Chapter IV Q&A - Response Video

[PDX-Trinexx]

Hello everyone! After a couple of unexpected illnesses and delays, we're finally ready to publish our Q&A video where we address a litany of questions we've received from the community since Chapter IV's reveal.

Did your question not get answered, or do you have new ones after the answers in this video? Drop a reply in the thread and we'll try to include it for future Q&As!

 

[rasuuru]

Wow, so many familiar nicknames in the video.

Edit. The music at the end of the video is great! It made me want to hop on the horse and ride as fast as I can

 

[Mr.BigPig]

Thank you for answering so many questions. It looks promising!
Wasn't expecting that music at the end. Simply amazing.

 

[DONGHAIZHIDABIE]

I love you and your work!

 

[ray243]

Glad to see my questions answered. Thank you!

 

[Slime99]

Q: Are there plans to improve Turkic tribes gameplay?
A: We don't have plans for any Turkic specific content in the Khans of the Steppe, but we are not ruling out bespoke Turkic content in the future. We are not opposed to it but we are not doing it right now.

Well if that's so I at least hope they can change the steppe setup to be more accurate. But the Q&A was very helpful.

 

[AHumpierRogue]

I'm a bit worried about the dynastic cycle for Tang being "Expansionist". It worries me a bit that the historical research for Tang has focused on the first half of the Tang(the cool half) and not the part of the Tang that we actually have to play. By 867 the writing is I'd say damn near on the wall for the Tang. Rebellions like the Huang Chao rebellion happen within 10 years of the games start, and this is not a rebellion without precedent; rebellions have been happening for the Tang for decades at this point(if mostly regionally). Large portions of the Empire likewise are ruled by effectively independent warlords, "Jiedushi". This is not an "expansionist" era in the slightest.

 

[Silens]

My inner bureaucrat heard "taxes", "treasury", "government purposes", "budget", and I couldn't be any happier!

 

[aegeann13]

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Well if that's so I at least hope they can change the steppe setup to be more accurate. But the Q&A was very helpful.

They're really planning to sell us Turkic gameplay and flavor overhaul in a separate dlc when it should've already be present in Khans of the Steppe...
Thank you PDX, but I think I'll pass.

 

[WilliamWolffgang]

Hello everyone! After a couple of unexpected illnesses and delays, we're finally ready to publish our Q&A video where we address a litany of questions we've received from the community since Chapter IV's reveal.

Did your question not get answered, or do you have new ones after the answers in this video? Drop a reply in the thread and we'll try to include it for future Q&As!

Just gonna copy paste my question from last time:
I realise it's probably way too early, but once All under Heaven releases, is there any chance old saves will still be playable? I desperately hope so but at the same time I realise it might be straight up impossible if the game suddenly had to create an entire half continent with no historical jumping-off point...

 

[IIXBatmanXII]

Well, here’s hoping the harems in the east get at least some additional content beyond what is already in the game (or this new beautiful courtier decision in Khans of the Steppe). I’m always a little worried that the fans seem to be focused on one area and the developers another.

Interested and excited for the natural disasters. Which will be included? I think typhoons, tornados, volcanic eruptions, torrential rain/monsoon, landslides, earthquakes, flooding along floodplains, dust storms, and blizzards all make sense. Any chance for eclipses? I imagine a total eclipse might cause mass panic among people and perhaps even low learning rulers, not to mention people accidentally blinding themselves from staring at the sun.

 

[prismaticmarcus]

is there any chance old saves will still be playable?

I would say there's zero chance.

 

[rasuuru]

Any chance for eclipses?

This would go well with religion rework.

 

[rasuuru]

With so many coastal territories being added will be there more "pirate" realms other than Man?

 

[CK2Benchmarks]

I am 99% sure the Tang was not in the expansionist phase during 867 but more like, wow how long can I stay alive for phase.

The Huang Chao rebellion that basically ended the Tang was less than 10 years after 867:

There were also severe warlord problems left from the An Lushan rebellion even in 867:

 

[Slime99]

Maybe a more accurate term would be Turmoil or Unrest.

 

[CatilinamSum]

Horn of Africa confirmed! Hopefully this will extend as far as Zanzibar.

 

[PDX-Trinexx]

I am 99% sure the Tang was not in the expansionist phase during 867 but more like, wow how long can I stay alive for phase.

Quoting Daan from elsewhere:

Actually I misspoke a bit in the video there - I mean to say Tang was in an Expansionist Era. Tang at the start of 867 will be in a very unstable state, and in a different Era.
Tang can go back to an Expansionist Era if they get their things on the road again; but that is not what happened historically.

 

[sSpellweaver]

Aww they didn't include my Wu Zetian joke. Shame we can't rise to emporer from concubine in this expansion.

 

[Caspian Mortis]

Have the performance concerns been addressed? Adding such a huge area to the map surely adds a lot of lag or a decrease in performance unless the devs make dramatic improvements.