calling all Victoria veterans- the "help a noob" thread

**Hooahguy** · 12-03-2010, 07:08

Question: Vicky is in real-time, so how does time go by? Days? Weeks? Months? Years?

**Megas Methuselah** · 12-03-2010, 07:32

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

Question: Vicky is in real-time, so how does time go by? Days? Weeks? Months? Years?

You can change the pace at will.

If I were you, I'd play as Japan. They're nice and isolated on their little island, but the tough thing about it is that they don't start as an industrialized nation, so it might be difficult for you.

Brazil is nice and all, but they're really big. Might want to start with a smaller-sized country. Like Japan.

The pause button is in the top-right corner of the screen.

You can change the map's display on the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. I like the "political" map, it displays the world in national colours rather than the standard terrain, but you might find yourself constantly switching between all map types.

In Victoria: Revolutions, the Metis Confederacy (blue flag in my sig) is available for play. This is awesome. They may also be available in regular Vicky, as well. You are blessed.

**Hooahguy** · 12-03-2010, 15:20

Japan, Prussia, Brazil- options I am looking at to start my first game with.
Which nation is best to learn the basics with? The guide said Brazil because there are no wars that happen quickly, and thats good for beginners like me, but Japan also looks good because its isolated. Prussia looks cool, but very difficult.
Thoughts?

**Csargo** · 12-04-2010, 20:09

My first game was with Prussia. It wasn't very difficult until the wars with Austria and France. I hadn't really increased my army size very much, so I didn't do well against Austria. Other than that it was a fairly easy game. Belgium is also good to start with iirc lots of coal and iron(?) provinces. You start out at war with the Netherlands but there's an event that ends the war a few months into the game.

**Hooahguy** · 12-05-2010, 18:29

Originally Posted by Csargo

My first game was with Prussia. It wasn't very difficult until the wars with Austria and France. I hadn't really increased my army size very much, so I didn't do well against Austria. Other than that it was a fairly easy game. Belgium is also good to start with iirc lots of coal and iron(?) provinces. You start out at war with the Netherlands but there's an event that ends the war a few months into the game.

Did you have previous experience with Paradox games? I have none.

**Beskar** · 12-05-2010, 19:15

Why didn't you get Vicky2 ?

**Hooahguy** · 12-05-2010, 21:09

Because my computer cant run it.

**Csargo** · 12-06-2010, 07:04

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

Did you have previous experience with Paradox games? I have none.

I played EU2 and HoI2 previously. I'm not sure how much those helped me with Vicky though. The toughest part of it was the economic/goods side for me.

**Hooahguy** · 12-06-2010, 08:21

Well, as said before, I have no experience at all with EU or HOI.
Vicky comes in the mail in the next few days. Time to cram in as much info from the wiki as possible.