Nice, this DLC looks like it could be good, it's got me way more intrested than CoP for sure.
and I have to agree, the papacy fix should be part of the free patch.
and I have to agree, the papacy fix should be part of the free patch.
For the record, i counted 7 other major interface improvements that are free, just from the first page of changes.
Here's the deal.. i'll figure out 4-5 alternatives for you, and you can vote which one is paid for. (From a bunch of free features)
As usual, we have ended up with way too much for free, as you'll see in the next few weeks..
It is perfectly reasonable to lock out big new features to make DLCs worthwhile, but not fixes for poorly-implemented features of the past.
Meanwhile, for me it's an incentive to wait for a sale instead of buying it on release.
I bought CoP on release, and I've barely even played it. If this papacy thing is a paid feature though, I'll wait for a sale instead as a statement that I can't support this kind of DLC policy.
No matter what we do, its always some people upset.
'Too many features for free' or 'Too few feature for free'.
As usual, we have ended up with way too much for free, as you'll see in the next few weeks..
For the record, i counted 7 other major interface improvements that are free, just from the first page of changes.
Here's the deal.. i'll figure out 4-5 alternatives for you, and you can vote which one is paid for. (From a bunch of free features)
Some thoughts....
Reformed: Its still going to be the crappiest of the Chrisitan religions. +2 Heretic tolerance is terrible and the bonuses on favor are very mediocre.
Catholic: Welp, this just makes Catholicism king for large empires. The Papal bonuses are already OP as hell and with the automated points system, the only disadvantage that catholics had evaporates.
Hindu: I will reserve my judgement until I see the bonuses, probably wont be anywhere close to Muslim/Catholic level though.
It's interest. Not inflation.Ganesha and Ganga looks quite powerful. Ganesha in general and Ganga if you are running a lot of interest. 0.5% interest per year is quite significant. Though with the interest gone I do suppose that deity is less valuable for the rest of the rule.
Papacy
And finally, as a little extra to those who buy Wealth of Nations, you will now be able to automate cardinal influence, by using a checkbox next to each cardinal. With that checked the game will automatically assign enough influence to selected cardinals to keep your guy ahead in the competition. This is mostly to avoid the busy work of fighting to add +5 here and there to keep France out of the Throne of Peter.
That’s it for this week. Next week, we will talk a bit about the diplomatic additions that come with Wealth of Nations.
To me the Cardinal thing is an excelent dlc feature. The game was designed without it and you can have the same amount of fun as you could before the DLC was released, and its not something that affects gamebalance for the people that doesnt have the DLC. But if you buy the DLC you get a little bit of extra value, as you should.
Can someone explain me what is the problem with +2 Tolerance of Heretics? People talk of random province religion flipping so i assume that my Reformed provinces will randomly turn Protestant or Catholic no?
Too much heretic tolerance means provinces will randomly flip. I don't have the number at the top of my head, but I'm sure the wiki has the answers (or someone will provide a value in the thread). What I'm more concerned about is why they're adding heretic tolerance to Calvanists, of all Christian religions. I would really appreciate an answer from a dev on why they settled on this 'bonus', since it is completely ahistorical. Someone mentioned the extreme hostility the Calvanists had towards Catholics, but there was an almost identical level of hostility from the Calvanists towards the Lutherans as well! Pliz justify!
Again, it's necessary for gameplay reasons. Not for historical reasons.
Too much heretic tolerance means provinces will randomly flip...