The company is going to lose large numbers of fans and money because they put out a minor OPTIONAL DLC?
Yeah, that makes so much sense.
Aztecs -- I called it!
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The company is going to lose large numbers of fans and money because they put out a minor OPTIONAL DLC?
Yeah, that makes so much sense.
luckily, this DLC comes with 1.08! So it probably will add new features.
Okay, if anyone ceases to buy Paradox games, because they create a DLC that, oh heaven forbid, puts having fun and trying out something new over historical plausibility and realisticness, then I guess it would have been inevitable. But just look at all the silly mods in the CK2 Mod forum. There's one with the Mormon Hordes and the Republican Caliph for Pete's Sake! If people buy it, then Paradox will continue the silly DLC string, if they don't, then they cut it off. I don't see the issue, even if you dislike the idea of it.
What next? Godzilla DLC?
Won't be buying personally, but if it pleases some then fair enough.
Won't be buying personally, but if it pleases some then fair enough.
And how's this any different? Paradox Interactive took up the "hey, let's not be serious for a moment", took some work in EUIV, apparently, and made this, charging a small amount for a completely optional DLC. They've said it themselves, that this isn't going to affect the progress of other DLC's, more serious ones. Let them have their fun.
It's not that we think we're forced to buy it, it's that we're disappointed developers choose to work on something like this rather than a more topical expansion. A lot of people here would really like to see playable republics and pagans, for example, but that will have to wait because of the Sunset Invasion DLC.
I'm hoping Paradox comes to their senses, stops development of this, releases anything they came up with to the modders, and gets to working on something the whole community wants.
I'm hoping Paradox comes to their senses, stops development of this, releases anything they came up with to the modders, and gets to working on something the whole community wants.
You live in a fairytale world. Unfortunately humans rarely admit mistakes so easily. Managers - even more reluctant to do so.
The sense of entitlement is overwhelming.
"Paradox should do this, Paradox should do that!",
CK2 is finished, done, dusted. The game was effectively finished at release ( which is nice) so quite frankly the whole " Wah I wanted Vikings!" attitude makes members of the community look childish.
"Paradox should do this, Paradox should do that!",
CK2 is finished, done, dusted. The game was effectively finished at release ( which is nice) so quite frankly the whole " Wah I wanted Vikings!" attitude makes members of the community look childish.
That scenario's fascinating just as well, and nobody did as much as start a revolt in response.
They did this in their free time.
I say working on "dumb" Aztecs > beer and three hours of football during weekends
Was it now? Without retinues - it was quite incomplete (TBH I would say that retinues should actually cost maintenance money, but be 10x cheaper then mercs.), without ortodox religion features - it was quite incomplete. Not having playable Muslims could be ok, but adding them as a playable side makes the game much more interesting.
Now, the game does not have long-term relationships between the dynasties, thus I can press Hwice badly, and a new-born Hwice will not care about his father, grandfather and 3 patriarchs before them, who died in my dungeon. If my ruler dies - all those hard-pressed Hwice will say: "OK, your father was a bastard, his father was a bastard... but we belive you will be kind to us, we will help you to rule...."
I would say it is incomplete.
Pope is a randomly generated character. He is sometimes a cynical sinner, who cannot care less about christ. Well. that would be possible within a timeframe if he had a powerful allies (think Alexander VI), but not having a proper curia mechanics makes it seem incomlete.
How about the rise of the trade republics? Venice, Hansa, Genoa... all rised during this period.
And the cadet branches?
My grudge is not for releasing a fantazy DLC, but with the priorities. It would be cool to have such DLC, along with a Knights vs. Zombies DLC, in the end of CK2 lifecycle, after all the mechanics is updated and all the controversies are fixed, at least at 1066 start date.
It probably took them all of five minutes to make new localisations for the events and to copy/paste the culture/units from EUIV.
Doomdark already said this isn't affecting any release dates or number of releases.
> Doomdark already said this isn't affecting any release dates or number of releases.
That does not mean that it did not affect anything at all. There is a so called "engeneering equation". It involves scope, quality and price(or time).
If the time(schedule) and scope(number of releases) was not affected - quality will be.
For Doomdark it is is easy to make such claims, as long as we do not have a backlog or a release schedule to compare with.
It is possible for paradox to remove a curia from the backlog and say that papal elections were never even planned, or to postpone some release for another week and say that it meant to be that way...
That does not mean that it did not affect anything at all. There is a so called "engeneering equation". It involves scope, quality and price(or time).
If the time(schedule) and scope(number of releases) was not affected - quality will be.
For Doomdark it is is easy to make such claims, as long as we do not have a backlog or a release schedule to compare with.
It is possible for paradox to remove a curia from the backlog and say that papal elections were never even planned, or to postpone some release for another week and say that it meant to be that way...