This Game is Boring the Hell Out of Me

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The point of the lower tech speed for non-Westerners is that so they can't have the same level of tech that Europeans do, which is fine, but what Paradox has done is create a double penalty that gets quite severe the later in the game you get.

MiscMods fixed this. I agree it makes pretty much no sense. Units of the same tech level are somewhat different (notably the Ottos have some pretty sweet unique artillery that is brutal in a siege) but they are generally balanced. I've been playing it lately and sometimes if I have a close-tech province with a foreign core I'll build some of their artillery, since Eastern cavalry usually has better defensive shock and it makes for a good mix.

 

[lazysunside]

Pretty unlikely, since 5.1 is the final patch they plan to release, IIRC. Plus, I don't think the game would benefit much from a fifth expansion pack, it's really just time to move on.

May be they should just let player mod America, Africa, Asia. Then add it as the final patch.

 

[AndrewT]

Pretty unlikely, since 5.1 is the final patch they plan to release, IIRC.

Erm, what? I'm not sure where you got that idea, last I heard Johan explicitly stated PI have not yet decided on 5.2 either way. I myself would be surprised if there wasn't one at some point.