Adding naval warfare in time for Crusader Kings 3's Silk and Silver expansion would have blown Paradox's "schedule out of [the] water"

Plus, the devs accidental that their merchant republics DLC already has features which "carry a just magnitude of risk"

Naval warfare won't beryllium coming to Crusader Kings 3 with the large merchant republics enlargement Paradox are acceptable to rotation retired towards the extremity of this year. The workplace accidental that they privation to marque definite they bash oversea battles justice, and truthful didn't privation to shoehorn them into a DLC which already comes with "a just magnitude of risk", portion besides blowing up their planned improvement timeline.

They've said arsenic overmuch astatine the extremity of a heavy dive into the Silk and Silver expansion, the 2nd of 2 large add-ons announced arsenic portion of the medieval strategy game's 5th section of DLC earlier this week.

"Since this volition beryllium a taxable some asked astir and discussed, if we bash not bring it up ourselves, I volition rip disconnected this band-aid sooner alternatively than later," a Silk and Silver crippled decorator going by the grip Snow Crystal wrote. "There volition beryllium nary naval warfare oregon naval battles successful this DLC. We cognize this is simply a taxable radical attraction astir and subordinate to the republics strongly, but betwixt a full batch of balancing and a full batch of caller systems that we are adding to the game, we chose not to walk clip and vigor connected trying to battalion successful different ample diagnostic that we would not beryllium capable to springiness it capable emotion and clip to bash well.

"To enactment it lightly, adjacent the astir minimal of minimum viable merchandise implementations of naval warfare would stroke our docket retired of [the] water, and determination are a batch of different changes successful the enlargement that transportation a just magnitude of risk, which we privation to marque definite [we] tin bash arsenic good arsenic possible. There volition beryllium trading crossed the water, but we volition not prosecute successful naval warfare."

So, not a 'no vessel battles forever', but a 'no vessel battles astatine the aforesaid clip we're putting retired a important system rework and rebalancing truthful you tin play arsenic a affluent trading household with wealth coming retired of their eyeballs'. It makes sense, arsenic overmuch arsenic CK3's endless magnitude of DLC tin look a spot unnecessary astatine times, well-done naval warfare's surely thing I could spot myself paying for arsenic its ain expansion, provided the terms is right. Maybe propulsion successful immoderate piratey roleplaying aspects alongside it, either arsenic a menace coastal kings person to woody with oregon thing you tin bash arsenic an adventurer erstwhile not sitting connected your throne of choice.

For now, if you're aft sprawling medieval oversea battles, Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord's War Sails enlargement came retired past twelvemonth and delivers plentifulness of precisely that.