What changed in Europa Universalis IV in 2022

Tuned down Offensive Moral Damage for Anatolian Units on technologies 5 and 9.

Making one of the Artillery Options a defensive one.

Rebalance of unit pips to improve gameplay dynamics.

Chinese Unit on Tech 19 loses one offensive Morale to balance against neighboring groups.

Small reshuffle to make the last unit on Tech 30 an actual upgrade.

Improved defensive Fire Pips at the cost of defensive Shock for Muslim Units on Tech 23.

Focus on Infantry Units that are strong or weak outliers on their Tech level.

New alternative per Artillery Unit focusing on defensive style.

Small nerf to fit the theme of military decline for Nomadic Group Infantry Unit.

Total amount of pips reduced to align with American and African Unit Groups.

Small bump in Pips for the Unit from Tech 18.

Ongoing efforts to reduce the bug count with a focus on fixing hundreds of issues.

New idea group with a rework on how mercenaries are distributed.

New idea group focused on construction speed, cost reduction, and autonomy levels.

New idea group aimed at internal flavor and estate manipulation.

Significant changes to existing idea groups including Religious, Humanist, Administrative, and Economic Ideas.

Added integration for GOG.COM store.

Fixed various event triggers including 'The Situation of the Teutonic Order' and 'The Situation of the Livonian Order'.

Various adjustments to government reforms including changes to 'Consolidated Power', 'Empower the Monasteries', and 'The Social Contract'.

Buffed Custom Nation idea for Expand Administration Cost and added new ideas available for Custom Nations.

Added and fixed tooltips for various game elements including Guns Drums and Steel volume 3 and the 'Loyalty of the Regent' event.

Norse national idea 'Berserkir' now grants +20% Shock Damage; 'Norse Seamen' grants +1 Combat Bonus Off Owned Coasts and +5% Ship Durability.

Fixed issues with the Prussian government when forming Germany and the 'Imperial Prussian Capital' modifier.

Various adjustments to missions including the ability to complete certain missions without specific requirements.

The progress list for the Dutch Revolt has been simplified to reduce screen clutter.

New mission trees enabling Sweden and Norway to break free from Danish dominance and establish a northern empire.

New mission trees that allow Denmark to maintain power in Scandinavia and expand influence over northern German cities.

3 new pieces of Scandinavian music and 3 Baltic themed songs.

Unique government options and ways to influence local estates for regional powers.

New mission trees that present unique challenges for rulers in the vast lands on the border of East and West.

New mission trees that allow for paths of religious zealotry or secularization.

The new immersion pack, Lions of the North, is now available, introducing new content and features.

35 new army sprites for regional powers.

35 new army sprites for regional powers added.

New immersion pack featuring expanded missions and unique content for Baltic and Scandinavian regions.

Includes options for pirate kings, united Scandinavia, free Finland, and powerful Danzig.

New unique government options and ways to influence local estates for regional powers.

New missions to break free from Danish dominance and establish a northern empire.

Includes options for pirate kings of Gotland, a united Scandinavia, a free Finland, and a powerful Danzig.

New paths focusing on religious zealotry or secularization.

Introduction of the Swedish Carolean Infantry and Polish-Lithuanian Winged Hussars for recruitment.

New missions to maintain power in Scandinavia and expand influence over northern German cities.

New units available for recruitment.

New mission trees with decisions that affect future options, allowing for distinct alternate paths.

Decisions in mission trees will affect future options, allowing for distinct alternate paths.

3 new pieces of Scandinavian music and 3 other Baltic themed songs introduced.

New missions addressing unique challenges for ambitious rulers in vast lands.

'Free Colonies' now gives +10% Settler Chance.

'Optimism' now also gives +1 Leaders without Upkeep.

Form Scandinavia and revoke the privilegia of the Holy Roman Empire while being the Emperor.

Starting as Riga, enact the Salvific Plutocracy government reform and raid the heretic church of Rome.

Starting as the Teutonic Order, form the Mongol Empire while having the Holy Horde government reform enacted.

Added a new console command to remove a country by its tag.

Starting as Mutapa, convert to Judaism and celebrate a festival.

