Europa Universalis IV announced

[crazy canuck]

Is Spain now better/smarter going about colonization?

[Josephus]

Is Spain now better/smarter going about colonization?

Is it supposed to be?

[crazy canuck]

Is Spain now better/smarter going about colonization?

Is it supposed to be?

I read some of the Pardox dairies talking about how that was supposed happen, but I don't know when.  I just assumed it would be now since they have made a big deal about this refresh of the major nations.

Hence my question.  Has that occurred?

[Josephus]

I can't say. Just started a game as France. Still 1460, not much colonization yet.

[crazy canuck]

I can't say. Just started a game as France. Still 1460, not much colonization yet.

Let me know what happens.   

[Solmyr]

Played the Ottomans for 40 years, and now the save just crashes the game on loading.

[Tamas]

Played the Ottomans for 40 years, and now the save just crashes the game on loading.

Are your mods turned off?

[Solmyr]

Played the Ottomans for 40 years, and now the save just crashes the game on loading.

Are your mods turned off?

Started the game with a couple of graphical and UI mods (that are updated for 1.35) but turning them off doesn't help.

[Josephus]

They did release a hotfix this morning

[Caliga]

Too much change at once.  I'm waiting at least a few weeks to give it a shot.

[Solmyr]

I loaded a slightly earlier version of my save and disabled all mods, and it seems to be working now.

[Josephus]

Hmmm. So I'm playing as France. One of the new changes is that France has to have at least 50 per cent crown land to integrate its vassals. Not really a problem for the player, but I can see this crippling AI France

[Solmyr]

There's also a bug where appanages can declare independence war but not actually demand independence, so people have reported that Orleans just keeps declaring war on France with independence support from other nations and eating up French land.

[crazy canuck]

I loaded a slightly earlier version of my save and disabled all mods, and it seems to be working now.

In my first game as Spain, France had no difficulty annexing the usual suspects, it also was able to gobble up Province through the new mechanic.

I have played a bit of Spain, France and England.  Well mostly Spain.  I like the new mission trees for each of them.  The English Parliament has more to do now as well.  It's a good refresh, and could have been part of the next iteration of EU.  Which makes me wonder what the future holds for this game.

[Zanza]

Currently playing as Aragon. I no-cb Byzantium early to hobble the Ottomans. Got lucky with the Iberian Wedding in the 1460s. It is now 1477 and I have Portugal, Castille, Navarra and Naples as PUs, have neutralized, but not yet fully conquered the Maghreb and started inroads into Provence and Liguria. My next step will be attacking France together with Burgundy as they are currently fighting Austria.

The mission tree is a bit better than before, especially adding the colonial part once I become Spain will be a major improvement for Aragon. I have not yet seen the new Councils system for Spain, but the new orders are an interesting mechanical addition.

I really like that they not just added new mechanics, but spent a lot of effort in the last two patches to flesh our existing, underutilized features. The new estate privileges, government reforms, idea groups, etc. give more variety and depth than before.