EU4 - Development Diary - 2nd of October 2018

[Kaiser1870]

Noooo! But what about the HRE!

I rather have a full expansion to the HRE, rather than a Immersion Pack.

 

[Robinkevin]

Paradox plz fix the Japan is United mission as when clicked , it does not grant new mission tree, it sticks to the generic tree of Japanese damiyos

 

[bregolan]

Please, add a Mesta modification to wool production in the region of Castille. Please, is a great oportunity to rework Personal Unions and make them work in a progressive integration way, instead of a demi-random way of inheritation or vassal-like integration.

Please, make the tercios a unique unit type like cossacks, banners or streltsis. Please rework the council system and add some kind of "Valido", prime minister, or equivalent figure that boosts MP production. Those figures existed through all europe. Please rework colonisation so it increases development of colonies and reduce development of metropoles.

Thanks for Iberia at last.

 

[DDRJake]

Me at this moment

Please stop leaking our upcoming music pack.

Wondering if Granada is also gonna get some love here

Iberia? FINaLLY! Damn, Granada needs more powar. 10 provinces Granada awaits in next patch then

Any hypothetical Iberian update would surely be incomplete without love for the last jewel of Al-Andalus.

As for the accompanying music I'm expecting you dust off that meme and invite three composers for their personal take on Falalan! You know you want it.

We have a studio-wide policy that there is to be no more Falalan. I'm as heartbroken as you.

now you can sleep without fear of being judged by the Inquisition

How can one fear what they cannot expect?

Is the potato AI getting educated in this patch, or is it still in the works?

Stay tuned in!

I just hope they remove the border gore with Labourd.

100% agreed.

 

[Budoka]

Awesome!!!

As someone who likes playing a mix of tall - colonization gameplay style, England was the only choice for me since it is too OP and more fleshed out in comparison to other western powers.

Hope new patch and immersion pack will even things and make other nations more appealing to play, and also better represent the historical power and importance Iberian countries had, especially in 15th and 16th centuries, with some neat new mechanics, missions and flavour events.

Really looking forward to it!

Great job PDX

 

[eon47]

I know it's not Europe, but I hope they throw in some ideas for North Africa as well. Spain needs improvement, but every country west of the Mamluks is a clone--even the landlocked countries that might not ever get to use naval-type ideas. It's ridiculous, and given how much Spain and Morocco interacted, it would be a good time for at least a couple unique idea sets.

 

[Mcwynne]

We have a studio-wide policy that there is to be no more Falalan. I'm as heartbroken as you.

A great betrayal of art itself.

But on a serious note, is there a chance we will see an update to the dutch revolt in this expansion? The current implementation leaves a lot to be desired and since the event was very Spain related in history, now feels like a good time.

 

[Cardolam]

Yes, I fear this may be the case. 3 buttons with the same "+10 percent conversion rate" , "rebellion supression +20%". Just rename them something relating to Spanish history like you mentioned. The DLC's are crazy expensive and they don't really add any new mechanics.. just buffs here and there and upgrade this or that. Why is CKII getting the much much more creative DLCS?

Yes, the tricks of pressing "a" button to get "b" modifier and wait "x" time to get "y" modifier are getting old. I think this path was taken because any really new mechanics adds a lot to the AI coding... if you think about it the vast majority of new stuff implemented in the DLCs practically doesn't need new AI coding. I'm talking about new features, not AI improvements of older features.

 

[IrishGirl]

I know it's not Europe, but I hope they throw in some ideas for North Africa as well. Spain needs improvement, but every country west of the Mamluks is a clone--even the landlocked countries that might not ever get to use naval-type ideas. It's ridiculous, and given how much Spain and Morocco interacted, it would be a good time for at least a couple unique idea sets.

I agree. Perhaps Paradox will do the same thing they did with Rule Brittania where, not only did they expand/redesign the British Isles, but also the Low Countries and France. Honestly, I can't see how they could do Castile and Aragon, without touching on Morocco, Tunis, etc..

So yes, some new unique idea groups for the North African countries would be fun, as would some historic mission trees that bring these countries more directly into conflict with Iberia.

 

[th3freakie]

After consulting with the discord, I can share with you the Iberian flavored (but not Iberian Exclusive) mechanics we demand be included with this Iberian Patch:

1. Inquisition (establish it, get others to join it)
2. Fancy Titles (Rex Catholicissimus, Rex Fidelissimus...)
3. Support the Counterreformation (in other countries)
4. Religious Orders (let them be involved in colonization, diplomacy and science with non-euros, event chains for Jesuit conversion of China and Japan...)
5. Tordesillas (get Pope to give you exclusive rights to half the planet, but properly)
6. Colonial Capital (move capital to colonies if Revolutionary enemy about to take it)

 

[Brainblow]

Highest time for Iberia focus, one of the most powerful and important regions of the time wasn't touched since release. Let's just hope HRE will be the target of the following big DLC

Iberia wasn't really all that important or powerful pre-colonisation. Most of their later power came from imperial wealth.

If I Iberia finally get's some attention, will that mean that the gold mine there finally get's removed ?

Since in the real world, there is no gold mine in Iberia

The gold is practically damn near the whole reason the Romans put in so much effort to conquer the region.

 

[RaccoonCity]

Iberia wasn't really all that important or powerful pre-colonisation. Most of their later power came from imperial wealth.


The gold is practically damn near the whole reason the Romans put in so much effort to conquer the region.

Read about Hispania, Al-Andalus, etc...

 

[Ulfreig]

Brazilian? Don't you think it seems far fetched geographically wise? And what about time wise? Brazil didn't exist in the game time frame and when it was born its culture was Portuguese...

The game has American culture, wich is included in the British group and forms by a Scottish or English CN in North America. Maybe the same could happen with Spanish and Portuguese CN in South America. Plus, Brazilian culture has a huge influence from local natives and African slaves. A couple of centuries of cultural exchange was enough to make Colonial Brazil quite different, culture wise, from Portugal, even before Brazil's independence in 1822. But I understand your point

 

[the glory of plain]

a full redo of colonize system will be great
one colonist one province thing never made sense
and it looks even worse after siberian frontier
hoping for mission tree for morocco and maybe mali and songhai

 

[ruslantrad]

A new update of the Balkans and Southern Europe is really needed.

 

[Brainblow]

Read about Hispania, Al-Andalus, etc...

Yes, and? It's not like it didn't exist, but it was hardly anywhere near as powerful and important before it became an empire.

 

[Velho e Bom Joe]

Nice, can't wait for what is clearly the Granadan/Andalus immersion pack!

 

[PersonalLiberation]

Now the Poland Update has our players making wealth common and impaling left & right.

Hilarious, as always, Jake!

Regarding HRE needing "love," out of the box HRE has unique mechanics. Common Sense and Mare Nostrum both given additional content, Imperial Cities and Free Cities, respectively. Rights of Man gave a special government to Prussia. Achievements have continued to be added that are HRE specific. What would you want to be added to HRE, specifically?

 

[inecek.dr]

Nice, but when are you planning to do something with Bohemia?

 

[El Overlord]

1. Tordesillas (get Pope to give you exclusive rights to half the planet, but properly)

In particular I think that the following case should be reviewed:

You play with Spain and have a union with Portugal, Spain has Tordesillas of Mexico and other colonial regions, and Portugal has Tordesillas of Brazil.

Portugal can colonize quietly in the Tordesillas regions of Spain with bonuses and everything, as if it were Spain. But Spain can not colonize Brazil, at the risk of violating the Portuguese Tordesillas.

I think it should be the other way around.