One last Expansion pack, before saying goodbye?

[wildbillhdmax01]

Victoria II is my favorite PI game. I feel that it's kind of a shame that It didn't get more support. I've said it before. It;s a shame and odd that a game like Vic2 doesn't really have a lot of sprite packs/DLC compared to HOI and others. In Which most people just use counters. But that's not what this thread about.

What it is about is asking and hoping that maybe we can get one last Expansion pack, before saying goodbye. To add some features, maybe fix some bugs, and give some life back to Victoria II. As of right now. EUIV is already getting it 1st Expansion pack, and CK II is getting another Expansion pack tomorrow. While Victoria II only has 2 Expansion packs.

It was my understanding that HOD did very well. I think it's time after EUIV Expansion pack to give Victoria a one hell of a send off with the last Expansion pack.

So can you give the girl another Expansion pack before you say: Auf Wiedersehen, Addio, さようなら, pożegnanie, до свидания, and of course, adjö?

 

[The Bishop]

A send-off? Victoria 2 isn't going anywhere! There'll be nothing else like it until its sequel. That's why I agree that it's every bit as deserving of the love the other PDS titles receive from their developers.

 

[wildbillhdmax01]

A send-off? Victoria 2 isn't going anywhere! There'll be nothing else like it until its sequel. That's why I agree that it's every bit as deserving of the love the other PDS titles receive from their developers.

I don't see very much more coming Vic2 way until a sequel.

 

[Cojack]

I hope they'll send free copies of V2 to promote V3.
(Au revoir)

 

[Ols]

I think I large "goodbye patch" might be better. Frankly I feel that large parts of Vic II look tired now, and a new game entirely might be better than spending too much time patching the game up. A brand new game might also be easier to publish and sell to new entrants to the series.

 

[WankoStankins]

I'd rather have victoria 3 instead. This game with PDM feels as complete as it's going to get. Hardcoded stuff needs changing to properly represent trade routes, blockading and trench warfare. Also this map looks horrendous and pixelated now.

 

[wildbillhdmax01]

Well I would love Vic3. My understanding it will be, before or around 2020, and that's not set in stone. So it could be after 2020. Same with HOI4. Most think HOI4 will be 1st. So you have 6 years to go, or more. Why not one last Expansion before saying goodbye and abandoning it.

Not I'm not looking for it to fix any hard coded problems. It's even been said by some Devs, that some problems can't be fixed. That it would need a sequel to fix a lot of problems.

I just would like to see another Expansion before it's dead jim.

 

[Nick Giordano]

This game with PDM feels as complete as it's going to get. Hardcoded stuff needs changing to properly represent trade routes, blockading and trench warfare.

Agreed. PDM does a lot but much of the bigger problems are hardcoded.

 

[DasWood]

The only thing I would say Vic 2 would need if it were to get a new xpak is possibly an engine update. I do not know how much work that would be though. But my understanding is that CK2 and EU4 perform faaaaaaaar better than the older versions due to multicore support.

 

[wildbillhdmax01]

The only thing I would say Vic 2 would need if it were to get a new xpak is possibly an engine update. I do not know how much work that would be though. But my understanding is that CK2 and EU4 perform faaaaaaaar better than the older versions due to multicore support.

That won't happen. Vic 3 for that.

 

[VoodooEconomist]

The dev's talked a while back about having ideas for at least two more expansions, so I'm hoping for at least one more.

 

[Thanik]

I think they should release new version (and attract more players to Vicky series) than make expansions/dlc to Victoria 2.

If they take the best ideas from march of the eagles, eu4 ,and east vs west they will create the best paradox game for me

 

[wildbillhdmax01]

The dev's talked a while back about having ideas for at least two more expansions, so I'm hoping for at least one more.

I think I heard something about that too when HOD was coming out. Lets hope!

 

[Chamboozer]

I'd love either Vic 3 or an expansion, this continues to be my favorite game. IMO the things that need to be changed the most are rebels (let's have strikes, demonstrations, and revolutions rather than just giant boring revolts), and politics. Make elections really matter, have political parties be more dynamic, and have real coalition governments and government deadlock be a possibility.

Also with regard to rebels it would be nice to have a chance to work with nations you're trying to liberate. If Russia is making gratuitous use of Polish soldiers and we invade with a Liberate Poland CB, they should have a decent chance to defect to our side.

 

[EUnderhill]

I'm good with what we got. Bring on V3 for 2020!

 

[FOARP]

Didn't they say no more expansions? Anyway, the changes that Vicky needs are too big to be done with an expansion:

- A move=attack combat system.

- A better naval combat system.

- Trade routes .

- More personalisation of the kind seen in CK2, not to the extent of having family trees, but at least having ministers with faces/names/attributes/goals.

 

[TolHydra]

Yes, i agree so much. i love ck2, i've had my share of fun with eu4 as well but vicky is different, some refinedness about it. i wish it got more attention.

 

[eranam]

Victoria 2 really is one the ultimate gsg game. It's got everything strategy wise, so a little more love would be great, considering the fact that vicky 3 isn't coming out anytime soon.

 

[DrZoidberg]

I'm hoping for an option to automate your armies and navies like in hearts of iron 3 in the next expansion.

 

[Prodicus]

It's time for V3. The next step for the franchise is a large-scale refinement of the economic system. That means realistic tariffs, corporations, goods transportation/merchant navies, and so on, and all that really requires a new game. CK2 has been a gargantuan success despite CK1 being kind of crappy (I loved the game, but it was kind of crappy, let's be honest), so I think Victoria 3 has the potential to be a big seller even if past Victoria games haven't exactly been cash cows. To my mind, a spiffy new game that lets you import EUIV saves would be very appealing to the larger audience Paradox has brought in over the last few years.