The 1491 start date is unbalanced (Eastern Europe)

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Super Poland which inherits Lithuania, and becomes the Commonwealth within 5 to 10 years.
Moscowvy who has all the Russian minors and even some Tatars as minors
Ottomans which usually annex Crimean Khanate within 20 to 30 years

:mellow:


It's even worse in other areas of the game, with the exception of Iberia - totally a bad start date for a demo.


As well the Eu4 was clearly meant to be started at 1431. 60 years of gameplay missing and yet not a single idea is unlocked in the demo? If you gain 60 military power in a year, you can technically fill out an entire military idea group by 1491, and unlock several of your national ideas.
 

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Hello,

When the game releases, you will be able to start it whenever you like. As for the demo, 1492 is a perfect start to demonstrate colonization, and is perfectly relevent for the 4 demo factions, that do not include any estern european one. So I don't really understand your point.
 

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There's no reason for the different countries to be closely "balanced."

I don't see the problem. We are given a historical start and from that point on the world is our sandbox.


Dying to get multiplayer :D
 

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In my games Russia had a hard time even forming out of Muscovy before the demo end because of their low military tech compared to Sweden and the Commonwealth reigning death upon them.
 

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