If you're just going to "TL;DR" other people, why don't you just go ahead and leave, since you don't seem to grasp what forums are for?
Also that is blatantly false, the hard-coding is there expressly for the purpose of protecting their DLC from being used without paying, so obviously they aren't going to remove it when it's time to start selling it. It won't work, since DRM never does, but that's just wrong.
so in other words your real gripe is with a certain corporate/marketing strategy and not really with what factions are currently playable. if that's what you want to rant about, I'm sure you can find an appropriate thread for it instead of attempting to subvert this one.
by the way, the forums are for back-and-forth discourse. not for preaching and ramming your issues down people's throats.
and let this be a note to others who's real issue is that they think Paradox simply held back Pagan and Muslim factions just to profit off of DLC: 1. if so, that's their prerogative, and they are late comers to that party anyway and 2. then you already know the answer as to why you can't currently play muslim and pagan factions (without easy workarounds) so 3. don't subvert one thread to insinuate your issues with a marketing model you think PDox may have adopted.
So? Why did you even buy the game, if it is so horribly broken and greedy Paradox is just screwing it's customers with their expensive DLCs? Boycotting CKII and buying competing feudal strategy game instead of CKII would have been more efficient way to combat against the evil ways of Paradox.
Almost no one here disagrees that playable Muslims would be nice addition, but some of us are perfectly happy with the product which we already have. If Paradox is willing to make the extra work and change the game, so that Muslims will be also playable (which requires changes to game mechanics and balance) then we don't have any issues to pay them for their work. If base game is good enough and future expansions offer something worth paying for then why complain? I don't really see any problem here, but then again I'm a person who often buys all kinds of expansions to his favourite computer, board and roleplaying games (although only if they offer something worth buying). I'm content with CKII and consider that it's one of the best games I have ever played. I'm glad they focused their efforts to get the feudal system work better than in CKI.
Olaus said it best. +1
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