Any chance for the 1.4 before x-mas holidays?

[Bibor]

yes/no/maybe? *pretty please*

 

[unmerged(109624)]

I'm pretty sure Johan has stated 1.4 will arrive with CoP on Jan 14th 2014.

 

[Jaol]

It's following the CK2 model. I.e. major patches and DLC are released together.

 

[gnome109]

Nope

 

[Bibor]

Bummer. 1.4 will "drastically" change mid-late conquest expansion.

 

[zodium]

Bummer. 1.4 will "drastically" change mid-late conquest expansion.

I think you can omit the quotes, since after 1.4, we'll all still be arguing about how to implement a sensible snowball inhibition mechanic now that "Expand" has replaced "Avoid Coalitions" as the only viable late-game strategy.

 

[LiberiusX]

Though I'm disappointed that the game will remain shelved for me until January 14th, I would rather them get CoP correct.

 

[Novacat]

I think you can omit the quotes, since after 1.4, we'll all still be arguing about how to implement a sensible snowball inhibition mechanic now that "Expand" has replaced "Avoid Coalitions" as the only viable late-game strategy.

One idea I got regarding that was to introduce AE resistance... a larger country will resist AE more than a smaller one, thus, a 100-province empire conquering a province might set a bunch of OPMs in coalition mode, but wont disturb England/France/Ottomans unless you seize a truly huge amount of territory.

It will enable an empire to conquer one or two provinces without facing continent-wide coalitions, enable small states to snowball without getting stomped by majors, and enable groupings of minor states to effectively defend eachother.

 

[Talar]

January is just perfect since I will anyway go away and leave my computer over christmas. Then start a new game with the expansion when I'm back

 

[Teije]

January is just perfect since I will anyway go away and leave my computer over christmas. Then start a new game with the expansion when I'm back

Ah! Finally the real explanation for the CoP release date. You provided Paradox with your travel itinerary