Paradox Development Studio is back with the fourth installment of the award-winning Europa Universalis series. The empire building game Europa Universalis IV gives you control of a nation to guide through the years in order to create a dominant global empire. Rule your nation through the centuries, with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. True exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy will be brought to life in this epic title rife with rich strategic and tactical depth.
Main Features
- Make your own decisions: Nation building is completely flexible and the possibilities are endless.
- Use your Monarch Power: Experience the new system of monarch power where your choices are influenced by the caliber of the man or woman you have at the top and will direct the ebb and flow of gameplay.
- Experience history coming to life: The great personalities of the past are on hand to support you as you make your mark on thousands of historical events.
- Turn the world into your playground: Enjoy hundreds of years of gameplay in a lush topographical map complete with dynamic seasonal effects.
- Experience the all new trade system: The trade system adds a new dimension to the great trade empires of the period. Gain control of vital trade routes and make the wealth of the world flow to your coffers.
- Bring out your negotiating skills in a deeper diplomatic system: Use coalitions, royal marriages and support for rebels and explore the possibilities of the new unilateral opinion system.
- Engage in Cross-platform Multiplayer: Battle against your friends or try the co-operative multiplayer mode that allows several players to work together to control a single nation with up to 32 players. Featuring improved chat and new matchmaking servers.
- Create your own history & customize your game: Europa Universalis IV gives you the chance to customize and mod practically anything your heart may desire and uses Steam Workshop.
Good morning world! Tuesday rolls around and while I must spend many hours stirring up the dev multiplayer contestants to start a word war, it is also time for another Developer Diary. As mentioned in last week's diary on Army Professionalism , today we're giving attention to a part of the game which hasn't seen much development in EU4's life with [B]Trade Policies
[/B]
For owners of the upcoming expansion accompanying Update 1.23, you will be able to set a trade policy in any node where your nation has a merchant present. There is no cost to setting your policy, and they can be changed with a 12 month cooldown. Policies available to all nations are:
- Maximize Profits: +5% trade power
- Hostile Trading: +25% Spy network speed in nations with present merchant or home node.
- Establish Communities: +15% Improve relations with all other nations with their home node or a merchant present located here.
- Improve Inland Routes: +1 combat terrain bonus in trade node provinces. Only possible with 33% of Trade Power in a node
I said these were the policies available for everyone, but as some may have gathered from screenshots and dev diaries, we are taking quite the shining to the Islamic world in 1.23. As such, there is a specific Trade Policy available to Muslims: [B]Propagate Religion.
[/B]
When a Muslim nation controls more than 33% of the Trade Power in a Trade Region's node, they are able to activate the Propagate Religion Trade Policy, which will establish a Religious Centre in the node, spreading this religion within the node, as can be seen in my totally legit Omani screenshot
There are events associated with the Trade Policies, including specific flavour events should Religion be propagated through Indonesia.
While we're talking about the South East, let's take a look at the trade goods setup here.
A few changes to be seen here, particularly with gems and incense in the region, which should be noted are both added to the possible goods that colonies here can produce.
Cheers for checking out today's Dev diary, but I must now go around the office antagonizing our Dev Clash players. Next week we'll continue on the theme of Islam and look directly at the changes coming to the Muslim World.
Read the original post
[quote]Useful linksOfficial Website Europa Universalis IV Wiki Europa Universalis IV Development Diary Archive
Minimum Setup
- Processor: Intel Core i3-2105 / AMD FX 4300Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 / AMD Radeon HD 5850Video Memory: 1 GB RAMIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher. 1024MB graphics memory requiredHard Drive:6 GB HD spaceOther Requirements:Broadband Internet connectionAdditional:GLSL 1.3. OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse. keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer
Recommended Setup
- Processor: Intel Core i3 3240 / AMD FX 8120Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 TiVideo Memory: 1 GB RAMHard Drive:6 GB HD spaceOther Requirements:Broadband Internet connectionAdditional:GLSL 1.3. OpenGL 2.1. Controller support: 3-button mouse. keyboard and speakers. Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer
[ 6520 ]
[ 2504 ]
[ 4798 ]
Time left:
356215 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
356215 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
5 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
1 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
11 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
22 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
25 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
26 days, 1 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
5 days, 12 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
5 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
6 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
6 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
8 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
13 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
15 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes
Time left:
20 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes
