Thinking about ending it is not the same thing as definitely ending it after x number of DLCs.
Don't stop the dlc yet!
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The official rule is: as long as people continue buying DLC, they will keep releasing them (unless production on sequel starts, but that won't be for a few more years)
In translation, the rule is: as long as the DLC continue being financially viable, they will keep releasing them (lowered sales, too high costs, or moving developers to other more profitable projects means the DLc will stop)
The 3-more-DLC declaration actually means this: they believe that only three more DLC will be financially viable
In translation, the rule is: as long as the DLC continue being financially viable, they will keep releasing them (lowered sales, too high costs, or moving developers to other more profitable projects means the DLc will stop)
The 3-more-DLC declaration actually means this: they believe that only three more DLC will be financially viable
Still, it's enough indication of intent for it not to be just a rumour. But yes, semantics aside - nobody knows how many more DLCs are to come. Paradox probably don't either, but they see the limitations of the engine and age of the game, and acknowledged it is an issue, so good on them . We'll see what we'll get
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see CK3 sooner than later. CK2 has too many engine and modding limitations. But at this point, it's pretty clear that the next DLC won't be the last one. The game is more popular than ever, judging by the Steam player counts.
Next expansion would have to flop terribly for it to end up being the last one.
Next expansion would have to flop terribly for it to end up being the last one.
If the next (2?) expansion(s) prove to be as popular as The Reaper's Due, or even The Old Gods, then I'm absolutely sure they'll not end it there.
Did you ever play the Reaper's Due patch or later? It made the game like 40% quicker.
Its not just profitability, they also have to factor in technical feasibility and they need enough new ideas that are both workable and worth selling.
I kinda do want an end to the endless DLC's, for the simple reason that a lot of mods fell by the wayside due to the never-ending march of code-breaking patch's that force people to update their mods frequently. If the game takes too long to reach the end of it's DLCs, then I imagine most of the modders will have just given up on the game and move on; as many already have.
No. What do you mean quicker? As in optimization? I rolled the game back when Conclave came out and haven't moved forward since. The last three DLC are of no real interest to me.
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Yeah, loads.
The 2.6 patches massively improved stability, also why keep it backdated after Conclave? Didn't people just dislike the defensive pacts and shattered retreat stuff? Cause there are game rules to turn those off now yet still get all the other things from the patch and further along patches.
Exactly. Ever since there's game rules, there is really no reason to ever stay on an older patch. They have even re-introduced the assassination that you can order like a pizza!
Well I'm also not really interested in the DLCs or free patches that came out from Conclave on so that's part of why I keep it rolled back. It's not just optimization I'm talking about the game just starts to feel like a lot of crap shoved into a small box at a certain point.
Get crazy - try it out some time. You can always roll back again if it's not your taste, but just try it out once.
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I mean are you really arguing about free content? Like regardless of the DLCs there is still many improvements to the base game and bug fixes. The game runs better now than pretty much ever before and has more features. Even if you don't want to get the DLC you are literally just turning away free improvements to the game because of what?
You have not even tried it out? You can disable the biggest thing that people disliked about the 2.5 patches.
As said above at least try it out once before you say it is crap...
I mean are you really arguing about free content? Like regardless of the DLCs there is still many improvements to the base game and bug fixes. The game runs better now than pretty much ever before and has more features. Even if you don't want to get the DLC you are literally just turning away free improvements to the game because of what?
You have not even tried it out? You can disable the biggest thing that people disliked about the 2.5 patches.
As said above at least try it out once before you say it is crap...
Hell yeah, man, with the games rules set up just so (half demesne, no cults, random invasions, fewer disease, restricted drifting, powerful revolts and more I can't think of), the game is way better, less chaotic (Sunni HRE? Wut.), and much harder, due to centralization not meaning much since you can only have like 2-3 holdings.