Imperator - Development Diary - 29th of October 2018 - Italy 450 AUC
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forum.paradoxplaza.comPosted Oct 29, 2018, 3:53 PM UTC
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forum.paradoxplaza.comBoii is now just Boi. Glorious.
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Boi is the nation BOII are the people. Like Germany:Germans etc.
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Who would win?
The glorious SPQR
Or
One tribal Boi?
I intend to find out as soon as I buy the game
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They've been BOI since they first showed off the map.
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oww BOI
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Yep, Paradox sacrificing historical accuracy for memes is certainly glorious. /s
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I cannot believe that someone cares this much about an i
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How much do you think I had to care to write a comment I had already forgotten about?
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our start date, 304 BC. This date was chosen after long consideration
I'm curious about why this date, and not, let's say, the death of Alexander IV, or the first sack of Rome, or the beginning of the Punic war. I would have liked to get the reasoning behind that choice.
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Last date where Rome was not OP, while Phrygia had a chance, Maurya was not Mordor, and the rest of Italy was not a BDSM slave of Rome. At least I think.
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Well as far as Italy goes the answer is hopefully in the dev diary. Rome is on the rise but not yet too strong. Lots of interesting things going on in general.
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I got the date mixed up for the second samnite war, I thought it was 310 to 304, but it's actually from 327. Would have been weird to start in the middle of a war...
Will there be some events at the start of the game to explain the context and story of the country you're playing as, as well as their immediate challenge, à la Kaiserreich or Total War (at least for the major one)?
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Will there be some events at the start of the game to explain the context and story of the country you're playing as, as well as their immediate challenge, à la Kaiserreich or Total War (at least for the major one)?
EU4 added a pretty nice CK2-style introductory window a couple patches ago, so I guess there's a good chance that Imperator will get one from the get go.
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Simple.
Any earlier you have massive giants in the eastern Mediterranean and Asia, and any later Rome's domination of the world is more a matter of will than chance.
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Wow, I can already tell Trin is going to do a fantastic job with the DDs. Ave!
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Best dd so far, my type of dd:p
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Lots of interesting choices in Italy! Syracuse or Epirus would be an interesting run too, especially in the fight for Magna Graecia
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Looks like much of Magna Graecia is in a bad position with Syracuse, maybe Tarentum and probably Epirus it’s only hope.
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My boi Pyrrhus is going to establish a Western Greek empire.
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Wow, so many interesting start in one area alone! You could do Rome, or be a big player in opposing Rome like the Etruscans or Samnites. Or you could go it small and try to ally with the Romans or against them. Hell, you could even go as a Greek city state and try to play all the sides and expand your own influence. Imagine a Greek Italy!
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Breathes in BOII
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The last picture is so wallpaper worthy.
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Seeing all those countries all I can think of is,
Who won, Who's next you decide epic ancient battle of history!!!
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The problem with EU:Rome was the alliance and relationship web. As a minor state it was so hard to emerge... blobs were getting all minor around them by force or by diplomacy. As a minor you were strugling to win a war with another minor. Unlike eu4 history were pretty accurate since big country wins and small loose. As sparta destroying macedonia was impossible. And in this dev diary it seem that everyone has already his alliance. A single war and it is a world war
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Maybe they should make AI act like real life Greek city-states: often do nothing to help their allies.
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Acragas in Sicily is supposed to be under Carthaginian at this point. It was the main base of Carthaginian Sicily.
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Huge improvement over the last few Dev Diaries, really happy that Trin Tragula is writing them now :)
The map looks even better than in the last screenshots, and I'm baffled by the large amount of nations/factions on it. I'm a little concerned by them listing "playable factions" though - does that mean that there will be factions which are not playable in the base game (similar to CK2), or where they just describing each nation in the region in a little more detail?
All are playable.
Yes! Now I can finally conquer the world as Boi as I always dreamed of!
Paradox is glorious
Yea Boi!
yeah Boiiii
Excellent!!! Thanks for all the hard work and effort u/Producerjohan and team!
Perfect! :D
Will there be city walls?
Playable means that they exist at start. I’ve used this headline in Europa Universalis diaries before with the same meaning.
I can assure you all countries on the map are playable :)
Thanks, that's great to hear :)
I'm pretty sure we can play every country, but he's making a list of "interesting" countries. The wording isn't perfect though
Simply describing all countries that exist in the region at start :)
Damn that's gonna be a lot of work. You'll definitely regret this :D
I agree. The new style at least makes the game sound exciting to play. Lots of starting countries with interesting diplomatic relations!
i think it means some will be restricted, unfortunately
No. He's just refering to what is in Italy. Just a weird way of wording it.
All countries are playable