Sphere of Influence makes Imperialism look pretty cool (in Victoria 3)

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  • @guyfromcollege
    @guyfromcollege  7 місяців тому +95

    Buy Sphere of Influence here if you like exploiting underdeveloped nations for their resources or you want to support the channel: paradoxinteractive.i38e.net/college

    • @RedBaronFlyer
      @RedBaronFlyer 7 місяців тому +1

      why not both?

    • @sveinhongset4725
      @sveinhongset4725 6 місяців тому

      historical?? (idk when but the danish have aculy won agenst prussia in an war tecnicly) :)

    • @Ragatokk
      @Ragatokk 4 місяці тому

      Your link is cool and all, but I could just save myself the trouble and buy it on steam for the same price.

  • @Henners1991
    @Henners1991 7 місяців тому +901

    >Asked to make a video on the diplomacy/foreign investment expansion
    >Picks a war nation and spends the whole game fighting

    • @Screamingurchin
      @Screamingurchin 7 місяців тому +150

      I guess there’s no better way to expand your sphere of influence than invading and dismantling all your neighbors

    • @ShladTheTonkLover
      @ShladTheTonkLover 7 місяців тому +64

      Someone has to carry the big stick.

    • @dulguunjargal1199
      @dulguunjargal1199 7 місяців тому +36

      Bro playing HOI4 in Victoria 3

    • @bobbilly7499
      @bobbilly7499 7 місяців тому +35

      Well according to Clausewitz (someone from Prussia) war is just another form of diplomacy.

    • @Samuel-p17
      @Samuel-p17 7 місяців тому +8

      Clausewitz said War is the continuation of politics with other means

  • @lyra5366
    @lyra5366 7 місяців тому +412

    "Hungary can't be that bad guys" spoken like someone that has never been to hungary

  • @MountainSoftware1984
    @MountainSoftware1984 7 місяців тому +448

    Finally a vic3 episode. Been waiting for this since the Vietnam war.

    • @mibson52
      @mibson52 7 місяців тому +11

      Wait, Frank, is that you? I'm Mark, do you remember me?

    • @fluivanny
      @fluivanny 7 місяців тому +8

      @@mibson52 mark? is that you its me jodie i was just warming the house for you welcome back.

    • @denofgames2072
      @denofgames2072 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@@fluivannywait Jodie is that you it's me Ben I've been looking for you after the war😢

    • @TheSkyGuy77
      @TheSkyGuy77 7 місяців тому +1

      I've been waiting since the Franco-Prussian War 😂

    • @KaiserMateo115
      @KaiserMateo115 6 місяців тому +2

      @@denofgames2072 Ben? its me donnie. i tought you died on a nursing home

  • @corruptg5914
    @corruptg5914 7 місяців тому +102

    14:04 THAT IS LITERALLY WHAT MANY NATIONS DID DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA AND EVEN TODAY. Honestly its hilarious that Paradox Games manage to replicate history one to one

    • @neonge3877
      @neonge3877 4 місяці тому +6

      cia be like:

    • @typicaluser697
      @typicaluser697 2 місяці тому +4

      ​@@neonge3877 and it was successful, once...

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 27 днів тому +1

      @@typicaluser697 Zaire?

    • @pickledblowfish6178
      @pickledblowfish6178 25 днів тому +1

      I mean. It was a function for the Spanish Civil War in hoi3. Pretty sure it's in vicy 2, too.

    • @corruptg5914
      @corruptg5914 21 день тому

      @@pickledblowfish6178 I can't say for certain in Hoi3 but I think it wasn't implemented in Vic2, the civil war mechanics that is and more specifically deliberately causing civil wars in Minor powers through agitators. But yea the Sphere of Influence mechanics on the other hand was in the game before.

  • @megabotvideos
    @megabotvideos 7 місяців тому +206

    tahiti starts as a vassal of france fyi

    • @chozer1
      @chozer1 7 місяців тому +34

      Does this trolley go to tahiti?!

