Powercreep destroys good mechanic to make that character as OP as the others.

@@vinhkhangluong9499 you're right but at the end of the day people try to optimize the fun out of games anyway. + big numbers are in themselves more fun than 0.01, etc. of course balancing is also useful and necessary, but I think the most important thing is that if the game has money or other consumable resources, it's good to have "Money Sinks" to use them, instead of trying too much to balance the fun out of the game*** it's a tricky subject. after all, no matter how hard we try, someone will find a way to become OP. it's good to try to make the AI ​​as efficient as possible so that it can work just as well as the Player, or even a good one. certainly not too good for the AI ​​to constantly defeat you as a player. a difficult topic, but I would personally say that you shouldn't worry too much about it...*

For sure

Yeah I've somehow totally missed this in all my gameplay lol

I suggest they use the Greek spelling Thema or Themata instead, so those unfamiliar don't mix them up with the english meaning of "theme".

I agree, lets keep it thematic, pardon the pun.

Glad you enjoy them!

Trade had to come before as that is what made then money, without trade they are nothing.

The devs stated that they actually almost included merchant republics in this DLC, but ended up not doing so because they didn't want to stretch themselves too thin (resulting in them not putting as much effort into the Byzantine and adventurer mechanics). I have to imagine that they're coming next year, along with probably nomad mechanics as well.

@aidanator8008 that makes sense. The system seems pretty similar with influence probally used by the Republics same thing with the houses and unlanded

I've not watched his video yet I'll have to do that today see what he had to say

Where do you play the most?

@@ChristianAuditore14 I seem to often play near Morocco (Maghreb) and Tunisia. I don't know why but that area is one of my favourites. I have been playing a lot of the Persian region recently with Legacy of Persia. Have been having a really fun campaign with the Seljuks and have nearly conquered half the world.

its definitely interesting we will see what next week brings us too with Part 2

Put away your Targs and Blackfyres and raise the two headed eagle!

Oh thats awesome to hear!

It would be Nice if they manage a way to let console have the option to use mouse and keyboard

​@@extremebrah why? The controls are great on console

Where did you hear that?

I think it all should be in English. Makes no sense calling something like roman empire to imperium romanum bullshi-

@@accurategamer7085 You didn't understand, both "theme" and "thema" are proper English terms as noted by Merriam-Webster and other dictionaries. PDX has a freedom of using any of these terms, but "thema" would be less misleading imho.

@@accurategamer7085 I agree but in this case, it's preferable to use the greek spelling "thema" because many players might be unfamiliar with the Byzantine "theme" system and mix up the term with the typical english meaning of "theme".

​@@accurategamer7085Fuck that, my favorite feature of CKII was the localized name for countries

​@accurategamer7085 I disagree, one of my favorite features from CKII was localized names for their cultures, and if you have such a problem with it there was an option in game rules to disable it in CKII, pretty sure they would bring it back

Is it? Mannnn I've never noticed it 😅

I believe there needs to be a tournament near you for it to become an option

Maybe landless just because if its good its gonna be wildly different to normal gameplay

The Iconoclast crisis is over by even the earliest start date.

@@johndean8518 O yeah, for twenty years 😅

@@user98344there are other religious schisms they could simulate for the Byzantines, religious debates were always part of Byzantine politics

I've lived in northern England, Ireland and Canada..I'm just bad at pronouncing things 😂

@@Malforian yep, that’ll do it :D