Apr 1, 2020 · The ever lasting problem with anti blobbing and bordergore mechanics is that in general they are inherently not at all fun.

Jan 19, 2018 · WIth that said, blobbing blindly might harm your nations performance more than it helps (even if more land = better is a general rule), for example if a piece of land is the wrong religion, wrong culture, doesn't feed into your trade nodes and you can't state it, it's very likely going to harm you more than it'll benefit you (especially if you ...

May 29, 2021 · On topic tough, if I get it right, Blobbing should be part of the game and Player and AI should engage in it, but it should't be the main goal of the game, there should be other ways to be successfull as well. If blobbing is the only way to compete, the only thing players can get joy from, this would be a disappointment I think.

Dec 14, 2022 · Problem is that this level of blobbing (colonisation aside) is pretty realistic. What isn't realistic is the stability and unity of the resulting blobs. EU4 completely lacks proper mechanics for breaking up empires. 1. There is no tool to turn autonomy into independence. Which is insane if you think about it.

Jun 8, 2013 · Blobbing will eventually happen to any decent player in this game. In order to not get bored once I am first place in manpower in the world, I switch to nr.10 in manpower, then work that country up to Nr.1, rinse/repeat. Allows me to face my own blobs and leads to a decent endgame against large foes.

Apr 4, 2024 · 'Anti-blobbing,' designing game balance around world conquest, Empire collapse mechanics, and the general fetish for punishing success is bad game design for the following reasons: 1.) The data has been in for a long time.

Aug 20, 2021 · Hello fellow forum readers. I would like to discuss the different kinds of mechanics paradox games use to try to prevent blobbing and which would/could work in CK3 thematically and practically. For example: The defensive alliance and threat...

Dec 13, 2018 · Add bookmark #14 SacremPyrobolum said: Do you think people really enjoy nonsensical blobbing so much? I was going to go so far as to say non-blobbing mechanics should be super-strict for the AI only to keep an interesting world and save the player frustration because they would be disciplined/motivated enough not to blob. Click to expand...

Mar 11, 2023 · In eu4 the AI countries often eat up all of their smaller neighbors and consolidate into a few large blobs - this is most noticeable (but not exclusive to) in India, where the whole subcontinent ends up divided between 3 or 4 countries. (don't...

Jul 26, 2018 · Blobbing is actually fun. Until my last campaign with Great Horde I only played tall and quit after getting the achievement I wanted, but managing a huge empire can be really exciting, especially if you have to fight multiple wars and deal with annoying rebels. My next goal is a WC-campaign so, Paradox, please don’t nerf wide play too much!