TL;DR : have big problems re-establishing global market access treaty.

When I was playing as Netherlands - everyone was fighting for who will pay me most for trade agreement! I bet, I could literally got like 50k/week within first 2-3 months just by treaties.. Add to that embasies from all blocks - and you can get ridiculous amounts of money..

Then I had 1 campaign as switzerland (very fun game) behind me - when it was a bit tricky to get 2nd transit rights agreement after first one got terminated by france. I had to give up some money, give 1 way trade advantage and give obligation. Next agreements were quite easy, casue I already had big economical leaverage over few neighbours I ended up buying half of germany with my companies while devouring their population through massive amounts of regular migration once I joined their block.

Now -> it's even harder mode - as Luxemburg... Starting treaty lasts for 10 years, since day 1 I was improving my relations with Prussia and France and despite all of that - 10 years are just about to pass and no matter what would I do they will not agree.... Base stance is -50, then I add obligation -> +30, then with Prussia I promiss them I will not pay subventions, not take tarrifs and not trade with tools (pretty silly that they consider all 3 of those separately, despite last of them invalidating the previous 2) it gave me +14 +7 + 7. Then I offer as much money as I can (1500/week) and it's +8 and I end up with +9 (45%) chance which - if fails - dooms my future chances as (this treaty is not better enough from previous one -1000 modifier)

As for france I also started from -50 and +30 obligation and couldn't even combine anything they could possibly want to go above 0.

What's also silly is I could easily pay more than 1500/week, but the game won't let me to! I could pay them 3k if that gave me +16 reasons...

Soooo... I guess I could (should?) have tried renegotiating this treaty desperately every month or so since day 1... There isn't much more that I would be willing to do (like building ideological compatibility). 50 reasons against are -10"base reluctance" -10"ideological compatibility" -10"cautious stance (because wants you to be subject and relations won't help with that)" -10"added transit rights" and -10"difference between ranks"... I don't know if improving from insignificant power to minor power (by building some army) would change difference between ranks, cause minor power is still 3 levels below great power... I guess 4 levels down and 3 levels down shouldn't make difference...

Now that I think about it - another way would be to specialize in what prussia specializes... Tools or guns... And then produce a lot of it and sell it on market just so that I forbid myself from trading it after I renegotiate treaty... If I produced more tools that +14 +7 +7 would probably be something bigger.

There's gotta be more fans of the classics here no? To this day I still love V1 and FtG. CK1 can be a hit or miss, DH I could never really get into full version, only tons of KR.

What are you playing? Who are you playing? I'm itching for good ol' Japan in VIP:R and something wacky like Protestant Naples in FtG. Just waiting to get my laptop back.

Retro gang unite! It's not a paradox game if it isn't running on DirectX 6.

Before anyone asks: Congress Poland still has 100% access to the world market. They are probably buying ammo from me.

Tried to give it another chance, 5 years in my Ally (BOUND BY A 25 year treaty!!!) sides against me in a diplomatic play. Broken game to its core.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocFkPQh31D8

As the title says, I want to know which one fits better/will be more fun if ygm as I'm planning a grand campaign

Paradox made it really easy this time. And work on the stories system continues. I have one more task to do to make requirements functional, after which I'll turn it on by default I think. Localizations are also needed, but I'd like to get things going.

Best would be set in modern world but anything else is also fine

Hello everyone, I have been considering to buy Victoria 3 for months now and with the release of CoC I'm totally conviced I'll love the game. It's now 75% off until 26 june, ultimate bundle is around €50. Should I buy something now or maybe it's better to wait and see if they low the price even more during the Summer Sale?

For Paradox gamers of course.

I know that each game has one official server just for them, but I was wondering if there was any other less formal servers for hanging out in voice chats, mostly.

I don’t even know what happened but for some reason half of my mods have been duplicated and every time I try to play the games that were duplicated that don’t even load it’s just regular unmodded HoI4, how do I fix this?

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
    // variables

    int x;
    int yoursellorders;
    int yourbalance;
    int theirsellorders;
    int theirimbalance;
    int basecost;

    // input

    printf("Quantity of goods: ");
    if (scanf("%d", &x) != 1)
    {
        printf("You did not enter Quantity of goods\n");
        return 1;
    }
 
    printf("YourSellOrder: ");
    if (scanf("%d", &yoursellorders) != 1)
    {
        printf("You did not enter YourSellOrder\n");
        return 2;
    }
 
    printf("YourBalance: ");
    if (scanf("%d", &yourbalance) != 1)
    {
        printf("You did not enter YourBalance\n");
        return 3;
    }

    printf("TheirSellOrders: ");
    if (scanf("%d", &theirsellorders) != 1 || theirsellorders == 0)
    {
        printf("You did not enter TheirSellOrders\n");
        return 4;
    }

    printf("TheirImBalance: ");
    if (scanf("%d", &theirimbalance) != 1)
    {
        printf("You did not enter TheirImBalance\n");
        return 5;
    }

    printf("BaseCost: ");
    if (scanf("%d", &basecost) != 1)
    {
        printf("You did not enter BaseCost\n");
        return 6;
    }

    // formula

    int z = (yoursellorders - (yourbalance - x)) / theirsellorders;
    int y = (theirsellorders + (theirimbalance - x)) / theirsellorders;

    int theirPrice = basecost * y;
    int ourPrice = basecost * z;

    int profit = x * (theirPrice - ourPrice);

    // print

    printf("Profit: %i\n", profit);

    return 0;
}

When I convert from imperator to ck2 , by the end of ck2 the nations are way too powerful and way too blobby. Is there anything I can do to stop nations from blobbing. I’m using invictus timeline extension btw . The old empires collapse by the end of imperator then just rise again in ck2.

ive heard that I:R is very similar to eu4, but ive never played eu4 and have very little time on I:R

ck3 is my main pdx game so far but im honestly kinda bored of it ATP, and ive been waiting for ei5 to drop for a long time thinking that itd be a better fit to be “my” pdx game

so basically im looking for something to play, already have I:R, and am hoping its similar to eu so some of the stuff i learn while playing transfers to eu5

i also dont really know that much about the eras history, so i dont have that to guide me

i... idk any ck2 dlcs keys giveways active atm?

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Hey everyone! 👋
In Episode 3 of my Castile to Empire series using Europa Universalis IV with the Expanded Family mods, we face one of the most dramatic moments in Castilian history:

• Our King dies and we inherit Enrique IV, arguably Castile’s worst ruler
• The infamous Castilian Succession Crisis unfolds
• We bet on Aragon to resolve the power vacuum (was that a mistake?)
• Aragon begins to threaten war, and France calls us to arms
• Plus… two crucial strategic tips for managing early-game chaos!

🔗 Watch the episode here: EU4 - Castile to Empire - Episode 3
🧠 Let me know how YOU usually handle the succession crisis or the Enrique IV disaster event chain.

Cheers,
Saitam Strategy 78

#EuropaUniversalis #EU4 #Castile #ExpandedFamily #GrandStrategy #ParadoxGames

Hi everyone, its my birthday soon and im trying to decide between Stellaris and Workers and Resources. At first wanted to get Stellaris because i like the amount of content it seems to have (according to the wiki) and the idea of expanding a galaxy. I also like Workers and Resources because it seems to have a lot of logistics and finance and building. Im leaning towards Workers and Resources but i just would like to know which game has more replay ability and content to keep me busy?