Even the article you quoted notes the use of "convoys" to keep sieging army supplied during reign of Louis 14. A sieging army is, afterall, stuck in one locale and will eventually exhaust it's capability to forage.
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New impassible barriers in 1.19? Bad or good?
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Even the article you quoted notes the use of "convoys" to keep sieging army supplied during reign of Louis 14. A sieging army is, afterall, stuck in one locale and will eventually exhaust it's capability to forage.
Why? Tibet was invaded into and out of plenty of times in this era...
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The idea is good. The Alps themselves are badly done, with the eastern half missing, two large passes covered in wasteland (the Aosta Valley from Piedmont to Savoy and the whole Valtellina, which was fought over for the first century of the game over and over again and in the later centuries as well), and general blobbiness.
This is how I had tackled the issue in an old mod of mine (ignore the extra provinces, exception made for Valtellina and Ticino).
This is how I had tackled the issue in an old mod of mine (ignore the extra provinces, exception made for Valtellina and Ticino).
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I like it. Now we should just get rid of the "every coastal province has a port" thing, and we'd start getting a much more realistic world, I'm mostly thinking that France should not have any Mediterranean ports before taking Provence.
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The idea is good. The Alps themselves are badly done, with the eastern half missing, two large passes covered in wasteland (the Aosta Valley from Piedmont to Savoy and the whole Valtellina, which was fought over for the first century of the game over and over again and in the later centuries as well), and general blobbiness.
This is how I had tackled the issue in an old mod of mine (ignore the extra provinces, exception made for Valtellina and Ticino).
Exactly. And the pass of Valltelina was crucial for the Spanish Empire. As long as they controlled it they could still make "el camino español", that allowed them to connect their territories in Lombardia with the Low lands. Very important for being able to supress Dutch rebels.
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I think these are very nice changes, will give some soul to the terrain. Hopefully we can get even more of terrain features.
Gameplay wise, it will probably help the player more, AI might have some troubles there, get stuck or get invaded badly by rebels.
Gameplay wise, it will probably help the player more, AI might have some troubles there, get stuck or get invaded badly by rebels.
The idea is good. The Alps themselves are badly done, with the eastern half missing, two large passes covered in wasteland (the Aosta Valley from Piedmont to Savoy and the whole Valtellina, which was fought over for the first century of the game over and over again and in the later centuries as well), and general blobbiness.
This is how I had tackled the issue in an old mod of mine (ignore the extra provinces, exception made for Valtellina and Ticino).
Eh, your map is kinda bad, design wise. Might be more realistic overall, but half of these wastelands are pointless. They don't actually block passage, so they might as well not be there. The one north of Valtellina in particular, is very confusing. looks like it stops passage to Switzerland, but it doesn't. Having it there just pointlessly confusing.
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That one could be removed without too much fuss, yeah, but do also consider cases with different borders - Trent makes for a massive difference if it's held from one side of the Alps or the other, for example. It also reduces direct contact between nations, and thus relation penalties.
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The idea is good. The Alps themselves are badly done, with the eastern half missing, two large passes covered in wasteland (the Aosta Valley from Piedmont to Savoy and the whole Valtellina, which was fought over for the first century of the game over and over again and in the later centuries as well), and general blobbiness.
This is how I had tackled the issue in an old mod of mine (ignore the extra provinces, exception made for Valtellina and Ticino).
This map is great. I just love those passes and mountain ranges.
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If the defender fort = always defender bonuses thing gets revisited so that the game isn't overly defense-favored the terrain changes can make regions of the world more unique.
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They look good but half of them don't serve any purpose in the game. The ones that Paradox have made might be less pretty but they actually do what they are intended to do.
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I generally like the new barriers for 1.19.
I'm not sure they'll have a super meaningful impact on wartime strategy because of the fort changes coming in that same version. You can't use a fort to block passage there because invaders can still walk across the entire area behind the mountain range.
Overall I prefer the new fort rules, I think, but they do make these changes a bit less important. Mostly it'll affect the order in which you take captured provinces from the enemy.
I'm not sure they'll have a super meaningful impact on wartime strategy because of the fort changes coming in that same version. You can't use a fort to block passage there because invaders can still walk across the entire area behind the mountain range.
Overall I prefer the new fort rules, I think, but they do make these changes a bit less important. Mostly it'll affect the order in which you take captured provinces from the enemy.
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They said they haven't added in the Andes yet. It would be interesting to see how it affects colonization in South America.
So long as outside of Europe is given some love (which they do seem to be), I'm all for it.
I started doing it in my mod, but Paradox is doing a lot more and it looks better.
I started doing it in my mod, but Paradox is doing a lot more and it looks better.
Which of these could also be added?
The Dinaric Alps would make the west Balkans more interesting.
The Dinaric Alps would make the west Balkans more interesting.
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