Europa Universalis V confirmed

[Josquius]

There is one issue now that is ruining the fun. The constant "so and so is 16 years old now" spam. I am getting one of those every two days. In addition to the So and So can be educated alerts. It's gotten annoying. I am ignoring them, which I know is probably not wise.

The character system just doesn't work.

You need to get a large court but the large court really sucks and is boring to manage AND it is really important you manage it. Because you need those 90+ skilled generals and cabinet members. Also 99% of your court does not have any role to play at all. So you spend a ton of time managing something that you only get an in game impact for 1% of it.

And it is constant. Every single month. It is a constant distraction from the more interesting things you need to do. This should be automated or changed in some way. And it is way to easy to successfully manage. In CK I constantly had to worry about betrayals and mass death of my courtiers. I was usually scrambling to find enough nobles to to rule counties and duchies and fill important posts and marry. And key deaths could be devastating to your game. Now...you have hundreds and hundreds of people and only a couple matter or do anything.

I remember this was a core problem with Imperator. You had all these people existing and doing things but...you couldn't do anything with them by and large so...why did it matter?
CK gets that way on occasion but less so since thats the core of the game.

[Valmy]

CK gets that way on occasion but less so since thats the core of the game.

Also in CK you would have people die young. People would be infertile. People would be murdered or try to murder you. People would go insane. There would be plots.

None of this happens in EUV. Every woman seems to have several children who all grow up to adulthood who do next to nothing of note and die at a ripe old age.

[crazy canuck]

CK gets that way on occasion but less so since thats the core of the game.

Also in CK you would have people die young. People would be infertile. People would be murdered or try to murder you. People would go insane. There would be plots.

None of this happens in EUV. Every woman seems to have several children who all grow up to adulthood who do next to nothing of note and die at a ripe old age.

That is not accurate. There is character trait variability in EU5 and characters can die young, as happened to one of my heirs that had good stats. I found that to be a cool part of the game. I felt the loss of a character who was going to become a great ruler.

[Valmy]

CK gets that way on occasion but less so since thats the core of the game.

Also in CK you would have people die young. People would be infertile. People would be murdered or try to murder you. People would go insane. There would be plots.

None of this happens in EUV. Every woman seems to have several children who all grow up to adulthood who do next to nothing of note and die at a ripe old age.

That is not accurate. There is character trait variability in EU5 and characters can die young, as happened to one of my heirs.

Ah. Well that's good. I had played up until the 1600s and none of my kids died young. And I didn't notice any of my courtier's kids dying young. But maybe there were just so many of them I didn't notice. They need to make infant and child mortality more common...historically common.

[crazy canuck]

CK gets that way on occasion but less so since thats the core of the game.

Also in CK you would have people die young. People would be infertile. People would be murdered or try to murder you. People would go insane. There would be plots.

None of this happens in EUV. Every woman seems to have several children who all grow up to adulthood who do next to nothing of note and die at a ripe old age.

That is not accurate. There is character trait variability in EU5 and characters can die young, as happened to one of my heirs.

Ah. Well that's good. I had played up until the 1600s and none of my kids died young. And I didn't notice any of my courtier's kids dying young. But maybe there were just so many of them I didn't notice. They need to make infant and child mortality more common...historically common.

One of the main reasons for building a hospital and other health related buildings in your capital is to try to increase the longevity of your court characters.

I am surprised you didn't experience young characters dying in your game. Did turn disease off in the options?

[Valmy]

One of the main reasons for building a hospital and other health related buildings in your capital is to try to increase the longevity of your court characters.

I am surprised you didn't experience young characters dying in your game. Did turn disease off in the options?

Not unless they are turned off by default.

I got constant death spam to but everybody was dying rather late in life.