14 DAY TRIAL // The team at the Paradox Development Studio announces that the 1.5 patch is now available for Europa Universalis IV, with a number of bug fixes for the problems that the community has been reporting and some new gameplay features.
The changelog for the update is very big and can be read on the official forums, but the most important modifications are:
- Annexing or integrating another country now makes you take over all their dependencies as well. - Navies retreating now pick closest port with naval distance, not the shortest how birds fly. - East India Traderoute triggered modifier is now available for Americans and Africans, and is no longer limited by <30% mercantilism.. effect is now +5% trade income. - You can now collect trade in any node. Not that its a good idea to do it where you don't have fleet bases. - Greatly improved AI for returning home when in exile - Greatly improved naval invasion AI - Replacing War Subsidies with Subsidies that can be used at any time, for longer durations of time - Fixed the infamous 26-player lobby crash - If a player in MP is at war, a war-icon will be shown at that players name in the outliner. - Added DLC-icons to the frontend like the once in CK2. - Vassalize missions now give a CB for 25 instead of 10 years and abort on the CB expiring - Exported DAYS_PER_PHASE, DAYS_PER_SIEGE_PHASE and COMBAT_DICE_SIDE to defines - Enabled modding in unit_type on ships - Added a checkbox to decisions to set whether or not you want to be notified about the decision being available to take - Can no longer get the same mission twice
At the moment, the team at Paradox is working on a new expansion for Europa Universalis IV called Wealth of Nations, which will focus on the core trade mechanics and will give players more options to develop their nation.
The company is also preparing to launch a Rajas of India expansion for Crusader Kings II, and Hearts of Iron IV, which is expected to arrive in early 2015.