Is this game's development cycle at the end?

[King]

No, it is just down our list of things to do. The team that did AHD is busy on the new HoI3 expansion, but our dedicated Beta team are still busy, gathering up issues for a 2.4 patch. We should return to Vic2 after the HoI3 expansion is out.

 

[King]

yes, could u give us a hint if there would be anything new in the new patch. and if u wher in charge of decideing what to do in a new expansion what would you do.

Patching all depends on what we feel are the most pressing problems with the game when we decide to go into doing one. If were entirely upto me on what went into an expansion I am not really sure. I would probably like to sit down with the game for a bit and play just to see what felt to me as the weakest part of the game play. Victoria 2 is a fun game in that regard because of the scope it covers in game play terms, there is a lot of things that could be worked on.

 

[King]

Regional markets this time around then? I know it is you pet feature Or has it been deemed unfeasible? Not that will get an answer on that question now. Transport costs would be cool, making railroad bonuses and naval bases more organic, seeing the growth of the globalized economy as technology advances but I guess that it would be calculation hell considering all the flows in the game. One can hope that some clever programmer found some nifty work around. Though a great war expansion with an overhauled combat system would be really nice as well.

Regional markets make programmers cry, so I am not convinced it would be worth trying to even fight that battle. One of the reasons to split up China is that allowed the GPs to have seperate regionaly based Spheres without having to go and dig around in the World Market code. The Victoria 2 world market code is remarkably complex under the hood and they are loath to touch it.

 

[King]

Now that we know another expansion is likely for Vicky2, we ought to start wildly speculating on what it is going to be.

I should just clarify here, I do not decide future Victoria 2 development. What I do know is that things like Expansions are not ruled out and Victoria 2 (unlike say Victoria) is a live IP.