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How fares your mujahideen, /gsg/?

في مثل هذا اليوم في التاريخ، 21 جمادى-أوال 1436 ه:
44 BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
221 – Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han dynasty.
1493 – Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
1564 – Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes "jizya".
1848 – A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar.


>News
EU4 patch 1.11.3 and DLC released. Check the archive.

HoI4 DD13
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?837120

>Random Country Picker
http://randomcountry.gbasood.net/


# Archive
https://mega.co.nz/#F!WZZFXDyT!yyb25ZuLdLs0B8vhoKS3LA

# Mods
>> READ THIS FIRST.
http://pastebin.com/cCdcev76

>>[CK2 - 2.3.2] - After The End
https://github.com/notalbanian/postapoc

>>[DW Universe]The Ur Quan Wars Alpha 1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/omvc7ogf5w2wkif/The%20Ur-Quan%20Wars.7z

>>[V2] - Historical Project Mod 0.2.9.9H and Victoria Validator - 12/03/2015
http://pastebin.com/66gpxbKk

>>[V2] CompanyMod V1
http://www.mediafire.com/download/2o72vo3m4dctph8/

>>[V2] Alternative Flag Pack V4
http://www.mediafire.com/download/r84he2ugzdmzvdr

>>[HoI3] YAMDaM v0.53
http://pastebin.com/Ni0fdXtW

Old thread >>97208434
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second for france's natural borders
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For the Revolution
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>>97260932
Oops, wrong image.
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4th for Frog genocide
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6th for best europe
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>>97261008
>somehow worse than the frog map
>random country spam in germany with no thought behind it
>this disgusting font
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>>97261008
What in fuck happened to France? They have Alsace-Lorraine but you gave the UK Aquitaine and fucking Normandy
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Boss

daily reminder
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>>97260993
Oops, wrong image.
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>>97261118
>/gsg/

Wrong thread, wrong meme, my friend.
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>>97261169

oops, wrong picture
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>>97261169
Oops wrong image
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Enough /int/ shitposting

Daily reminder
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>>97260932
>>97261008
>>97261169
EPIC GROß FRANKREICH BROUGHFIST!
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>>97261297
Neat
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obligatory
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Small question about Crusader Kings 2:

>Play As Abbasid Charlmagne Start point
>want the achievement Empire of the Sun
>Conquer Zunist land
>Move my Capitl there
>Cant convert

Somebody explain why
Did i miss something?
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>>97221767
Continuing
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>>97261763
I like how that entire post is basically repeating the same two lines with slightly different wording
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In what nations do pops in Vic2 actually matter?

I'm tired of playing european nations, and basically ignoring pops all game with no consquences.

You'd think they'd actually have a good pop system, consdering how important they make it look
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pitch me a good meme campaign for V2
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>>97262075
France, blob over europe
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>>97262075
Mali
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>>97262013
Alright. Here's a guide for slow learners like you.

>Step 1: Exit your game
>Step 2: Play as Prussia
>Step 3: Form NGF
>Step 4: Form The Brilliant GrossGermanium Reich.
>Step 5: Bask in the epic.

Hope that helped.
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How to play the last version of EU 4 on multiplayer with cracks? The MP patch on the archive only does Game not Found errors. Before El Dorado everything worked out fine.
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>>97262145
Nah, that's too easy, austria or prussia is just too easy, and they're still european.

Idk, I was told last thread that I was picking the wrong nation in vic2, despite having 1500 hours in it.
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>>97262075
>pick Prussia
>release Lithuania
>play as MEMEl
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>>97262075
China,
don't die to rebels
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>>97262319
>Prussia is too easy

Prussia is for die-hard gamers. Prussia in reality defied all odds and defeated Europe to reach its destiny. Now its your turn.
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>>97262209
>EU 4
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>>97262484
>playing shitty EU 3 because "muh hipster"

You people need to learn to play better games.
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>>97262484
Based Kojak.

>>97262554
>playing the EU series at all
>not playing Vicky II, CK2, DH and HoI3.
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>>97262554
What defines a "better game" in your opinion?
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>>97262554
>playing either
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>>97262651
This. EU series is shit.
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What do I do now? Playing as Ottomans, 1611. Venice is allied to France, Genoa allied to Spain and Austria, so I want to tread carefully moving into Europe.
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>>97262604
>>97262651
>>97262709
I played Vic 2 until a couple of months after the last expansion, I don't think it was that good. I like CK 2 a lot, probably more than I played EU 4. But changing is good and EU4 has really improved since launch, it's probably where Paradox are directing most of their resources for a couple of months now.
If you never played, you should try out, even if it is to give up after a couple of hours.