    • @Albania4life535
      @Albania4life535 7 місяців тому +12

      ​@@chozer1 Van der linde van der linde im always by your side

    • @I.am.not.in.your.house.or.am.I
      @I.am.not.in.your.house.or.am.I 7 місяців тому +13

      @@Albania4life535Poker Plans (We’ve Got a plan Arthur)

  • @erikb6124
    @erikb6124 7 місяців тому +62

    honestly glad your channel is popping off like this college. its a different angle on pdx games and always nice to listen to.

    • @sirllamaiii9708
      @sirllamaiii9708 6 місяців тому

      Much better than just live commentary battle montages and screaming lol

  • @TheArrow842
    @TheArrow842 7 місяців тому +103

    Not gonna lie that red dead 2 joke almost made me choke on my food, that was pretty funny. keep up the good work

    • @liamqueally9074
      @liamqueally9074 7 місяців тому +4

      I was eating cereal and nearly choked on it

  • @andaman4755
    @andaman4755 6 місяців тому +21

    "Listen my leader, I have a plan. We have to form power bloc with Tahiti. What you don't trust me? HAVE A GOD DAMN FAITH LEADER!" - French diplomat in 19th century probably

    • @TheREPPIX
      @TheREPPIX 5 місяців тому +5

      Proceeds to start the 2,874,865th French Revolution

  • @franzferdinand7166
    @franzferdinand7166 7 місяців тому +60

    There was almost as many Icelanders living in the Suez as there was Icelanders living in Iceland 😂

  • @armandelven-dechoux5290
    @armandelven-dechoux5290 7 місяців тому +47

    10:25
    Honestly for the European Union, the thing with German migration is more realistic than not

  • @chattiermike140
    @chattiermike140 7 місяців тому +11

    Bro turned Eastern Europe into absolute war-torn hell to spite the Austrians lol

  • @adam13magic63
    @adam13magic63 6 місяців тому +5

    Hey it's that guy from Bokoen1's "Hoi4 MP in a nutshell" collage you are always entertaining hope you are having a good one!

  • @torrent6181
    @torrent6181 7 місяців тому +2

    I love the narrative focused commentary and editing. Subscribed!!

  • @fraginatrix
    @fraginatrix 7 місяців тому +11

    Every single victoria 3 play through on every UA-cam channel: "but for some reason, nothing worked like it should" XD

  • @thenationalist6468
    @thenationalist6468 7 місяців тому +27

    Sam Hyde jumpscare at 13:39

  • @Gwanzan3325
    @Gwanzan3325 4 місяці тому +2

    1:57 I HAVE A PLAN, PIERRE!

  • @toonistiny
    @toonistiny 5 місяців тому +1

    5:13: OW MY LUNGS! 🤣
    (i laughed too hard at this clip)

  • @XRakxXRaknasan
    @XRakxXRaknasan 7 місяців тому +6

    Tahiti- Dutch Van Der Linde… is in Vicky 3 now

  • @Aleph3575
    @Aleph3575 4 місяці тому +2

    0:40 Nice to see they went with the historical name of the Prussian customs union.

  • @Lucasal1296
    @Lucasal1296 7 місяців тому +2

    Love that even in sponsored videos, content creators dont hold back from trash talking the game

  • @Thewrongolive
    @Thewrongolive 3 місяці тому +3

    - prussia nearing bankruptcy and on the verge of a civil war in 1850s
    This was foreshadowing all along

  • @TheREPPIX
    @TheREPPIX 4 місяці тому +2

    One thing I really like about the update is it's surprisingly easy to take the landowners power away (at least for Prussia)

  • @duphasdan
    @duphasdan 6 місяців тому +2

    Even before this DLC and the immigration bug, I've had playthroughs with odd immigrations. I once played an America playthrough where North Dakota was 90 percent Bedouin, and a Minnesota with a third of the people from China.
    I also had a Macao playthrough where I kept getting people from all over the world to stuff themselves into the city. I ended up with so many people that i was second in the world in population by the 1880s. And since I was part of the Austrian economic sphere, I needed only to make factories, which I couldn't build fast enough. The snowballing stwrted during the civil war in China thst had people flooding in from both sides.

  • @TheRavenLord1
    @TheRavenLord1 7 місяців тому +31

    This was the only outcome to help bring peace to Europe. Which was Germany taking the helm of the continent.

