Europa Universalis V confirmed

[crazy canuck]

 

[Syt]

Which is annoying because most players don't play mp. I don't have stats, but I know

Especially in EU5. If we started a Languish game playing a few hours a week, CC and I will be in nursing homes and have Alzheimer's by the time we're finished 😂

Bold of you to assume that the game would finish and not be quietly abandoned within a month.

[crazy canuck]

  

[Norgy]

I'm up for MP.

[Norgy]

I am not going to say that this game is TEH BEST EVAH.

It is, however, so loaded with potential, once you get a bit of a feeling of the mechanisms under the hood.
I do think some of the mechanisms, like how to colonise and explore are wildly underexplained. I needed to search how to send an explorer. And they are expensive. 

To some extent, I agree with those who'd like a later start date, at least as a possibility. Those first 50 years are more of a chore than fun, unless you play as someone capable of warfare. Then it is quite entertaining.

I haven't raised a levy since, well, the late 1460s? Mostly because they'd just be fodder for Mamluk cavalry.

There is weirdness. Quite a lot of it. Like ordering a sea transport and finding your ship stuck in the same sea zone and troops perishing by the day. The limited role of fleets, except for giving you naval presence and transportation, also belies the importance sea power held during the period. I'd like that to be somewhat more important.
Now, could someone please tell me how to build a colony? 

[crazy canuck]

Gaining sea zone control is critically important if your nation has a sizeable coastline or offshore possessions. It is the main/only? reason for building and maintaining a sizeable fleet.

Colonization is a click and forget sort of exercise since the process takes so long - at each stage of the progression you will get a popup that tells you what to do next.  My advice is don't think about doing it until you have a lot of resources to devote to the endeavour, or it will just take too long.