For some of the content, it's important we decide beforehand what options we want, as it affects which file we put new content into. Of course, more options mean more flexibility for the player, but more work for us. Here are some options I'd be in favour of:
AI cheat events. Default: ON
IMO the AI needs a few of these, but some people will prefer to play without them.
Masochism events. Default: OFF
This is mostly for hardcore SP players who want the game to be made extra-hard.
Europe rules the world. Default: OFF
Toggling this one to 'on' wouldn't put the ROTW back as it was in vanilla, as that would be too much effort to set up. Instead, it would deprive ROTW countries of events and leaders, give them a default (non-colonising) AI, and reduce their tech-groups, so that none of them could be described as 'powers' any more. We might also remove some ROTW countries under this variant or reduce their size, such as the Maya or any Indonesian countries we introduce. This is for people who like the ROTW to be a big European colonial playpen.
Generous cultures. Default: OFF
Turning this one on would activate either new events, or more generous versions of existing events, in order to give countries extra cultures or allow them to get cultures more easily. By and large it wouldn't actually change the province cultures, just national cultures. In some cases they'd get the culture from game start, eg the Hansa would get German in 1419 if we're being generous. This is for players who prefer to have lots and lots of right-culture provinces.
Generous cores. Default: OFF
Similar idea - some people like to have the option of having tons of cores.
Colonial free-for-all. Default: OFF
This would drastically increase the number of random conquistadors, explorers and bonus colonists and thus make the colonial world a lot more crowded. This might be nice for SP, where colonisation tends to turn into a player whitewash because the AI isn't on the ball.
AI cheat events. Default: ON
IMO the AI needs a few of these, but some people will prefer to play without them.
Masochism events. Default: OFF
This is mostly for hardcore SP players who want the game to be made extra-hard.
Europe rules the world. Default: OFF
Toggling this one to 'on' wouldn't put the ROTW back as it was in vanilla, as that would be too much effort to set up. Instead, it would deprive ROTW countries of events and leaders, give them a default (non-colonising) AI, and reduce their tech-groups, so that none of them could be described as 'powers' any more. We might also remove some ROTW countries under this variant or reduce their size, such as the Maya or any Indonesian countries we introduce. This is for people who like the ROTW to be a big European colonial playpen.
Generous cultures. Default: OFF
Turning this one on would activate either new events, or more generous versions of existing events, in order to give countries extra cultures or allow them to get cultures more easily. By and large it wouldn't actually change the province cultures, just national cultures. In some cases they'd get the culture from game start, eg the Hansa would get German in 1419 if we're being generous. This is for players who prefer to have lots and lots of right-culture provinces.
Generous cores. Default: OFF
Similar idea - some people like to have the option of having tons of cores.
Colonial free-for-all. Default: OFF
This would drastically increase the number of random conquistadors, explorers and bonus colonists and thus make the colonial world a lot more crowded. This might be nice for SP, where colonisation tends to turn into a player whitewash because the AI isn't on the ball.
