Is anyone ever going to get around to fixing trade companies and colonizing?

[austinpcallaway]

Just did a Netherlands run. It still takes forever to explore the map meaning you don't even arrive in east Asia until 1700's. There is 0 European presence in east Asia as of 1730.

The trade company are bugged. One minute I can build a headquarters, the next it disappears form the macro builder. After finding a way to create a trade company, its creates some generic company that does literally nothing besides be unhappy and sit at 3% loyalty.

It wouldn't be so bad if there was actually some way to expand into Asia, yet of course the region is full of blobs with top tear tech and you are always limited to an extreme degree in the ability to expand.