I've tried out all the major MTW II mods and prefer DlV. After prowling around the large map, I cannot bring myself to play any small map version of MTW II or RTW. I appreciate the efforts to slow the game down and reward more "historic" play.
But there are a few things I'd like to see changed.
- More piracy: it spices up an otherwise pretty dull naval game, and navies cost, a factor to further slow down expansion. I'd rather fight more pirates than suffer silently the higher effects of corruption.
- Less brigandage: I play with the setting at 30, which will give you a bit more, on average, than one uprising a turn for every ten provinces you control. That's still two or three rebellions a year for a ten-province state.
- Back to Vanilla corruption levels. I, personally, find it too frustrating because there's virtually nothing you can do about it.
- Increase the population of Palermo (c.80,000 in 1100) so it's twice that of London (c.40,000). Believe it or not, Palermo was one of the largest cities in Europe or the Near East in this period.
I have some other ideas, but I'll put them in separate posts.
Siculus