How to be able to choose the country you want to in historic world war without impacting your stats.

24 Aug 2023, 11:37

When you click new game and flip down, you would probably see the 1 to 3 available rounds then for historic world war filled to well over 20 players. This can result in frustrating due to not being able to pick the country you wanted to pick, as well as cause you to waste your time waiting hours on end for a new round to be created. To remedy this, simply wait until the number of available rounds drop down to 2 or 1, (having more than 2 available rounds can cause you to get locked out of games due to joining rounds too fast). Then, wait until these rounds fill up to 29/30 and join both. Be sure to not choose a country as this may impact your stats. The game now would think that all 3 rounds generated have been fully filled and generate 3 new rounds. When you see that a new round has generated, simply wait 1 to 3 seconds and click join. Most of the popular choices such as Germany, USA, and the Soviet Union should be available. (Some would be already filled by terminally online players who spend their entire day camping COW for available rounds or people using the same strategy.)

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24 Aug 2023, 21:14

Renarsm wrote:
(Some would be already filled by terminally online players who spend their entire day camping COW for available rounds or people using the same strategy.)

As someone who does this, is there a difference?

25 Aug 2023, 01:36

No. Both involve sitting around on the games page until the specific requirements you're looking for are fulfilled.

Not to say that this post is bad advice, but my own would be simply to be more flexible in which country you want to play. It can be quite satisfying to take a continent with one of the more underpowered countries, and given the inactivity rates in HWW it's not actually as hard as one might think it is.

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25 Aug 2023, 03:04

Ye, I agree with the fun of playing with a underpowered country. Currently in a round as Tibet and am winning that one. Being flexible with country choices is of course better, as it would lessen inactivity by a bit, but sometimes I would want to go for a specific country, such as France or USA, which would be chosen fairly quickly by other players.

Lady Aragosta wrote:
No. Both involve sitting around on the games page until the specific requirements you're looking for are fulfilled.
Not to say that this post is bad advice, but my own would be simply to be more flexible in which country you want to play. It can be quite satisfying to take a continent with one of the more underpowered countries, and given the inactivity rates in HWW it's not actually as hard as one might think it is.

Being a patriot is not something I should be ashamed of.

25 Aug 2023, 04:36

Lady Aragosta wrote:
No. Both involve sitting around on the games page until the specific requirements you're looking for are fulfilled.
Not to say that this post is bad advice, but my own would be simply to be more flexible in which country you want to play. It can be quite satisfying to take a continent with one of the more underpowered countries, and given the inactivity rates in HWW it's not actually as hard as one might think it is.

I’ll do a Turkey solo run one day, I swear…

25 Aug 2023, 05:01

Next All Nations All In I'm going to try for a solo victory as Free City of Danzig. I know exactly how it will end (ignominious defeat) but it'd be fun to try.

25 Aug 2023, 05:05

Lady Aragosta wrote:
Next All Nations All In I'm going to try for a solo victory as Free City of Danzig. I know exactly how it will end (ignominious defeat) but it'd be fun to try.

Reminds me of the solo Luxembourg run I still am thinking about…

25 Aug 2023, 05:08

Perhaps we can do the same game and then fight over who rules Europe… we’ll see lol.

25 Aug 2023, 05:08

Now what would be funny would be both of those taking over all of Europe, and possibly the other continents. You'd need a hell of a lot of inactivity (or a huge wallet) but it'd be hilarious.

25 Aug 2023, 05:10

Lady Aragosta wrote:
Now what would be funny would be both of those taking over all of Europe, and possibly the other continents. You'd need a hell of a lot of inactivity (or a huge wallet) but it'd be hilarious.

You know, I have been saving a good stockpile of gold. The plan is one day to find an actually active ACAI, dumb ALL that gold into it, and then dominate the map, becoming the great wallet villain everyone fears!

25 Aug 2023, 05:23

Carking the 6th wrote:
Lady Aragosta wrote:
Now what would be funny would be both of those taking over all of Europe, and possibly the other continents. You'd need a hell of a lot of inactivity (or a huge wallet) but it'd be hilarious.
You know, I have been saving a good stockpile of gold. The plan is one day to find an actually active ACAI, dumb ALL that gold into it, and then dominate the map, becoming the great wallet villain everyone fears!

That'll be fun if I ever get that much gold.

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25 Aug 2023, 05:43

Carking the 6th wrote:
I’ll do a Turkey solo run one day, I swear…

Soloing small nations are very fun

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25 Aug 2023, 05:43

Claudio NVKP wrote:
Carking the 6th wrote:
I’ll do a Turkey solo run one day, I swear…
Soloing small nations are very fun

Especially when you’re crushing the Soviets! I love invading Russia with small countries.

25 Aug 2023, 05:44

Lady Aragosta wrote:
Next All Nations All In I'm going to try for a solo victory as Free City of Danzig. I know exactly how it will end (ignominious defeat) but it'd be fun to try.

Wow, people don't actually go for Danzig.

Carking the 6th wrote:
Lady Aragosta wrote:
Next All Nations All In I'm going to try for a solo victory as Free City of Danzig. I know exactly how it will end (ignominious defeat) but it'd be fun to try.
Reminds me of the solo Luxembourg run I still am thinking about…

Anything I try as Luxembourg, instant invasion

The President

25 Aug 2023, 05:45

Carking the 6th wrote:
Claudio NVKP wrote:
Carking the 6th wrote:
I’ll do a Turkey solo run one day, I swear…
Soloing small nations are very fun
Especially when you’re crushing the Soviets! I love invading Russia with small countries.

much more fun than CoN

The President

25 Aug 2023, 05:46

Claudio NVKP wrote:
Lady Aragosta wrote:
Next All Nations All In I'm going to try for a solo victory as Free City of Danzig. I know exactly how it will end (ignominious defeat) but it'd be fun to try.
Wow, people don't actually go for Danzig.
Carking the 6th wrote:
Lady Aragosta wrote:
Next All Nations All In I'm going to try for a solo victory as Free City of Danzig. I know exactly how it will end (ignominious defeat) but it'd be fun to try.
Reminds me of the solo Luxembourg run I still am thinking about…
Anything I try as Luxembourg, instant invasion

You saw the Luxembourg victory… it’s doable.

Also you need to meet this person, they literally only play Danzig! They’ve almost won before as well!

25 Aug 2023, 06:15

Who?

The President

25 Aug 2023, 06:38

I've played CoN exactly twice; first game ever, and months later when I wanted to get the hang of CoW without having to deal with a full world map of players.

The Luxembourg victory is indeed doable, but do we know that the ones that have been done were by people who weren't paying inordinate amounts of cash to do it?