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Anonymous11/05/25, 16:23No.2208491What's next?
So, given fairly successful release of EUV it is certain that no Paradox shutdown will be happening in foreseeable future. That begs the question - what's next? Both Stellaris and HoI4 will be decade old next year. And while HoI4 is still very popular, Stellaris is falling more and more behind while getting plagued with technical issues, bugs, shit performance and the botched 4.0 rework. Maybe We will see Stellaris 2 announced next year? Or will they just keep milking these games until last drop? Any other ideas?
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Anon11/05/25, 16:26No.2208501
>what's next
You making a whole bunch of retarded threads
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Anon11/05/25, 16:50No.2208577
March of the Eagles 2
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Anon11/05/25, 16:51No.2208582
They have been pretty clear that HOI5 is next after EUV.
CK3 dev cycle has atleast 7 more years of DLC.
HOI4 DLC is coming to a close in a year or so - Probably no more major DLC.
Vic 3 is in a shit state but theyre still trying. Most likely it will be abandoned because of EUV's success unfortunately (fortunately). I dont think anyone really wants to sit through 5 more years of DLC before changing production methods is finally "fun".
Stellaris is showing its age and lack of polish really bad now but you know they will be supporting it until atleast EOY 2026. I dont think anyone wants Stellaris 2 though. They know it, we know it. Stellaris is kind of dead. The space sandbox is boring and stale. They gave up on player freedom a long time ago.EUV looks good I dont think its the definitive /ourgsg/. A lot of people dont really care for the time period and it runs like stellaris does in late game ten years ago but all the time.
I'm glad they made it mechanically distinct from all the other PDX games but still kept some familiar concepts.
PDX looks like it's done making slop. It's just that EUV is pretty much the only good release since 2019.
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Anon11/05/25, 16:54No.2208601
VtMB 2 in 10 years inshallah
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Anon11/05/25, 16:56No.2208608
Johan will rebuild his aborted fetus imperator rome and finally redeem himself
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Anon11/05/25, 19:06No.2209044
archive of how hoi4 looked shortly after release for all the shills who insist everything is fine
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Anon11/05/25, 19:38No.2209137
>fairly successful release of EUV
Looks like the paracuck cope still flows strong
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Anon11/05/25, 19:54No.2209178
I just can not believe Paradox reversed their 12-13 year run of oversimplication and made a pretty complex game
I'm worried it won't do well going forward as they've cultivated a retarded audience
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Anon11/05/25, 20:01No.2209192
Paradox buys Darth Vader from the chinks and together they deliver a proper Napoleon era ultimate general game with a proper political campaign mode (real time with pause) and a flashed out combat system capable handling up to 10k troops on the battlefield
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Anon11/05/25, 20:44No.2209294
Hearts of Iron 5, of course.
That game is approaching 10 year old now, a sequel is more or less due.
If Paradox are feeling especially daring they could try making a Cold War game.
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Anon11/06/25, 02:01No.2210120
Fantasy Stellaris equivalent seems like a no brainer, shit like Anbennar shows people are hungry for fantasy grand strategy. Right now the closest is Age of Wonders but that's very much a 4x game focused on tactical unit control in battles with the city development and politics as minor elements
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Anon11/06/25, 04:00No.2210312
hello I like playing netherlands
though i do wonder who the best to form it with is, there's a case to be made for holland but also one for brabant
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Anon11/06/25, 04:13No.2210336
Imperator is the comfiest setting, no need to worry about reconquering anything, the whole civilized world is Greek, you can just chill and wait for the birth of Christ
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Anon11/06/25, 08:35No.2210740
Im still surprised there are dynasty trees and put relatives on a throne.
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Anon11/06/25, 08:59No.2210767
Cant believe HOI4 is already a decade old... It always feels like it was just released yesterday... what the fuck. Im already in my 20s
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Anon11/06/25, 15:43No.2211560
not paying 60 for a game that will only turn good in a few years like all paradox releases
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Anon11/06/25, 15:59No.2211612
I have a friend who works at paradox and he said they're making a crusader kings game set during the Victorian Era
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Anon11/06/25, 17:18No.2211914
Heart of Iron 5.Honestly, I hope we get a total overhaul as well. I have my love of HOI4 but it's bloated with bad design decisions at this point.
