[Schel[Anne]FTL]

I highly recommend the Deus Vult expansion. It adds a page to the ledger for eligible brides, which is worth the price right there, and also gets rid of some bugs and other problems.

[jessica sonny]

Just one- Deus Vult. If it says CK Gold or Complete, it should have DV included with it.

If you want to be absolutely sure you're getting the right thing, you can pick up both on Paradox's website, Gamersgate, for 20 bucks total, or on Impulse for 25, depending on your preference. Digital download, though, which you may or may not have strong feelings on (I once did, but I've since come to realize that it's pretty friggen awesome).

Unfortunately, I'm on 26.4k dial-up connection, lol, so downloading anything other then small updates is completely out of the question ^^ Thanks for the tip though, as the copies I was looking at did not say Complete or Gold ^^

[saxon]

I'm on 26.4k dial-up connection

:o

Fun happened today in CK. Not as Bohemia, but in my Limousine game. I managed to gain control of La Marche and...the other territory...I wanna say it's Avranches, but I know that's not it. Anyway, once I got those two provinces, I got to become Duke of Bourbon! Now I'm no longer under the thumb of Aquitaine!

[Averielle Garcia]

So I got Europa Universalis III and started a campaign as England. I didn't understand what was going on at all so I have been watching some Tutorial vids on youtube and have a better understanding of what i'm doing, i'm going to restart tomorrow and hopefully get started off on the right foot and establish my dominance over all others.

[-__^]

Played as Mecklinburg earlier in EU3. I became an elector for the Holy Roman Empire and thought I was clever voting for a weaker nation to become the next Emperor. A 2:2 vote resulted in a stronger nation ( Brandenburg ) to become the Emperor. Anyone know why this was?
Well, in frustration I decided to invade some little neighboring country. Ten minutes later, game over.

[KRistina Karlsson]

anyone looking forward to hour of darkness a standalone hoi2 game?

[Reven Lord]

Wanna know something really cheap you can do? You can load your saved game as another country (ie, a country you're a war with), disband all their regiments, fire all their advisors and give away all their money. Save then load again as your original country. I managed to take out the whole of the Italian Peninsula in 10 game years that way.

[Lovingly]

Wanna know something really cheap you can do? You can load your saved game as another country (ie, a country you're a war with), disband all their regiments, fire all their advisors and give away all their money. Save then load again as your original country. I managed to take out the whole of the Italian Peninsula in 10 game years that way.

Yea i actually like that feature just in case you get sick of the country you are playing as or you could do that but you might as well just cheat.

[GabiiE Liiziiouz]

Wanna know something really cheap you can do? You can load your saved game as another country (ie, a country you're a war with), disband all their regiments, fire all their advisors and give away all their money. Save then load again as your original country. I managed to take out the whole of the Italian Peninsula in 10 game years that way.

Not fair. :lmao:

[Steph]

Hey, I'm playing to win. No such thing as a fair fight!

[Fiori Pra]

Any suggestions to what nation I should start as in EU: Rome? Not a big fan of "big" ones like Carthage, Rome, Seleucids, Egypt or Macedonia.

I like the idea of Rhodes and expanding as a naval/trade power. Crete could work for this as well.

I favor the "Greek" peoples over eastern or barbarian as well. I once had a solid Pontic game going until the Armenians decided my time in Colchis was at an end :/

[Gen Daley]

Stupid France, always interrupting my conquest of Scotland.

I just started my England game and it's going alright. I got a mission to make Scotland my vassal right away so i built up a large army only to have Castille, France, and some unimportant country interfere with my assault. Luckily they all offered white peace so I gave up on Scotland and began focusing on my economy and relations with other countries. My stability has been staying at +3 so no rebel problems yet.

[Lloyd Muldowney]

Any suggestions to what nation I should start as in EU: Rome? Not a big fan of "big" ones like Carthage, Rome, Seleucids, Egypt or Macedonia.

I like the idea of Rhodes and expanding as a naval/trade power. Crete could work for this as well.

