Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition their chief weapons are surprise, fear, ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. This leaves the mission trees as the main reason to buy Golden Century, which in typical Paradox economics, the price doesnвЂ™t match the substance. This means creating Holy Orders and expelling minorities to the Americas can only be done sparingly, resulting in the new features going unused in much of the game. As any Europa Universalis IV player knows, Monarch Points are the lifeblood of the game, and they canвЂ™t be wasted so needlessly. These apply to both Catholic and Sunni nations on the Iberian Peninsula, with practically identical results.ДЄdditionally, like many of the mechanics that have been introduced in Golden Century, Holy Orders cost Monarch Points. This is reflected in a new mechanic which allows Iberian nations to establish Holy Orders in their states, bringing additional benefits to those regions such as an extra administrative development or decreased culture conversion cost. Such was how the Spanish Empire was influenced, particularly in regards to the Papal State, and there is a slight religious element to these new mission trees. While not quite as global as the British mission tree, the Spanish mission tree has some particularly difficult missions that will result in some late-game incursions with the Holy Roman Empire. This includes missions to annex Holland, as well as dethroning the Austrian crown (or more accurately, obtaining the Habsburg chin). As expected, the Spanish mission tree is particularly glorious, with missions across the New World and Europe that reflect its historical past. Much like Rule Britannia and Dharma, these new mission trees help to bring their region to life. This might first appear as an oversight, but itвЂ™s likely due to the historic bonds the Spanish and Dutch have, which is reflected in the new mission trees themselves. Oddly, only Portugal, Castille, and Holland have unique modifications, excluding some of the more notable naval nations such as England and France.

These can include increased durability or additional cannons. A flagship comes with many different modifications to choose from, with three slots available. Ships can now weaken the walls of coastal castles by a naval barrageВ - essentially a mechanic taken from artillery in Mandate of Heaven and applied to shipsВ - although the cost of fifty monarch points renders it too high a price to be worthwhile.ДЇortunately, building a flagship can have numerous adventurous in strengthening your naval abilities. There are a few improvements to the naval warfare, but nothing substantial yet. To ensure dominance over the colonial nations and to repel the pesky perfidious English and their attempts at piracy, a strong navy is perhaps more essential here than ever. While sending the Catalans off to Peru and creating a Castillian Barcelona might make life easier in Iberia, those now-enraged Catalans are sacking the city of Cusco and creating a strong economy of their own, increasing the chances of becoming disloyal to the Castillian crown. ItвЂ™s worth noting that filling the New World with irascible minority populations had adverse effects in history, and will have a similar result in Golden Century.

The only downside is that the player canвЂ™t recall that colonist, and as such, when the Incan gold rush happens, canвЂ™t produce multiple colonies at once.

Putting some Andalusians on a ship and sending them to the Caribbean helps to increase the settler speed, resulting in establishing the colony sooner. Nevertheless, this DLC focus on the early period of colonization has brought with it some enjoyable new mechanics and mission trees that help give the Iberian nations an even bigger push into the New World.Д¬olonization in the early game is a lethargic process, and while Portugal and Castille have always had it much easier than other nations to begin their colonies, they can now speed up that process by expelling minorities to the New World. A DLC that strengthens the Iberian Peninsula has been a long time coming, and considering the historical nature of Europa Universalis IV, itвЂ™s strange Golden Century has followed Rule Britannia and Dharmarather than precede it. When the Ottomans denied Europeans accessВ to the Bosphorus Strait, little did they know they would end the Dark Ages and cause a rush to the New World, as PortugalвЂ™s attempts to find India would result in the discovery of the Americas.

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