Expand Great Projects

[Voffvoffhunden]

Since there is a mechanic in the game already for major construction projects, I suggest that it could be used to construct major developments that aren't necessarily the largest canals in the world. The canals built under Frederick the Great are great enough projects.

Similarly, expansions of more modern road networks, such as the turnpike roads of Britain, were projects that involved loads of workers and economic forces over a long period of time. These could be done to grant permanent bonuses to areas, following a (relatively) long period of investment.

While both development and building construction model some elements of this, I think that it doesn't sufficiently capture the scale of some of the decades-long investment and construction projects that were undertaken in Europe and around the world at the time (the continued expansion of the Chinese Grand Canal comes to mind).

 

[BrokenSky]

This would be good. Having national projects like this would be nice.

Having a "develop the land" type thing for colonial/ex-colonial nations which gives something like a flat development boost would be a good way to get the new world, especially America, to be a bit better than the 3-Dev. wasteland it is atm. Dunno if this would be appropriate.

Your suggestions are definitely good though.

 

[TheDungen]

The thing amsterdam can do where it loses the development malus for being a wetland province should perhaps be handled witha great project. In fact there could be lots of cases where you could alter terrain using these. Grassland next to farmlands to farmlands, steppe, forest, jungle or woods next to grasslands or farmlands to grasslands that kind of thing.

 

[SolSys]

Since great projects were basically born as money sinks, future projects would have to be of the same kind.
Were there any other projects in the EU4 era [or not] that fit the profile?

 

[FurorGermanicus]

I agree.
No more special buildings and worthless canals can't be all, great building projects were very popular, like today for sure. I hope Wiz or other devs will read this soon.