What gameplay mechanics to prevent late game boredom/ avoiding just being a map-painting exercise of whole world?

[titan.bevel]

So far we've not seen anyone that have expanded that big in internal testing, and some struggling with even getting historical Russia.

Then again, our QA only had on average about 5k hours in eu4 before being hired..

Internal testing so far goes up to the end date ? Or are you more focused on some specific period (i.e the start game) ?

 

[Old_Sealand]

So far we've not seen anyone that have expanded that big in internal testing, and some struggling with even getting historical Russia.

Then again, our QA only had on average about 5k hours in eu4 before being hired..

I hope it means you're not gonna make the game easier because of that.

 

[Johan]

Internal testing so far goes up to the end date ? Or are you more focused on some specific period (i.e the start game) ?

longterm close to end date

 

[Johan]

I hope it means you're not gonna make the game easier because of that.

ofc not

 

[Mindel]

So far we've not seen anyone that have expanded that big in internal testing, and some struggling with even getting historical Russia.

Then again, our QA only had on average about 5k hours in eu4 before being hired..

How do AI nations look like in long-term testing. Do they manage to grow as large as an ultra-aggressive human player does?

 

[ray243]

So far we've not seen anyone that have expanded that big in internal testing, and some struggling with even getting historical Russia.

Then again, our QA only had on average about 5k hours in eu4 before being hired..

Is it possible to see if there is a point where a "snowballing" effect will occur? Because the snowballing effect is what makes a late stage game boring as it becomes a game of just mop-up.

 

[Zbbts]

They werent effective. That is the thing. They were disruptive for the region, yes, but unless the region got foreign (military) experts and massive financial support, it didnt really account to anything. Greece as an example simply would have not existed in the 19th century, if it wasnt for 3 european superpowers interfiering on behalf of the Greeks.

The legacy of (Napleon's) revolution is much less the change of leadership to republics (something that basically happened post WW1, arguably even post WW2), but the constitutional changes. I dont think EU5 will have an entire proper constitution system, so the entire revolution thing is going to be very abstract. Spreading it with some money/manpower is not really a proper depiction of its effects. The Ottomans as an example initially copied the french constitution in their process of modernization. How would you force this/naturally make it happen? This is Vic territory. Not really EU4/Eu5 territory.

I have no good solution for the constitution system (or lack of it) but maybe the devs will cook up something (idk if the privilege system and the law system can somewhat tackle this, but certainly not in Victoria depth like you said). But the fact that we will have laws now and that uprisings will be more than just a few stacks of rebels (and whatever else we don't know about yet) will make revolutions more interesting, especially if it they start in multiple countries at the same time.
I didn't mean material support as a mean to flip nations, more like a plan B to help the revolutionaries if you can't actively intervene directly yourself for some reason. Just a little help to try to tip the odds in the uprising's favor, even if it won't necessarily be the deciding factor in 9/10 or 19/20 cases.