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We’re at it again

Every Tuesday at 15:30 CEST at http://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive

Welcome back to another season of the Developers Play Europa Universalis IV. Like with the last season, the PDS team will be playing the game whilst actively developing it.
Pro-tip; Subscribe to the Paradox Extra Channel on YouTube and the Paradox Twitch Channel to know when new content from these session is being released.

So be sure to keep an eye on this thread in the next few weeks as we'll be updating the content in it fairly frequently.

If you still don't know what's going on here, well, here's a highlight to illustrate our points.

[video=youtube;TfgXDow6x4M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfgXDow6x4M[/video]

So, what to expect?
  • 1 Standard World
  • 25 player nations
  • 3 winners
  • Alliances Galore
  • Bug Fixes
  • The dreaded couch
  • Post game drinks and musings for you to enjoy on YouTube.
Who?


When?

Every Tuesday at 15:30cet, live from our streaming Studio in Stockholm, Sweden.

Our players for this season are;

Buschov - Uzbekh
Nusia - Brandenburg Orissia
Hedning - Oman
Rufo - Hungary
Forza - Portugal
MrNibbles - Ottoman Empire Nye Skåne
Catalack - Poland
Servancour - Lithuania Byzantium
TheLetterZ - Burgundy
K-Vald - Crimea
Wizz - Denmark
Johan - Bohemia Empire of the Great Ming
Majise - England
Groogy - Mamelukes
MagnusJK - Muscowy
Alexivan - Aragon
grekulf - Venice
Yonaz - Sweden
Pallidum - Austria
JGradus - Castille Brunei
Peterskager - hanseatic league Bengal
Pgnome - Viyayanagar Mysore
Witch-King - France
RealBogart - Timurids
Goosecreature - Japan
BjornB - Morocco
obidobi - Korea
littleFido - Ayutthaya

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Updates from Groogy

Week 1 - Aftermath (1470)

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Week 2 - Aftermath (1503)

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Week 3 - Aftermath (1533)

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Week 4 - Aftermath (1565)

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Week 5 - Aftermath (1597)

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Week 6 - Aftermath (1626)

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Week 7 - Aftermath (1658)

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Week 8 - Aftermath (1719)

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Week 9 - Aftermath (1742)

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There's also a playlist with all the episodes that have been released so far. which can be found here

You can check out the season with ''Conquest Paradise'' here. and the ''Wealth of Nations'' Development season here


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Weeell *beep*
 

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First! (Sorry couldn't resist)
Anyway that's great. Are you planning on developing another expansion in this one or just patches and finishing WoN?
 

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Well, if Wiz and ForzaA win again you guys should be really ashamed ;)

I am betting on Yonaz or Witch-King, this time around :)
 

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Well, if Wiz and ForzaA win again you guys should be really ashamed ;)

I am betting on Yonaz or Witch-King, this time around :)

No this time it will be me!:ninja:
 

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If Peterskager wins, I will be surprised, especially as Hansa!

Goosecreature could win, Japan is isolated, got Asia to dominate, could happen if Westernisation doesn't cripple Japan!
 

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At least you should be able to get Gondar earlier this time. Make it your capital.

At last this time you will have a proper nation like the Kingdom of Denmark and not some made up nation like Archudchy of Austria!
You should learn from me and start speaking properly.

For konge og fædreland
 

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Well, if Wiz and ForzaA win again you guys should be really ashamed ;)

Well.. certain people here in the office [*cough* office bullying, I tell you *cough*] threatened to organise an alliance against me before I had even picked a country..
So I picked Portugal, so that at least it will be quick :D

[actually, Wiz and I will coop either POR or DAN, depending on which one lives, and come in third ;) ]
 

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At last this time you will have a proper nation like the Kingdom of Denmark and not some made up nation like Archudchy of Austria!
You should learn from me and start speaking properly.

For konge og fædreland

I learned all my Danish from this educational video:

[video=youtube;8_iixmqSBQw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_iixmqSBQw[/video]
 

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[actually, Wiz and I will coop either POR or DAN, depending on which one lives, and come in third ;) ]

The scary thing is... you probably would manage it, too! :p
 

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I wouldn't expect too much out of Japan... I tried a few test games (never played as Japan before), and in three of those I failed horribly when my daimyos revolted and my army was crushed. The fourth time I did better and actually managed to win against my rebelling vassals, although I was heavily in debt. I'm impressed that Rufus managed to unite Japan as quickly as he did in the previous game.

My plan is to spend the first several sessions watching the percentage slowly tick up as I diplo-annex my vassals, while praying to the ancestors that they won't rise up in revolt. At least not until I'm ready to deal with them.

I also don't expect to be alone in Asia for very long. We're bound to lose players in Europe as people expand, and at least some of them will likely end up playing Asian nations in future sessions.
 

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I wouldn't expect too much out of Japan... I tried a few test games (never played as Japan before), and in three of those I failed horribly when my daimyos revolted and my army was crushed. The fourth time I did better and actually managed to win against my rebelling vassals, although I was heavily in debt. I'm impressed that Rufus managed to unite Japan as quickly as he did in the previous game.

My plan is to spend the first several sessions watching the percentage slowly tick up as I diplo-annex my vassals, while praying to the ancestors that they won't rise up in revolt. At least not until I'm ready to deal with them.

I also don't expect to be alone in Asia for very long. We're bound to lose players in Europe as people expand, and at least some of them will likely end up playing Asian nations in future sessions.

You should have gone with my suggestion :D
Daimyo all the way!