I am playing my first EEP game ever, and I have to say that it really is much better than the regular 1.7 version (Anibal was right
). It has much more events, which bring more fun to the campaign.
Now the things that I don't like:
1) Portugal has way too many explorers; by 1470 I was exploring the Magellan Straight and I already had a colony in Mahe (Indian Ocean). I am the absolute coloniser (I am currently in 1500 I already colonised 90% of North America, all the Caribbean islands, I have trade posts or colonies in half of south America, I colonised the the African coast all the way to Fernão do Pó and I already have colonies in the Indian ocean and in Eastern Africa). As a result, I made sure that I had harbours very close to unexplored sea squares - which may partly be responsible for my unbelievable advance in the naval explorations.
I think that the explorers should be given shorter lifes (particularly the less important ones).
2) I chose to own the Canaries (in one of those events). As a result, Castille declared war on me 3 times. I ended up conquering them and annexing them by 1470 (Aragon is my faithful ally - and now a vassal). All this because of the way Castille wages a war (they won't attack the armies, they will start and abandon sieges randomly)
3) Camões is still "born" in 1497. At that date the REAL Camões man wasn't even alive. He was born around 1510 (I can get the actual date of birth if someone wants), and he was active from 1530 to the late 1560s (he died in 1581, I think). I don't even know why Camões is considered a conquistador (maybe due to his short stay in North Africa?), but if he is to remain one, then he should "live" from around 1530 to 1540 (?).
One thing I do like, is that Portugal receives lots of ships: being forced to maintain an expensive fleet, or to destroy it (I chose to maintain in and lower the cost by building lots of colonies). I was forced to ask for 3 loans so far, and I still wasn't able to save enough money to build a manufactory (most of my money goes to keeping around 60.000 men and in building lots of colonies).
By the way, how does one save pictures of the game to the hardrive? I would really like to post some, my empire is quite impressive (at least so far).
I haven't conquered India yet, but I like the idea that the Indian coast is already owned by a nation (instead of being native uncolonised territory).
So far, my congratulations to the people that made this patch. It is definitely better than the original.
Just an idea: Portugal should get an event about the expulsion of the Jews. Maybe we could lose money and naval research (Jews were great administrators and many were great scholars), and gain stability or something.
Now the things that I don't like:
1) Portugal has way too many explorers; by 1470 I was exploring the Magellan Straight and I already had a colony in Mahe (Indian Ocean). I am the absolute coloniser (I am currently in 1500 I already colonised 90% of North America, all the Caribbean islands, I have trade posts or colonies in half of south America, I colonised the the African coast all the way to Fernão do Pó and I already have colonies in the Indian ocean and in Eastern Africa). As a result, I made sure that I had harbours very close to unexplored sea squares - which may partly be responsible for my unbelievable advance in the naval explorations.
I think that the explorers should be given shorter lifes (particularly the less important ones).
2) I chose to own the Canaries (in one of those events). As a result, Castille declared war on me 3 times. I ended up conquering them and annexing them by 1470 (Aragon is my faithful ally - and now a vassal). All this because of the way Castille wages a war (they won't attack the armies, they will start and abandon sieges randomly)
3) Camões is still "born" in 1497. At that date the REAL Camões man wasn't even alive. He was born around 1510 (I can get the actual date of birth if someone wants), and he was active from 1530 to the late 1560s (he died in 1581, I think). I don't even know why Camões is considered a conquistador (maybe due to his short stay in North Africa?), but if he is to remain one, then he should "live" from around 1530 to 1540 (?).
One thing I do like, is that Portugal receives lots of ships: being forced to maintain an expensive fleet, or to destroy it (I chose to maintain in and lower the cost by building lots of colonies). I was forced to ask for 3 loans so far, and I still wasn't able to save enough money to build a manufactory (most of my money goes to keeping around 60.000 men and in building lots of colonies).
By the way, how does one save pictures of the game to the hardrive? I would really like to post some, my empire is quite impressive (at least so far).
I haven't conquered India yet, but I like the idea that the Indian coast is already owned by a nation (instead of being native uncolonised territory).
So far, my congratulations to the people that made this patch. It is definitely better than the original.
Just an idea: Portugal should get an event about the expulsion of the Jews. Maybe we could lose money and naval research (Jews were great administrators and many were great scholars), and gain stability or something.