I favor the "Greek" peoples over eastern or barbarian as well. I once had a solid Pontic game going until the Armenians decided my time in Colchis was at an end :/

I haven't played much Rome. I want to like it and it has some good ideas but they didn't seem to be put together quite right; there just doesn't seem to be much to do, at least by PI standards. Did you decide on a country?

Stupid France, always interrupting my conquest of Scotland.

I just started my England game and it's going alright. I got a mission to make Scotland my vassal right away so i built up a large army only to have Castille, France, and some unimportant country interfere with my assault. Luckily they all offered white peace so I gave up on Scotland and began focusing on my economy and relations with other countries. My stability has been staying at +3 so no rebel problems yet.

France screws everything up. Stupid Big Blue Blob.

That is a great mission to get first too bad you couldn't take advantage. You need to wait, eventually Scotland will be isolated enough that you can crush them by themselves.

I haven't played as England much except an MP game early last year, I didn't do very well at all.

[Ashley Campos]

I haven't played much Rome. I want to like it and it has some good ideas but they didn't seem to be put together quite right; there just doesn't seem to be much to do, at least by PI standards. Did you decide on a country?



France screws everything up. Stupid Big Blue Blob.

That is a great mission to get first too bad you couldn't take advantage. You need to wait, eventually Scotland will be isolated enough that you can crush them by themselves.

I haven't played as England much except an MP game early last year, I didn't do very well at all.

Yeah, I lost my Casus Belli of subjugation because Scotland then had an alliance with Castille too. <_<

But France got into trouble. They had no ruler and everyone declared war on them. So they fell from rank 7 to 53. Take that you blue blob!

Now Scotland is being killed by Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. They also lost their alliances. I'm hoping they get a peace offer so I can take over.

[Tina Tupou]

Wow, awsome to have just chanced upon this, and hey Blade! I didn't know you were into Paradox games lol.

I own Victoria and Hearts of Iron II. I did an a massive AAR lasting from the Civil War into the 1940's, spanning both games as the Confederate States of America. Probably the most engrossing game I've ever played.

[ruCkii]

Wow, awsome to have just chanced upon this, and hey Blade! I didn't know you were into Paradox games lol.

I own Victoria and Hearts of Iron II. I did an a massive AAR lasting from the Civil War into the 1940's, spanning both games as the Confederate States of America. Probably the most engrossing game I've ever played.

Link to the AAR? I assume it is on the Paradox forums?

[Everardo Montano]

France got too cocky and declared war on me. Their largest armies were further south so I took Picardie, Caux, and Normandie from them and Armagnac from their ally, Armagnac. Then I offered them peace when I saw my manpower was getting low. France really hates me now.

[Peetay]

I haven't played much Rome. I want to like it and it has some good ideas but they didn't seem to be put together quite right; there just doesn't seem to be much to do, at least by PI standards. Did you decide on a country?

Well I want that one Verlox has but I haz no money

Yeah, I went with Crete. I'm about 100 years in and the Populist party decided to change the "Confederate Republic" to a "Democratic" one. The Populists are always most powerful in the Senate, usually owning half or more of the seats and consistently have one of their own being voted as Archon. They've started two rebellions when they've had majority seats but weren't the Archon :/

Under a strong 4 years of a military leader, we snatched Rhodes up from the Bithynian rebls who held it despite having to accept the loss of stability. Just recently took Lycia on south Asia Minor and am part of a Crete-Macedonia-Epirus alliance which is quite promising for my small but increasingly wealthy trade empire. Taking Lycia opened up trade for iron as well meaning our military could expand to keep a strong presence on the mainland while our navy grows every year with new funds and technology

I'm watching the rebellion in Egypt closely now, with hopes that Cyprus will break away from Egypt and I'll be right there to take it and open up trade opportunities along the Phoencian coast.