>>97262630
In Grand Strategy games is all about a better mechanics and features, which EU 3 loses immensely, especially after more than 1 year of work on it.
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>>97262865
I start up EU4, look at the map, pick a nation and start the game. Then immediately after I get bored of it.
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>>97262319
which ones did you play as?
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>>97262865
>this is what Paradrones actually think
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>>97262821
Either don't go to Europe or probably crush Spain directly. You just need to have more boats than their allies (and if they have GB + Portugal you're fucked).

Maybe going through Austria could be a good choice as well. Just avoid France if you don't have borders with them.
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>>97263030
Spain is allied to Austria, Portugal and the Papal State. Maybe I could try and get Sultan of Rum achievement in this war and another with Russia (who're allies with GB)
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>>97262821

>Ottomans
>worrying

Make the Black Sea into a Mare Nostrum and kick Venice out of your clay.
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>>97261539
>>97263116
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>>97262865
>especially after more than 1 year of work on it.
Fitting, thats pretty much the time I haven't played EU4, what did they improve since then?
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>>97263170
It is smart to avoid wars with Spain, Genoa, France, Papal State, Venice and Austria at the same time
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>>97262075
Form the Toucouleur Empire and drive Yuros out of Africa.
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>>97263115
Holy shit. There's so much cancer in your save, you should have interfered, at least on Austria or Castile so you could feed on them now.
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>>97261539
>>97263116
>>97263173
anyone?
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>>97263202
The game was released on August 2013, it's literally a new game after a year of launch, like every Paradox game.

War is better, there's 10x more provinces, a shit ton of events and mechanics and so on.
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>>97263302
better spam my question so everyone will see it 20 times in case someone manages to finally come up with a fucking answer. Take your question to paradox plaza or just use the tool tip, faggot
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>>97263302
>tfw your /gsg/ brothers have left you in the dark
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>>97263586
Fuck off back to /r/paradoxplaza faggot.
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>France is an easy starting nation
>prestige decays like no tomorrow due to a shitload of uncontested cores
>vassals don't want to join
>Burgundy all over the place
>HRE: "fuck you, we won't let you into our sekrit klub"
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>>97263718
You forgot:
>and you still can shit on all of them because infinite manpower and plus 200% morale
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>>97263781
>infinite manpower
>200% morale
pls elaborate, I'm new
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>>97263819
a billion base tax and elan
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>>97263586
a-anyone? please...
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>>97263586
>>97263887
go to /intgsg/ >>97263837
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>>97263871
If you fill up Constantinople with all the buildings, its final tax is over 100 ducats
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>>97263718
>prestige decays like no tomorrow due to a shitload of uncontested cores
Contest them.
>vassals don't want to join
How sad.
>Burgundy all over the place
Become proficient.
>HRE: "fuck you, we won't let you into our sekrit klub"
>wanting to join the not-holy not-roman not-empire club
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>>97263819
If you didn't played any other country you'll understand sooner or later. If you try to play as Ottomans, for example, you'll be shat on by minor countries because you can't handle your manpower properly as a new player.

A friend of mine managed to fuck up France and Ottomans as well, I don't know how you new players do it. But after fucking up these 2 countries a couple of time he started to learn how to play. Just keep doing it and you'll do fine. It's also good to do some tutorials or see someone playing on YouTube if you're having a hard time.
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>>97263887
Somebody help me please...
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r8 my großromanum empire
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how does the 'light of civilization' decision work?

sounds like it's best used strategically, how do i do that and get the most out of it
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>>97264221
It's only a decision to civilize the uncivs that you hold the capital of
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>>97264264
how do you hold their capital without having previously annexed them though, i don't get it
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>>97263940
I've contested the british ones and funded patriots in Provence's isolated provinces. Everything else is either a vassal, Provence itself (piece o'cake), or Burgundy that's got the whole HRE behind its back. That's the reason I want into the HRE, to eliminate the risk of an intervention, but
>modifier = {
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> }
> }

