Will you ever expand EU4 timeline?

[AK47/Deagle]

I really love this game, but although there is quite alot of content every few months, I can´t get rid of feeling that this is getting a bit old. I don´t mean EU4 overall but the 1444 starting date(I play Ironman only).
So question is: Are you going to expand timeline like in CK2 ?
It would add awesome fresh feeling to game if you could start ironman game few years/decades before 1444.

Please like this thread if you agree with me so devs can see it.

 

[JagLover]

Not enough peacetime mechanics to properly simulate the 19th century IMO

Vic 3, with a proper conversion from EU IV however...

 

[ChildeR]

They've said pretty clearly before that they most likely wouldn't.

If you are bored with 1444, there are a few centuries after it that you can start from. I think they fixed most of the issues with the bookmarks at least.

 

[AK47/Deagle]

Not enough peacetime mechanics to properly simulate the 19th century IMO

Vic 3, with a proper conversion from EU IV however...

Agreed, I mean something before Rise of the Ottomans.

 

[panionios]

Of course they will. This is how EUIII came out. The base game (1444 start) and then the expansion (1399 start).

In fact, this is true of all their games

 

[Chamboozer]

Timeline expansions are the bane of Paradox games. The wider the timeframe the more generic the mechanics have to be, and thus the less interesting. Victoria is the best in no small part due to the fact that it only covers 100 years and the devs could focus all their energy into squeezing as much quality and detail into that small timeframe as possible.

 

[Wizzington]

Most likely no.

 

[Vaximillian]

Victoria is the best in no small part due to the fact that it only covers 100 years

Hearts of Iron says hi.

 

[panionios]

Most likely no.

Verba volant, scripta manent.

 

[Gball]

Most likely no.

Nice, but

I would be very interested in giving some love to latter dates. Maybe try to give the napoleonic era a bit of a makeover and balance it up, for example.

I wouldn't be opposed to adding a decade or so more to the end game though. Vicky2 doesn't start until 1836 so we got a bit of space and it would allow for more substancial napoleonic playthroughs.

 

[Chamboozer]

Hearts of Iron says hi.

And Hearts of Iron also has far more interesting and detailed mechanics than EUIV.

HoI goes into great depth to represent the details of warfare in WWII. How are the specifics of warfare represented in EUIV? Well.. there's the fact that armies contained infantry, cavalry, and artillery, that they had generals, that forts existed and armies besieged them, that mercenaries played a major role, and that armies vaguely improved over time. It's very, very abstract and lacks depth precisely because it has to represent nearly 400 years of military conflict with all the transformations involved.

 

[BFTeixeira]

Actually one of the things i liked the most about the VeF mod, is the fact the game can be started in the beginning of the XIV century. I would rather have the game span from the 1300's to 1700's than 1400's to 1800's.

 

[Incompetent]

Agreed, I mean something before Rise of the Ottomans.

Like CK2?

I don't see the point in creating big overlaps between different Paradox Grand Strategy games. It would be nice if the EU/Vicky devs would fill in the period 1821-36 somehow (which has for some reason never been covered by any Paradox game AFAIK), although my preference would be for Victoria 3 to start on 21 November, 1815. Apart from that, I don't see any need to change EU4's timeline.

 

[Kapitalisti]

Hope not, the mechanics are a bit iffy as it is in the earliest and last start dates. 1444 and earlier needs more character/ruler driven stuff ala CK2 and post 1800 is better portrayed with Vic2 (and hopefully Vic3 Soon™).

 

[Sunspawn]

I do wish the starting date was moved forward to 1453 with events for Austria to inherit Styria and get emperor(if Styria's still Emperor) through an event.

 

[Basileios Makedon]

I do wish the starting date was moved forward to 1453 with events for Austria to inherit Styria and get emperor(if Styria's still Emperor) through an event.

Byzantinophiles would kill you

 

[Wizzington]

How about May 28th 1453 as start date?

 

[Es57]

Actually one of the things i liked the most about the VeF mod, is the fact the game can be started in the beginning of the XIV century. I would rather have the game span from the 1300's to 1700's than 1400's to 1800's.

If you want to play during the 1300s, play CK2. Period.

 

[Vaximillian]

How about May 28th 1453 as start date?

Perfect.

 

[FreeSoc]

How about May 28th 1453 as start date?

Can we have a bookmark on the 27th June/28th June/8th July 1709 (your date preference may vary) to make up for that changed start-date, then?