Recommended DLC

[bsturro]

Hi

I'm coming back to EUIV after some time away, and have currently only got the Conquest of Paradise DLC, while quite a few updates / releases have been made since. Are there any recommendations as to what ones are "must buys"?

Cheers

 

[frolix42]

If you like playing as either the Netherlands or Poland, Res Publica adds flavor to those two gov't types.

If you want better feedback from the community, tell us what you want to play as your next campaign.

 

[chopak]

Art of War is definitely a must buy. It introduces two important mechanics - transfer occupation and religious leagues. First one is important if you wage any wars (you do, duuuuh), and other one directly impacts HRE, and indirectly all of Europe. Meaning 90% of games played

 

[AurochsAway]

Art of War > Common Sense/Res Publica > El Dorado > Wealth of Nations.

Art of War is frankly a game-changer. It ranks far above the others here.

Common Sense and Res Publica both give National Focus, while Common Sense gives development mechanics and better Protestant mechanics, Res Publica gives a unique Polish government that affects other countries, a unique Dutch government, and a dictatorship system for Repbulics.

El Dorado semi-automates exploration, gives conquistadors a purpose in life, allows you to create custom nations, and gives new religion and thus much more complex play to the Mesoamericans and their South American kin.

Wealth of Nations makes Merchant Republics a bit better and allows the creation of trading companies if you're western which give you +1 merchant, replaces pirates with privateers which are light ships sent by other countries, and allows you to fabricate trade conflict CBs.

 

[firecage]

Well, there's also two nation specific DLC that you might like. Purple Phoenix for Byzantium and American Dream for...well...the USA.

 

[chopak]

Isn't American Dream still broken?

 

[Golladan]

Isn't American Dream still broken?

No.

 

[NetherViking]

I like res Republica a lot as I like forming the Netherlands and wealth of nations is nice too. I think art of war is probably the only must buy. Transfering occupation is huge! I like the automated exploration of El Dorado. The automated exploration feature really let's you not have to micromanage. I have not really played with the nation of designer yet. Oh I also fancy the support independence feature.

I don't have common sense but I am a bit leery of it from all I have read. Having to worry about managing development sounds like a chore and an extra drain on my already precious monarch points.

 

[Wizzington]

Isn't American Dream still broken?

Only if you're talking about the political ideal as opposed to the DLC.

(It was never broken to begin with, some additional functionality was added for it to work with Colonial Nation-formed USA but the absence of such functionality did not at any point make it broken.)

 

[gnome109]

Art of War and Common Sense

 

[delpiero1234]

Art of War is a must I'd say.
Common Sense is alright. You can't really build buildings if you don't own it because that was turned into a DLC-only feature thanks to locking development.
El Dorado is nice for the nation designer. If you don't plan on playing custom nations then it's not worth the full price.
Res Publica and Wealth of Nations are small but good DLCs.

 

[NetherViking]

Only if you're talking about the political ideal as opposed to the DLC.

(It was never broken to begin with, some additional functionality was added for it to work with Colonial Nation-formed USA but the absence of such functionality did not at any point make it broken.)

What is the issue people have with American dream? I don't have it, frankly, I may never.

 

[ChildeR]

If I had to pick one, the order would be AoW > CS > RP > WoN > ED > CoP.

However, in terms of value for money, RP jumps 1-2 slots.

 

[Wizzington]

What is the issue people have with American dream? I don't have it, frankly, I may never.

It's really just a piece of anti-DLC propaganda that happened to catch on after the release of CoP, and since it was never reality-based in the first place certain people continue to believe it.

 

[RELee]

Only if you're talking about the political ideal as opposed to the DLC.

Hey! Let's not rile up the patriot in me.

 

[ThePatriotOfDreumel]

Hey! Let's not rile up the patriot in me.

Did anybody say Patriot?!

 

[Guancyto]

It's really just a piece of anti-DLC propaganda that happened to catch on after the release of CoP, and since it was never reality-based in the first place certain people continue to believe it.

Wait, so the American Revolution-related events do work with a Thirteen Colonies that's underneath/in an independence war against Great Britain?

I thought the "broken" part was that USA is exclusively a postwar tag now...

 

[RELee]

Did anybody say Patriot?!

Oops! Sorry. I was just talking to Wiz.

I hope that is short for 'wizard'.

 

[Wizzington]

Wait, so the American Revolution-related events do work with a Thirteen Colonies that's underneath/in an independence war against Great Britain?

I thought the "broken" part was that USA is exclusively a postwar tag now...

Those events that could be adapted have been adapted. Many of the events are about hyperspecific history that really don't work with a player-created USA.

 

[delpiero1234]

What is the issue people have with American dream? I don't have it, frankly, I may never.

Those events that could be adapted have been adapted. Many of the events are about hyperspecific history that really don't work with a player-created USA.

Is there any content DLC that is less popular than American Dream? I doubt it. Why? Because it malfunctioned for a long time with a player-created USA. It took you months to finally make at least some of the American DLC content compatible with a player-created DLC USA.

Edit: fixed sentence. Obviously meant USA.