>>97264025
I've played one as a russiablob :^), and the start was pretty rough as well, but these problems are of a whole new kind. With Muscovy, it was a question of survival, turning the tides, and bringing the fight to the enemy; with France, it feels like you can grow as much as you want within your initial borders, but expansion is restricted.
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>>97264221
It justs civilizes ooga-boogas unto fine gentlemen of civilization.
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>>97264316
Thats the point, if you hold their capital and youre at peace you can choose to force-civilise them, if you release them after you take the decision they will be civilised. HOM guy said he wants to rework it btw.
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>>97264316
You conquer them, you use the decision to civilize them, and you release them.
Nothing much to it.
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>>97264317
Here's what you do.
>ally the emperor
>get involved in a war together as allies
>now you're free to attack Burgundy
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>>97264317
As France you just have to win the war with England and spend the rest of your time annexing your vassals and fighting Burgundy at the same time if you want. Also, there's the Burgundian Throne chain event (that fires when they're at war with the Emperor or France, if I'm not mistaken) and you'll get half their territories for free.

The problem of playing within Europe (and thats even worse on HRE) is the agressive expansion. You have to expand slowly unless you want to have all of Europe fucking you hard.
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>>97264424
>>97264408
so it doesn't mean for much if you aren't planning on releasing them, gotcha, thanks
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playing my first game as unciv (Japan obviously) in HPM and I have to admit that it is far more fun than most European nations. what other unciv has loads of flavour in HPM?
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>>97264672
Russia
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>>97264578
>The problem of playing within Europe (and thats even worse on HRE) is the agressive expansion.
Ah, thanks. Sorry for bringing my barbaric methods to Paris :^)

>>97264528
Aw shite, we've fought England together.
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>>97261763
One more
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Fucking kikes.
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Small question about Crusader Kings 2:

>Play As Abbasid Charlmagne Start point
>want the achievement Empire of the Sun
>Conquer Zunist land
>Move my Capitl there
>Cant convert

Somebody explain why
Did i miss something?
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>>97264890
These dumps are disgusting, you're making me sick. Stop that.
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>>97265227
fuck off nobody knows nobody cares, stop shitting up the thread and deal with it
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>>97265281
I'll post it everytime until you like it.
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>>97265351
Just report for spam.
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>>97264890

>We want the Tumblr audience
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>>97264721

... come on man
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Which is the better side to go with when the Taiping Rebellion commences - Qing or Heavenly Kingdom?

http://strawpoll.me/3877258
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>>97265189
Has paradox ever kept their word? Why do we treat them better than EA?
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>>97265512
Matabele has some flavor, the Mughals too, but he didn't reach the flavour phase yet so don't expect too for these
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>>97265683
Did the Sikh Empire got any flavor?
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>>97265227
>caring about retarded achievements in a game designed for kids
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>>97265779
I don't think so.
Then again, the sikh empire didn't exist for long.
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To divert us from cucktalk to muslimtalk.
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Glorious Chilean Empire
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>>97260852
why do you bother? what is there to gain from this?
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>>97266350
>rank 7
>glorious
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>>97266247
kek
What a fucking pussy
Does he also feels the need to surrender if he plays france?
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>>97266350
Looks like a tumor growing in SA.
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>>97266726
Calm down
What meme?
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>>97264142

>großromanum empire
>No rome

Back to the drawing board, faggot.
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>>97264142
>No Levant
>No Africa
>No Italia
>No Gaul
>No Hispania
>No Britannia
1/10
Come on man get crackin.
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>>97266784
You
kek
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>wanted to try a new nation on vicky so tried out the random country thing
>commie transvaal
How do I not get rekt by the albion
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>>97266247
>anyone put off playing muslim nations because of ISIS
>i just finished my last game as Great Britain
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>>97267040
lol :^)
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10/10 new exploration mechanics, Paradox. I like not being constrained by petty issues like logistics.
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Whats the point of reactionaries when I'm already an absolute monarchy?
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>>97269045
Nice blob
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>>97269045
To roll back eventual reforms you enacted
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>>97269045
I've been meaning to ask. What's with the shit resolution?
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>>97269045
Revoke all the reforms
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>>97269045

the same when jacobins rebel when you passed all possible reforms.
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>>97264142
>Pope blobbing everywhere

That's the only decent thing about your map
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>check euiv forums to see any tidbits from dev posts
>since the forums are complete ass and don't have an option (that I can tell) to filter to only dev posts, have to scroll through every page to check
>12 pages of some guys complaining about Ottomans remaining Ottomans despite different dynasty or whatever
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>>97269425
>>97269632
>implying Ukrainians have any right other than to die in defence of precious coal

