: On December 12, 2022, a major sale began on GOG, discounting the base game by 80% (down to $7.99) through early January 2023. Strategic Shift: Roadmap to 1.35
: The game was running on Patch 1.34 "Sweden" , which had debuted in September 2022. This update was celebrated for introducing "branching missions" for Baltic and Scandinavian nations, allowing players to choose radically different historical paths.
The most significant news around mid-December 2022 came from the Developer Diary on December 13 , titled This diary marked a shift from small regional immersion packs back to major "facelifts" for the game's core powers. Key Balance Changes Proposed in December 2022:
: "Development Cost" bonuses in certain areas were slated to be replaced by +10% Goods Produced modifiers, shifting the meta toward trade-based economies. Looking Forward
: Just weeks before December, on November 23, Patch 1.34.5 was released specifically to facilitate EU4's launch on the GOG.com store .
: Developers proposed replacing static construction costs with -25% Monthly Gold Inflation and -25% Gold Depletion Chance to make gold mines more sustainable.