    • @eson1654
      @eson1654 7 місяців тому

      At the cost of turning the smaller European countries into desolate brain drain hellholes... The price of Imperialism

  • @djr_93276
    @djr_93276 7 місяців тому +2

    12:35 you should submit this idea/input to the devs. I'd be surprised if someone can't make a mod for this too

  • @schalitz1
    @schalitz1 4 місяці тому +1

    I got the money, and now I have a mango farm in Tahiti. 10/10 would recommend.

  • @aidanlutz8106
    @aidanlutz8106 6 місяців тому +2

    Greece failing in the EU in Vic3 shows that it’s canon

  • @ferretman6790
    @ferretman6790 3 місяці тому +1

    Klaus Schwab thumbnail 💀 “you will play the map game and you will be happy” 💀

  • @isabellacosio3054
    @isabellacosio3054 7 місяців тому +9

    2 videos in 4 days??? We’re so back

  • @w3wl4d
    @w3wl4d 7 місяців тому +1

    Hell yeah would love to see more vic3 vids!!

  • @denofgames2072
    @denofgames2072 7 місяців тому

    I love the editing in your videos 😂

  • @flopus7
    @flopus7 7 місяців тому +1

    Exciting to see you setting up Germany for kaiserreich in a few years

  • @arepupu
    @arepupu 7 місяців тому

    Dude, I love your videos. They always make me laugh so much lol

  • @Samuel-p17
    @Samuel-p17 7 місяців тому

    Finally a Vic 3 video again. I almost forgot why i subscribed to you.

  • @sanestamerican4118
    @sanestamerican4118 6 місяців тому +4

    You WILL eat ze bugs

  • @Squarebob_SpongePants
    @Squarebob_SpongePants 6 місяців тому +2

    Oh great GuyFromCollege, could you please play the new Kalterkrieg mod that's coming out on July 2nd? It's a continuation of the Kaiserreich timeline where Germany and the Entente won. It's a cold war between the two factions plus other content and I'd love to see you showcase it.

    • @guyfromcollege
      @guyfromcollege  6 місяців тому +2

      First I'm hearing of it, sounds pretty interesting tho

    • @Squarebob_SpongePants
      @Squarebob_SpongePants 6 місяців тому +1

      @@guyfromcollege oh wow you actually responded, that's a bit surprising. But check out the subreddit, it's r/KRGmod, there should be a synopsis there that will give you the basic rundown

  • @theicelandicnationalist2.023
    @theicelandicnationalist2.023 6 місяців тому +1

    Icelando-Belorussian suez is so extremely cursed…

  • @Frenchofficerlsoldbat
    @Frenchofficerlsoldbat 7 місяців тому

    We don't have to wait 2 weeks for another video, W.

  • @bruh5912
    @bruh5912 7 місяців тому

    The handsome man releases another video. Thank you handsome man that can micro the side of the barn.

  • @wceend5791
    @wceend5791 7 місяців тому +2

    Cant wait for the vic3 community game 😊

  • @majormaxwell9534
    @majormaxwell9534 6 місяців тому

    Great video, I appreciate the vic 3 content :)
    SoI went a long way to making the game actually fun lol

  • @manooxi327
    @manooxi327 7 місяців тому

    great vid, the me-mes are always a +

  • @KedAR_48
    @KedAR_48 7 місяців тому +1

    Great editing as always! Also, how do you rate the performance after the update? I'm yet to play and was hoping for some optimalization.

  • @headcrabn5347
    @headcrabn5347 7 місяців тому +1

    The Icelanders got sick of the cold. The ones that couldn’t hack it got replaced by Danes.

  • @AloneComes
    @AloneComes 6 місяців тому

    love the energy you bring to each video, it's contagious! ⚡

  • @ChristianBerthiaume
    @ChristianBerthiaume 5 місяців тому

    Is that background music from the Tropico series? 😂 I guess that's some perspective about his leadership philosophy...lol

  • @AshkanNurizade
    @AshkanNurizade 6 місяців тому +2

    The American Experience in HOI4's Most Realistic Mod When ?