>>97269484
macbook
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>>97264142
how the shit did you do all that by... ohhhhhhh revealed map. Cheating! bastard.
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>>97269992
They wont allow meetings, allow slavery and the upper house will be ruling party only
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>>97270127
Do you think that would speed up my rise to fascism?
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>>97269992
>macbook
God damnit man, why?
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>>97269992
They are sick of letting dissenting aristocrats in the upper house and want only the king to have power
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>>97270268
It wasn't really by choice, I had a pretty old dell and my parents got me this for Christmas... I hadn't asked for a new laptop otherwise I would have specified. Then the dell crapped out so I'm stuck with this. Its not like I was going to throw a fit and say I didn't want it, I'm only mildly autistic.
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How bad is this? Does europe always get this fucked up?
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>>97270528
m8 you don't even know what a bad Europe is
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if you are a democracy, is there any way to return to a (absolute) monarchy again? reactionaries will only make me a presidential dictatorship right?
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>>97270528
pretty normal
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>>97264890
>talks about misogyny
>gets butt blasted about nazis
>gommie avatar

What a surprise.
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>>97270681

>Rightful British clay

>not an instant 10/10
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>>97265519
I might switch back to Qing tbh
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>>97270916
Let the army rule!
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>>97270896
And for that rightful British clay we must suffer
>grossbelgiums
>killme.jpg Poland
>cock and balls Yugoslavia
>Moldavia and Romania mortal enemies for life
>inbred Austria
>crying NGF
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Apparently, gamersgate has a sale on some EU4 DLC if any of you faggots care.
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>>97270710
Two reactionary rebellions. Didn't someone ask this yesterday like twice?
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>>97270681
>English Normandy
>Montenegro and Albania
>Polish cancer
>Moldavia
>Bavaria Blobbing
>Yugoslavia - Croatia

Holy shit, it's of a shittyness the likes of which I've never witnessed before.
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>>97271240

I certainly didn't. but thanks anyway.
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>>97270916
>Taiping has won Civil War by '58
>Taiping has expanded China's borders
>Hong Xiuquan dies in '58
>option to let the Qing back into power as if a victorious taiping movement wouldn't have killed them all

what is happening here
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>expanding, at all, is blobbing
nice meme retards

But seriously, blobbing is like france taking the british isles and iberia, expanding is not bloobbing
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Goddammit, couldn't you have waited five centuries?
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>>97271619
Exapanding so that your borders make sense is not blobbing, blobbing is making shit borders just to take as much land as possible, like pic related.
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>>97271619
Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us anon !
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>>97270916
>not converting all of China to Protestantism
Son, I am disappoint.
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>Toxic
>misogyny
But that's not what misogyny means
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>>97271896
Vomits_internally.jpg
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>>97270916
>that india
wut

Is this poopmod?
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>>97271896
typical/intgsg/screenshot.jpg
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>>97272042
Looks like blobmod aka mememod aka robmod
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>>97271896
That's not even blobbing, that's just changeownering.
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>>97272005
>>97272093
>>97272157

If you guys want to vomit even more intensly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSTl6fyxNhY
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>hpm
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>>97271896
I see nothing wrong with this, someone needs to be world police and you need dat global presence.
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>>97272431
No amount of WHY can properly sum my disgust. Just, no. I refuse to think someone would play like this. I'd prefer to watch Quill encourage 50% bureaucrats than this disgusting mess.

>Last episode we took Normandy from France

I don't have enough fluids to properly vomit an adequate response to this.
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>>97272558
Have you never played vanilla?
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>>97271916
>Actually believing the taiping rebels were christians

they were barbarians that used a great religion to cover for their inhumane acts.
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>>97260840

I want to get into Grand Strategy.

Everytime I play either EU IV or CK II I get overwhelmed by things.

Halp /gsg/ ;=;
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>>97273574
Stop being dumb
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>>97272691
>No amount of WHY can properly sum my disgust. Just, no. I refuse to think someone would play like this. I'd prefer to watch Quill encourage 50% bureaucrats than this disgusting mess.

Thats just Shen for you - he would be semi-watchable if he finnaly learnt not to blob everywhere, in his most recent Vic2 Japan episode in 1860 he has already blobbed into Morocco, Sokoto, Egypt and China. he always blobs, no matter what the game.

>>97273574
Play Victoria II
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>>97273574
You have to contract autism
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>>97273591
>tfw you want to have sex, but you just play gs
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For a group that seems to love grand strategy, why not much Distant Worlds love?

