DDRJake as a Dev?
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I'd rather Paradox concentrate on single player game balance and making the game FUN again, instead of caring about some kid that can find exploits that do not affect me. All they seem to care about these days is MP exploit fixing.
More loss of fun after each patch, cannot expand my nation in single player due to multiplayer people complaining, cannot explore the planet anymore using ships due to... I have no idea... still so many ai issues, but they do not care because they only play MP and see youtubers.
EU4 used to be fun, until 3-4 months after release, then the game balance for MP only and the pointless exploits from youtubers that is forced on single player users has ruined everything. Guess I have to just hope HOI is fun on release, I have given up on EU.
More loss of fun after each patch, cannot expand my nation in single player due to multiplayer people complaining, cannot explore the planet anymore using ships due to... I have no idea... still so many ai issues, but they do not care because they only play MP and see youtubers.
EU4 used to be fun, until 3-4 months after release, then the game balance for MP only and the pointless exploits from youtubers that is forced on single player users has ruined everything. Guess I have to just hope HOI is fun on release, I have given up on EU.
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Well, I can hardly imagine a better man for QA.
Now we need someone like him for CK2 too!
Now we need someone like him for CK2 too!
Man, it sure would be nice if Paradox would allow you, and people who shared your opinion, some way to play each old build of the game. Perhaps you could download it via Steam, and they could have instructions stickied on the top of the main forum describing in detail how to accomplish this.
Oh wait.
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Massive congrats to DDRJake! Can't imagine anyone better for the job! And frankly, hooray to seeing new faces on Paradox's QA team in general... love Paradox to pieces, but more QA on these monstrous games is always a huge help!
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I can play iron man and get achievements even though I am playing an old version that has so many AI bugs in it? Like horrible military AI that gets nations sending their entire armies around the planet and never back to guard their homeland or having their troops stationary all game even as they get invaded or their allies need help? and many other problems?
OH that sounds like so much FUNNNN
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That's probably going to happen. He can only report bugs, I doubt he'll fix them as well.
Paradox's QA problem is related to developers not having enough time to actually fix problems. Instead they're supposed to write code for 1000 new features.
NO!
Their problem is all they care about is MP and trying to stop people exploiting the game for MP and achievements, and what do they do to expand their QA? Hire another player that also only cares about exploits that can be used for an advantage in MP and for achievements.
The game is never going to be fun again for anyone that has no interest in getting 100% achivements or MP. It used to be for months after release
Brilliant!!!!
Do not presume to speak for me; I'm quite enjoying my Hansa game.
Achievements collected in it: zero.
Achievements sought in it: zero.
Other humans participating: zero.
If you really hate it that much now DON'T PLAY IT and stop complaining.
On Topic: Congrats DDRJake!
What WeissRaben said. I don't think I've ever seen DDRJake streaming or posting a video of him playing in multiplayer.
First you complain that you won't be able to get achievements if you play an earlier build, implying you care about them. Then you say the game is only fun for the crowd that cares about the achievements, which implies you're not one of them.
While I do realize fun is subjective and not everyone is going to like certain changes, if you're going to whine about something, decide on your stance before doing that. Currently, your (already shaky) arguments contradict each other
Besides, the game is very open to modding. Bugs and exploits should always be fixed, so what remains is changes in mechanics you might not agree with, many of which are easily moddable. You can even go to an earlier build and mod that if it's something you couldn't normally remove from the current build.
On topic: massive congrats, DDRJake! I'm still watching the Rajput Reich run; 's a very entertaining watch
Congrats DDRJAke
On topic: he does play, put usually do not stream MP (he did stream one with twitch subscribers)
Stop being so hysterical you are lowering the tone of this discussion.
I have seen nothing to suggest that the game is balanced for MP, I can't think of a single balance change that was not also justifiable for single player.
I play SP about 70%-90% of the time and I almost never play ironman or go for achievements so you don't represent me. Sure there are some design choices I don't agree with and bugs I wish were fixed but overall I think the game has been steadily improving especially after the AOW patch which was fantastic. If you think that DDRJake's in depth knowledge of the mechanics will only help with MP and exploits I think you are not quite grasping how understanding of the mechanics and the enormous amounts of experience he has in playing the game will benefit overall bug squashing. I mean what other skills does one need for QA?
Congratulations DDRJake, although it wasn't entirely unexpected, I mean I predicted here that I couldn't compete with him and I was right.
Perhaps I'll make it next year or whenever...
Perhaps I'll make it next year or whenever...
Chuckle.
The game IS now noticeably slower, at least on my rig. It DOES have bugs in it that it didn't used to, and it certainly APPEARS, with or without due cause, to have been tested more to prevent exploits in SP and to be balanced in MP than originally.
But I've still been playing it right up to this morning.
Now, I'm going to stop - for a while at least. But only to play Cities: Skylines. EU4 is still a marvellous game, folks, it's just that, like many folk in their middle age(s) (sorry!) it's got a bit bloated. ;-)
The game IS now noticeably slower, at least on my rig. It DOES have bugs in it that it didn't used to, and it certainly APPEARS, with or without due cause, to have been tested more to prevent exploits in SP and to be balanced in MP than originally.
But I've still been playing it right up to this morning.
Now, I'm going to stop - for a while at least. But only to play Cities: Skylines. EU4 is still a marvellous game, folks, it's just that, like many folk in their middle age(s) (sorry!) it's got a bit bloated. ;-)
Well, congrats to DDRJake. Let's just hope PI won't balance later patches/games around what he finds challenging.