Forming a Nation Keeps the Old Nation's Color

[frostbiyt]

You're playing a long, hard game as Scotland and you finally conquer all of the British Isles and take the decision to form Great Britain. Then your country changes from the impressive Scottish yellow to the English red, indistinguishable from an England formed Greater Britain. My suggestion is that when you form a Nation, you keep your color. I think this should only apply to the cultural union tags, like GB, Spain, Germany, etc. So you would still turn green if you form Ireland from an Irish minor, but you would stay green when you formed GB. Thoughts?

 

[Anatur]

But i dont want my russia to be the color of mustard

 

[firecage]

If this means a Green or Red Spain? Hell yah.

 

[Jack45]

This could always be a choice along with choosing whether or not to change your ideas, which is being added in the new patch.

 

[ThePatriotOfDreumel]

Sardinia-piedmont blue Italy? Hell yeah.

 

[Chieron]

This could always be a choice along with choosing whether or not to change your ideas, which is being added in the new patch.

+1 for it being a choice. Sometimes one looks forward to the new color. E.g. Spanish Yellow is better than Castilian Yellow (which is also ridiculously close to Scottish) or Russian Green and Muscovite Yellow.

 

[firecage]

Mmm, yah, it being a choice would make everyone happy. Also, I will finally be able to be a Ryazan-coloured Russia.

 

[Amosblanco]

Yes Yes Yes!!! At least it should be provided as an option... A Burgundian France with Burgundy

 

[Incompetent]

Just let the player choose whenever they like what colour they want to be on the map. It's not like the colours have much historical basis anyway.

 

[balmung60]

I like the idea of it being an option (especially if it makes it possible to form the HRE without becoming gray cancer.

However, I would also like to toss out an alternate idea that sometimes happens/happened in-game (but goes away on reload): change main color, but keep the old border color, representing that it's a new nation, but that it has a certain heritage.

 

[grommile]

I like the idea of it being an option (especially if it makes it possible to form the HRE without becoming gray cancer.

Forming the HRE means you deserve to be grey

 

[Witto]

[This kills the Brandenburg -> Prussia players]
How will I enjoy my Prussia now?!

Just kidding, it's a lovely flavor idea and I do sometimes miss Scottish color on the map

 

[frostbiyt]

[This kills the Brandenburg -> Prussia players]
How will I enjoy my Prussia now?!

Just kidding, it's a lovely flavor idea and I do sometimes miss Scottish color on the map

Prussia isn't a cultural union, so it would change color.

 

[Lamahorse]

Scottish formed GB should be a totally different nation from the English GB. Different ideas, colour etc.

 

[firecage]

Well, to be fair Lama. The GB that formed IRL was different from just a pure England forming it, and just a pure Scotland forming it.

 

[Lamahorse]

Well, to be fair Lama. The GB that formed IRL was different from just a pure England forming it, and just a pure Scotland forming it.

Yeah, sort of wants one want a 'reverse PU mechanic'. Scotland got a PU with England and the latter ended up forming GB.

 

[firecage]

....Well....in a previous Campaign Hungary got a PU over Provence...and somehow when I later checked on Provence....it had a PU over Hungary.

 

[Phalanx300]

This could always be a choice along with choosing whether or not to change your ideas, which is being added in the new patch.

This. Choices are king in a sandbox game. Please make this happen Paradox.

 

[Vaximillian]

Just let us customise the map colour ourselves. RGB sliders/input boxes/spectrum FTW!

 

[Republic of Mercury]

I think it should be choosable. The ai should choose to take the new colour when it forms a nation "traditionally" (e.g. Muscovy to Russia, Castile to Spain, change colour.) but keep the original otherwise (Novgorod to Russia, Aragon to Spain, keep colour).