monarchs?

[Galaahd]

Well, it would have been a nice addition. Sure, monarchs in the Victorian era didn't have anymore the power they had in the CK/EU era, but still they could have some influence. And obviously I'm not talking about Russia, where monarchs had still great powers. Having a personalized monarch with name and traits would have been fun.

 

[unmerged(23244)]

Personally, I think he has a point here, but just a name (and nothing else) wouldn't be too much trouble, would it? It would already make a great deal of difference for immersion.

Actually, I think it would be a fair bit of (pointless) trouble to have to go through every country during the Victoria period and come up with a name for every potential head of state for every political faction at every possible time, if it's going to end up being nothing more than a name on the screen with no gameplay effects.

 

[the_hdk]

Actually, I think it would be a fair bit of (pointless) trouble to have to go through every country during the Victoria period and come up with a name for every potential head of state for every political faction at every possible time, if it's going to end up being nothing more than a name on the screen with no gameplay effects.

Pointless to you, brilliant to me

 

[unmerged(23244)]

I'd rather have the developers use their resources on refining gameplay than on purely aesthetic details. After all, we're talking about more than just a list of real historical heads of state a'la EU, we're talking about lists of ALL political leaders for ALL countries for a 100-year time period. That's not something you're going to whip up during a lunch break.

 

[Taylor]

I'd rather have the developers use their resources on refining gameplay than on purely aesthetic details. After all, we're talking about more than just a list of real historical heads of state a'la EU, we're talking about lists of ALL political leaders for ALL countries for a 100-year time period. That's not something you're going to whip up during a lunch break.

Well, I'd say because everything is supposed to be "plausible alternate history", simply a list of first names and a list of surnames, and then a simple randomizing function, would suffice. That would already make a great deal of difference!

 

[EGaffney]

Well, I'd say because everything is supposed to be "plausible alternate history", simply a list of first names and a list of surnames, and then a simple randomizing function, would suffice. That would already make a great deal of difference!

You just know that people would find a reason not be happy with the result. Better to let people imagine for themselves, using their imaginations, the stylistic facets of the game.

But by no means should the player's play style, in her role as spirit of the nation, be constrained by a subjective opinion of political leadership quality.

 

[Taylor]

You just know that people would find a reason not be happy with the result. Better to let people imagine for themselves, using their imaginations, the stylistic facets of the game.

Well, yes, maybe...

But by no means should the player's play style, in her role as spirit of the nation, be constrained by a subjective opinion of political leadership quality.

I completely agree!

 

[Zanza]

This man frowns at the supposed influence monarchs have:

 

[Fire_Unionist]

I think it's a good idea, just copy the EU3 system and get a random name generator. It's really no trouble at all.

 

[EGaffney]

This man frowns at the supposed influence monarchs have:

Lolbismarck is in ur kaisereich

 

[Rosevelts Ghost]

if america gets a monarchname him norton.

 

[unmerged(148761)]

I prefer assuming that the HOS is the historical one rather than seeing "John Smith" as US President during the Civil War.

 

[Dark Knight]

Paradox has already stated that Victoria 2 will not have named heads of state:
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?p=10186255#post10186255
http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?p=10411640#post10411640

 

[Fire_Unionist]

I prefer assuming that the HOS is the historical one rather than seeing "John Smith" as US President during the Civil War.

But so many things could go ahistorically-what if slavery wasn't abolished until the 70's? What if the Socialist Party took power?