Form Prussia or Germany, have the Empire government rank and 40,000 Marines raised at the same time.

Advisors will now give scaling bonuses based on their level.

Starting as Sweden, enact the Allotment System government reform, have 80 regiments of Carolean raised at the same time with at least +40% infantry combat ability.

Mercenary armies will now have descriptions to enhance roleplay.

The Breakthrough mechanic will appear in the game, but is turned off by default.

Ensure that no colonized province in the world produces slaves while having the War Against the World Doctrine government reform enacted.

Bonus now gives -10% Development Cost instead of -20%.

Over 40 new script parameters added to enhance modding capabilities.

As Norway, have your capital in the Canada region while not owning any province in Scandinavia.

Release and play as Finland in 1444 and have a direct land connection to the Cape while your capital is in Nyland/Uusimaa.

'National Trade Policy' now also decreases Promote Mercantilism Cost by 25%.

Golden Ages can now be extended and reset as part of a new effect.

Starting as the Livonian Order, form Livonia and own the territory of the North German Confederation as core provinces.

Starting as Denmark, enact the Unified Kalmar Monarchy government reform and own the entire Scandinavian region as your cores.

'Naval Glory' now also gives +1 Impact on Siege.

'State Propaganda' now also reduces Covert Action Relation Impact by -100%.

Includes designs inspired by peasant and militia clothing from Frisia and Germany.

Features units inspired by Finnish military history and modern influences.

Includes visually-striking units with traditional Sámi clothing and gear.

Inspired by Norwegian styles and modern Icelandic national dress.

Highlights the collaboration with Ukrainian studio N-iX on unit models amidst challenges.

Includes tier 1 units inspired by Norwegian history and elite ski regiments.

Features armoured footmen and light horse regiments inspired by Northern Germany.

New visual flair for regions around the Baltic and North Seas with new unit models.

Reflects the wealth and devoutness of Riga with unique unit designs.

Features a partial set of units with unique designs including historical references.

Inspired by Estonian and Latvian traditional clothing with unique designs.

Added -1% Administrative Efficiency for every 2% over Government Capacity.

Buffs applied to Espionage, Trade, and Naval ideas to improve their viability.

Economic Ideas now provide -10% Development Cost instead of -20%.

New monuments added to the game, including the Falun Copper Mine, Kronborg Castle, and others, each with unique modifiers.

Pagan religious rebels can now force conversion if the majority of the country follows their religion.

Courthouses and Town Halls no longer require an open building slot to be constructed.

Various national ideas and policies have been rebalanced to enhance diversity and viability among different groups.

Crimea now becomes a Tributary State of the Ottomans instead of a March during the 'Fate of the Crimean Khanate' event.

Nerfed ideas providing National Manpower and Land Force limits to balance with new combat system changes.

Increased Reform Progress Growth from Crownland and lowered reform growth cost.

AI now takes conditions of missions and decisions into account, especially for conquests, leading to more varied and historically reminiscent empires.

Numerous improvements made to AI army and navy handling, including fixing bugs that caused irrational behavior.

Fixed bugs that caused both players and AIs to declare suicidal wars due to inconsistent war evaluation.

Fixed various bugs related to AI declaring wars and missions, improving overall AI decision-making.

Improved AI logic for army movements, siege behavior, and battle coordination.

Fixed bugs preventing AI from coring Trade Company provinces and accidentally removing trade companies.

AI budgeting algorithm has been made more flexible, allowing for better colonization decisions.

Subjects will now be bolder in declaring independence, even during wars if their Liberty Desire is at 100%.

Fixed bugs in AI behavior for passive subjects, improving their decision-making in avoiding enemy armies and attrition.

AI can now express preferences in more detail during peace negotiations, making it harder for players to outsmart them.

Fixed issues with AI naval invasions and improved understanding of interception risks.

AI is now more willing to make separate peace deals and unconditionally surrender in more cases.

Finland receives 15 new missions leading to the formation of Scandinavia and Baltic domination.

Two new tiers of government reforms for theocracies have been added.

The UI for Estates has been reworked for improved user experience.

The Hanseatic League can now be formed, featuring its own national ideas.

