As I sit through a lull in my current hard drive clean-up and copying game directories to my USB flash drive, I figure I might as well throw my own brand of uninteresting and egotistical nonsense into this thread.
As a seriously dedicated fan of Victoria, one who is not seriously involved with modding VIPR only because of a lack of scripting and testing time, I want to point out that one of the largest reasons why I love Victoria so much is BECAUSE of the micro-management. I cringe every time someone starts waxing on about the intolerable amounts of MM in this game, because I get so seriously bored when I play any version of EU, CK, or HOI these days. I love the games, so don't get me wrong there. I just simply love the fact that I can play an entire game of Victoria, never get into a war, and never run out of things to do. Add a half-dozen good wars into the mix and I can shut out the entire world for weeks at a time (in 2 hour chunks of time).
HOI3 shows definite promise in my being able to get totally engrossed, however, so things may be changing for the better all the time.
I remember reading on this forum sometime a long time ago, that Victoria was initially designed because there were a segment of fans who were seriously bored with EU when there was no war on the plate to handle. I don't know if that is true or some sort of forum legend, but it works for me.
Now, that being said, there are some game functions that could probably be "streamlined" without taking away from the player's involvement, but I seriously hope that I don't wind up with a game where it takes a war to make the game really interesting. I don't really believe that we will, because I think King "gets it" and I hope Johan does as well. I think he does.
Well, that's it for me. I don't have any genius proposals for making the game into a simulation, or brainstorms on how to revamp the naval system, nor do I have any ideas on additional pop types or how to make religion more relevant in the game. All I know is that I have been crying for a Vicky 2 for years now and I am finally seeing a long-held dream come true.
Thanks to everyone who has made this possible.