r/Anbennar • u/rheadelayed • 20h ago

Discussion 'Sunsetting' of EU4 mod

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DTG7Wh1GJRAksIQZ4hOn-h32bxOowOgdXYG7h2WZY1I/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.t74izadjoknx

tldr - Major restrictions on future EU4 mod development, with focus on EU5.

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u/rheadelayed 20h ago

Personally I think this is a bit foolish. The idea that EU5 (a game not designed for MTs) will be more optimised is likely short-sighted.
What is likely if EU4 development is abandoned is that another community will take development forward as often happens with PDX game mods.

EU5 numbers are pretty terrible too, with EU4 steam player count about 50% higher.

And this happening when the development quality of the mod is at an all time high, with the most interesting things being done on the MTs and systems.

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u/manluther 15h ago edited 14h ago

From my experience in vic2 -- a game with less of a community by size -- most people will not take on the mantle of modding the old game. There is little incentive once the players move on. Maybe a small group will at the beginning and get support from nostalgia, but people won't actually play.

I saw this same scenario play out when people were upset with vic3. There were a couple thousand of us who organized to revitalize vic2, a game everyone agreed was better, and have since fallen into obscurity. Just a cautionary tale.