  • @kingblackjack7075
    @kingblackjack7075 5 місяців тому +1

    Bro is playing Kaiserriech historical I guess

  • @scottgrey3337
    @scottgrey3337 7 місяців тому +13

    Even after a brand new expansion, all Victoria 3 does is make me want to play Vicky 2 again.

    • @andrasfogarasi5014
      @andrasfogarasi5014 7 місяців тому +3

      Enjoy microing the influence mechanic. Sphering is an important part of that Victoria 2, after all. It's what allows goods to be sold once and bought multiple times, which is a totally intended mechanic designed by PDX's great minds in 2010. Foreign investment? Yeah, Victoria 2 has foreign investment. The only reason it makes sense to engage with it though is that country treasuries are practically bottomless after a couple decades due to governments having nothing to spend it on. Who wants to worry about money in an economy simulation game? I just want to click the construct button in every state 8 times. Whoops, I've accidentally caused a global concrete shortage that will last until the end of the game. Silly me. 100% realistic simulation.

    • @scottgrey3337
      @scottgrey3337 7 місяців тому +7

      @@andrasfogarasi5014 You seem to be shadowboxing with someone completely different on the internet.
      I brought up no argument besides that I've played Vicky 2 before and likely will again, and that having watched the current state of Vicky 3, both within the expansion and beyond, I don't feel interested in getting the game.
      So yes, I will enjoy playing Vicky 2 again.

    • @coolmanyea5030
      @coolmanyea5030 7 місяців тому +3

      @@andrasfogarasi5014How did this comment make you so mad lol

    • @oc8636
      @oc8636 7 місяців тому

      Same, but i also still cant get over how Ugly the map overview is in Vic 3

  • @SuperNintendawg
    @SuperNintendawg 7 місяців тому +7

    If you want to make more Victoria videos, I highly recommend playing as a smaller nation and building it up. Those have been the most fun for me by far.

    • @Njordin2010
      @Njordin2010 7 місяців тому

      Which ones do you recommend?

    • @dearg_doom
      @dearg_doom 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@@Njordin2010Gran Colombia is good fun, build yourself up then expand into Venezuela, Central America, Ecuador etc.

    • @SuperNintendawg
      @SuperNintendawg 7 місяців тому +1

      @@Njordin2010 haven't tried the DLC but aside from Colombia I've also enjoyed Sokoto, Dai Nam, Persia, Egypt, and more.

  • @Mashkator
    @Mashkator 7 місяців тому +2

    Another banger droped!

  • @cillianbrien1470
    @cillianbrien1470 7 місяців тому

    Thank you for the video, good sir

  • @FeZe1997
    @FeZe1997 7 місяців тому

    I can't believe I have been watching you for 10 years without being subscribed🙁

    • @faresalsayed9005
      @faresalsayed9005 7 місяців тому +2

      He’s been making videos for only a year

  • @RubberToeYT
    @RubberToeYT 7 місяців тому

    Always appreciate an always sunny meme

  • @unrealix7x7unrealix79
    @unrealix7x7unrealix79 7 місяців тому

    This is a second video on the european union in victoria 3 I'm seeing with this dlc preview

  • @RIHItex
    @RIHItex 7 місяців тому

    Great game. The DLC really looks interesting.

  • @mab7727
    @mab7727 7 місяців тому

    "Half the Icelandic population decided to live in Egypt"
    Well, I wonder why!

  • @Lady_Rhea
    @Lady_Rhea 6 місяців тому

    What was that meme at 13:40

  • @peter_de_Jong817
    @peter_de_Jong817 7 місяців тому +113

    Nice, finally a basic Vic2 function behind a paywall...