Everything from fighting without needing to go to war (basically just skirmishes) to scraming over a pretty awesome tech tree, to establishing entire penal planets, and even fighting off galtactical invaders.

There a like 50 different resources that need to be mined and managed, supply routes, you can design ships down to thier look and modules, order the nuking of planets, to even sending out death stars to blow them up.

Deep space listening posts, black hole based research

You could automate everything, or control everything.

I don't know, it just seems like the pinnacle of grand strategy
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>>97273739
It is pretty good, but with most complex things, some people feel intimidated
Also, people here usually like history, they can't bitch about borders in space
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>>97273574
Victoria 2 is the easiest of them, try that, it has the simplest mechanics and it's pretty casual compared to the rest.

Just choose a nation like austria or prussia and read the first few tutorials
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>The houthis want to end the Al Saud rule in Saudi Arabia
This shit is fucking hilarious
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What's a good nation to learn DH/Kids mechanics?
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>>97273695
>>97273881

Thanks, I'll try ot!
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>>97274279
Germany vanilla of course.
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>>97273739
Because Aurora is better
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>>97275005
Not really, not least because aurora is barely a game, or gs for that matter
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>>97273574
eu4 a shit
ck2 and victoria 2 look much more overwhelming than they are. just go through all the tabs and assign something to everyone and watch out for notifications that pop up and read the wiki
alternatively you can watch someone like arumba play.
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>>97275086
Who cares, this is autism general. No one play videogames here
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>>97274385
you forgot to specify a board silly
>>97275086
>barely a game
how is this inherently a bad thing
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>>97275253
Are you calling me a faggot?
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Im going to bring german epicness to asia lads
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in victoria 2, what determines the actual infamy you get when a justification is detected? it definitely isn't completely random
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>>97272691

>encouraging 50% bureaucrats

lel, which vid? I'd like a laugh
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>>97275550
>>>>>>1/2
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>>97275550
>Companymod will never be updated
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>>97275823
I merged it with HPM, there isnt much stuff
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>>97275909
Yeah, but he promised more companies, like the Dixie amazonas, and I'm sure there's much room for improvement in the ones already in. Haven't played it in months, how well does it hold up?
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>>97275658
Not quite that many, but he still overblew it.
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>>97273591
I know this feel
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r8
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How do I become transvaal in HPM?
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V2 general with +4 attack, +2 defense, -19.2 morale and +0.7 organization

how crippling is that morale modifier compared to the other stuff?
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>>97276526
>no albania
>no iberia
0/10
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>>97276526
I think you slightly went beyond the Levant and Iraq, but such is life.
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>>97276526
I think you can rename yourself to something more encompassing.

>>97276639
Ignore everything but +attack or +defense, depending on what you are using.
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>>97276526
>uncivilized nation
Accurate.
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>>97276582
You need to wait them to pop up
Alternatively, wait for the boer trek for the UK to fire and then fire event 98220, save and load as them
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What's a good name for a Scottish colonial North American region?

I'm thinking Nova Scotia but my mate (playing as England) already settled it and right now I'm in Greenland and Quebec
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>>97276998
Wallace
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>>97276526
ebin reference to that map ISIS put out which was based on the 1861 game start
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What's the best country to play to get the feel of HPM?
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>>97277818
Ulm
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>>97277818
USA or Zulu
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>>97276749
Thanks, but what do?
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>>97277818
Russia
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>>97277818
Rhodesia.
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>mfw reading last thread
I just made a small suggestion to add Faroese a long ass time ago, why are people still so mad?
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>>97278181
AAAGHHHH
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>>97273574

Step 1 : Acquire autism
Step 2 : Download any gs game
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HPM Roll
1-3 China
4-6 Russia
7-0 GSG decides
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>>97277315

Cheers
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>>97278508
Mughals
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>>97278508
Krakow
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>>97278508
Brazil
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Someone please send help
Industrialization is locked for the entire fucking world

