Good tidings all!
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We hope you had a wonderful christmas :-) As mentioned, we are going along with the dev diaries as usual and tonight we are taking a closer look at Italy, more exactly - Lombardo-Venetian area. Now, here's a message from our devs (GrumpyKing as Milan Dev and Melva as Venice Dev):
Milan
Hello everyone! First of all, I would like to wish a merry none-Armenian Christmas to everyone. I hope that 2021 will end up being a better year than in 2020. Last week's DD focused on the Germanic side of our upcoming update and today we will be focusing on Italy starting with Milan.
Milan as a state starts in the northern side of the Italian region with enemies and multiple political opportunities in every direction. There is no limit to what you can fulfil and how you can do said fulfilment. To meet that end we start with a simple, yet a very vital mission.
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As the image shows Milan's diplomatic affiliation will be the main factor that will shape it's future (be it mission rewards or events), so choose wisely ;)
As with every nation vying to propagate its influence, a national army is a must.
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With the said national army, doors for expansion will open up on Milan, but who will take Milan seriously if they can not enforce the imperial diploma which drew the duchy's borders in the first place?
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Many provinces inside Italy will give varying rewards depending on who Milan decided to "affiliate" with. Some of the rewards to look out for:
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An Italian mission tree without trade references is like having Mac and Cheese without the cheese, who would eat that?
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With Italy's prime location in the Northern Shores of the Mediterranean, maritime supremacy is a must if Milan ever wants to compete with the great powers of Europe.
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Last but not least, the development of the city of Milano will serve every Milanese player well, for every road truly leads to Milan!
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DD out. drops mic
Venice
Hello people :D
Melvasul here, back to talk about Venice, la Serenissima! Starting in one of their times of highest splendour with the renown trade control over the Western Mediterranean Sea your starting goal is simple, creating the Armada that will require to impose your sea ruling.
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Your Greek colonies were of such importance that when the island of Negroponte was lost due to the Ottoman siege the Serenissima paid 250.000 ducats to regain control of it.
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Lying in the most western part of the Mediterranean Sea the island of Cyprus supervise all the trade routes from Asia, and its control is of the most vital importance.
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Once everything is set down you'll reclaim the Stato da Mar, and rule on the most important nodes of the Mediterranean Sea
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Similarly to her sibling, we disclosed a few DD back one of the final goals of Venice is to finally be able to control the whole Spice Trade flowing from India into the coffin of the Serenissima itself.
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On the pure conquest side the vision is clear, establish the Stato da Terra and unite most of North-East Italy
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Lombardy-Venetia
Now a nice treat for you all :D
Thank our friend Verinity Void we have a new marvellous country in Formables Expanded which is Lombardy-Venetia
A union of the proudest people in Northern Italy, who would even dare to stop them?
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The goal is simple, unify Northern Italy, fortify it, create an army and a navy that will crumble the earth like the Numenorean soldier's passing in Aman (rip) and show to any major imperial power what is really to be feared-
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And for your Army, the institution of a royal Academy will surely come handy (:
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This is all my dear... as always numbers will be subject of changes due to our playtesting (I design, but I'm shit at balancing stuff, I know), and some of the errors (spelling, upper/lower case) have been corrected but I sadly did not have time to retake images (niece's birthday :D)
I hope you all have had a Merry Christmas and I wish you all a Happy New Year (:
The End
That's it for today! Have a jolly old time during Christmas and remember that in these times it is very important to stay safe. See you next year!
If you are interested in playing our work, we recommend you check out the mod here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2164202838&tscn=1605389622
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