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Anon11/06/25, 17:56No.2212041
I really want a Stellaris II with better performance taking advantage of newer CPUs so it doesn’t bog down in late game, I think a functional AI should be their second priority, I don’t know how feasible it is technically, but I really want a tactical mode for ship combat
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Anon11/06/25, 18:21No.2212122
>HoI4 decade old
huh, i would never have guessed. i just play HoI3.
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Anon11/06/25, 19:18No.2212291
damn Robbie seems quite madge
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Anon11/06/25, 20:16No.2212459
They are probably going to be working on DLC and improvements for EU5 for a long time. From a publisher's perspective that's the point of making such a broad, systems driven game, you can use it as a platform for a lot of other content.
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Anon11/06/25, 20:28No.2212519
>What's next?
Hopefully, adding good music. EU5 music sucks balls
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Anon11/06/25, 20:52No.2212605
>6 hours in
>Approaching the 1390s
This shit is way too slow.
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Anon11/06/25, 21:15No.2212714
Idk, I liked CK2 music probably most out of all paradox games. Ck2 has bangers like Alexander Nevsky rides to battle, Gulf of Riga, Fifth Crusade or Legacy of Rome. No other games comes even close.
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Anon11/07/25, 00:55No.2213441
hoi3 but with vicky 2 pops
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Anon11/07/25, 01:06No.2213475
REMINDER
Eu5 is chudcoded
Only
>Brown
>Tranny
>REDDIT
>Eu4 manababbies
Are seething at this game
Pops plus eu3 is kino
White man wins
Johan won
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Anon11/07/25, 01:08No.2213480
This is my fist GSG and I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing, I feel like most of the time I'm just "watching" the map waiting for stuff to be done, is that the correct way to be playing? I still have questions:>How do I get more pops to fill missing jobs
>How do I make unprofitable building profitable
>Should I just be building a ton of shit or make it as needed
>How often should I be building new cities, how many is too manyMy immediate goals are:>Conquer Granada
>Move the capital (I fixed the book shortage but now I need more money)Looking at the map, seeing everything working and the music really make my brain happy but I'm completely fucking lost even after watching a "guide" video.
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Anon11/07/25, 01:53No.2213569
Some games feel the same in terms of progression after 1-2 runs, especially 4x. I know you can "set" different goals but it all feels the same regardless and your race/faction/country w/e end up just being cosmetic is that the case with GSG and EU?
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Anon11/07/25, 04:54No.2213914
Why are all my estates broke? Why do they have three times the expenses as they have income? Did I fuck up or did Paradox really balance it that badly?
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Anon11/07/25, 05:15No.2213935
I get to the next month in speed five in like 9 seconds. It took me quite some time to hit the 1400s.
How good is that? How bad is that?
I have a Ryzen 5 3600 and 16GB of RAM. Is it really time to upgrade?
Pls respond.
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Anon11/07/25, 05:53No.2213966
how do I decrease my antagonism
I'm getting endless coalitions against me because it never decreases
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Anon11/07/25, 10:19No.2214232
>small cunt
>barely manage to conquer a couple of provinces
>everyone around me allies at least 4 tags or more
At least I am not dying as I should have, can only get two allies or scam a big tag into a defensive pact at best.
>be broke small tag
>build a bunch of buildings
>income goes from 0.2 to 2
>build some more
>Income is now 1.5
What the fuck gives, should have just bought a castle insted, it pays itself by being cool
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Anon11/07/25, 10:42No.2214283
>he bought the tulips?
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Anon11/07/25, 12:28No.2214462
I bought the game because the only pirated link I found had a virus.
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Anon11/07/25, 14:24No.2214717
no province history? Population graphs? such a missed fucking opportunity
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Anon11/07/25, 14:40No.2214756
eu5 won big time sisters!
only 15x times the sales needed to come close to eu4 level of sales!
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Anon11/07/25, 15:18No.2214838
Holy shit EU5 might actually be GOTY
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Anon11/07/25, 15:41No.2214919
Is there a way to have the flat map and also have the toy soldiers predent? I see some youtubers have that but I can't find the setting.
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Anon11/07/25, 20:59No.2216122
Maybe Espiocracy takes of and they try their hand at a Cold War game
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Anon11/09/25, 13:23No.2221132
hoi 5 will be next and will have a vic 3 lite economy. Eu v showed the way
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Anon11/09/25, 21:48No.2222954
I dream of a day when someone can make a game that somewhat accurately portrays Peloponnesian war and is still be fun.
