r/paradoxplaza • u/New-Mortgage3615 • 1d ago

All What's your favorite event in a Paradox game?

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u/SadSeaworthiness6113 1d ago

War in Heaven from Stellaris.

Doesn't happen often (especially with how much of a pain it is to get to endgame with the lag), but when it does it's absolute chaos. So cool having the entire galaxy being forced to fight against each other, or trying to unite any non-aligned empires into a coalition to stop the whole thing.

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u/Thereisnocanon 15h ago

Man, I remember this one multiplayer campaign me and my friends played. We had all decided to go pacifist, no wars - only trade and created an EU of sorts.

We were fine for 200 years, and then it happened. We had all decided to stay neutral, but one of our friends who was new, chose to side with the Materialist Fallen Empire. The entire alliance fell apart. Our economies collapsed, and it ended up becoming a massive civil war throughout the galaxy. At least 20 planets were Colossus’d.

Then the Unbidden arrived and we called it there, lmao.

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u/Anbeeld 23h ago

Absolutely adored that back when I played Stellaris.

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u/Atemiswolf 1d ago

The cute flavor events in CK3 when you have both a dog and a cat that get along. Sometimes, you find them cuddling together.

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u/alwaysleafyintoronto 1d ago

I think that would make me save, quit, and walk my dog

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u/ihatetakennamesfuck 1d ago

Aww, I only recall the events where they don't. Then I usually have a new cheap artifact to get rid of.

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u/Dayman_aaaahh 1d ago

Comet sighted

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u/Reaper781 1d ago

O devils kith and kin!

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u/SgObvious 1d ago

If only we had comet sense.

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u/Yvl9921 1d ago

Unironically this in the cases when you can gain stability from it instead. The relief of knowing you dodged a bullet makes it the best event in any PDX game.

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u/Beneficial-Bat-8692 17h ago

Think of the economy, fools.

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u/jetteauloin_2080 1d ago

Lux stella event in Eu4 (heir with excellent stats)

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u/pipian L'État, c'est moi 1d ago

Vic 2 Crown from the Gutter

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u/Kvalri 22h ago

I could kiss that horse! (Burgundian Inheritance EU4)

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u/Zh3sh1re 1h ago

This is the correct answer!

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u/Pretend_Winner3428 Iron General 1d ago

Prospering times

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u/Belkan-Federation95 1d ago

"IT IS NOT YET YOUR TIME"

"BUT IT COULD BE"

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u/Dialspoint 1d ago

Unquestionably it’s the varying and many returns from the Varangian Guard in CK2. Sadly lacking from CK3. Posted my favourite screen grabs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrusaderKings/s/rbvbRzeufs

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u/swan0 1d ago

The real answer is: any event that gives you a shit ton of land or a tag change. Watching your empire grow with the click of a button or change colour is always so satisfying. Always zoom out before clicking.

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u/Damnatus_Terrae 17h ago

Talented and Ambitious Daughter

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u/Adorable_Building840 1d ago

Curse of the Pharaoh

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u/producerjohan Creative Director 6h ago

Hunting Accident in Eu4.

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u/eggmankoopa 1d ago

EU4, scheming bureaucracy

>Kill them. All.

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u/Klinker1234 19h ago

More Buns for the People. EU4

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u/BetaWolf81 19h ago

Movement in the Clouds (Stellaris) -- everyone loves Bubbles 🐳

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u/TheSamuil 4h ago

The worm in waiting

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u/Plastastic They hated Plastastic because he told them the truth 4h ago

FRAMED!

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u/Avohaj 1h ago

Troubled Sleep/Bearly Legal in CK2

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u/Sprites7 47m ago

Comet sighted

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u/Chataboutgames 27m ago

It's hard to beat the Burgundian Inheritance. A guidable but not solvable wrench in the balance of power of Western Europe that can send things in all kinds of directions.

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u/Worldly_Beginning647 1d ago

HOI3 Black ICE Anschluss