Lübeck gets an expanded mission tree with 36 new missions and 20 new events.

A new Quality of Life addition has been implemented.

A new ruler personality, 'Legendary Pirate', can be gained through missions or defeating stronger enemies.

Naval ideas receive a secondary role rewarding land conflict when having naval dominance.

Blockaded provinces now receive +0.25 Monthly Devastation and -50% Local Trade Power.

Gotland is now a selectable nation at the start of the game, ruled by Eric of Pomerania.

Gotland features a fresh mission tree, including paths for monarchy and piracy.

Poland gains access to two new T1 Government reforms: Great Sejm and Polish Elective Monarchy.

New dynamic missions based on the choice between local noble or Lithuanian PU, leading to different rewards.

Preview of Commonwealth missions that will be available after forming the PLC.

The Commonwealth will gain a new Casus Belli as part of its mission tree.

Poland and the Commonwealth gain access to a new special unit, the Winged Hussars.

Lithuania receives a greatly expanded mission tree with new events and flavor.

The Commonwealth will have the ability to reset or extend a Golden Era.

The event will now fire even if Lithuania is a player. AI Lithuania will always accept the union.

Fixed the incorrect numbers for army tradition decay modifiers from -3.0% and -1.0% to -0.3% and -0.1%.

Overhauled republican reforms with new adjustments and tiers.

Denmark's missions are expanded with 'Rule over West India', 'Dominate North India', and 'The Military Question'.

Norway gains 17 new missions, including 'Dominate North America' and 'Control South America'.

Reduced the development required to recruit Carolean units to one regiment for every 10 development of Swedish or Finnish provinces.

Revised monarchy reforms and adjusted tiers, including dropping the unpopular absolutism adjustments.

Sweden receives 13 new missions expanding its mission tree, including 'Invest in the Workforce', 'Scandes Infrastructure', and 'Intensify Metal Production'.

The Scandinavian mission tree is now available for other nations, featuring conquest, colonial, absolutism, and internal development branches.

New missions related to colonization, including 'Colonial Ambitions' and 'The Colony of Greenland'.

New missions such as 'Norwegian Allies' and 'Norway-Denmark' that focus on gaining independence from Denmark.

Introduction of internal missions focusing on trade, development, and religion.

Revamping of government reforms available to monarchies, with new tiers and mechanics.

Introduction of a new mission tree for Norway focusing on independence, colonization, and internal missions.

Nerf to Carolean units, reducing their morale damage received and adjusting the Allotment System reform.

Choose support from Nobility, Clergy, or Burghers, each with unique rewards.

The new mission tree for Sweden covers historical conquests and internal development.

Mission requiring high legitimacy and stability to choose future mission paths.

Grants a special casus belli against Denmark if they have Norway as a subject.

Initial mission focusing on preparing for independence against Denmark.

Unlocks a special mercenary company with a 100% Cavalry to Infantry ratio.

New infantry unit with unique modifiers for Swedish and Finnish provinces.

Complete by owning the entire coastline or having allies who own it.

Introduction of various flavor missions covering internal, colonial, trade, military, and religious aspects.

The Dacke War disaster has become more dangerous and likely to trigger.

Revisions to Denmark's national ideas to enhance gameplay effectiveness.

New mission focused on integrating Holstein into Denmark.

Revisions to Venice's national ideas to improve their gameplay balance.

New event that triggers every four years representing demands from Danish nobles.

New missions focusing on Denmark's colonial ambitions and trade company regions.

Missions aimed at improving relations with Norwegian and Swedish subjects.

Unique mechanic for Denmark where junior partners can suggest a new king during the Kalmar Union.

Introduction of a new mission tree for Denmark focusing on the Kalmar Union and colonial ambitions.

New government reform for Denmark that affects diplomatic relations and personal unions.

Combat Ability penalty now scales at -1% per percentage point of cavalry/infantry ratio above the limit.

Each combat side can now reinforce the back row with 2 units per day, plus 1 per 2 maneuver pips.

New defines for infantry and cavalry breakthrough probabilities created for modding purposes.

Late-game artillery now has less defensive pips and more offensive ones.

Regiments will now always retreat when strength or morale reaches 0, removing 12-day invincibility.

