I was wondering if the development team has ever considered expanding the time line of FTG and the scope of the game?
The early 15th century start date makes sense, though I've always wondered why it is 1419, rather than 1415 or some other slightly earlier date. What I think is really missing is the 19th century, which I suspect was left out of EU2 for the sake of Victoria. It is a shame as there are a great many events that would be fun to play through, like westward American expansion, the African colonization race, the American Civil War, the Franco-Prussian War, unification of Italy and Germany and so on.
The mechanics of FTG would be perfectly adequate to represent this time period as well. Furthermore an expansion of this nature would also help give FTG it's own identity, beyond being a refinement of EU2. It would truly represent the great age of European influence and dominance in world affairs in it's entirety.
The early 15th century start date makes sense, though I've always wondered why it is 1419, rather than 1415 or some other slightly earlier date. What I think is really missing is the 19th century, which I suspect was left out of EU2 for the sake of Victoria. It is a shame as there are a great many events that would be fun to play through, like westward American expansion, the African colonization race, the American Civil War, the Franco-Prussian War, unification of Italy and Germany and so on.
The mechanics of FTG would be perfectly adequate to represent this time period as well. Furthermore an expansion of this nature would also help give FTG it's own identity, beyond being a refinement of EU2. It would truly represent the great age of European influence and dominance in world affairs in it's entirety.