Nanaki
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Why not? Not every race needs to be equal. Strategy games are more fun when the powers are not balanced. It's a major reason why I love Paradox games. Sure you can play a power house like France, but it's also fun to play some little Italian city state like Venice too fighting against the odds. The difference is that Paradox actually makes an attempt to have multiple first tier powers... If Paradox had one power that was much better than any other country in the game, people would complain, and it was the case with Ottomans and Sweden, note that both countries had the crap nerfed out of them in subsequent patches but Ottos are still obnoxiously powerful in spite of that. At the very least, people who have not looked under EU4's hood make it very obvious they never looked when they talk about France being a top-tier power, France's only perk is that it starts with lots of provinces, France's NIs are mediocre. I am not asking for perfect balance, that would be foolish, I am asking for there to be more than one or two top-tier powers. I want there to be more interesting choices in races. quote:
I also know that these races turn the game into easy mode. Everyone thinks the techno toads are the most powerful, but that title goes to the giz and the green space babes. They win through economic might thanks to their massive populations and colony expansion. It depends. The techno toads are only really OP on prewarp starts, population growth is not as powerful and Quameno's tech advantage lets it get to the stars long before Gizureans or Securans, which means they can get first dibs on independants, ruins, and derelicts, which gives them an enormous early game advantage. As for Securans or Gizureans, Gizureans are #1 in non-prewarp starts and #2 on prewarp starts simply because their immortal leader gives them absolutly rediculous amounts of growth, money, and colony happiness. When you have a ruler with +100% Colony Income, +100% Colony Happiness, +100% Diplomacy, and +100% Population Growth, the game becomes face-rolling easy. Couple that with 35% Ship maintenance racial bonus and insane population growth to begin with and they are really OP.
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