Europa Universalis IV announced

[garbon]

Just noticed you can cross from Scotland to Northern Ireland without getting on a boat. Is this new?

Yeah, I believe that's a new strait. Sort of makes sense, well at least for me with the continuity of how that strait exists in CK2 as well.

[Viking]

Just noticed you can cross from Scotland to Northern Ireland without getting on a boat. Is this new?

It's there to help the UK put down revolts in ireland. Right now the AI can't. You'll notice the straits in teh carribean, they are there for the same reason.

[jimmy olsen]

Just noticed you can cross from Scotland to Northern Ireland without getting on a boat. Is this new?

It's there to help the UK put down revolts in ireland. Right now the AI can't. You'll notice the straits in teh carribean, they are there for the same reason.

That amazes me. I'm no programmer, but they're on EU4 with who knows how many expansions spread across those games and they still can't make the AI transport troops with boats?

[Viking]

Just noticed you can cross from Scotland to Northern Ireland without getting on a boat. Is this new?

It's there to help the UK put down revolts in ireland. Right now the AI can't. You'll notice the straits in teh carribean, they are there for the same reason.

That amazes me. I'm no programmer, but they're on EU4 with who knows how many expansions spread across those games and they still can't make the AI transport troops with boats?

Presumably because it is a complex (as in being made up of many parts) operation to move across seas. Tehy have been trying to use the autotransport system. It's a bit tricky to make it work properly in part because you need to match transport capacity with army size.

More importantly matching army size with rebel size, dealing with the invasion malus and only reacting when a rebel siege has finished. 

[dps]

Just noticed you can cross from Scotland to Northern Ireland without getting on a boat. Is this new?

Yeah, I believe that's a new strait. Sort of makes sense, well at least for me with the continuity of how that strait exists in CK2 as well.

IIRC, it was there in EUII and went away in EUIII.

[garbon]

Just noticed you can cross from Scotland to Northern Ireland without getting on a boat. Is this new?

It's there to help the UK put down revolts in ireland. Right now the AI can't. You'll notice the straits in teh carribean, they are there for the same reason.

That amazes me. I'm no programmer, but they're on EU4 with who knows how many expansions spread across those games and they still can't make the AI transport troops with boats?

Presumably because it is a complex (as in being made up of many parts) operation to move across seas. Tehy have been trying to use the autotransport system. It's a bit tricky to make it work properly in part because you need to match transport capacity with army size.

More importantly matching army size with rebel size, dealing with the invasion malus and only reacting when a rebel siege has finished. 

And also the likely don't consider it that important. It has been what - 14 years now and countless titles?

[Josephus]

So there aren't any naval invasions of any value?

Or just the usual 2-3 army ones?

[Viking]

So there aren't any naval invasions of any value?

Or just the usual 2-3 army ones?

I see 20-30 regiment invasions in america and india from time to time. The game can put 20k spaniards in newfoundland or 30k englishmen in south india.

[garbon]

So there aren't any naval invasions of any value?

Or just the usual 2-3 army ones?

No it happens. I've seen the AI bring large forces to wipe out the Aztecs, for instance.

[garbon]

Another beta  fix is up which is supposed to curb slowdown that happens after a couple centuries of play.

[Josephus]

So there aren't any naval invasions of any value?

Or just the usual 2-3 army ones?

I see 20-30 regiment invasions in america and india from time to time. The game can put 20k spaniards in newfoundland or 30k englishmen in south india.

so why can't it deal with rebels in Ireland?

[Valmy]

Yep. These days we pay for the privilege of fixing the game. Fun!

It is either that or not get games.

One of the reasons I stopped buying Paradox games.  Or pretty much any other computer games, too.

Seems counter-productive for such a minor bother.

[jimmy olsen]

So there aren't any naval invasions of any value?

Or just the usual 2-3 army ones?

No it happens. I've seen the AI bring large forces to wipe out the Aztecs, for instance.

There's usually a full blown war going on though isn't there? I've noticed in Victoria II that if there's a war the AI has no problem sending in the Royal Navy and dropping off 48,000 red coats, but if there's a rebellion it's often ignored. It's very odd.

[Viking]

So there aren't any naval invasions of any value?

Or just the usual 2-3 army ones?

I see 20-30 regiment invasions in america and india from time to time. The game can put 20k spaniards in newfoundland or 30k englishmen in south india.

so why can't it deal with rebels in Ireland?

You got me there, no clue.

[Josephus]

Quick question: What's it take to annex a one-province minor?
I, England, was at war with some N.American OPM, Mahican, or something. They were allied with two other OPMs. I occupied Mahican's one province, but wasn't able to annex it (the tooltip said I didn't have enough war score). I eventually had to Military Access my way across Canada to get to the other two OPMs, seiged and occupied them, before I could annex Mahican. Is that WAD?
Would the same thing happen in Europe? If a OPM was allied with France, how would I annex that? Or does all this have something to do with the ticking war score?