EU4 - Development Diary - 21st of August 2018

[grandadmiralbob]

I hope they don't ever have an achievement where you have 10k hours in-game, and 0 achievements.

 

[Dakka]

Where and when can we buy the content pack or is it included in the expansion?

You can buy it at the same time at the same places separately from the main DLC, just like always

 

[Achiles]

You can buy it at the same time at the same places separately from the main DLC, just like always

I looked for it on PDX's website and couldn't find it. I Googled it and it looks like it is finally up on steam, but it can't be purchased yet.

 

[Dakka]

I looked for it on PDX's website and couldn't find it. I Googled it and it looks like it is finally up on steam, but it can't be purchased yet.

It releases Sept 6 with the DLC

 

[EquilinT]

I hope they don't ever have an achievement where you have 10k hours in-game, and 0 achievements.

10k hours without conquering (or obtaining in any other way) a province, is that even possible?

 

[Yevardian]

Pretty. I like the look of the units. The only issue I would say that kills immersion slightly is how some of the regions seem to have white skinned soldiers. I mean Orissans or the Gondi people of Gondwana have a high percentage of indiginous Austronesian blood in them which gives them a particularly dark appearence (just google "orissan people" or "gondi people" to know what I mean). In the content pack however their units are practically white especially Orissa. This kills immersion for me slightly. However overall theres some nice diversity in there.

I guess that's a fair point. Dravidian people often have extremely dark skin, comparable to Sub-Saharan Africans.

Personally I really want to see a 'Liberator' achievement: 'Release at least 20 nations, whilst taking less than 20 provinces yourself.'

Not sure if this is even possible, but it came to me after noticing a curious oddity in Italy. 'Better the Turban than the Tiara': As Montferrat, have a Personal Union over Byzantium and convert them to Catholicism'.

For reference, here are some interesting and/or especially challenging tags without achievements: Circassia, Estonia, Fadl, Gotland, Karabakh, Kara Del, Kurdish minors, Montenegro, Timurids, Siberian minors, Zaparozhie.

 

[nicccky]

Will there be a Buddhist Indian nation/Pala being formabable by buddhist countries holding the heartlands of Bengal?

I can't imagine there would be. If my understanding is correct, Pala was a dynasty, not a nation-state; so it would be odd to form Pala without having the Pala dynasty. You could create a Pala custom nation, though, that could be fun.

 

[Sirbab]

10k hours without conquering (or obtaining in any other way) a province, is that even possible?

Never playing Ironman?

 

[Wixelt]

So many new achievements, but none at a non-1444 starting date

Please, please, please give achievement hunters a reason to explore other starting dates! There are so many fun possibilities, and the US achievement in the game is trivial

Sorry, why did people need to disagree with this suggestion exactly?

 

[EquilinT]

Never playing Ironman?

Unless in a dedicated MP community i dont think one can play for 10k hours without touching ironman. I never played ironman before, but when i do i demand unlawful territory and achievement popped.

 

[master_kong]

True Heir of Timor: Starting as a Timurid subject, form the Mughals and conquer india by 1550

I wish there were an achievement related to forming Mughals with Khorasan/Babur dynasty too

 

[Tavior]

Unless in a dedicated MP community i dont think one can play for 10k hours without touching ironman. I never played ironman before, but when i do i demand unlawful territory and achievement popped.

Are you saying you got an achievement while playing in non-ironman?! I don't think it was even possible...

 

[Yevardian]

Sorry, why did people need to disagree with this suggestion exactly?

Because 99% of players never play anything but 1444. Though to be honest I think this developed mainly because of the lack of non-1444 achievements, which led to the devs ignoring the other start dates, which led to them being more broken and less played, which has led to the devs washing their hands of it completely. At this point, all but the earliest start dates are almost completely broken due to the mass of DLC and patches that have been released without them being updated.
Though its fun to look at, there are probably too many bookmarks to be managed properly.
The Thirty Years war bookmark in particular has tons of potential for achievements and MP games.

 

[Temudhun Khan]

Because 99% of players never play anything but 1444. Though to be honest I think this developed mainly because of the lack of non-1444 achievements, which led to the devs ignoring the other start dates, which led to them being more broken and less played, which has led to the devs washing their hands of it completely. At this point, all but the earliest start dates are almost completely broken due to the mass of DLC and patches that have been released without them being updated.
Though its fun to look at, there are probably too many bookmarks to be managed properly.
The Thirty Years war bookmark in particular has tons of potential for achievements and MP games.

Uh... I think you got it upside down. The dev not working on other start dates caused the lack of achievements, not the other way around.

 

[Gratak]

I was the one who guessed Eat Your Greens and it being about Kale!

Everybody knew it was about Kale, but it seems somebody even guessed the grasslands part correctly.

 

[noldorin]

can Anatolia beyliks be tribal in this dlc ?

 

[PhoenixG]

Does this mean if you buy the bundle (no pre-order) you get 10% off the whole bundle? Aka you'll get 10% off the DLC and the content pack?

 

[Oorlog]

Does this mean if you buy the bundle (no pre-order) you get 10% off the whole bundle? Aka you'll get 10% off the DLC and the content pack?

If i read it corretly steam will have a 10% on both, while pre-orders on plaza will only get 10% off the content pack on steam, not very nice. I ordered on plaza because it will net p'dox more currency but this is not the way id like to see it.

 

[RMS Oceanic]

I saw the "Ostenders" and a familiar drumroll started up in my head.

 

[PhoenixG]

If i read it corretly steam will have a 10% on both, while pre-orders on plaza will only get 10% off the content pack on steam, not very nice. I ordered on plaza because it will net p'dox more currency but this is not the way id like to see it.

The pre-order on steam also doesn't have the 10% off.

I might just refund my pre-order and get the bundle at launch. (pre-ordered on steam)