I probably spent somewhere between 100-200€ on EU4 back in the day over a couple of years. Still missing half the DLC. Still can’t play any African nation without all my troops and advisors looking like Prussians. Still don’t have access to some of the special mission trees and mechanics needed to do an interesting playthrough of many nations.
They apparently want another 212€ for me to get the full game, or pay a subscription of 8€/month.
Fuck them please pirate their games or don’t play them at all.
A group of friends and I play the games mostly multiplayer, we typically pool funds to get the most active one of the group all the important DLC, they then host any games we play.
Paradoxes system of allowing people without the DLCs to use them if the host has them is a popular one among the group for sure.