Tinto Talks #20

[Marquoz]

The new dev diary is up: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/tinto-talks-20-10th-of-july-2024.1694744/

This one is about tech and ideas, and in the introductory paragraphs, Johan says this:

Today we talk about what will replace the Technology Levels and National Ideas of EU4.

If you had any lingering doubts that Project Caesar is EU5, that sentence should eliminate them.

Anyway, tech and idea are gone and have been replaced by Advances. These will have some unique choices, like national ideas do in EU4, and some common ones as well, like idea groups.

At the start of each age, each country will get a new Advances Tree, which will be unique to that country. A tree usually contains about 100 advances, some which are common, and some that are specific to who you are playing. Every tree, except the Age of Tradition, has 4 different starting points, a common one, and one from each institution. The ones from an institution tend to unlock relevant advances to that institution.

The whole diary is very interesting and provides major insight into how EU5 will differ from 4 in ways beyond pops.