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iSorrowproductions returns to EU5 and names the heir Larry

A sponsored Castile campaign tests faster progression and the Battle for the Strait DLC after a year away.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

I Returned TO EU5 After 1 Year (Is It Good Now?)

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0:43His original complaints include slow progression, click-heavy menus, limited national flavour and passive AI.
2:02A Castile campaign provides the test bed for the reworked interface and economy.
4:35Daily ticks have replaced hourly ticks, making progression substantially quicker.
5:40The Battle for the Strait DLC situation centres on Castile, Granada and Morocco.
15:20The Age of Renaissance prompts a look through the redesigned Advances and Technology tree.

iSorrowproductions had the largest weekly views gain among its nearby strategy-gaming peers, with roughly 1.3 million views across the channel. Three uploads supplied distinctly different ways to spend an evening staring at a map: revisit Europa Universalis V, chase an elusive achievement, or commit to doing very little as Britain.

The most-watched new upload, "I Returned TO EU5 After 1 Year (Is It Good Now?)", revisits complaints about slow progression, crowded menus and passive AI. This is a sponsored video, as the host explains at the outset, but the old frustrations remain part of the commentary.

Playing Castile, he finds an immediate improvement: hourly ticks have given way to faster daily progression. The Battle for the Strait situation brings Granada and Morocco into the campaign, while the birth of an heir offers a smaller administrative task. Juan de Borgoña becomes Larry. Some royal decisions require less deliberation than others.

The comments have their own unfinished business. Several viewers request a Wisconsin world conquest, while others offer cavalry-placement advice or debate how much automation leaves the player to do.

"Nobody Has This HOI4 Achievement (So I Found Out Why)" drew almost the same total audience with a pursuit of "Oh, how the turntables". The newest upload, "Hearts Of Iron 4 But I Never Stopped Appeasement", is currently gathering views fastest, taking the UK rework mod down a path the description characterises as sitting around and doing nothing.

Subscribers were unchanged over the week, and daily channel viewing is currently below its usual level. That quieter daily picture sits alongside a busy trio of uploads, with the appeasement challenge already past 100,000 views.

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