>>97276059
Its basically just new tags with some events/decisions to get some bonus/CBs, there doiesnt seem to be much flavor
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>>97278181
It's completely irrelevant like sami culture in EU3.
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>>97278508
Denmark, no scandinavia
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>>97278508
Persia
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>>97278508
Croatia
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>>97278508
Prussia :^)
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>>97278573
Well shit, so when can I ask for my cores back?
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>>97278925
When you civilize nigga
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>>97278925
Pic related
>>97278982
That might be awhile. Time to put it on Extremely Fast and drink some coffee.
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>>97279062
Remember to get to 50% progress ASAP to get rid of the tradition NV
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>>97278508
play Sikkim and switch to the first nation that declares independence.
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Thanks, game.
>>97279137
Any particular NV that you'd think would be good? Autocracy maybe?
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>>97279236
Autocracy is pretty good for a stable government, yes
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>5th french liberation of savoy
why is that allowed?
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>>97270916
Taiping comes off quite easy for Warlord Era though
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>>97279343
Because it means more dead frogs piling up in the Alps?
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>>97279343
Because you didn't occupy them and fucked them up good
Genociding the french is the only solution
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>>97279343
>mfw its 1904 and I only just got the first French Liberation of Elsaß-Lothringen
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>>97279420
but anon, i'm germany they are piles of defeated italians there
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Norge keeps attacking me to take Iceland, what can I do to stop them?

I wanna focus on Ireland. Also, how do
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>France blown up by Burgundy and Provence
>Bohemia inherits Burgundy
>Palatinate (me) managed to get a PU over Norway in 1474
Pretty cool.

Is it worth it to start colonizing North America starting from some time after 1524?

When do Sweden/Norway/England usually start colonizing?
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>>97275823
>>97276059
companymod is made by the same person making the normandy conversion
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>>97281290
>EU4
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>>97261539
I don't think that you can convert to paganism unless its reformed.
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Is this possible to survive as one of Central Asian states? Wanna play as Turkestan
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Hey guys I'm playing as France in Victoria 2, how do I get epek Facist Dictatorship? I'm still very new to Victoria 2
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>>97281757
>shitposting
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>>97282193

>hating EU4 is now shitposting

nice meme faglord
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>Very Likely
Oh so true :^)
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Holy shit dick, Heavenly Kingdom might actually win.
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>>97282930
They won't they never will. Because their troops always start spread out and they have no generals.
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>>97282179
Influence elections so that fascists keep winning. Eventually they will overthrow the democracy.
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>>97282179
Lose Elsaß, that will increase your revanchism and thus increase your facist popularity.
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S-shouldn't the British be pissed that I just declared Jihad? I thought they were supposed to get a CB on me or just straight up attack me.
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>>97284717
They got a CB on you alright
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>>97282505
>implying simply saying "I hate this game" is a worthwile contribution to or generating any sort of interesting discussion instead of simply being blatant shitposting
If someone cared about your opinion, one would ask for it. I didn't. I don't care that you hate the game. I know that you and many other people hate the game, but it's still a GSG, so deal with it.
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>>97284797
Apparently not. Bug I guess?
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>>97262389
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>>97284350
How can Bobocrunch the Magnificent be so glorious and based?
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>>97285012
That's your CB on them I think, tag switch to see
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>>97284901
>posting on a board that almost unanimously hates the game
>hurr i dun care wot u think about it, i posted this 4 myslef :^)
fuck off back to paradoxplaza, cunt
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>>97285216
Yeah, they have a CB to just puppet me, but they don't seem to want to use it for whatever reason.
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>>97285364
>almost unanimously
Oh, the delusions of importance!
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>>97285592
>implications
I want reddit to leave
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>>97284901
>EU4 is grand strat
Is this what EU4babbies actually believe ?
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>>97264579
Note that the released civilized nation will have your nation's primary culture set as their own.

A gentlemanly strategy is to blob Africa as much as possible during the scramble, wait a bit so there's at least 1 of your pops migrates to a colony you want to release, then release for -5 infamy. Your puppet will have your primary culture as accepted along with the native cultures as accepted.
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>tfw never have the infamy to spare
How can I make my grorious empire if everything needs a fuckton of infamy?
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>>97286035
Stop blobbign so much
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>>97265779
Haven't played Sikh in HPM yet but still fairly sure they're still one of the better bets for forming a unified India. Mughal might be the best choice in HPM, but unsure what their options are.

As for other uncivs, here's a few good ones even if they don't have a lot of flavor yet:

Egypt (beat the Ottomans during Oriental Crisis, boost relations with UK/France/Austria so they have less of a chance to intervene. Form Arab Union)

Persia (boost relations with Russia so they don't eat your sweet Azerbaijani coal miners)

Afghanistan (hard)

China (rebel whacker, try China - Heavenly Kingdom for fun)
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