EU3 versus EU4: Things you miss (and things you don't)

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I miss four things from EU3:
(1) Sliders
(2) The ability to change NIs
(3) Magistrates
(4) Ruler stats that directly impact the country

 

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Wait, are you saying ruler stats don't affect the country in EU 4???? [...]

No, I am not saying that. What I said was:
(4) Ruler stats that directly impact the country

 

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i.e. this stuff:
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Basically all the effects that were replaced by monarch points (which are really kind of mis-named since typically most points come from other sources).

Yes, these effects. No, they were not replaced by MPs.
It is not like you can't mod these back in. I did that with my BGA mod - all you need is a triggered modifier. Still, I missed them in the base game.