Tinto Talks #90

Hello and Welcome to another Happy Wednesday. Today we will talk a little bit about Europa Universalis V.

Yesterday, we released 1.0.8, which was in open beta for a week, where we could iron out blocking issues together, and tomorrow, we will release an open beta for 1.0.10.

What are the highlights of 1.0.10? Well, with about 450 entries in the patchnotes, there are quite a lot of things that pop to mind.

• New set of advances for when forming Italy, Sokoto, Manchu, Kurdistan, Malacca and Malaya.
• Rebalancing of proximity, reducing some sources, and making lakes and rivers impactful, and roads, when built, now ignore vegetation impact on proximity.
• Some buildings, like marketplaces and market villages, now increase market access.

And of course, we are adding improvements to AI and UI, and here are two sneak peeks of new Quality of Life features.

You will now be able to see the production efficiency at every location where you already have a building, so you can determine where it's best to expand, and soon we will add the support for unbuilt buildings as well..

You can also see the total tax base and actual income for each category of buildings in the buildings tab now.


Tomorrow, it's been one month since the release, and how have you guys played the game so far? Well, the suggested countries tend to be rather popular, but there is some interesting analysis here.

Of all games started, here are the most popular starts.

• Castile 9.90%
• Ottomans 9.63%
• Holland 8.65%
• England 4.96%
• Byzantines 4.85%
• Portugal 3.60%
• Yuan 3.33%
• Hungary 3.24%
• Muscowy 3.18%
• Brandenburg 2.83%
• Naples 2.78%
• France 2.68%
• Poland 2.13%
• Sweden 2.06%
• Norway 1.99%

The top 5 most popular buildings built by players are.

• Market Village
• Irrigation Systems
• Marketplace
• Lumber Mill
• Mason

A quick glance at the estate privileges granted, you do like giving your peasants weaponry. And when it comes to modding, the most commonly used ones are various Cheating Menu Mods, but the Community Flavor Pack is rising dramatically in popularity.