Oh hai Tidus. I play these to sharpen my political skills for the Timeline

[Oceavision]

Hey guys, I could use some help. I found a Crusader Kings on Ebay for a good price and free shipping. It's for "Crusader Kings complete" but it doesn't say in the listing whether or not it actually has the expansion with it, and I've found other auctions with a different colored box that do say it(however, I'm thinking the one I found is an original, whereas the one I'm looking at buying is a newer box). I was wondering if anyone could look up this EAN:7350002939628 and tell me if it does in fact include the expansion pack for it. I'd do it, but my internet is being very search engine unfriendly at the moment and I can't get crap to load, and the e-bay seller apparently doesn't respond to messages sent through ebay, only through a specific email(and I can't get my email to work either).

[Enie van Bied]

http://www.gamersgate.com/DDB-CKDV/crusader-kings-complete-bundle

Crusader King's Complete does include the Deus Vult expansion. And I looked up the EAN number, and it did show pictures of that exact same box.

[Neliel Kudoh]

Woot! Thank you so much. A shame I'm on dial-up, my wife found it 80% off on some download site. Oh well, guess I'll be buying it soon(friday) and playing it as soon a I get it.

[Justin]

Every time you mention dial-up, I cry a little inside.

[Dale Johnson]

Every time I connect to the internet using my dial-up I cry. Out loud. Ok, more like I sob uncontrollably.

[Laura]

Every time you mention dial-up, I cry a little inside.

I guess I don't know how to search by Item Number so I couldn't find the one you saw but I did find this one

http://cgi.ebay.com/Crusader-Kings-Complete-PC-New-Sealed-/180645818374?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item2a0f547006

It is in Sweden but you can see on the bottom left of the box, inside the white star it says

Includes:
Crusader Kings
Crusader Kings:Deus Vult

Combined with what Starwulf says it seems rather certain that Crusader Kings Complete includes the DV expansion. I was 99% sure of that but Paradox has enough different local distribution deals that I couldn't be 100% what you might get in a boxed version, they seem to call similar products different things in different countries.

[DAVId MArtInez]

France got too cocky and declared war on me. Their largest armies were further south so I took Picardie, Caux, and Normandie from them and Armagnac from their ally, Armagnac. Then I offered them peace when I saw my manpower was getting low. France really hates me now.

Nice. Which version of the game are you playing?

For clarification these are the expansions to the vanilla EU3 game

Napoleon's Ambition
In Nominee
Heir to the Throne
Divine Wind

EU3 Complete is everything up to In Nominee and is really, really good. No one should ever get the Vanilla game. EVER.

Heir to the Throne came out in Dec 2009 and makes a very good game great. It adds a very basic hereditary system and multiple different Casus Belli with different war goal for each. I highly recommend this for anyone who likes the game, it really makes the game shine.

I haven't played Divine Wind yet. It adds quite a bit of stuff in Japan and China along with some other changes. I have heard mixed reviews and probably won't get it until I hear better reviews of get svcked into an MP game that requires it.

They have also recently released EU3 Chronicles which includes all 4 expansions. This would be the most cost effective avenue for anyone who doesn't have Heir to the Throne yet. You would be limited to playing the DW version because you can't play past expansions once you install a new one.

I know you mentioned missions so it has to be In Nominee at least.

Well I want that one Verlox has but I haz no money Yeah, I went with Crete. I'm about 100 years in and the Populist party decided to change the "Confederate Republic" to a "Democratic" one. The Populists are always most powerful in the Senate, usually owning half or more of the seats and consistently have one of their own being voted as Archon. They've started two rebellions when they've had majority seats but weren't the Archon :/Under a strong 4 years of a military leader, we snatched Rhodes up from the Bithynian rebls who held it despite having to accept the loss of stability. Just recently took Lycia on south Asia Minor and am part of a Crete-Macedonia-Epirus alliance which is quite promising for my small but increasingly wealthy trade empire. Taking Lycia opened up trade for iron as well meaning our military could expand to keep a strong presence on the mainland while our navy grows every year with new funds and technology I'm watching the rebellion in Egypt closely now, with hopes that Cyprus will break away from Egypt and I'll be right there to take it and open up trade opportunities along the Phoencian coast. Oh hai Tidus. I play these to sharpen my political skills for the Timeline

Sounds like fun, I will have to give Rome another shot when I get back into a Paradox mode.