I'm trying a game as Greece. It's about 1919 and I have all but one zone to claim against the Ottomans.
The Albanians managed to free themselves from the Turks, which is a rarity in 1.2. But then I glanced around the world and my happiness diminished. I see the UK with over 50K total points. They own half of china in addition to their starting world. I click on a few chinese provinces and notice that over half their population are british. I see provinces in central asia belonging to Austria & Germany, as if they were colonized there. I see a Central America that has yet to break apart in either of my 2 games playing 1.2. And in my small world I see my Greek provinces with a Greek Minority and Albania with roughly a 20% average population of Albanians.
In my humble opinion I believe that assimilation should happen only if it's your core province or you're colonizing it. If a province could become a state for any nation then assimilation should stop. For example, when a nation conquers Crete it isn't a state yet for them. But if Greece attains it, it is a state.
So I guess my point of this is that the game is playable if you only focus on your little realm. But certain flaws in the game will impact you no matter who you choose to play. England needs to be tamed but I feel that fixing assimilation should solve some of that through rebels. But I do miss the events in Vicky 1 that triggered the independence of some nations.
The Albanians managed to free themselves from the Turks, which is a rarity in 1.2. But then I glanced around the world and my happiness diminished. I see the UK with over 50K total points. They own half of china in addition to their starting world. I click on a few chinese provinces and notice that over half their population are british. I see provinces in central asia belonging to Austria & Germany, as if they were colonized there. I see a Central America that has yet to break apart in either of my 2 games playing 1.2. And in my small world I see my Greek provinces with a Greek Minority and Albania with roughly a 20% average population of Albanians.
In my humble opinion I believe that assimilation should happen only if it's your core province or you're colonizing it. If a province could become a state for any nation then assimilation should stop. For example, when a nation conquers Crete it isn't a state yet for them. But if Greece attains it, it is a state.
So I guess my point of this is that the game is playable if you only focus on your little realm. But certain flaws in the game will impact you no matter who you choose to play. England needs to be tamed but I feel that fixing assimilation should solve some of that through rebels. But I do miss the events in Vicky 1 that triggered the independence of some nations.