    • @ascendedtree5876
      @ascendedtree5876 7 місяців тому +28

      Power blocs are free, but some of the customisation options are in the dlc

    • @Nevergiveup-z1g
      @Nevergiveup-z1g 7 місяців тому +17

      foreign investment is free

    • @andrasfogarasi5014
      @andrasfogarasi5014 7 місяців тому +10

      No, I'm pretty sure 1.7 is a step away from Victoria 2. In Victoria 2, capitalists were tied to live in the same state as their factories, just like in previous versions of Victoria 3. But now with 1.7, we have capitalists owning industries remotely, which allows for a much superior imperialism experience, as the profits of an economic empire flow back into overlord's country. This also allows us to use foreign investment as a tool of exploitation instead of what it was in Victoria 2, which was what again? Oh right. The abuse of an exploit. The usefulness of the sphere market system in Victoria 2 relies entirely on the exploit that it causes goods within it to become buyable multiple times. What a wonderful game that is currently in a perfectly balanced and bug-free state. Also, on the topic of spheres. Has anyone ever managed to sphere more than a few minor nations through the influence mechanic? No, they have not, because the influence system is incredibly micro-intensive. It is also unfun, because the AI is leagues better than humans at said micro. As I said, Victoria 2 is a wonderful game. Total failure on PDX's part that Victoria 3 has failed to live up to it.

    • @Samuel-p17
      @Samuel-p17 7 місяців тому +4

      Don't you guys get bored from writing this? Get ready for EU5, you'll probably have to write comments like this till Hoi5 comes out.

    • @Nevergiveup-z1g
      @Nevergiveup-z1g 7 місяців тому +2

      @@Samuel-p17 Maybe Stellaris 2 is gonna come out sooner than Hoi5?

  • @emilianohermosilla3996
    @emilianohermosilla3996 7 місяців тому +3

    Even though there’s still a lot missing, this is still a really great update

  • @makiskanyt9269
    @makiskanyt9269 7 місяців тому

    Bro dutch about to invade the us
    Edit : i just remembered how rdr ends and that is not the theme dutch would want to hear

  • @XXLPIakat
    @XXLPIakat 6 місяців тому

    They didn't fix the Migration on release, you still get an insane amount of migration attraction. HRE with a province that has +600% attraction.

  • @ryorai5804
    @ryorai5804 5 місяців тому

    Harvesting mangoes in tahiti...

  • @tackydock990
    @tackydock990 6 місяців тому

    9:40 111k dead to 4K dead is crazy but ig a win is a win

  • @SealChonker
    @SealChonker 7 місяців тому

    Swimmy bouta have a blast.

  • @wejtusek
    @wejtusek 7 місяців тому +1

    Cool, Paraguay playthrough when?

  • @terrified057t4
    @terrified057t4 6 місяців тому

    Life imitates art.

  • @mockingbird7144
    @mockingbird7144 7 місяців тому

    Ok so what are the chances that when I also booted up the game. France also went through a civil war and also had Tahiti in its power block

  • @Idontknowwhattocallmyself
    @Idontknowwhattocallmyself 7 місяців тому

    you had to clarify (in Victoria 3)

  • @oxjmanxo
    @oxjmanxo 6 місяців тому

    Double check civil wars and see if the rebels will accept vassalization in exchange for help. I managed to nab both Egypt and Persia this way for 0 infamy.

  • @QasqaZhol
    @QasqaZhol 5 місяців тому

    You should have enacted national militia after leadership play. Because with national militia you did not had to pay army and could conscript tonns of soldiers.

  • @lonely_88
    @lonely_88 6 місяців тому

    Finalmente, alguem que fez uma piada com red dead, OBRIGADO 👍👍👍👍

  • @thepowerofsand6180
    @thepowerofsand6180 7 місяців тому +3

    European frmers constantly complaining and obstructing politics? Where have I heard that one before?

  • @fantasy_4772
    @fantasy_4772 Місяць тому

    Informative!

  • @Arkiiop
    @Arkiiop 7 місяців тому

    Tahiti? *Intense Dutch music*

  • @alb-mk2mt
    @alb-mk2mt 7 місяців тому

    Why is Portugal red?

  • @redwalrus6796
    @redwalrus6796 2 місяці тому

    Dang College that debt from fighting Denmark and stuff is looking pretty crazy. I bet you sure learned from this and never bankrupted yourself as Prussia ever again because that would be very embarrassing if you did so.

