I think the stats are not as bad as this thread makes them appear. The average stat is 2.4 (2.5 if regencies and Native Council are counted) and the average total is 7.28 (7.64). But they are still lower than what they should be if 3/3/3 is meant to be an average ruler
"These leaders don't have stats higher than they do because we don't want them to have the benefits they'd get from their stats being higher than they currently are."Doesn't hold up to EU 4 empirical outcomes or even logical scrutiny, so no.
Because the reason for not wanting to give them said benefits is allegedly "balance"."These leaders don't have stats higher than they do because we don't want them to have the benefits they'd get from their stats being higher than they currently are."
How does that not hold up to logical scrutiny?
Again, I never said that leader stats determine outcome, just that higher leader stats are objectively better than lower ones.The notion that raising an OPM's starting monarch from 2/2/2 to 3/3/3 would materially affect their circumstances in the hands of the AI is obviously false.
What?Because the reason for not wanting to give them said benefits is allegedly "balance".