Deployed troops now take 1% daily morale damage, while reserves take 2%.

Addition of a new government reform for Novgorod when they form Russia.

Introduction of a mechanic allowing the selling of Indulgences to Catholic countries, affecting Reform Desire.

Introduction of a new mission tree for the city of Riga, focusing on unique gameplay for an OPM.

Merchant Republics now gain full access to both factions and estates.

New missions such as 'City against the State', 'Develop Our City', and military missions like 'Raise Riga’s Defense' and 'Subjugate the Livonians'.

New government reforms added beyond Tier 1 level, with rebalancing of existing reforms for more player agency.

New national ideas have been added for the Livonian Order, Livonia, Latgalia, and Karelia, enhancing their gameplay.

The Livonian Order features a branching mission tree with various objectives including 'Protect Riga' and 'The Teutonic Knights'.

Three new Church Aspects have been added to make Protestantism more appealing, along with buffs to existing aspects.

The Livonian Order DLC introduces a new mission tree and gameplay mechanics focused on the Livonian Order.

Reformed religion receives buffs to Trade Focus, War Focus, and Stability Focus to enhance its viability.

Players can now use 'Purchase Bishopric' and 'Dissolve Bishopric' decisions to manage bishoprics more effectively.

The Livonian mission tree includes colonial missions that allow players to discover and colonize the New World.

Bishoprics are represented as one estate privilege to the Clergy estate, with a maximum increase from 4 to 6 privileges.

New missions related to joining the Holy Roman Empire and its implications.

Players can choose between Prussian and Crusader paths with unique missions.

Cawa units will be more experimental in future designs.

Similar challenging experiences will be introduced in the Baltic DLC without rebel spams.

Introduction of a new mission tree for the Teutonic Order with various paths.

Continuation of flexible branching missions design from Origins DLC.

New estate privileges introduced with the Prussian path missions.

Upcoming DLC focused on the Baltic and Scandinavian countries.

New military missions to enhance cavalry effectiveness in the Crusader path.

The snowball effect from gaining development will not continue in the new DLC.

Introducing more government reforms and estate privileges in future updates.

Focusing on improving and developing mission trees in underrepresented regions.

Continuing improvements to AI for better gameplay experience.

Ongoing work to enhance game performance.

Addressing combat balance issues, with discussions planned for future updates.

Diversifying the usefulness of Idea groups in the game.

Continuing efforts to reduce the backlog of existing bugs.

Making changes to several religions to enhance their attractiveness.

AI now acts on its own interests, differing from previous behavior, with plans for further targeting in future updates.

Prioritized fixing Out of Sync (OOS) and Crash to Desktop (CTD) issues for multiplayer stability.

Rebalanced and added content for the Empire of China and Mandate of Heaven mechanics.

Development time spent on planning new content, with a roadmap to be presented after Easter.

Resolved crash occurring when at full naval capacity.

A new music pack featuring 12 alternative metal songs with Nordic folk influence.

Becoming the new Celestial Empire grants -10% Land Maintenance, +12 Land Force Limit, and +15% Manpower Recovery Speed.

Confucian countries get +1 Harmony scaling with Religious Unity.

Colonial nations spend more money on colonists.

Reworked AI for mothballing forts, making rich countries more likely to have at least level 1 advisors.

Independent Daimyos lose their government reform if they become subjects of a non-Shogun country.

Base Harmony gain has been reduced to 0.25 while Harmony loss during harmonization has been increased to 3.25.

Rewrote AI savings logic.

Re-added the 'Tribal Identity' government reform for natives.

Reworked Harmonization modifiers to allow quicker harmonization without severe penalties.

Added various new modifiers related to piety and relations for modding.

Yanzhou province now has the Temple of Confucius triggered province modifier if Leviathan is disabled.

The Great Mongol Horde government now gives +50% Cavalry to Infantry Ratio instead of 25%.

Added a new reform for the Celestial Empire, allowing the Emperor to convert tributaries into vassals.

Added new triggers for modding related to trade nodes and province ownership.

Reduced manpower, sailors, and force limit bonuses granted by colonies by 25%.

