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EU5 Update 1.1 "Rossbach" Review: Germany, Manchuria, and Plans for 2026
The video discusses the innovations and changes that update 1.1 "Rossbach" will bring to Europa Universalis V, with a focus on Germany, Manchuria, and the regions of America, as well as the developers' plans for 2026 to improve and expand the game.
1. 🛠️ New EU5 development team structure to support and develop the game
- ✅ Paradox has created a team of "keepers" to support the base version of the game.
- ✅ The team is divided into two subgroups: one deals with fixes for release versions, the other with long-term improvements for future patches.
- ✅ This flexible organization allows you to simultaneously support the base game and develop new content.
00:00 - 00:56
1. 🛠️ New EU5 development team structure to support and develop the game
- ✅ Paradox has created a team of "keepers" to support the base version of the game.
- ✅ The team is divided into two subgroups: one deals with fixes for release versions, the other with long-term improvements for future patches.
- ✅ This flexible organization allows you to simultaneously support the base game and develop new content.
00:57 - 01:15
2. 🇩🇪 Update 1.1 "Rossbach": focus on Germany, Brandenburg and Prussia
- ✅ Special attention is paid to Germany, in particular Brandenburg and Prussia.
- ✅ Added a new disaster "Brandenburg Riots", combining chains of events.
01:16 - 01:43
3. 🏰 New improvements and structures for the German powers
- ✅ Two new improvements for the German cultural group with two new structures.
- ✅ Unique improvements for Gefson, Cologne, Pfalz and Trier.
- ✅ Two improvements for the Hanseatic powers: Hamburg, Lubeck, Bremen and Rostock.
01:44 - 02:03
4. ⚔️ New policies, events and creations for the German knightly orders and Trier
- ✅ Six new improvements, opened by the policies of the knightly orders, creating new German knightly orders.
- ✅ Two new events: for Switzerland to create the Mones Codex and for Trier to create the Chronicle of Emperor Henry VI.
02:04 - 02:35
5. 💂 New common and unique troops in the era of Reformation, Absolutism and Revolution
- ✅ In the era of the Reformation: Saxon defender, Hessian ranger, mountain riflemen.
- ✅ In the era of Absolutism: Prussian grenadiers, Bavarian rangers.
- ✅ In the era of Revolution: improved grenadiers, Pandur infantry, agusars, grenicires.
02:36 - 02:50
6. 🌟 New Tengrian deities and achievements
- ✅ Added eight unique deities for the Tengrian religion.
- ✅ Seven new achievements in the "difficult" category.
02:51 - 03:05
7. 🐛 Fixes and changes in update 1.1 "Rossbach"
- ✅ Update 1.1 "Rossbach" includes more than 200 fixes and changes to existing content.
- ✅ The layout in Manchuria has been reworked, new powers have been added, including the formed Mongolia.
03:06 - 03:22
8. 🗺️ Updates in Manchuria and China
- ✅ Characters and dynasties have been updated with culture and population.
- ✅ Ports in China have been revised.
- ✅ Dash are no longer Jurchens in the confederation list.
03:23 - 04:02
9. 🌽 Refinement of the regions of the Andes and Mesoamerica: food and tools
- ✅ Added missing structures in the capital and cities for America and the Andes.
- ✅ New production methods based on copper, available to Native Americans through improvement.
- ✅ More stone, copper and wood appeared in the region.
04:03 - 04:58
10. 🛠️ Improvements to situations and bug fixes: Hundred Years War, uprisings and Tamerlane
- ✅ The Hundred Years War, the Red Turban Rebellion, the Hussite Wars, and the Sengoku period have been reworked.
- ✅ Added an event to avoid misunderstandings during the Sengoku period.
- ✅ Many changes await the rise of Tamerlane, an action has been added for the Timurids, allowing them to declare a neighboring region as a target for conquest.
- ✅ Planning an attack now allows you to instantly declare war on powers in this region.
04:59 - 05:30
11. ⛪ Western Schism and disasters: stagnation and decline
- ✅ Amendments have been made to the Western Schism, a new parliamentary question has been added.
- ✅ The decline of the empire now uses the mechanics of stagnation.
- ✅ New disasters related to stagnation have been added: the collapse of the Delhi Sultanate, the decline of Mali and the decline of Majapahit.
- ✅ Yuan and Mamluk now start the game with 25 and 15 stagnations, respectively.
05:31 - 06:43
12. 👑 Holy Roman Empire: improvements and fixes
- ✅ The Holy Roman Empire is now the most complex mechanic in the game, a lot of effort has been put into improving it and fixing bugs.
- ✅ Only a character of the imperial religion can now become the Emperor or heir of the Holy Roman Empire.
- ✅ The artificial intelligence of the Holy Roman Empire no longer declares wars without a casus belli within the Holy Roman Empire.
06:44 - 07:08
13. 🛡️ Additional changes and developments for the open beta of update 1.1
- ✅ Paradox has many wonderful developments and changes planned for the open beta of update 1.1.
- ✅ It takes time to test and collect feedback.
07:09 - 07:26
14. 📅 Plans for 2026: improving the base game and free content
- ✅ Paradox will continue to improve the quality of the base game by releasing more fixes and improvements.
- ✅ They will continue to add free content to the base game.
- ✅ Update 1.1 RossBach should give a good idea of what to expect in the future.
07:27 - 08:33
15. 🔄 Teamwork on patches and DLC, content on Athens and bailiff rework
- ✅ After the update is released, one of the teams will polish what has been released, and the other will work on a new patch.
- ✅ Work on a new DLC and content for Fate of the Phenix is still ongoing.
- ✅ It may be worth waiting for the release of the new add-on before making content on Athens.
- ✅ Bailiffs will be reworked and will reduce peasant freedom in the area.