u/heajabroni

I identify with some tenants of anarchism and really appreciate the emphasis on doing away with hierarchies. If you look at tribes, even in the present day, hunter gatherers who don't store food or rely on territory (ie salmon runs) are very often egalitarian. I am genuinely wondering on what makes people drawn to anarchism over egalitarianism?

Even if someone were to agree with the ideology of anarchism, the conversation is immediately made more difficult because the term is so loaded with pre-disposition that I think often, people will just shut down and think you're a maniac. The thing anarchy relies on, mass participation in it, is driven away by the label itself due to both propaganda and many people believing that the 'state of nature' is chaos without law, religion, etc.

It would be pretty difficult for someone to successfully scare people about egalitarian politics lol. The main argument would be what it basically always is - what happens when the egalitarian society is invaded or pressed by a hierchichal state, with all of its machinery, funding and nationalism? And of course in this scenario it's likely the same answer -- you don't have it without mass participation in the first place, and there would (and is as we see with basically every tribe subscribing to it) be mutual defense.

So what is it about anarchism specifically that draws you over egalitarianism? What would you say to people whose concern is lawlessness or eventually being bordered by a menacing nation-state?

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Also, which ones have you tried using?

CD Baby has always been my go to because it's a flat fee per release and I generally make that money back no problem. My only gripe is that it used to take a really long time to process and actually deliver the music. Even 1 month on CD baby was not enough time to be considered for the official Spotify playlists, which is not the end of the world, but is less than ideal fs.

What're your thoughts?

Anyone able to provide original values in an unaltered export_unit_desc file? I tweaked Arcani to give them a slight boost and want to revert to original values.

I'm coming from Logic after ~15 years. In Logic what I see on the left in the project window reflects in the mixer. It feels pretty straightforward.

Edit 2: Think the issue is that I don't understand how to assign/unassign patterns to a channel on the channel rack.

How do I split patterns on the channel rack/mixer so they can be assigned and edited on the mixer separately? I

Pattern 2 & 3 are playing on same channel, and I just want them to be separated.

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Much thanks in advance! Learning new software after using it for half my life has been a little frustrating. I'm sure I'm doing a lot of things the clunky way.

No guide is current, most guides are not very helpful, and people play with different DLC which changes the entire game.

Mostly what I notice is that each of these guides have starts where the stars are so aligned that anybody with a general hold on the basics of the game could do well -- esp the guides where the AI immediately deletes all units to 3k lol.

Can't tell if I enjoy the game enough to keep playing, or hate myself enough to keep playing. But either way, I am still playing lol.

Also, do you wait for AE to drop for future wars, or do you ngaf and let the coalitions rise against you (because they don't really go after you once you've snowballed anyway?)

My first attempt was actually the best. I guess I got lucky because my neighbors didn't declare an alliance or federation. Like a dummy, I decided not to scum an Ironman backup and ended up restarting after I took a bunch of tribal land thinking I'd have a better start now that I sorta know what I'm doing.

Wow. How wrong was I. Every single start since then, even when not declaring rivals from the get-go, my neighbors all ally or confed with each other. Like, next door neighbors. By the time 1 month rolls around and I can declare war on anyone I literally have no good options.

I do the

- Immediately hire mil advisor

- Immediately recruit mercs after taking a loan

- Immediately get like 3-4 tribes to join my confederation

- Declare war asap

- Die

I've tried maybe 10+ times now. All the advice I see is either outdated or uses DLC I don't have. I think Leviathan is the key one, because it gives Totemism the ancestor buff where any of your tribe leaders who die, your tribe keeps it for the entire game. That seems absolutely busted. But yeah, I don't want to shell out $15 for a single game mechanic.

Any advice?

Lots of rebels at high %

- I'm coring everything I take

- I've only taken a few territories total in Ireland. I've been able to snag multiple at a time in a single peace deal (had a claim on all of them) though and am wondering if that was a bad idea.

- I don't have the ideas to add more accepted cultures

- I guess I have enough money to just build more armies to conquer while dealing with rebellions, but my income is only like 5 gold (while funding armies and funding forts) and that seems low to me at this point.

I think I got a pretty much nationwide penalty to national unrest at some point because I saw people recommending selling off crownland for MANA in early game. Are rebels pretty common to deal with? It seems like they weren't much of a problem till now, or at least I didn't get any notifications till now. So far they've been pretty easy to deal with but are still annoying and slowing expansion like crazy.

Edit:

Doing my best to keep all estates above 30%, though they have definitely dipped below due to random events after seizing land, etc.

I'm on my 7th (technically probably more like 12th) restart on England just trying to learn the games. Finally understanding enough to have fun and have been slowly but surely conquering Ireland until I turn to Scotland.

I realized... I don't even really know what I'm shooting for. Is it just completing the mission trees? Are there different victory conditions for a campaign?

Seems like a game where you would kinda set your own and just play to have fun anyway, but I'm just curious. Searching online seemed to just bring up strategies, not actually what those VC are.

Heh. There are a ton of guides but a lot of the answers pre-date some of the more recent DLCs (most exclude Domination, others mark it as essenital), and I'm assuming a lot of the bad reviews are about the absurd amount of DLCs and the bugs that came with them on launch (which is fair).

I'm about to play for the first time. Assuming I'm a total beginner and will likely want to play around the world, what DLCs do you think take the game to another level?

The version I got came with American Dream, Art of War, Common Sense, Conquest of Paradise, Digital Extreme, El Dorado, Purple Phoenix, Res Publica, Rights of Man, Star & Crescent, Wealth of Nations, Women in History.

I'm looking at Dharma, Mandate of Heaven, Cradle of Civ, and considering Leviathon and Emperor at some point. Not like I'm going to play as every country immediately.

Are there any other DLCs that add awesome mechanics for all countries, or is it a case-by-case basis?

Thanks!