Europa Universalis V confirmed

[Solmyr]

I get several notices every single month people are turning 16 and then I have to go check to see if I care about them. It gets rather exhausting.

And nobody wants to royal marry me since I am a dirty pagan. But I suspect when I play a non-Pagan country that will also be something I have to manage.

In my Ottoman game my dynasty absolutely exploded (doesn't help that every man can have four wives). My fault really, though, since I got them marriages. By the end of the game, practically every major Muslim country was ruled by an Osmanoglu.

[Syt]

As Ottoman, aren't you supposed to kill all your brothers when you ascend?

[Valmy]

From a post on their forums about "the released state of the game being unacceptable in 2025":

In a section complaining about the UI:

For a series known for complex but functional interfaces, this is honestly embarrassing.

Huh. Maybe I am clueless as to what is out there but I thought EU5 was pretty good at release. Obviously there is a lot to sort out and learn but compared to previous EU games I thought it was fine.

[The Minsky Moment]

From a post on their forums about "the released state of the game being unacceptable in 2025":

In a section complaining about the UI:

For a series known for complex but functional interfaces, this is honestly embarrassing.

What a noob.
Doesn't he know that buying a Paradox game on release means buying in to the open beta test?

Don't worry guy, 2026 is just around the corner.

[The Minsky Moment]

I think I might give this a patch or two before going back to it

Smart move.  I'm targeting around 1.11 or 1.12.  That's the usual sweet spot.

[Solmyr]

As Ottoman, aren't you supposed to kill all your brothers when you ascend?

Yes but the second cousins flood the court.

I kept getting the "claim throne" CB on various countries throughout the game. And near the end I ended up inheriting the Yemen-Somalia union. I'm the Turkish Habsburgs.

[Solmyr]

Anyway, yesterday's patch fixed many bugs but broke levies badly. Now they just get massacred by regulars at an insane ratio. Whoever gets Professional Armies first wins the game.

[The Minsky Moment]

If it keeps on raining, the levies are going to break.

[crazy canuck]

I drove my Chevy to the levies but the levies were dry     

[Valmy]

Anyway, yesterday's patch fixed many bugs but broke levies badly. Now they just get massacred by regulars at an insane ratio. Whoever gets Professional Armies first wins the game.

I did think levies were way too powerful and sheer numbers seemed to rule every battle.

But I figured that was just because it was early in the game and the regulars would get bonuses later. Also balanced by the fact you lose workers on your RGOs when you call up the levies. So if I can get away with just sending my regulars I usually do that.

They may have over adjusted 

[crazy canuck]

Regulars are lvl 20 fighters against level 0 peasants. 

[Josephus]

One thing that bugs me is how to manage the size of the court. Obviously the bigger the court the more likely you can find great people to put in the cabinet or be in charge of military units.

On the other hand having to manage the personal lives of over 1,000 inbred nobles takes up way too much time.

I have no idea how to manage this going forward.

Manage their lives? I don't really bother with anybody who's not a direct descendant. Who cares why my cousin's nephew is up to?

[Josephus]

If it keeps on raining, the levies are going to break.

 

[Valmy]

One thing that bugs me is how to manage the size of the court. Obviously the bigger the court the more likely you can find great people to put in the cabinet or be in charge of military units.

On the other hand having to manage the personal lives of over 1,000 inbred nobles takes up way too much time.

I have no idea how to manage this going forward.

Manage their lives? I don't really bother with anybody who's not a direct descendant. Who cares why my cousin's nephew is up to?

Well because I want high stat people, so a lot of courtiers is good. Also I was worried too much inbreeding might have bad effects but...maybe that is just a CK thing.

Also if I don't have a lot of nobles the only way I could get my people married was by marrying commoners with huge penalties. I couldn't get royal marriages as pagan Lithuania.

However, I think over a long enough period of time it is inevitable you will have a giant court.