Victoria II
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Rhand
Banned
I watched the Vicky Freeforums guys and Slayzer92 play multiplayer. They were in a Great War with France/Italy/Russia/Iran against Germany/Austria-Hungary/Ottoman Empire. They formed battle lines and only attacked when someone had overwhelming force. This was easier when attacking Russia, which has a much longer line of battle than Germany vs. France.
In any case, baiting the AI is fun and never gets old
I just got ahold of Vicky 2, and when I opened it up, it became obvious to me that I have no idea how to play this game, and Paradox's "tutorials" aren't much help either.
Can anyone recommend a good youtube tutorial or something to help me get started?
Can anyone recommend a good youtube tutorial or something to help me get started?
B-29_Bomber
Banned
Play as the USA.
As them, you're playing as a large, isolated, resource rich, and consolidated state. This means you have the resources to go toe to toe with Britain, but the isolation to determine the rules of engagement. To go along with that, you can initially ignore industry(I've always had a decent economy, even when I did this). There are only about 2-3 wars you HAVE to fight, Mexican-American War(possibly the Texan War for Independence) and the Civil War. Everything else is up to you.
Victoria II PDM: Victoria!
I just united India as the Sikh Empire. After the Sepoys pushed the Brits out of India there was chaos, disorder and war on a massive scale as both me and Bengal quickly emerged as the two powerhouses on the subcontinent. I managed to use a combination of conquest, puppeteering and sphering to secure Southern and Western India while Bengal blobbed into whatever just so happened to be left. We both raised massive armies with none of us having a clear advantage, so I waited. I trained my army, gaining them veterancy by invading and conquering Somalia, Ethiopia and Darfur and colonizing most other provinces in Eastern Africa. Finally I felt I had the advantage so the Great Indian War began, me and my sphere against Bengal. The battles teetered back and forth with the front frequently changing from in Bengali territory to in mine. Finally, after almost a year of war, there was a breakthrough. There was a massive, massive reactionary revolt in Bengal forcing him to pull troops back home and allowing me to close in the gap. One after another Bengali armies were routed by the massive rebel stacks and then pushed into my armies and squished. Finally, on February 4th, 1881 the Bengali capital fell to a Hindustani-Sik coalition and their President was captured. While in prison he received news of the collapse of the Bengali Army, and he agreed to a peace. On February 5th, 1881 and after almost 3 years of brutal, fifty on fifty stack battles the Sikh Emperor declared India united for the first time in its history. Now, I plan on moving Indian culture West into Persia and East Africa (I have Afghanistan as a puppet). Soon, Paris will fall to the mighty Indian Army, the best in the world!
I just united India as the Sikh Empire. After the Sepoys pushed the Brits out of India there was chaos, disorder and war on a massive scale as both me and Bengal quickly emerged as the two powerhouses on the subcontinent. I managed to use a combination of conquest, puppeteering and sphering to secure Southern and Western India while Bengal blobbed into whatever just so happened to be left. We both raised massive armies with none of us having a clear advantage, so I waited. I trained my army, gaining them veterancy by invading and conquering Somalia, Ethiopia and Darfur and colonizing most other provinces in Eastern Africa. Finally I felt I had the advantage so the Great Indian War began, me and my sphere against Bengal. The battles teetered back and forth with the front frequently changing from in Bengali territory to in mine. Finally, after almost a year of war, there was a breakthrough. There was a massive, massive reactionary revolt in Bengal forcing him to pull troops back home and allowing me to close in the gap. One after another Bengali armies were routed by the massive rebel stacks and then pushed into my armies and squished. Finally, on February 4th, 1881 the Bengali capital fell to a Hindustani-Sik coalition and their President was captured. While in prison he received news of the collapse of the Bengali Army, and he agreed to a peace. On February 5th, 1881 and after almost 3 years of brutal, fifty on fifty stack battles the Sikh Emperor declared India united for the first time in its history. Now, I plan on moving Indian culture West into Persia and East Africa (I have Afghanistan as a puppet). Soon, Paris will fall to the mighty Indian Army, the best in the world!
Ephraim Ben Raphael
Banned
Good luck marching on Paris! If you can do it I will be pretty impressed.
Tallest Skil
Banned
F11, since Microsoft can’t comprehend how to write overarching controls for screenshotting.
I knew it was F10 or F11 just didn't know which one. How do you get it to look like this:
(for the record that is a Mexican Empire) there must be a button right?
@ThatOneGuy:
I can't see your image, but is it one of those maps the game can generate for you? If so, the button is F12 IIRC.
I can't see your image, but is it one of those maps the game can generate for you? If so, the button is F12 IIRC.
Ephraim Ben Raphael
Banned
From my recent game as Persia- I didn't quite manage to finish off the Ottomans before the end of the game.
Just asking, is it worth getting Victoria II at the present time? Or is there too great a chance of Victoria III appearing soon?
@Ephraim:
That's a pretty nice Persia you've got there.
Is your monitor kind of dark, by any chance? Your saturation seems kind of high in that screencap.
@NiceMonster42:
As far as I know, there has been no official announcement or even hints that Victoria III is in the works. Even if it is in the works, I'd still say Victoria II is worth getting; Paradox games are usually rubbish for the first 6 months at the very least.
That's a pretty nice Persia you've got there.
Is your monitor kind of dark, by any chance? Your saturation seems kind of high in that screencap.
@NiceMonster42:
As far as I know, there has been no official announcement or even hints that Victoria III is in the works. Even if it is in the works, I'd still say Victoria II is worth getting; Paradox games are usually rubbish for the first 6 months at the very least.
Tallest Skil
Banned
He uploaded the bitmap that the game saved rather than converting it to something else first. His hosting site can’t correctly render the bitmap, and so it shows up wrong here.
Why on Earth Paradox saves those files as .bmp is beyond me…
Most older games use either bmp or (in rare cases) tga for screencaps. I guess Paradox just failed to keep up with the times in that regard?
My post must have been badly phrased. I meant to imply that Paradox is still sticking to old and outdated formats and practices in their games.