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      2 days ago

      “I’m currently playing through [single player game]”

      Ah ok, we’re probably good

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          A long time ago, when I was a teenager and the first HoI was out, I was only playing Germany. Mostly because it was the only powerful country which felt somewhat manageable without wanting to cry in the convoy screen…

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            Navy management is actually quite easy, people just overthink it/don’t understand that the AI is so flawed it doesn’t matter in SP, you just need enough naval superiority in one zone for a single day to Sealion Britain as anyone from Spain to Ethiopia. It’s also much easier now that you can claim navies in peace deals.

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        Is it bad that I played China in SP? I did pretty much take over the world…

        It was an interesting run. Just surviving as China in the beginning is extremely hard, but eventually I controlled all of China plus Japan. Then Russia attacked so I took over almost all of Russia. Then the allies attacked, so I blocked them at India and eventually took over India, then North America and finally started pushing into Europe. With no DLC the endgame can become such a painful grind. The only aggressive wars I was in were the early wars to unify China. Other than that I was always on the defensive.

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      Legit, I have a teenager in the family heavily into it, and it is worrying. Are there any good articles on how to handle this specific thing gracefully?

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        Ask them what their favorite faction in that game is, or if there are any mods they’ve done recently. Could always just be a big nerd for WW2 cause they’re a teenager.

    • AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca
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      Stellaris has entered the chat

      My genocidal machine empire is gonna wipe the galaxy of all the filthy xeno scum. I don’t even want your worlds, I’m gonna crack that bitch open like an egg because we don’t need your pathetic “breathable air”

      God damn biologicals.

      But seriously, Stellaris is fucking awesome.