Does anyone else like extended timeline?

[dspsblyuth]

I have 3 ET games going right now. Sarapion, Rome and Maya. Are there any hidden gem fun nations in extended timline that i may now have thought of? I like to start at the earlist start date

[Narrowmind]

I don't think it's very popular. Most people in the forums just play vanilla, but it's still probably one of the best total overhauls.

[dspsblyuth]

Originally posted by Narrowmind:

I don't think it's very popular. Most people in the forums just play vanilla, but it's still probably one of the best total overhauls.

do have any idea why its not popular?

[Narrowmind]

Because achievements are disabled, would be my first guess.

[Dante_Deepdarkness]

Originally posted by dspsblyuth:

Originally posted by Narrowmind:

I don't think it's very popular. Most people in the forums just play vanilla, but it's still probably one of the best total overhauls.

do have any idea why its not popular?

It is popular, but the languages supported is probably a reason to not play it.

[dspsblyuth]

Originally posted by Dante_Deepdarkness:

Originally posted by dspsblyuth:

do have any idea why its not popular?

It is popular, but the languages supported is probably a reason to not play it.

what do you mean?

[Nelson]

Originally posted by dspsblyuth:

Originally posted by Narrowmind:

I don't think it's very popular. Most people in the forums just play vanilla, but it's still probably one of the best total overhauls.

do have any idea why its not popular?

Most players don't even finish a regular-length game.

[dspsblyuth]

Originally posted by Nelson:

Originally posted by dspsblyuth:

do have any idea why its not popular?

Most players don't even finish a regular-length game.

weirdos

[Dante_Deepdarkness]

Originally posted by dspsblyuth:

Originally posted by Dante_Deepdarkness:

It is popular, but the languages supported is probably a reason to not play it.

what do you mean?

EU4 is one of the better translated games from Paradox for the last dozen of years, so non-English native speakers play usually on their language if available, and most of those languages are not supported in Extended Timeline, and if I have to change the language according to play a mod... I don't play the mod.
I did it once, and it is a huge work, and a very well done one too, but I won't keep going back and forth with the language due to it, and as anyone else, I'm lazy, so I want to use my home language if it is there. No high science here.
Another thing will be with problematic translations of the base game that “almost forces you” to play in English to be able to properly understand the text. For example in I:R some texts go out of its box and cannot be properly read, or the atrocious translation of CK3, it can be gne in English from time to time, but other languages are… pfffff. Luckily it is a so simple game and becomes so boring so fast that it is not a big deal.

[QTV]

Originally posted by dspsblyuth:

Originally posted by Nelson:

Most players don't even finish a regular-length game.

weirdos

there is no real reason to play ET from start to finish in a single campaign other than the reasons you make for yourself.
any campaign ends when you have done what you wanted to do, not when the timeline ends. that is how it is in vanilla EU4 too.
and yes. I have played very long ET campaigns, it was fun while it lasted.

[Cortez]

does anyone play modern era or 100 years before it? its usually my favourite timeline but game becomes a little bit weird

[Totally Innocent Chatbot]

Meh, I'm too busy getting achievements that I'm missing to bother with mods. I'll definitely have to try Anbennar out some time though, it seems pretty cool.

[Marquoz]

Originally posted by QTV:

any campaign ends when you have done what you wanted to do, not when the timeline ends. that is how it is in vanilla EU4 too.

Totally this, yes.

[lupusdacus]

Only if you play big powers. If you're small, you're just food for the big fishes, unable to do anything but watch how you're being devoured. Very unbalanced

[Cortez]

Originally posted by lupusdacus:

Only if you play big powers. If you're small, you're just food for the big fishes, unable to do anything but watch how you're being devoured. Very unbalanced

somewhat true, thats why you have to ally big powers and make as many alliances as possible

[Totally Innocent Chatbot]

Originally posted by lupusdacus:

Only if you play big powers. If you're small, you're just food for the big fishes, unable to do anything but watch how you're being devoured. Very unbalanced

Skill issue.