Fixed Celestial Emperor advisor budgeting issue.

Trading range no longer extended by fleet basing rights, but is by non-independent subjects.

The Chinese Kingdom government reform now gives -100 opinion of countries of the same culture and culture group.

Added new icons for various game elements including statewide governing cost and monthly piety accelerator.

Added exile_consort_as effect and set_consort effect for modding.

New events for the Alcheringa religion allow unlocking Dreaming Stories without necessary missions.

Improved tooltips for various game mechanics and decisions.

All automatic payments and renewals for subscriptions started before March 1st, 2022 are disabled.

Players can now buy the Europa Universalis IV subscription service directly through Steam.

Existing subscribers must allow their current subscription to expire before signing up on Steam.

The Hangeul Alphabet now gives -10% Tech Cost instead of -5%.

Feudal Theocracies can now access the Divine Ideas Group.

Syncretic religions now benefit from the bonuses of secondary faith monuments.

Over 400 reported bugs fixed, reducing total bug count significantly.

Tibetan culture can now sinicize and adopt a culture from the Chinese culture group.

Added a -100 Opinion penalty for Confucian countries to prevent hugboxes and buffed the Unify China casus belli.

Roman Empire's ideas have been buffed to match HRE ideas.

Resolved around 40 older script issues as part of 'Script Debt' cleanup.

Manpower, Sailors, and Forcelimit granted by colonies reduced by 25%.

Muslim subjects will no longer enact 'Guaranteed Dhimmi Autonomy' if their overlord has religious ideas.

Gyeongbok Palace no longer gives tech cost reduction; new modifiers introduced.

Expand Infrastructure buffed and Centralize State changed to a percentage reduction.

Winter Palace modifiers adjusted to better reflect its historical significance.

Privileges now exempt from 'Seize Land' action and 'Increased Levies' buffed to 33% at 100% Crownland.

Selling Crownland now requires having at least 10% to sell.

AI armies are less likely to refuse invasion missions and will not wait for distant ships unless necessary.

AI can declare wars with up to 50% overextension if already coring everything.

AI will keep a reasonable number of advisors, prioritizing military or admin types and reducing frivolous hiring.

AI now prioritizes reducing inflation and consolidating regiments, improving overall financial management.

AI now seldom deletes forts, upgrades them more often, and is more strategic with mothballing.

Colonial nations will spend more on colonists, and subsidies will be directed towards colonization.

Unit Type Fire and Shock pips now affect morale damage, altering combat dynamics significantly.

AI now better estimates troop quality and understands morale's impact on battles.

AI will seize land from estates more often and prioritize privileges that increase loyalty and mana.

Multiple bug fixes improving AI behavior in various scenarios, including siege and battle decisions.

The Celestial Empire now has a sixth reform allowing vassalizing tributaries at the cost of Mandate.

Standardized modifiers from harmonized religions, adjusted Yearly Harmony and costs, and modified effects of Positive and Negative Harmony.

Forming Rome will now convert all provinces of your culture group to Roman.

Ming Crisis disaster events now allow swapping your country with one of the Chinese warlords released.

Added events for Alcheringa nations to unlock their cults without completing missions.

Indian estates now have access to powerful estate privileges.

Force Tributary CB and similar CBs no longer allow taking provinces.

Buffed Portuguese ideas for better early game performance.

Castilian/Spanish mission 'Recover Portugal' now requires completion of 'Subjugate Navarra' and 'Reclaim Andalucia'.

Addition of Nivkh culture, Korchin vassal, province redistribution, and addition of the Amur Estuary.

Added decision to replace Brahmins with Dhimmi if owning provinces outside Muslim or Dharmic groups.

Korea's starting heir has been buffed by +1/+1/+1.

The new Holder of the Mandate gains bonuses including +12 Force Limit and -10% Land Maintenance.

Shinto countries can now use Buddhist monuments.

Ottoman missions are now available to Rûm.

Moved Vietnamese culture out of the Chinese culture group.

Added decision for Vietnamese and Korean cultures to move into the Chinese culture group.

Regiments’ fire and shock pips now count toward morale damage, balancing their value with morale pips.

Hanseong gained +15 Development.