Europa Universalis V

Base trade range is now wider, allowing more neighboring markets to be accessed for free.

The penalty for trading beyond the base range is less steep, reducing the capacity cost per unit of distance.

All countries now receive a base 10% income from trades, increasing baseline wealth.

Base merchant maintenance cost has been halved to improve early-game trade profitability.

Bonus to trade income reduced to offset the new global base trade income increase.

RGO mapmode now refreshes correctly when the Columbian Exchange introduces new resources.

Fixed an issue where Ancient Monuments would not build if a bridge was present at the location.

Resolved multiple crashes related to tooltips, ruler history, static modifiers, international organizations, and entity memory management.

Fixed a bug where the winning Beylik incorrectly became the Ottoman Empire, blocking the Sultanate of Rum formable.

Merchant maintenance efficiency now displays the actual cost reduction for better clarity.

Mercenary pools refill from local populations significantly more slowly, making sustained use more difficult.

Recruiting a company now draws down the specific region's available mercenary pool.

Significantly reduced the frequency of Imperial circle leader notifications to stop spam.

Institutions now spread from the birth location to the market center at a base of +1% each month.

Increased the rate at which institutions spread between friendly neighbors.

Fixed multiple crashes related to map line manager, antagonism, pop conversion, and mercenary selection filters.

Fixed the Diarchy Republic reform to correctly apply +10% Cabinet Efficiency instead of a character-scoped modifier.

Enforced alliance-style opinion floors and at-war blocks for joining defensive leagues.

Moved levy, ship, military, and production advances out of the free age 3-6 trees.

Allowed game rules to be changed mid-game in multiplayer sessions.

Capped the food consumption penalty for exceeding supply limits, preventing large stacks from draining reserves instantly.

Corrected the speed of assimilating Primary Culture pops to be slower, matching intended design rather than the speed of Discriminated cultures.

Various Out-of-Sync issues in multiplayer have been resolved to improve game stability.

Fixed a crash-to-desktop (CTD) that occurred when forming the Holy Roman Empire.

Diplomacy systems now use less RAM, potentially improving performance in late-game scenarios.

Increased manpower and levy size, and added monthly army tradition to the Thémata bureaucracy.

Added a small monthly legitimacy bonus to the Books of the Basiliká bureaucracy.

Improved integration speed, added monthly legitimacy and cultural influence, and removed antagonism penalties.

Latin and Greek cultures now start with kindred opinion of each other.

Reduced annexation speed and cultural influence in the positive modifier for Ritualistic Court bureaucracy.

Increased estate enrichment and non-rural prosperity penalties in the negative modifier for Kephalai bureaucracy.

Reduced parliament duration and base support for the Imperial Senate bureaucracy.

Fixed an issue where Varangian units did not show up at the start of the game, though they remained unlockable in proper ages.

Adjusted the 'A Powerful Despot' event chain so Strumica is immediately annexed if Serbia wins it.

The Enforce Landfriede diplomatic action now has proper AI weighting and can be declined, potentially leading to war with the Emperor.

The 'Exiles' event no longer fires if the origin country has under 18k population and locations have less than 12k population.

Fixed a significant FPS drop that occurred when opening location screens, particularly for locations not owned by the player.

Fixed a Crash-to-Desktop (CTD) issue related to AI specializing towns.

Fixed a bug preventing players from joining or hosting games if there was a mismatch in ownership of the Sacred Sites DLC.

Implemented various Out-of-Sync (OOS) fixes to improve multiplayer stability.

Reworked unlock and allowance gates to ensure players don't lose access to these units simultaneously with Cataphracts based on Societal Value directions.

Reworked unlock and allowance gates to prevent blind spots where both Cataphracts and Legionaries were unavailable.

Professional units no longer receive an additional 100% combat bonus on top of levy bonuses, reducing their overall power to align with intended design.

Fixed a bug where levies remained attached to population groups after becoming invalid, preventing infinite troop generation.

Fixed incorrect labeling of war declarations as independence wars when the objective was unrelated to overlords.

Fixed an issue where level 0 buildings persisted, which previously caused infinite loops during national bankruptcy.

Fixed a crash occurring when hovering over estates without disenfranchisement data.

Reworked river connections in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and America to improve the clarity and spread of Proximity.