girlboss who keeps girlbossing all over the galaxy and forces the empires work for her and she is actually totally meaning good but she was hurt before and she is lashing out.
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You're actually a perfect example of the thing you complain about, a midwitted redditor that fails to grasp any media more complex than hazbin hotel and digital circus.

Cetana wasn't hurt and isn't lashing out. She is an extremist view on buddhist philosophy sharing the belief that conciousness is the source of suffering and her goal is to break the cycle of samsara by keeping life while removing sentience from it. Her goal is to force nirvana on the whole galaxy in an unconventional way and her persona is that of a benevolent mother there to help which is why she literally has 9 seperate face models for all 9 of the racial phenotypes.

The same crisis also points out that zarqlan and the spiritualist fallen empire was right all along and you only get the true ending by being a spritualist and invoking the shroud to get the animator of clay to help.

Expecting redditors to understand basic theology theology beyond "le seytan le bad???" was a tall ask from the devs though, so its understandable.

A random street in Duluth said:
And if you have that quantum space gun shit that destroys systems and try to shoot her in the moment she spawns instead of working for her, she girlbosses all over you and and you accidentally hit your own capital, haha silly, girl power is too strong!! I was quite mad but can't say I was surprised the least.
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Literally every single crisis in the game except the prethoryn does that. The unbidden absorb the cannon shot and become stronger if you aim it at the anchor and the contingency redirects it back at your capital too. Its so you can't oneshot the crisis before it even starts and negate the entire endgame.
 
Tri-Tachyon'sClown said:
Not sure what happened with the Elder Kings 2 mod for CK3 but I think the mod imploded a few weeks ago.
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As per usual the devs imposed their dogshit "vision", last time it was gutting ESO Systres because "non canon" seethe (despite ESO being the only "canon" source for anything more than one sentence about the place, so what they replaced it with ended up being completely made up anyway lol). This time it's a bunch of highly questionable culture decisions, for some reason they've nonsensically split Colovian/Nord into USSR tier made up geographically determined nationalities with no ties to anything even vaguely resembling what's in lore, Hrothgarian? Torellian? Wow literally "place-name-ian" tier, why even fucking bother. This sort of "fuck you fans" bullshit really rubs people the wrong way and is quite simply indefensible, which is why they don't even bother defending themselves and is why their own thread on Paradox's own forum is locked due to "hostility".
 
Oilspill Battery said:
Cetana wasn't hurt and isn't lashing out. She is an extremist view on buddhist philosophy sharing the belief that conciousness is the source of suffering and her goal is to break the cycle of samsara by keeping life while removing sentience from it. Her goal is to force nirvana on the whole galaxy in an unconventional way and her persona is that of a benevolent mother there to help which is why she literally has 9 seperate face models for all 9 of the racial phenotypes.
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I don't care how deep your retarded girlboss feels in your head. Peak reddit writing and trying to defend it is even worse.
 
A random street in Duluth said:
I don't care how deep your retarded girlboss feels in your head.
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Nigga, you don't even know how the crisis mechanics work. You imagined that only cetana does something literally every single crisis does and then got mad over it.
A random street in Duluth said:
Peak reddit writing and trying to defend it is even worse.
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You are the reason netflix makes shows for second monitor viewing. The difference is that the average netflix viewer is retarded by accident, whereas you're by choice.
 
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I got the motherfucking chess game with Death event right after I assassinated my 16 year old, Genius, level 26 Intrigue half-brother heir because I knew he would become a major thorn in my side if I didn't die soon (which I of course intended not to do). I then die to the event, and must continue as my other half-brother of average intellect and 4 Intrigue. This fucking game.
 
General Emílio Médici said:
Lemon Cake was invited to play Afterworld and here are his impressions
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Was about to post this as well, the game is pretty much as expected. It's Stellaris lite: heavy on the role play, has lots of mechanics giving the illusion of depth, but precious little once you scratch beyond the surface (and nice seeing comments hone in on it as well). There is some smarter design in limiting the procedural elements, but the Stellaris references again rear their head because it's all going to bleed into each other by the time they roll out a few DLC with nothing of consequence separating the different play styles (outside of the militaristic cannibal Fanatic Purifier analogues).

Also I'm laughing at mechanics like spoilage being present because those are the first things which will be purged either before or immediately after release. The number of troon larpers who'll scream about having their perfect nonbinary utopia run ruined by such means this version of the game is the most complex Paradox will ever make it.
 
