Originally, I posted this on the final DD of 2018. I was told to post it here instead. It will no doubt get far less views here, but I guess this is the only way I can get this complaints out and in the public eye. Without further introduction:
While I appreciate your promise to listen to feedback, @DDRJake, I would like to take a few moments to give you some feedback of my own.
I was unable to speak much on the development of Golden Century during development, something that I honestly regret as I'm sure some people on the forums who know me would be able to attest that Iberia is my "pet" region. It's no secret the controversy surrounding this Immersion Pack, and I will openly say I wasn't overly thrilled with it either.
However, I am not one who enjoys kicking a dead horse. Rather, I would like to give my personal thoughts on the content itself and how it can be improved in a way that could alleviate many of the woes expressed on the forum, and hopefully redeem the DLC (and patch), at least partially, in the eyes of the community.
These being:
I hope you found the time to read through my post and I would like to thank you for doing so if you have made it this far. I can't necessarily speak for the community as a whole, but for myself I will say: I don't hate you, I'm not trying to talk down to you, I am simply voicing my concerns as a loyal customer and what I would like to see from you as a developer.
While I appreciate your promise to listen to feedback, @DDRJake, I would like to take a few moments to give you some feedback of my own.
I was unable to speak much on the development of Golden Century during development, something that I honestly regret as I'm sure some people on the forums who know me would be able to attest that Iberia is my "pet" region. It's no secret the controversy surrounding this Immersion Pack, and I will openly say I wasn't overly thrilled with it either.
However, I am not one who enjoys kicking a dead horse. Rather, I would like to give my personal thoughts on the content itself and how it can be improved in a way that could alleviate many of the woes expressed on the forum, and hopefully redeem the DLC (and patch), at least partially, in the eyes of the community.
These being:
- Portuguese Ideas - I won't go into detail as these have been discussed ad infinitum, but Portuguese Ideas need to be overhauled. Their current set gives them the worst military in the game and, as a result, one of the worst idea sets in the game. I'd highly recommend taking a look at a lot of the suggestions listed here. Portugal was certainly not known as a military powerhouse (especially when compared to the other European colonizers), but it wasn't a pushover either, and I think it at the very least deserves some form of naval buff to represent their navy that was very competent during the first half of the game.
- Flagships - They need to have their costs changed. @Van Kasten went into great detail in this thread. To summarize my particular two issues: 1. there is no reason to not take a heavy, especially when all three flagships cost the same amount of ducats. 2. multiple flagships would make sense for larger navies. Something like +1 for every hundred naval force limit would be good and could allow you to have more than one flagship to try various combinations rather than just the "best" one every time.
Aside: The Spanish Armada giving naval attrition reduction is a bit of a sick joke and should probably be changed, don't you agree? Naval maintenance cost or some such, I think, would be much more appropriate.
- Pirate Republics - Having these be able to have a much more effective republic and administration than legitimate governments (ie Merchant Republics) is honestly very silly and I think is a significant reason as to why many people refer to these as "fantasy" or "meme" governments. I would highly suggest placing a state count malus on Pirate republics, raise their autonomy floor, or some other penalty built directly into their government form to reflect the fact that these loose confederations were not actual states. Furthermore, some sort of penalty to diplomacy, such as a diplomatic reputation hit, I feel, would be appropriate.
- The Iberian Map - Without meaning to sound hostile, I would also like to point out that the quality of the Iberian map was not up to the higher standards presented in other regions or patches, such as India in 1.26 "Mughals" patch, the Middle East in the 1.23 "Persia" patch, or even the work done in the Caribbean in the current patch. I humbly request taking some time to do some further tweaking to this region, perhaps using the "Common Proposal" compiled by @navaluiki and the other members of the forum or @Mingmung's Iberian Map proposal for inspiration.
- The Council of the Indies - I will refrain from going into too much detail, as I have already recently posted a thread on this matter here, but this reform for the Iberians needs to be changed to something else. It currently gives a discount to the exact opposite to what the Iberians did, does not match the description of the reform itself, and should be replaced by a more fitting modifier, such as reduced Liberty Desire or extra colonial growth.
- Smaller Nitpicks -
1. The Navarra Personal Union event should relinquish Aragon's hold on Naples, should they choose to pursue it, as historically, Aragon split its dynasty between the Crown of Aragon and Naples.
2. Granada should not have a core on Ceuta, as far as I am aware. I don't know of any historical basis for it, but if prove otherwise I would be more than happy to retract this complaint.
3. The Reconquista mission should check for Muslims rather than non-Catholics in Iberia. The current set-up leads to Tenerife preventing the continuation of the tree, which is honestly a bit odd.
4. The Isabel event should have its MTTH reduced from 1000 months. Other historical WiH rulers, such as Catherine the Great and the Ottoman Sultana both have a MTTH of 200 months, despite having better statistics than Isabel. I have already mentioned this to @neondt and I would like to follow-up on this conversation. The only reason I can think of this limit would be to "balance" the Iberian wedding, but seeing as that is already likely to happen through player intervention when playing as Castille, I do not believe a reduction in her MTTH to be that much of a game-breaker.
I hope you found the time to read through my post and I would like to thank you for doing so if you have made it this far. I can't necessarily speak for the community as a whole, but for myself I will say: I don't hate you, I'm not trying to talk down to you, I am simply voicing my concerns as a loyal customer and what I would like to see from you as a developer.
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