EUIV - Quick Questions / Quick Answers

[Sandmann]

This type of thread was very useful in the EU3 forum. The premise is quite simple: Instead of creating a new thread for a small yes/no or "where is...?" question, people can post their question(s) here. This will help keeping the forum more "clean".

Questions such as: "What is the best National Idea?" and that kind deserve their own thread since they're too complex and depend on a number of factors.

When answering a question, please quote the question you're answering. If no one seem to be answering your question, maybe no one knows at the moment, be patient.

To check if your question has already been answered, please use the "Search this thread" function to the right.

 

[Sandmann]

Is there anything to spend your prestige on in EU4? Sphere of influence seems gone..

 

[olvirki]

I already own Ck2 on steam. If I pre-order EU4 on steam will I be able to give ck2 to a friend ?

 

[MrCimer]

I already own Ck2 on steam. If I pre-order EU4 on steam will I be able to give ck2 to a friend ?

Yes

 

[Sandmann]

Sphere of influence is gone right? I see we can promote guarantee tho. Anyone found something else to spend the prestige on?

 

[Phibs]

Is there in-game custom keybinding?

 

[Sleight of Hand]

Sphere of influence is gone right? I see we can promote guarantee tho. Anyone found something else to spend the prestige on?

Well, there's a spheres of influence map mode...

 

[Sandmann]

Is there in-game custom keybinding?

If not ingame, perhaps it can be edited in the game files.

 

[Yeronimo]

As someone who's never played any previous installments of the EU franchise, I have a questin about the military. When I upgrade my technology I've noticed that I can choose different types of infantry/cavalry etc. Does this automatically apply to my already recruited and standing armies, or will I have to recruit new regiments to enjoy the upgrade?

Cheers

 

[Kaiser Ludwig]

As someone who's never played any previous installments of the EU franchise, I have a questin about the military. When I upgrade my technology I've noticed that I can choose different types of infantry/cavalry etc. Does this automatically apply to my already recruited and standing armies, or will I have to recruit new regiments to enjoy the upgrade?

Cheers

Applies to standing armies; newly upgraded armies will have their morale drop to 0. Does NOT apply to navies: if you want a newer boat, you have to build one. The older ones can be either decomissioned or sent to the colonies

 

[Pelican Sam]

Sphere of influence is gone right? I see we can promote guarantee tho. Anyone found something else to spend the prestige on?

To my understanding, prestige is just a passive number, like legitimacy. There isn't anything to spend it on, but it is important to keep it high to keep its benefits (i.e., its effect on your tax income and unit morale, to name a few) high as well.

As someone who's never played any previous installments of the EU franchise, I have a questin about the military. When I upgrade my technology I've noticed that I can choose different types of infantry/cavalry etc. Does this automatically apply to my already recruited and standing armies, or will I have to recruit new regiments to enjoy the upgrade?

Whenever I upgrade one of my units in the demo, those units I already had fielded immediately made the tech jump to the new unit type.

 

[Andy_Dandy]

Sphere of influence is gone right? I see we can promote guarantee tho. Anyone found something else to spend the prestige on?

Positive prestige levels have alot of great bonuses, and decays really fast. It's not so much having things to use your prestige on as it is trying to prevent it from dropping too low. It's more of a modifier that you want as high as possible at any time.

 

[Andy_Dandy]

Whenever I upgrade one of my units in the demo, those units I already had fielded immediately made the tech jump to the new unit type.

Also important to notice that morale of units drops to cero when you switch to a new unit type, so it's nothing you should do when your army is at risk.

 

[Phibs]

If not ingame, perhaps it can be edited in the game files.

Well yeah, but since the demo's out now somebody's gonna know for sure...

 

[Yeronimo]

Thanks for the quick answers - now to another question regarding the military upgrades. Is there any rule of thumb, such as new is always better, concerning military technology and regiment upgrades? The different statistics for each unit type are kind of confusing to understand as a new player.

 

[BoleslavLev]

Thanks for the quick answers - now to another question regarding the military upgrades. Is there any rule of thumb, such as new is always better, concerning military technology and regiment upgrades? The different statistics for each unit type are kind of confusing to understand as a new player.

Yes, new is always better (I think there was a cannon in EU3 which was better than the new one, but that was it).
Note: Eastern and Muslim tech groups tend to have better cavalry at the start than Western tech group. In EU3 it was possible to reform and change only your infantry type (for that moment) - if it is possible here I have no idea, but it would a moment when older would be better (for a while).

 

[Sandmann]

Positive prestige levels have alot of great bonuses, and decays really fast. It's not so much having things to use your prestige on as it is trying to prevent it from dropping too low. It's more of a modifier that you want as high as possible at any time.

Yep! But in EU3 we could also spend it (expand influence) on lesser countries to incorporate them in our sphere of influence and grow the SoI larger and larger. This gameplay feature seems to be removed or reworked, I'm not sure what. Someone mentioned that there is a map for sphere of influence so maybe it's still in somewhere. If someone know please enlight me.

 

[Delta107]

Yep! But in EU3 we could also spend it (expand influence) on lesser countries to incorporate them in our sphere of influence and grow the SoI larger and larger. This gameplay feature seems to be removed or reworked, I'm not sure what. Someone mentioned that there is a map for sphere of influence so maybe it's still in somewhere. If someone know please enlight me.

There is no mention about soi in the manual. I guess its a residual map mode that they forgot to delete. Or it could be that they forgot to remove the soi map mode from the demo simply because they work on some SOI patch.

 

[Sn3ipen]

There is no mention about soi in the manual. I guess its a residual map mode that they forgot to delete. Or it could be that they forgot to remove the soi map mode from the demo simply because they work on some SOI patch.

There is a manual? hmy:

 

[Sandmann]

There is a manual? hmy:

Yes, see the sticky threads in the EU4 forum. http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...lis-IV-Devdiaries-previews-screens-amp-manual