HTTT MP is playable in the same fashion that a car that will only turn left is driveable.
Heir to the Throne - What do you think?
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HTTT MP is playable in the same fashion that a car that will only turn left is driveable.
I just resigned from my game as Castille. I made it up to about 1444 before the French steamroller just would not stop. I'm an EU3 novice (have owned Complete for about a month now) so maybe I just played stupid.
As of the end there, France still had not annexed Brittany, nor many of her vassals. She had an army of 80,000 and in excess of 100K manpower!
Having played EU3 Complete up to the 1520s and having enjoyed only about 60K army and 60K manpower WITH France fully formed, I found those numbers to be a bit unrealistic.
The other thing that seems a bit unrealistic to me is that the AI declares war an awful lot, and Infamy does not seem to deter it.
Otherwise it is a great game.
Back to the drawing board.
As of the end there, France still had not annexed Brittany, nor many of her vassals. She had an army of 80,000 and in excess of 100K manpower!
Having played EU3 Complete up to the 1520s and having enjoyed only about 60K army and 60K manpower WITH France fully formed, I found those numbers to be a bit unrealistic.
The other thing that seems a bit unrealistic to me is that the AI declares war an awful lot, and Infamy does not seem to deter it.
Otherwise it is a great game.
Back to the drawing board.
This seems to be better in the beta patch, you can find it in the tech support forum
If the dynasty system would have been deeper and the game not pushed even more into a : Expand or die -direction it would heve been the best game ever with this expansion. So it isnt too far from that, but i prefer to wait for a MM adaptaion ATM to really be able to enjoy it.
Bullcrap. 4.0 only has minor bugs.
HttT made a great game even greater, that's my judgement.
My concern is not bugs. My concern is balance issues and game mechanic issues.
Bugs are always excusable in an initial release, because it's fundamentally impossible to write absolutely bug-free code. In fact, on the bug front, HttT has been pretty good. Nothing game breaking that I've encountered. Things like the AI claiming every throne it can, things like the HRE formation being a joke, those don't get a pass. They're easy to detect, and should have been fixed before launch. Game balance should not be done via post-launch patches. Those are fundamental design issues that need to be sorted out before you ship. On that front, 4.0 fails miserably.
It makes EU3 even more ahistorical (and implausible), and ruined balance horribly, but with constant parching I'm sure it'll be fine.
I think it is excellent.
1. EU3 isnt about just watching history. It's about a whole new different history unfolding, which is fascinating and makes every game new and challanging. The features added in EU3 are great for this!
2. The idea the game has to have all issues worked out before being released is old. WAY old. Ancient history. That is NOT the way things are done anymore for most companies, so stop the crying. Not to mention the fixes DO come and are not large files at all.
1. EU3 isnt about just watching history. It's about a whole new different history unfolding, which is fascinating and makes every game new and challanging. The features added in EU3 are great for this!
2. The idea the game has to have all issues worked out before being released is old. WAY old. Ancient history. That is NOT the way things are done anymore for most companies, so stop the crying. Not to mention the fixes DO come and are not large files at all.
I think HTTT is very good, but there are some severe balance issues, namely within the HRE.
While I voted "good", it was with reservations. I remain seriously PO'd about what's been done with modding of pirates.
In fact, if I'd posted my initial reaction, I would now be banned. (Just ask antracer or OrangeYoshi; they talked me out of it. So you can blamethem for everything I do from no on.
I voted that way because the plusses outweigh the minuses, IMO.
But that doesn't mean the problems aren't real, & there aren't things I dislike, even hate, about HT. I just hope that the whopping vote for (which was predictable, & even inevitable) doesn't convince P'dox that the complaints already out there, & those yet to come, are solely the rants of a few cranks.
In fact, if I'd posted my initial reaction, I would now be banned. (Just ask antracer or OrangeYoshi; they talked me out of it. So you can blamethem for everything I do from no on.
I voted that way because the plusses outweigh the minuses, IMO.
But that doesn't mean the problems aren't real, & there aren't things I dislike, even hate, about HT. I just hope that the whopping vote for (which was predictable, & even inevitable) doesn't convince P'dox that the complaints already out there, & those yet to come, are solely the rants of a few cranks.
I'm in the... "It's great, makes EU3 even better" crowd.
Though it is my hope that the combat mechanics continue to be balanced and tweaked.
Though it is my hope that the combat mechanics continue to be balanced and tweaked.
Its still my hope that the combat system will be completely redesigned. It has always struck me as one of the weakest areas of Paradox games, its complicated, leads to a lot of micromanagement but doesn't feel realistic.
Seems somebody wants, at the end of the year.....to know what to produce next.
BTW...the addons were always good things at Paradox. I dont remember a single one..that was not worth it. Ok...i cant speak about the Rome Addon.....as i never played Rome more then a single day.
I loved Doomsday....and even Armageddon was great. The Addon to Vicky was good. I recently bought the HttT. And even as i didnt played much EU3 before...the Demo told me...its a "must have" Addon.
Ok...i am (like many others here) a older guy...with maybe to much money at his hands. So i love it to see my beloved Games....even get better.
ok...on the other side...it would also dont hurt....if most of the Paradox Games came out a bit more polished in future. Even as i know (and somehow accept) how Paradox releases its games (customer since 2000, when i bought EU1), but it sucks a bit...when it needs a half year or more..until the newest Games can be played without to much frustration. HOi3 as last example of it. Ok its playable....but i would have loved to get a HOI3 with the 1.4 "features". Sure 1.4 wont be perfect.....but we get a bit closer to it.
But as it is nearly Xmas....i have to say....and this is not a lie.....
--> I love your Games, Paradox. Keep up the good work....and maybe....try a bit harder at releasing of completly new Games. Games like VICKY2 for example.
Make some good resolutions for 2010, Paradox
We would love it.