ATPH said:
Slight derail but HOI YouTuber from the ISP sphere alextherambler has a made a video that he is now fat and depressed.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Eg7SvB7ZP48
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Cross-posting from the TNO/HOI4 modding thread.
Local man gets fat and retarded from alcohol, pot, and junk food (:_(.
I don't wanna dog on him too much though. Alex seems nice enough even though sometimes he can be kinda cringy. Never saw any of his livestreams though.
Aside from just the general decline of his channel, he's had a pretty rough go of it the past few years. His "partner" (i.e., wife/long-term gf) broke up with him, likely due to declining income (I think ISP is really the only HOI4/Paradox YouTube to still be making the really big bucks) and he had to move back to the UK from Canada to live with his parent(s?). He was also taking care of his father at the end of his life. Apparently he's back in Canada now. He says in the video that maybe he should have stayed in the UK longer, but other than family support he might have, both are pretty dire if he might be forced into seeking non-content creation employment.
Basically to turn his channel around he needs to start only posting Equestria at War content :semperfidelis:

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Description: "I am sharing a personal update regarding my channel status and future plans. If you have been wondering where I went, this video covers it.After a period of inactivity on YouTube and Twitch, I wanted to take a moment to be transparent with you all about my current situation. This update explains the reasons behind the recent silence and outlines what you can expect from me moving forward as I get back to producing strategy games content.My goal is to keep you informed about the channel direction so we can get back to the usual incompetent gameplay soon. Thank you for sticking around while I sorted things out."
 
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Scale Smerch said:
Also I'm laughing at mechanics like spoilage being present because those are the first things which will be purged either before or immediately after release. The number of troon larpers who'll scream about having their perfect nonbinary utopia run ruined by such means this version of the game is the most complex Paradox will ever make it.
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Paradox players when their governance games have governance and they can't just press a button to instantly bypass any real world limitations.

I'm worried about a few things for aftermath. Combat sounds interesting but the few clips i found dont look engaging, I'm dissapointed with the internal politics, theres too much full screen UI, and so on. I'll probably pick it up on inevitable sale
 
85CentSoda said:
Basically to turn his channel around he needs to start only posting Equestria at War content
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To render unto Caesar, EaW is bizarrely well made and very polished for being made by trannies . The gameplay cycle flows really well as the map is covered in tiny shitholes who will become functional states, wage a bunch of local wars and civil wars, then a number of major states arise from this consolidation and you could have a nice lategame showdown for continental dominance. In many ways, its the peak of what mechanically is possible with the limitations of the HoI4 engine instead of trying it to be autistic TNO simulationism. Just a bunch of continuous wars and a big war and that's it. It still about degenerate communist furries and full of donut steel OCs though.,

Weathering The Storm said:
Paradox players when their governance games have governance and they can't just press a button to instantly bypass any real world limitations.
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Depends on how well integrated into the gameplay and how well you can deal with it as a player. Look at the EU "Inflation" and "Comet Sighted!" events if you want negative example. The game sometimes just going fuck you is not a fun experience. Getting hard gated like with Stellaris purple mana or HoI4 Hitler mana for a dozen different mechanics is not fun either.

Scale Smerch said:
has lots of mechanics giving the illusion of depth, but precious little once you scratch beyond the surface (and nice seeing comments hone in on it as well). There is some smarter design in limiting the procedural elements, but the Stellaris references again rear their head because it's all going to bleed into each other by the time they roll out a few DLC with nothing of consequence separating the different play styles (outside of the militaristic cannibal Fanatic Purifier analogues).
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It's basically Civ: Beyond Earth all over again. Lots of bells and whistles and options and parameters and choices and personalization and customization and everything, but you look inside and discover all those buttons and levers are just painted onto the dashboard and you are on autopilot to go around the same looping track.

Also, Stellaris is financially their most successful game. You don't need to actually develop games where you can sell season passes and sell portrait packs and DLCs that a particularly ambitious modder could make alone in a couple weeks for a ten year old game and the redditors keep buying it up. Remember, Stellaris would cost close to 300dollars with all DLC right now, and there were loads of redditors who kept buying every DLC on release. At this point the returns are better than making five full 60 dollar games that sold well. You can try voting with your wallets, but you can't compete with stupidity. Impulsive consoomers will get catered to first, because their money is just as good if not better as yours.
 
Morridowfag said:
Afterworld seems like the kind of game that I would've been excited for if I didn't get burned by Stellaris and HoI4. At least we know what the point of the Nomads DLC was.
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That is pretty much my feelings on it as well. I see potential but I also see how Paradox could so easily squander it.
 
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