Legacy of Valyria needs to be fixed
As everyone is having a say about this I thought I’d pitch in.
I want to start off by saying that I LOVE this mod. It’s such a good expansion to AGOT and has the potential to be great
But the colonisation costs are way too high. I understand the mods want it to be a challenge but it’s just not feasible to actually complete a full colonisation of the Valyrian peninsula.
Most players of CK3 play an average of 3-5 lifetimes. Within that time it’s probably manageable to colonise and restore 1 of the Kingdoms within the peninsula, if that’s your full focus. That would be around 15-20 hours of gameplay. If you were to replicate that for the other 7 kingdoms in the peninsula you are talking 20 lifetimes and well over 100 hours of gameplay. Also that would be doing practically nothing else except raising funds and going on colonisation/restoration expeditions.
That isn’t so much a challenge of difficulty as it is an endurance challenge of dealing with the tedium of doing the same thing over and over.
The worst thing is, it doesn’t have to be like this. It could still be a challenge whilst still being fun and doable within the average campaign length.
So I have a few suggestions for potential changes to make the mod more playable.
- Make it a flat cost for colonisation (i.e. cost does not increase depending on players income)
Or
- Make the colonisation cost more (e.g 30k) and make it unlock a full kingdom within the peninsula. Keep the cost for restoring each of provinces within the kingdom.
Or
- Keep the same mechanics but make the cost much cheaper and put a cap on the highest possible cost (e.g 5000)
And/or
4 implement a change like one of these and make it an option in the game rules to play the original version or the easier version
All of these suggestions still make it very challenging to do a full colonisation but make it a realistic goal for the average player.