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

**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.

**naut** · 12-06-2010, 20:23

The best advice I can give you is to check out some AARs. The learning curve is steep, but once you've mastered it it really is a sublime game.

Brazil is an excellent beginners game, no major opponents, you can learn at your own pace. With time and some skill you can even make Brazil a super-power. Give Brazil a shot when it arrives and blast the thread with questions.

Originally Posted by Csargo

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...VIP-0.4-AAR&s=

Yes. This is the best learning AAR.

**Hooahguy** · 12-07-2010, 07:48

Any suggested mods for Vicky? I was looking at VIP but I decided to wait on the mods to see if I like Vicky in the first place.

**Csargo** · 12-08-2010, 05:43

VIP is the only one I've ever used. They were still working on it when I was still playing the game. I had always been told it was the best mod for Vicky. The only negative thing about it that I remember was having to reload every 2-3 years in-game time or some of the scripted events wouldn't fire.