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PaperclipPerfector  1mo ago (text post)   2532 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for September 19, 2025

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I actually haven't played much Victoria 3 either—I've just made mods and observed what the AI-controlled countries do with them in "hands-off" campaigns. But, from watching YouTubers play Victoria 3, I imagine that adding sea access to the interiors of North America and Europe would significantly increase those regions' economic output by alleviating infrastructure bottlenecks that otherwise cannot be overcome until railroads are constructed and expensively (due to the high cost of engines) maintained.

In the vanilla game, these navigable inland water bodies are represented with a flat +15 or +20 bonus to infrastructure. This is equivalent to getting a blockade-immune level 5 or level 7 port building for free, which IMO is a bit extreme.

Two things off the top of my head: that would result in AI Great Britain now teleporting 100k regulars (plus their endless tide of Indian peasants) into Missouri or Budapest every war.

And if anything, the +20 infrastructure bonus currently in game is laughably underpowered. That's one basic railroad, and says more about how little infrastructure ports provide, which off the top of my head i believe is 3. It also does nothing during a blockade. Blockades only have to block market capitals off from the world market to fuck over the whole country. I think it can try to reroute, but even the US or China only have two or three nodes to block anyways. The Brits start with like 5 fleets each bigger than anyone else save France anyways.

I agree with the great lakes canal, but I don't believe you can actually close canals you control like Panama during war. I could be wrong though, I despise the Vic3 war system and avoid anything resembling a fair fight if I can.

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