What changes in v1.06

[Papa Chubby]

I must state that I like playing EU2 alot, it has even succeded in pulling me away from Civ3, that says alot. Even though it pained me to critiscise it, and it did, the title of the thread demanded it. I simply listed faults, or at least what I percieved as faults. That the capturing of the rutters only reveals partially the map of exploration is good to know, maybe I was just unlucky never to get knowledge of different lands through it.

Though I stand by what I said about the log-book, or whatever it is called. Even though it is not important, and in no way detracts from the gameplay, it is still a feature of the game that does not work optimal and I hope that they will fix it.

[Papa Chubby]

Also something that I noticed was that the AI often sends in huge numbers of soldiers that fortify the same province, even if they are from a multiple of different nations. This means that if you are going to war agianst a numerically superior AI, all you really have to do is allow them to siege and then wait for attrition to whittle them down. Then move in for the kill, this is a tactic I have used a couple of times when I looked doomed. It would be better if it would use the besiege option more and spread out and/or hunt your forces.

[Papa Chubby]

I also noticed that the manual states that cavalry weighs 2 units, which is quite realistic, but in the game they weigh the same as the infantry, 1. Pretty absurd to be able to ship an equal amount of infantry and infantry + a horse on a fleet.

Another issue is when you somehow lose one of your leaders through an event. Like when you play the French and you go with execute Gilbert, it clearly states that it will make him unavailable as General for the rest of the game. Yet by some trickery of fate he remains, the general of an army somehow fakes his own death. Also I was playing the Ottomans, and lost Murad, the 2 I think, in battle. This was while he was king, and even though he died in battle, well it did not stop him from ruling the empire.