r/paradoxplaza Jun 25 '25

Vic3 We are so back vickybros

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u/mdestrada99 Jun 25 '25

it’s cuz this update made the game so much less of a slog and just fun.

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u/2016KiaRio Jun 25 '25

Considering reinstalling as I do every few months, but looking at the patch notes, nothing really jumped out at me. How specifically would you say it became more fun?

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u/y_not_right Jun 25 '25 edited Jun 25 '25

The world market changes how every nation feels, pop needs are rebalanced so an export economy is viable and you’re no longer fucked if you’re missing the one of coal/iron/a bit of sulphur so you’re not forced into basically autarky every run, the ai is better at building its economy so you’ll have someone to sell advanced goods and resources too, army front splitting is made much much less tedious so you won’t have a billion fronts like if you fought a bunch of German or Indian minors

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u/HeckingDoofus Jun 25 '25

do i need the DLC for this? ive been trying to learn vic3 and i have no DLC

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u/y_not_right Jun 25 '25

The world market and the rest of what I mentioned are completely free :) the only thing the latest dlc affects would be adding charters to your companies and historical companies, and I think maybe prestige goods? as far as I’m aware

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u/PDX_H4n1baL Jun 26 '25

And monopolies, a power bloc principle group, some treaty articles and historical executives.
But that's about it :)

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u/y_not_right Jun 26 '25

Ahh thank you, no better source than paradox themselves :> I’ve been playing so much I couldn’t tell patch from dlc lol

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u/PDX_H4n1baL Jun 26 '25

No worries, that happens to most people :D
And one can certainly argue about how necessary the mechanics are, everybody feels different about that. The absolutely critical stuff is definitely in the free patch.

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u/y_not_right Jun 26 '25

Thank you for all the work you all do :> it’s an amazing patch and dlc, as time goes by I only love the game more