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Anon11/10/25, 00:44No.2223376
I'm still waiting for them to actually make Vic 3.
I do not acknowledge the sick joke they played and I denounce its very existence.
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Anon11/10/25, 08:30No.2224279
Spent a day learning to play the game and I was unironically basedfacing at some of the new features. I love this game. Gsg trannys btfo yet again.
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Anon11/10/25, 08:42No.2224289
HOI5 no doubt but it would be like in 2-3 years from now
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Anon11/10/25, 08:59No.2224306
Fantasy CK
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Anon11/10/25, 11:04No.2224497
Main thing I want out of HOI5 is them to finally figure out what the fuck to do with Focuses/events.Right now the thing has become such a bloated and crucial part of the game that a rework would either involve cutting it altogether or just making it the main way to do diplomacy/espionage/etc.
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Anon11/10/25, 11:09No.2224509
There will come a time when people are ready to admit that EU4, while certainly flawed, is simply more enjoyable as a game than EU5.
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Anon11/10/25, 13:42No.2225016
While on the topic of music, I think Pain is Salvation drew inspiration from The Show Must Go On.
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Anon11/14/25, 00:47No.2235874
Idk shit about Stellaris since I don't care for space sims, but it's really funny how it's always getting some comprehensive giant rework the few times I hear about it, and how it sounds like they're on their fourth total revision of the game now? How do they not know what they want to do with this game to such an extent?Anyways, my money's on them doing a fantasy GSG next, for the aforementioned reasons of Anbennar being a thing and everyone seeing how much money CA made from Warhammer Total War. If they do it right, normies might see this hypothetical game as more accessible since you won't need to know history to get what's going on in it.
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Anon11/14/25, 20:42No.2237682
Checked my wishlist. Both Gilded Destiny and Espiocracy moved release year to 2026.
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Anon11/15/25, 02:47No.2238477
My ruler just became the head of the biggest fish in SEA (Majapahit). What happens to my nation now?
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Anon11/15/25, 03:57No.2238572
How do you convert to Zoroastrianism? There isn't a single 40% county to convert from
Those tards don't even want to revolt
I planned to do Bavandid empire but them being muds forever ruins everything
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Anon11/15/25, 07:49No.2238849
How does everyone just know that you assassinated someone?
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Anon11/15/25, 11:17No.2239032
Do you think they might try a fantasy game?
Surely HOI5 is their next big title. Don't know about Stellaris. Maybe a sequel, maybe they pivot to fantasy.
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Anon11/15/25, 12:43No.2239119
what is the jannies problem?
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Anon11/15/25, 12:45No.2239121
Are slave markets worth it?
They always show ridiculous profits, but I wondering if they don't impoverish your nation long term.
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Anon11/17/25, 15:12No.2243877
Would a modded EUV game make a lot better imperator Rome game than imperator Rome does? Is there anything EUV lacks or does worse than EUV ?
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Anon11/27/25, 16:09No.2265872
>Stellaris 2
would love Stellaris 2
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Anon11/28/25, 01:44No.2266764
is this a kid?
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Anon11/28/25, 02:41No.2266839
For once the game good enough without dlcs adding "content" (flavor or new mechanics) however holy shit it does need a fuckload of reworks
>colonization
>economy
>warfare
>situations/organizations/pus
Hopefully i can force myself to shelve this for a while until it's good. No idea how long it will take them. And unlike marriages, education or ui that have already been fixed by modders, you can't easily mod this.
It's frustrating because it's not an empty game as usual, it's a great but very janky one instead.My biggest fear is that by releasing country-themed flavor packs like ck3 they're going to pile up flavor and mechanics instead of fixing core systems.
The Germany focused patch they've announced for february seems flavor oriented too.Idk I just hope they've noticed many people have an issue with balancing and they'll do something about it as a priority.
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Anon11/28/25, 07:22No.2267019
WHY DID MY NAVY OF GALLEONS WITH A THOUSAND CANNONS LOSE TO LESS SHIPS OF WORSE QUALITY WITH LESS CANNONS
OH MY AGARTHA I WENT ALL INTO NAVY AND IT'S ALL GONE
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Anon11/28/25, 11:11No.2267141
I don't have much evidence for this besides EU5 so it's a bit of a schizo theory but I reckon they're going to continue the trend of mashing the mechanics of all of their games into one and just having the games take place in different eras, rather than being entirely unique mechanically.