Jinnai said:
Another problem is we'd also have to make basically a new scenerio from 1453-1820.
Good. One question I keep coming back to is why, oh why, do we insist on using the original Paradox start date of January 1, 1419? It just doesn't strike me as a good date to start with. Too many events in flux. The obvious dates to me are:
1370 - Ming China just kicked out the Mongols; HYW in a relative lull; Timurid Empire just about to explode onto the scene.
1436 - HYW climax is passed; end of naval China period.
1453 - Turks established in Constantinople; HYW over; Timurid Empire splintered.
You could definitely argue that 1436 isn't worth the trouble, and there should just be a 1453 scenario.
Jinnai said:
But no i don't agree with it unless its fairly simple to do so.
I agree that the standard AGCEEP should not try to be CK-compatible. That would require not using any of the CK import tags for anything but their expressed purpose, and it would require some very generalized event scripting for the first hundred years or so, which could steer events toward something historical. But making a CK-import friendly 1453 scenario should be possible. Ideally, I'd like to have the following AGCEEP scenarios:
- 1370, the very GC
- 1419, the GC (only since we've got so much work done on it already)
- 1436, the more stable GC (perhaps moved to 1453, but still distinct from the one below)
- 1453, the CK-import friendly GC
- 1526, the MP balanced GC
And perhaps some later scenarios for those who want to play Holland, the USA, or Napoleon.