Time for a break from this game.

[BFTeixeira]

Do I need any kind of permission from YOU, sir, to express my criticism?

You don't need anyone's permission. But it is strange that someone who doesn't like the game spends so much time in it's forum.

 

[BFTeixeira]

The only one you can even make a case for as a "design option" is monarch points, because the player has some degree of agency with them and how to use them (though limited and still potentially luck based, it is a reach to put them as NECESSARILY fake difficulty, though they have elements of it). The others are soundly within the bounds of fake difficulty and have no place in a strategy title. They are strictly negatives for EU IV.

I agree that not having the rules can make it hard to new players (already said that before), but it's easy to just access the wiki or the game forum, and see LP videos to learn it (worked for me). And yes, the UI needs improvement (also said that before). When do you have to make uninformed decisions?
About the monarch points, in my view, it's a design option that tries to implement the fact that nations had better and worse rulers and that affected those nations (Ottomans are a proven example of that).

 

[Mudcrab]

Some empathy with the OP, scanning through his post. For me, Steams says 2100+ hours with EUIV, and of that 2000+ was ironman, 2100+ of that was non "HRE" (a fabricated polity I choose to ignore IRL also). I made 9 flag mods, one of which was moderately popular. In the end I spent hundreds of hours tweaking flags across all PDX titles rather than play yet another EUIV Bengal game . And 2100 hours isn't a record by any means.

Burnout 100% ++

Retrospective: With all DLC, the sheer value for money per hour has been clearly evident for this mudcrab. A masterpiece, and hats off to Johan and Co. for it. But burnout for whatever reason comes in many forms; take a long break away from it, go play Victoria II, then graduate to Pride of Nations or play other games. When you return to EUIV, you'll be raring to go again and yield more value for money.

Have fun.

o7

 

[Beagá]

Agree, even chocolate becomes lame if you eat it everyday.

Sometimes it´s indeed time to take a break. And it isn´t because it becomes boring, you eventually become tired and make mistakes. For me 2 hours of playing is the limit, beyond that I do some dubious moves.

 

[Kanno_FR]

Some empathy with the OP, scanning through his post. For me, Steams says 2100+ hours with EUIV, and of that 2000+ was ironman, 2100+ of that was non "HRE" (a fabricated polity I choose to ignore IRL also). I made 9 flag mods, one of which was moderately popular. In the end I spent hundreds of hours tweaking flags across all PDX titles rather than play yet another EUIV Bengal game . And 2100 hours isn't a record by any means.

Burnout 100% ++

Retrospective: With all DLC, the sheer value for money per hour has been clearly evident for this mudcrab. A masterpiece, and hats off to Johan and Co. for it. But burnout for whatever reason comes in many forms; take a long break away from it, go play Victoria II, then graduate to Pride of Nations or play other games. When you return to EUIV, you'll be raring to go again and yield more value for money.

Have fun.

o7

Pride of nations seems pretty big and complicated (5 minutes turn ) But EU4 could benefit from some of it's features like the trade system and needs that could keep us doing things in peace times.

 

[Viperswhip]

I don't understand your point here. I beat Austria in a war and forced them to release Styria. I dragged Burgundy into war with France and inheritance happened. Burgundy had a royal marriage with a 3+ provinces nation in the HRE (which makes them eligible to inherit before Spain according to the wiki). Think it was Savoy, not too sure.

Am I missing something here? Perhaps I just misinterpreted your post.

Oh, sorry, yes, I misunderstood. In that case, and this is horrible, you have to attack the minor before letting inheritance fire. Do it immediately after Austria, don't take cores for yourself, or if you do sell them. Savoy has cores you can give to Milan maybe, and maybe France, Switzerland as well I think. If you ally Milan and Switzerland I think you will be fine.

Often I ally France after that war, and sometimes Stryia but someone in my thread had a magical run that.

You have a couple of choices in that war, if you can ally France, but not invite them to the war, they won't give access to Burgundy but every other country down to Savoy might, but probably not Stryia. If you keep France out of that war the event is unlikely to fire.