EU3 - ready for play yet?

[Shade]

So, is there any consensus from those who have played the expansion?

Are there still problems that make MP not desirable?

My feeling is that the game design is not even close to being worked out yet.  Too many new things are either overpowered or underpowered.

damn I miss Wednesday nights...

[Solmyr]

Tried the latest beta patch as England. With the new horde takeover mechanics, hordes grow huge early on. Golden Horde swallowed up all of Russia and reached Finland, central Hungary, and Ragusa by 1450, while Timurids took over the Levant. Thankfully with their tech penalty, western countries are now slowly taking stuff back, but I don't see AI Russians ever surviving the early game, and Ottomans are likely to be fucked too when they have a border with both hordes, because Golden Horde *will* swallow Moldavia and Wallachia.

1492 is looking more and more like the best start date.

[Anatron]

The new HRE rule also changed the game.(Emperor request a country from a conqueror).

[Spooky]

I will play.

[Anatron]

Tried the latest beta patch as England. With the new horde takeover mechanics, hordes grow huge early on. Golden Horde swallowed up all of Russia and reached Finland, central Hungary, and Ragusa by 1450, while Timurids took over the Levant. Thankfully with their tech penalty, western countries are now slowly taking stuff back, but I don't see AI Russians ever surviving the early game, and Ottomans are likely to be fucked too when they have a border with both hordes, because Golden Horde *will* swallow Moldavia and Wallachia.

1492 is looking more and more like the best start date.

In 1492 Austria starts with 107k army.
I f you want to play, 1453 is better starting date.

[Shade]

So we got 3 willing to play.. Spooky, Me and Berkut... anyone else?

[DGuller]

I'm willing to give this a shot, but not before May 5.

[Anatron]

So we got 3 willing to play.. Spooky, Me and Berkut... anyone else?

If you play at weekend too I can join.

[JonasSalk]

I can play during mid-May (about the 9th) onward.

[jimmy olsen]

So, is Divine Wind worth it?

[Solmyr]

So we got 3 willing to play.. Spooky, Me and Berkut... anyone else?

If you play at weekend too I can join.

Same, I can join a game at Euro-friendly times.

[Shade]

So we got 3 willing to play.. Spooky, Me and Berkut... anyone else?

If you play at weekend too I can join.

Same, I can join a game at Euro-friendly times.

I think that after may 9th we could have a nice weekend game going So far we have 6? (Sol, Anatron, Me, Spooky, Berkut, and Jonas) hopefully ok to play weekends Any others more the merrier

[Berkut]

Nah, I cannot play on weekends. Not consistently.

[DGuller]

Can't do weekends either.  I can't commit to killing the best part of Sunday every week.

[Shade]

Is there a Euro friendly time that is a week day?