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Yeah, that comes from shaking your head all the time...You gotta love all the bickering in this thread.
Gives me fuzzy feelings.
I vote Rome, but only if it is a major expansion. I believe the focus should be on adding depth to the game rather than extending the time line. I always felt like Rome was a stripped-down EU. (EU w/out the details that defined the time like HRE, Papacy, Protestant movement, exploration, gunpowder) Rome needs new gameplay features that tie the game to the major issues of the era.
If that is too much for an expansion, then I will have to wait for Rome II. A minor expansion for Rome that mainly extends the timeline is not enough. I don't even play Rome (no expansions) with the timeline I have now. Making it longer is no substitute for making it deeper.
I might buy another expansion for EUIII, if it were really good, but I expect VickyII to replace EU as my most played game.
If that is too much for an expansion, then I will have to wait for Rome II. A minor expansion for Rome that mainly extends the timeline is not enough. I don't even play Rome (no expansions) with the timeline I have now. Making it longer is no substitute for making it deeper.
I might buy another expansion for EUIII, if it were really good, but I expect VickyII to replace EU as my most played game.
though i'd probably side with a Rome expansion, if there is an EU3 expansion, one thing I'd like to see is the map readjusted to be the same base file size as the maps used in HoI3 (and most likely V2) so that there is one standard map file size among all games, making it much easier for modders to work with.
And a bigger map size for EU3 would give map modders more opportunities for adding additions even if Paradox were to leave the current number of EU3 provinces as they are.
And a bigger map size for EU3 would give map modders more opportunities for adding additions even if Paradox were to leave the current number of EU3 provinces as they are.
Which battlescenarios would the devs wish to add?
I presume those from Hearts of Iron II were carried over?
Austen.
I presume those from Hearts of Iron II were carried over?
Austen.
You'd be presuming wrong.
Battle scenarios were not carried over because it was felt that they weren't played enough to justify the effort to include them for the main game.
which seems very sensible to me, I've never even loaded one of those battle scenarios :rofl:
Yeah, hopefully Paradox will add a whole wealth of new features if they make an expansion. If they simply increase the timeline and map, it'll be a bit dissapointing. I'd still buy it, though.
It has no focus whatsoever. As it stands, the Rest of the World is a place that's in the game for the sole purpose of being conquered by Europeans.
Yeah, hopefully Paradox will add a whole wealth of new features if they make an expansion. If they simply increase the timeline and map, it'll be a bit dissapointing. I'd still buy it, though.
Well, there are a lot of ideas to carry over from other games as well, such as Achievements from HOI3, HTTT Casus Belli, potentially enhanced AI ect. There can be many new features for the Characters and Government systems as well.
And we already know there will be a timeline expansion and map refinement which would both improve the game and the latter make it more alive. I'd also say the proposed timeline means a warfare change has to occur.
Not entirely. It's just that Europe gets special features (HRE, Papacy, Reformation), while Asia is left for the engine to work through (still, there are unique decisions and such for them - just not a LOT). It doesn't break Asia, but it would be nice to have some special features there too.
Wasn't that arguably what happened to begin with?
It's not Victoria
While I support a Rome expansion I must add that asia in EU3 is a bit worse than that.
Asia has fantasy states, provinces named after post-ww2 cities and geographical oddities like Delhi being on the wrong side of the Himalayas or one of Indias CoTs being placed in a giant swampland with mostly pastoralist tribes (Kutch).
While finding flags for the period and region is indeed hard the game still has some questionable choices for countries with well known flags (the Marathas don't get their famous unicolour orange flag but rather the modern day designer logo of the government of Maharastra as their flag and the nation "Rajputana" gets the flag of the national Sikh union for instance).
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If we are talking about a full blown expansion then I think it is more fair to make one for Rome.
It might just be what Rome needs to get out of the darkness. For some reason I've never got to experience Rome other then the demo.
A good expansion pack that not only polishes but introduces many of the cool new ideas from HTTT and SF coupled with a bundled deal to buy Rome plus the expansions might just work. That just might be what a lot of people around here need to go try that game out.
If not that, small scenarios for HOI3 would be very appealing to me.
It might just be what Rome needs to get out of the darkness. For some reason I've never got to experience Rome other then the demo.
A good expansion pack that not only polishes but introduces many of the cool new ideas from HTTT and SF coupled with a bundled deal to buy Rome plus the expansions might just work. That just might be what a lot of people around here need to go try that game out.
If not that, small scenarios for HOI3 would be very appealing to me.
I'm with Rome. Simple reason is that I didn't play it as much as the other titles yet and I'd love to get more value from that title.
Victoria should surely get it's addon, but later. The best ideas for improvement should appear anyways after our feedback, not right away. EU3 ROTW is a good idea, but another addon isn't so necessary that it should have priority.
Victoria should surely get it's addon, but later. The best ideas for improvement should appear anyways after our feedback, not right away. EU3 ROTW is a good idea, but another addon isn't so necessary that it should have priority.
I think the other three besides the Rome expansion could be managed with user-made modifications, so I'm hoping the Rome/Alexander option is indicative of what Paradox intends to be doing. Fingers crossed, anyway!
I disagree. The reason I no longer play Rome is that the current timeline so discourages playing as minors. Besides, where is the fun when Rome's rise is already guaranteed? A new timeline is vital
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