They are adding Visigoths in Charlemagne though so that's something to look forward to.
It was confirmed while back
Monday at Europa Universalis IV - The Art of War Feature Presentation
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They are adding Visigoths in Charlemagne though so that's something to look forward to.
It was confirmed while back
River crossings!!!
My new favourite thing in the expansion
Wait, I still can't see it...where is it?
How about that Ming eh? Combined with the new "vassal-feed during war" mechanism its not hard to see Ming neighboring Ottos and Muscovy by before 1600s.
My apologies if I'm wrong, but in the presentation a while ago when he clicked this function the ship construction counter showed "<Ship> +6" for a fleet of 7 ships and it appeared to be slowly progressing as if 7 ships were being built new. Maybe it's not done yet or I just saw it wrong - I'll take your word for it. Good to hear that's not the design. I am still curious if the new fleet construction is limited to only connected provinces though. For countries like Venice this doesn't work very well.
During the stream I noticed that Lake Volta is still around, will this be removed in the final build?
Theodoro was historically Greek, it was in fact a successor state to the Byzantine successor state of Trebizond. The Crimean Goths were mostly extinct as an ethnicity by this point.
Seems like he just wanted Over Powered instant upgrades. That would have been a disaster for the game.
What I was able to catch from the stream looked good! Made me not want to play the current game until the DLC is released.
Its official language was Greek - but in 1444, the principality of Theodoro was, in terms of its population, Gothic. It wasn't until quite a while later on that the Gothic language actually became extinct.
I think you may have confused the ships being built in Languedoc and Narbonne due to the template with the upgrade.
lol, the jokes and the references in this stream :rofl:
It sounds amazingly great so far. I hope it will also play amazingly great. Well in any case, I've got my wallet ready. I would buy it just for the map(I know it most likely comes with the patch, but you gotta pay em for such huge amount of work which must've been put into the new amazing province map) Damn I hope the 30 year war mechanics are done well, we didn't get much info but I love the idea behind the interface we were shown. I love all the convenience additions too, marches will be a fun thing to have. I already liked to keep vassals for military purposes, but now it will be even better.
It sounds amazingly great so far. I hope it will also play amazingly great. Well in any case, I've got my wallet ready. I would buy it just for the map(I know it most likely comes with the patch, but you gotta pay em for such huge amount of work which must've been put into the new amazing province map) Damn I hope the 30 year war mechanics are done well, we didn't get much info but I love the idea behind the interface we were shown. I love all the convenience additions too, marches will be a fun thing to have. I already liked to keep vassals for military purposes, but now it will be even better.
Having just started watching the stream I indeed stand corrected, we do now have Gothic culture...:happy:
Theodoro was ruled by Trebizondian magnates so its primary culture should be Greek. The countryside was generally hellenised/Pontic in the widest sense or whatever. there's no such thing as Goths or a Gothic principality through and through ruling over a 7 base tax province in the the time frame. My eyes couldn't roll enough. Makuria is also a stretch but oh well, its the corner of the world.
Which brings me to my big rant piece... I love the changes of the expansion to the point where I cant bring myself to play current EU4, but I really have to ask, how does the QA team is dealing with balance issues with all these new provinces?
Really from what I see Moscovy wouldnt have to bother with Lithuania to grow big, with so many provinces in the Caucasus theyd just rush straight there and become a superpower, while in real life Im pretty theyd would rather forgo all of Siberia just to rule over White Russia and Kiev. Lithuania was already in military decline and one of the reasons of the Union was their increased need for Poland to intervene in favour of them vs Moscow.
Why Crimea has so many provinces? The Black was a crucial region for the Ottoman Empire (and Byzantium before them) because it was its main supply of grain, but beyond the handful of trade centres they wouldnt bother to directly rule over it. Right now it looks like conquering Hungary as Turkey is the most unattractive thing ever compared to Crimea/Caucasus.
Nine-province Baluchistan? I need assurance that the devs are conscious of of having to balance all these new provinces so that each country feels right, especially given that the killer app of a province - base tax - is one of the most un-balanced, abstracted and overall controversial thing in the game. I welcome small improvements here and there like the new provinces in Spain, but I'm increasingly afraid that the devs have gone too far to answering the calls for increased ROTW representation. Of course, that should have happened much sooner, but when Northern Italy, the jewel of Europe for most of the timeframe becomes a lame backwater, things start to feel very off.
Which brings me to my big rant piece... I love the changes of the expansion to the point where I cant bring myself to play current EU4, but I really have to ask, how does the QA team is dealing with balance issues with all these new provinces?
Really from what I see Moscovy wouldnt have to bother with Lithuania to grow big, with so many provinces in the Caucasus theyd just rush straight there and become a superpower, while in real life Im pretty theyd would rather forgo all of Siberia just to rule over White Russia and Kiev. Lithuania was already in military decline and one of the reasons of the Union was their increased need for Poland to intervene in favour of them vs Moscow.
Why Crimea has so many provinces? The Black was a crucial region for the Ottoman Empire (and Byzantium before them) because it was its main supply of grain, but beyond the handful of trade centres they wouldnt bother to directly rule over it. Right now it looks like conquering Hungary as Turkey is the most unattractive thing ever compared to Crimea/Caucasus.
Nine-province Baluchistan? I need assurance that the devs are conscious of of having to balance all these new provinces so that each country feels right, especially given that the killer app of a province - base tax - is one of the most un-balanced, abstracted and overall controversial thing in the game. I welcome small improvements here and there like the new provinces in Spain, but I'm increasingly afraid that the devs have gone too far to answering the calls for increased ROTW representation. Of course, that should have happened much sooner, but when Northern Italy, the jewel of Europe for most of the timeframe becomes a lame backwater, things start to feel very off.
The Battlefleet Gothic reference made me actually burst out laughing. Good to know some folks at Paradox have a taste for the more obscure 40k games!
As for AoW, I have to say that I love the way this expansion is shaping up. My only complaint is that it isn't out yet!
Everything looks great, I can't wait to see the finished version of AoW, and I definitely can't wait to play with all the new changes, eastern Asia in particular is going to be a lot more fun.
My only complaint is that Prussia's province borders are still painful to look at as most of them are too big and/or blocky especially Danzig, I die a little inside every time I see Memel, you guys don't need to add anything just redraw the borders please, it would make central Europe look so much better!
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That new China is amazing, I'm glad to hear that the faction system for Ming has been tweaked, it should be a lot more enjoyable now.
My only complaint is that Prussia's province borders are still painful to look at as most of them are too big and/or blocky especially Danzig, I die a little inside every time I see Memel, you guys don't need to add anything just redraw the borders please, it would make central Europe look so much better!
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That new China is amazing, I'm glad to hear that the faction system for Ming has been tweaked, it should be a lot more enjoyable now.
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