  • @rubenmatas4551
    @rubenmatas4551 6 місяців тому

    MAN I LOVE IMPERIALISM (In games)

  • @QasqaZhol
    @QasqaZhol 5 місяців тому

    Also if you export a lot of goods purposefully into neighbouring(neighboring countries are best because you dont need convoys for trade), their workers are very likely to start a civil war.
    I once managed to make a russian protectorate(I did the same as you forcing him to liberate a lot of nations to stop it being great power) as supergermany because I rushed for quick fertilizer techs and begun to massproduce grain and export it to the backwards countries with strong aristocrats. I even held on to subsidising my farmers so they could kept producing grain constantly, and at one point I have been producing double the amount of gain the Qing could. The cost of the grain in backwards countries were at lowest it could be due to my subsidised imports into them, making their farmers poor and radical. And due to their landowners having +20% political power their aristocratic/peasant revolts were so massive that almost any backwards country I had imported grains on completely accepted to become my protectorate if I save them.
    My guide is to tech up to advanced fertilisers, farm up your provinces and massproduce grain. Then start to improve relations with backwards countries and export to them your cheap grain. Next step is to wait for a civil war and offer your help in exchange for protectorance. Then enjoy peaceful expansion with below 50 infamy.

  • @Tyanus2
    @Tyanus2 7 місяців тому

    10:17 I have seen it on other channels too

  • @atsuki00
    @atsuki00 7 місяців тому

    Name song pls

  • @MrDjgalas
    @MrDjgalas 6 місяців тому

    I am from the batlics and I can tell you that that is not the bug. It is real life simulation, most of people from here leave to Germany for a better life xD

  • @nathanbean8763
    @nathanbean8763 7 місяців тому

    Foreign investment? It takes multiple DLCs for them to add a feature which was already in the former game and should have been in Vic3 from launch? I really want this game to do better. Even though I don't think the military side of it will ever be as good as if they kept micro in, the economic side of it could at least be better. At this rate however, I anticipate at least another year before it's actually a decent bit better than vic2. My disappointment is immeasurable.

  • @Martyr_of_vigilance
    @Martyr_of_vigilance Місяць тому

    “ARTHUR! We gotta go to Tahiti!”

  • @Tan-pp2bu
    @Tan-pp2bu 7 місяців тому +1

    no way that santa klaus appears in the thumbnail

  • @darkmacintosh
    @darkmacintosh 5 місяців тому

    Greece not doing well in the EU, where have I seen that before…

  • @Nostr00
    @Nostr00 7 місяців тому +1

    When are you going to sponsor me?

  • @ratisgood4448
    @ratisgood4448 7 місяців тому +1

    bictora tree

  • @emilepierre1663
    @emilepierre1663 7 місяців тому

    Bro the video clips😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Dinga_Linga_
    @Dinga_Linga_ 7 місяців тому

    I think the French had a plan. Maybe Dutch was right about Tahiti.

  • @hydronpowers9014
    @hydronpowers9014 7 місяців тому +1

    Totally average day in the EU

  • @afridge8608
    @afridge8608 7 місяців тому

    German empire faction named european union instead of kaiserreich. Larpers seethe

  • @benisign
    @benisign 7 місяців тому +1

    Be fr does anyone even like vic 3 or are they just sick of playing hoi or vic 2

  • @StanislavHronek
    @StanislavHronek 7 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the video, its good to know the game is not really playable yet. Wonder how many years will it take

  • @hotterotter1367
    @hotterotter1367 7 місяців тому +2

    Dude please make more Vic3 videos, there is so much shit to be done in this game 😅
    And craz hard achivements aswell

  • @LakeGameCreepr
    @LakeGameCreepr 7 місяців тому

    I think the reason you always had money problems was cus you didn't build you industry enough

  • @velvet6923
    @velvet6923 6 місяців тому

    sooo i would need yo buy the DLC in order to have fun with the gam?

  • @emilianohermosilla3996
    @emilianohermosilla3996 7 місяців тому

    Bro just annex Austria and Slovenia! The border gore, man!!!

  • @gnometruther5551
    @gnometruther5551 7 місяців тому +1

    YOU VILL EAT ZE BUGS.... JUM JUM ADRENOCHROME SO GOOD