I torrented it and it’s the first paradox game I’ve been able to kind of understand. I still really don’t understand why my income and power will be seemingly fine one second and then terrible the next after nothing visible changes, but I am able to play the game and make progress
There's a lot of stuff going on in the background that isn't super accessible to the player in the current UI, from my understanding
like, wage laws only apply in incorporated states, so your unincorporated state might be outcompeting your incorporated state if they produce the same goods, causing your welfare costs to skyrocket as people become unemployed, and then they start consuming less as their standard of living decreases, and then boom everyone is unemployed
Check the government construction goods cost and the price for construction commodities. That's where the bulk of my income variability is. Boosting steel/glass/tools/paper/explosives usually brings it down significantly.
I still haven't figured out the right balance to leave some kind of crisis mode when expanding industries use those same inputs, but with a combination of very high taxes (except during revolts)/consumption taxes on services, and keeping an eye on glass/steel/tools/explosives in particular I usually stay 50-100k in the green.
it’s the first paradox game I’ve been able to kind of understand
wth how? Victoria is by far the most complicated of them, except maybe EU4 but I haven't really played it. Not dragging you, it just amazes me that it's the inverse for you.
I also haven’t played that many paradox games. I’ve only played Stellaris, HOI4, and Crusader Kings 3. Stellaris didn’t grab me. HOI was so complicated and I immediately got in a war and didn’t understand even slightly how to run it. Crusader Kings I honestly hardly remember at all, I think maybe I had some computer issues or my old laptop couldn’t run it well?
There's a YouTuber called potatomcwhiskey who does very good instructional videos for 4x/grand strategy games and he's doing a Victoria 3 run right now, might want to check that out
I torrented it and it’s the first paradox game I’ve been able to kind of understand. I still really don’t understand why my income and power will be seemingly fine one second and then terrible the next after nothing visible changes, but I am able to play the game and make progress
There's a lot of stuff going on in the background that isn't super accessible to the player in the current UI, from my understanding
like, wage laws only apply in incorporated states, so your unincorporated state might be outcompeting your incorporated state if they produce the same goods, causing your welfare costs to skyrocket as people become unemployed, and then they start consuming less as their standard of living decreases, and then boom everyone is unemployed
Check the government construction goods cost and the price for construction commodities. That's where the bulk of my income variability is. Boosting steel/glass/tools/paper/explosives usually brings it down significantly.
Ooh I’ll try that. Construction costs does always seem to be my biggest issue
I still haven't figured out the right balance to leave some kind of crisis mode when expanding industries use those same inputs, but with a combination of very high taxes (except during revolts)/consumption taxes on services, and keeping an eye on glass/steel/tools/explosives in particular I usually stay 50-100k in the green.
wth how? Victoria is by far the most complicated of them, except maybe EU4 but I haven't really played it. Not dragging you, it just amazes me that it's the inverse for you.
It's because it's communister than thr other paradoxical games
I also haven’t played that many paradox games. I’ve only played Stellaris, HOI4, and Crusader Kings 3. Stellaris didn’t grab me. HOI was so complicated and I immediately got in a war and didn’t understand even slightly how to run it. Crusader Kings I honestly hardly remember at all, I think maybe I had some computer issues or my old laptop couldn’t run it well?
There's a YouTuber called potatomcwhiskey who does very good instructional videos for 4x/grand strategy games and he's doing a Victoria 3 run right now, might want to check that out
Oooh that might be a good idea