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Rights of Man
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Europa Universalis IV: Rights of Man expansion feature spotlight by Johan Andersson (EVP creative direction).
Rights of Man is the ninth expansion for Europa Universalis IV. It was announced on 2016-08-19[1]. It was released on 2016-10-11[2]. The expansion coincides with Patch 1.18.
- Fetishist nations can choose from a number of cults, uncovering new options as they wage war and make alliances
- Coptic nations will be tasked with preserving their faith through the control of 5 holy sites throughout the near east
- Ruler Personalities gives rulers specific traits that grant bonuses or penalties
- Leader Traits giving battle hardened commanders added prowess
- Queen/King Consorts and Consort-Regencies
- Rulers can abdicate and heirs can be disinherited
- More detailed military instructions for Subject Nations
- Develop provinces of subjects and build buildings in them
- Revolutionary republics now have Factions to balance
- Ottoman Empire gets new Harem Politics events and options
- Militarization mechanic for the Prussian Monarchy government reform
- Great power mechanic grants special bonuses to the strongest nations
- Casualty statistics in the war overview window and a popup at the end of the war which shows the overall casualties of the war
- Debase currency
- Major overhaul of the technology system – technology groups no longer affect research, a concept called ‘institutions’ will affect technology research now
- Greater control over adopting new cultures in your empire
- Added the Braindead Player AI setting to completely disable AI takeover if a player disconnects.
- When in a Succession War, the attacker can now demand Cancel Subject on the Country in question as part of the war goal.
- Main article: Developer diaries
All developer diaries about the Rights of Man expansion, patch 1.18 (aka Prussia), and patch 1.19 (aka Denmark).
- Patch 1.19 (Denmark)
No.
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Title and Link
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Description
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Date
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24 |
1.19 Beta Feedback |
We've reverted the Fort Zone of Control changes planned for 1.19 |
2016-11-22
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23 |
New Unit Models for Vanilla |
Carlos shares the story of how he decided to remake the vanilla unit models |
2016-11-15
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22 |
UI Improvements |
Interface improvements coming in the "Denmark" (1.19) update |
2016-11-08
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21 |
Fort Zone of Control |
Changes to Fort ZoC in 1.19 and some other things |
2016-11-01
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20 |
Denmark |
"Denmark" (1.19) update brings enhancements to Scandinavian nations and more rules for AI/player replacement (in MP) |
2016-10-25
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19 |
Post Release Evaluation |
What the team like best with Rights of Man + 1.19 teaser |
2016-10-18
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- Patch 1.18 (Prussia)
No.
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Title and Link
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Description
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Date
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18 |
Wrapping Teasers |
Last 1.18 teasers: an addition to El Dorado, launcher improvements, 20 new achievements and new national ideas |
2016-10-04
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17 |
Balance Changes in Patch 1.18 |
A look at the most important balance changes with a quick explanation on why they were made |
2016-09-27
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16 |
1.18 updates older expansions |
1.18 brings some overhauls to old expansion features |
2016-09-22
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15 |
Bodycount & Minimap Improvement |
Bodycount screens coming at the end of wars, and you can now see armies on the minimap |
2016-09-15
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14 |
Revolutionary Republics Factions |
New factions for Revolutionary Republics in the Rights of Man |
2016-09-08
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13 |
Prussian Monarchy |
Prussian Monarchy, Disinherit, Abandon PU, Debase Currency and Strengthen Government |
2016-09-01
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12 |
Subjects Interactions |
New Military Focuses for Subjects & new Subjects Interface |
2016-08-25
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11 |
Cults |
Cults are coming to the Fetishists in the next expansion |
2016-08-18
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10 |
A Queen Regent |
Changes to regencies: war declarations and queen regents |
2016-08-11
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9 |
Coptic Holy Sites |
A new blessings and holy cities system for Coptics |
2016-08-04
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8 |
Leader Traits |
Introduction of traits for land and naval leaders |
2016-06-30
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7 |
The Ottoman Sultanate |
The Ottomans get some unique flavor in the upcoming expansion |
2016-06-23
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6 |
Ruler Personalities |
The next expansion will introduce character traits to your ruler |
2016-06-16
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5 |
Great Powers |
With the next expansion Great Powers will be introduced |
2016-06-09
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4 |
Culture |
Changes to how accepted Culture will work in 1.18 |
2016-06-02
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3 |
Technology Groups |
Changes to technology groups and technological development |
2016-05-26
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2 |
DLC production |
The DLC producer explains the development process |
2016-05-19
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1 |
Future |
What do we want from the future of the game? |
2016-05-12
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