EU4 - 1.12 - Idea Changes and New National Ideas

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Sad to see that forming Italy still changed Ideas which are in several cases worse than your original one.
Now with IA gone can you at least stay a republic when you form Italy or is it still impossible for catholic Italian republics to claim Rome without penalty?
 
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Seeing how united Italy completely failed to develop its economy outside of those northern areas...
Well saying 'completely failed to develop its economy' is a bit too much even from an Italian-skeptic for a country which expanded its industrial base significantly in the late 19th, early 20th century, was nearly overrun by Socialists after WW1 and had a quite solid economic development thereafter, not to count the economic boom of post WW2 period.
Which would be completely different from the ROME ARISEN which it's ideas in EU4 represent.
Absolutely. I for one don't like the the Italian idea set at all, since I dont find it historically plausible nor very immersive when i see things about ancient Rome. However, one must also find a replacement for the set, since merely criticising is quite cheap. ;)
 
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Could you post the new neapolitan and aragonese ideas? I love the new ideas

Aragon
Traditions
Galley Combat Ability: +20.0%
National Trade Income Modifier: +10.0%
  1. Mercenary Princes: Mercenary Cost: -20.0%
  2. Protection of the Coastlines: Naval Force Limit Modifier: +25.0%
  3. Mediterranean Trade: Trade Steering: +20.0%
  4. Consolidation of the Estates: Stability Cost Modifier: -10.0%
  5. Chartered Merchant Companies: Global Trade Power: +20.0%
  6. Reforming the Administration: Monthly Autonomy Change: -0.05
  7. Protect the Little Folk: Morale of Armies: +10.0%
Ambition
Culture Conversion Cost: -10.0%

Naples
Traditions
National Spy Defense: +25.0%
Recover Army Morale Speed: +5.0%
  1. Found the Academy of Naples: Yearly Prestige: +1.00
  2. Consolidate the Royal Domain: Development Cost: -10.0%
  3. Encourage City Living: Stability Cost Modifier: -10.0%
  4. Expand the Arsenale : Naval Force Limit Modifier: +25.0%
  5. City of Artists: Yearly Legitimacy: +1.00
  6. Suppress Banditry: Trade Efficiency: +10.0%
  7. Refurbish the University of Royal Studies: Technology Cost: -5.0%
Ambition
Yearly Navy Tradition Decay: -1.0%
 
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Absolutely. I for one don't like the the Italian idea set at all, since I dont find it historically plausible nor very immersive when i see things about ancient Rome. However, one must also find a replacement for the set, since merely criticising is quite cheap. ;)

How about simply keeping the ideas of the founder like when Germany is formed?
 
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Are there changes to the Innovative group?
It seems more of an all-rounder group with no special appeal, and compared to most other admin groups who have important niche roles, it can not really compete.
(A shame, because the word innovative sounds so promising.)
 
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My favourites:

- Boosted Naval Ideas significantly.
- Burgundy now starts with +1 diplomatic relations instead of +5% cavalry combat ability.
- Quality: Quality Education now gives +1 Army Tradition instead of 5% Morale Recovery.
- Quality: Naval Drill is now +10% Naval Morale instead of 5% Morale Recovery
- Quality: Escort Ships is now +5% Ship Durability instead of 10% Naval Morale.
- Economic: Finisher was changed to -20% Development Cost.
- Ottoman Traditions now give +3 Tolerance. -33% core creation cost moved to the first Ottoman idea.
- Scotland now starts with +33% land forcelimit instead of +5% morale recovery speed.
- Standardized effects of hostile core-creation ideas, most are 25-50% now.
- Boosted Neapolitan and Aragonese ideas.

Buff to Quality and Naval - yay
Buff to Economic - powerful as hell (and i already thought this is good idea group)
Scotland can be finally bigger challenge for England
Neapolitan ideas buff, finally :D
Finally alternate way of getting army tradition
HOSTILE CORE CREATION NERFED YESSS

Finally, Trin Tragula asked me to post which ideas were based on suggestions from the forum, so here you go:
Semien Ideas
Thüringian Ideas
Münster Ideas
Northumbrian Ideas
Arakanese Ideas
Champa Ideas
Laotian Ideas
Catalan Ideas
Miao Ideas
Pagarruyung Ideas

:D thanks

Semien, Laotian and Pagarruyung NIs are mine :)
 
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Looks all very nice.
Has there been any changes to the Dutch nations? I remember for example that Brabant and Flanders had German ideas, is that still the case or did they get their own ideas as well? (If it's still the same, I could post some suggestions in the suggestion forum :) )
 
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Aragon
Traditions
Galley Combat Ability: +20.0%
National Trade Income Modifier: +10.0%
  1. Mercenary Princes: Mercenary Cost: -20.0%
  2. Protection of the Coastlines: Naval Force Limit Modifier: +25.0%
  3. Mediterranean Trade: Trade Steering: +20.0%
  4. Consolidation of the Estates: Stability Cost Modifier: -10.0%
  5. Chartered Merchant Companies: Global Trade Power: +20.0%
  6. Reforming the Administration: Monthly Autonomy Change: -0.05
  7. Protect the Little Folk: Morale of Armies: +10.0%
Ambition
Culture Conversion Cost: -10.0%

Naples
Traditions
National Spy Defense: +25.0%
Recover Army Morale Speed: +5.0%
  1. Found the Academy of Naples: Yearly Prestige: +1.00
  2. Consolidate the Royal Domain: Development Cost: -10.0%
  3. Encourage City Living: Stability Cost Modifier: -10.0%
  4. Expand the Arsenale : Naval Force Limit Modifier: +25.0%
  5. City of Artists: Yearly Legitimacy: +1.00
  6. Suppress Banditry: Trade Efficiency: +10.0%
  7. Refurbish the University of Royal Studies: Technology Cost: -5.0%
Ambition
Yearly Navy Tradition Decay: -1.0%
Oh naval plz sir
 
Nice to see more ideas for (South) East Asian and East African countries, those areas definitely needed idea attention the most.

Yes and for this patch they have been prioritized because of that. South East Asia in particular will no longer have many countries with generic ideas in 1444.
 
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Where would be the best place to post ideas for new national idea sets? In the suggestion forums? In the main forum? As a PM? I think coming up with a good suggestion for national ideas would take a good amount of research and it can be so easy for posts like those to become immediately buried without the right people seeing them.

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...s-for-last-nations-with-generic-ideas.843578/


https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...ons-regarding-new-ni-groups-with-code.848691/
 
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Can we hope for spy ideas overhaul sometime in the future? Nobody uses them at the moment because every single idea group is better then this.

Also since theocracies are a focus of this patch - monarchies get Aristocratic republics get Plutocratic, but what about theocracies? Aristocratic as well? Both? Brand new Theocratic idea group?
 
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