Europa Universalis IV: Developer diary 39 - Divine Tactics
by Johan Published on 12-07-2013 13:18 Number of Views: 3478
ヨーロッパユニヴァーサリス開発日記３９ 神の計画
Welcome to a new development diary on Europa Universalis. There are only 4 more left before release, so we are close. Not a lot to say this week, since everyone is crunching on making sure everything works perfectly smoothly in the weeks up to launch. Seriously. No one is panicking. All is smooth.
ようこそ新しい開発日記へ。 リリースまでに書かれる開発日記もあと四回となった。だから急ごう。 といっても今週は書くことがあまりない。皆、ゲームがスムーズにリリースされていることを確信している。 本当だよ。 誰もパニックになんてなってない。すべてうまくいってる。
This week, we’ll just fill you in on a few changes to game mechanics and then talk a bit about the Christian Theocracies.
今週は、私たちはゲームのメカニックを少し変えた。 だから今週はそのちょっと変えた部分、キリスト教の神政体制について話そう。
There are now two types of military access for your navies. Ordinary military access will let you use a neighbor’s ports, just like always. However we’ve added a separate option for more advanced naval matters called “fleet basing rights”. With basing rights, your trade fleets can operate out of their ports, giving you the option to control a trade node where you may have very few or no provinces, but still a large navy to steer trade wealth. Your ships will be able to repair only in ports where you have fleet basing rights as well. However, having fleet basing rights costs money, the precise cost depending on the number of ports the selling country has access to. So don’t go crazy making these kinds of arrangements; the money adds up rather quickly.
海軍の軍事アクセス（訳注:通行権？）には二つのタイプがある。 普通の軍事アクセスでは、いつものように、あなたはまず隣人の港をつかうといったものになるだろう。 しかしながら私たちは別のオプションを追加した。これはより発展した海軍技術によるもので、「海軍基地の権利」と呼ばれる。 基地の権利があれば、あなたは交易船を彼らの港の外部で使用することができる。あなたはわずかなプロビしかもっていなくても、あるいはまったくプロビをもっていなくとも、交易を行うことができる。 あなたの船は海軍基地の権利があれば港にはいって修理することができる。 しかしながら、海軍基地の権利を得るにはお金がかかる。このコストの多寡は売却国のアクセスしている港の数に依存する。 だから狂ったように港をつくらなくても、お金で買えばいい。
This is a completely new diplomatic action that you can use on the attacker in a war if they are winning their war. You can demand that they sign a White Peace with their target, or else you will join on the side of the defender. This is a rather potent ability, especially in multiplayer.
In EU3, missionaries were placed, and then you had a random chance every month of the heretic or heathen province changing religion to your state religion. In EU4, this system has been changed. Now most of the factors that gave you a percentage chance of success in EU3 instead increase the strength of the missionary. There are of course various factors that reduce the strength of missionaries as well; as richer provinces are less likely to convert, some religions are resistant to conversion, decisions and ideas, etc.
Each month, the effective missionary strength in that province is added as ongoing progress, and when it reaches 100%, the province is converted.
Theocracies There aren’t a lot of major Christian theocracies in EU4, but there are enough to consider giving them their own personality, including their own idea group. The Crusade era came to crashing halt with the Battle of Varna (the game’s starting point) but you still have a powerful Papal State, the Teutonic and Livonian Orders holding sway over the Baltic region, tiny archbishoprics in Germany and the Knights that guard Rhodes against the Saracen hordes.
These states start with 20% quicker manpower recovery and an additional missionary. 1.Holy Order: +10% Discipline: The Crusader legacy of the Catholic Church has given it access to a host of orders of knighthood that fight for God and believe in his divine promise of victory. 2.Church Administration: -10% cheaper stability, -10% core cost: The Church hierarchy can be found everywhere in Europe and is ready to act for a religious ruler to smooth the transitional costs of conquest. 3.True Defender of the Faith: 25% Defensiveness: A mighty fortress is our god. Another mighty fortress? This fort I just built 4.No Witches: +2% Missionary Strength: Though most famous to Americans from the Salem experience, witch hunting was almost epidemic in parts of Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. The Reformation didn’t help, with suspicion cast on all non-conformists. 5.Onward Christian Soldiers: +10% Garrison Growth: It’s easy to mobilize men once you can persuade them that God is on their side. 6.Turn the other cheek: +1% Hostile Attrition: No matter how holy a populace, a quiet non-cooperative attitude can wear down an army that needs a quick victory. 7.Render unto Caesar: +10% Tax Income: And give to God what is God’s. Fortunately, the Archbishop is both a secular ruler and a divine appointee to his charge, so he gets it all.
When the Theocracies are fully devout, they get 20% extra manpower.