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EU4 - Development Diary - 20th of June 2017

Hello!

I’m Anona and I’ve been the Project Lead for EU4 for the last year + a few months. This means I’ve been driving the development of processes within the team and making sure we’re on time and budget - and not to forget team activities ;). Mare Nostrum, Rights of Man, Mandate of Heaven and Third Rome have been awesome to work on with such an amazing team as the EU4 team. On one hand it feels good to focus on only one project from now on: CK2, but on the other hand it’s sad to leave such a high-performing, experienced, competitive and positive team with a strong will to become even better.

Luckily I leave the project in good hands to our new Project Lead Linda Tiger, who has lots of experience, the right attitude and good knowledge of work methodologies.

To say something about the year that has passed there have been some changes to the team: Our ex AI programmer Chaingun has gotten a replacement in Gnivom and Ihki has gotten replaced by Groogy since they have moved on to other projects outside and inside of the Paradox Universe, respectively. DDRJake has become even more responsible for the design of the recent expansions and Johan is currently on a long holiday lasting three months. But of course he can’t keep himself completely outside Paradox so he pops up now and then anyway…

One of my best memories is the release of Rights of Man. We had all put a lot of effort into the game and I was extra nervous since it was the first EU4 expansion for which I had been Project Lead from start to finish. But the release went smooth and steam reviews were fantastic, on par with Art of War and El Dorado. Not sure if the following event was related to the Rights of Man success or not but some time later we got gingerbread cookies sent to the office from a fan, some of which were showing the art of the loading screen for Rights of Man. I kept one and everytime I look at it nowadays I feel pride for what we did with Rights of Man.

Thanks for all the feedback you’ve given the last year, it’s been incredibly valuable for our games!

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Did you know that several people in the team have been eternalized in EU4 event pictures?

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/Anona

So hi everyone,

And big thanks Anona for the introduction! I am super excited to join such a talented team and continue the journey with our magnificent Europa Universalis IV - lots of exciting stuff in the future for sure. Looking forward to get to know you all and to be part of this dedicated community - let’s do this!

//Fogbound
 
So the EU4 lead is disconnecting from it to work solely on CK2, a game that should have its last expansion currently in development if Paradox's account is precise? I suppose either CK2 still has some more steam left or the next DLC is going to be huuuge.

Our aim at PDS is to have one project lead per project in order to increase focus and efficiency.
 
Am I a terrible person because I am disappointed when dev diaries don't talk about the actual game?

Such announcements are great, good luck to you and all, but why can't such announcements be made separately?
 
"Groogy since they have moved on to other projects outside and inside of the Paradox Universe, respectively."
@Groogy watcha doiiiiiiiiiing?
Working on something new?
Something unannounced?

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Y'all got gingerbread sent to you? Lucky!

Oh, and obvious question but why are the project leads changing? Is it due to a new project that somebody got moved over to and therefore had to be replaced? What's the new project? Please be EU: Rome 2!
 
Y'all got gingerbread sent to you? Lucky!

Oh, and obvious question but why are the project leads changing? Is it due to a new project that somebody got moved over to and therefore had to be replaced? What's the new project? Please be EU: Rome 2!

We've just had a third Rome, so surely the next one must be EU: Rome 4.
 
Which type of event is it used in?

It's from Mare Nostrum. Trade League events 5 "Is A Pirate In Hand Worth Ten In The Gallows?" and 6 "Pirates For Everyone" use it and they are both tied to getting trade league event 4 "Pirates Smell Booty".

I was away during the development of Mare Nostrum but as far as I can tell this is a pretty rare event on the biggest random pulse, and it requires you to be a trade league leader.
 
"Groogy since they have moved on to other projects outside and inside of the Paradox Universe, respectively."
@Groogy watcha doiiiiiiiiiing?
Working on something new?
Something unannounced?

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You left out the important part of that quote.
Chaingun left Paradox and was replaced in EU4 by Gvinom.
Ihki left EU4 but is still within Paradox and was replaced in EU4 by Groogy.
 
"Groogy since they have moved on to other projects outside and inside of the Paradox Universe, respectively."
@Groogy watcha doiiiiiiiiiing?
Working on something new?
Something unannounced?

HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED
No I got moved to EU4
 
Please just stop developing EU4. The game peaked in the expansion before institutions. The recent expansion have been nothing but bloat for a game which was very good to play in multiplayer. Now you have to mod away all the useless stuff if you even want to consider playing it.

I disagree, the game only continues to get better and I prefer not to mod anything out when I play. Furthermore, I hope EU4 continues to be developed because they have improved phenomenally upon past mechanics and added quite a bit of flavor to the game.
 
Greetings! =)

When are the ugly square-shaped provinces in modern Ukraine region going to be fixed? :p

I mean c'mon! The "Russia" patch was great, but leaving almost unchanged one of the ugliest regions in game is kinda weird, especially in themed patch :rolleyes:

I understand that this is close to your heart, but you don't have to say this in every other threat.