It's not only about 'eh Deus Vult who cares'.

PRECEDENTS: This policy instills worry in the entire community.

We're only playing the game to have fun, and to immerse ourselves in the Middle Ages. You don't need to punish a game for what people do outside of it.

DISPROPORTIONATE: Supressing the 'DEUS VULT' phrase from a game intended to tackle historical content is much like ordering the police to raid a history museum and take off all their swastikas.

That's why this decision does nothing but cater to paranoid political media while displeasing the playerbase who cares for historical accuracy. It's the kind of thing that's beyond Paradox's control.

INEFFICIENCT: The first thing mods will do will be bringing back the phrase, and it will be Ironman compatible and all given that it'll only alter text within the game.

Here are the main three of my many, may concerns: Do you honestly believe you're promoting vile acts by including a 'offensive' word in your game? If so, you should probably get rid of murder mechanics, incest, wars in general, backstabbing, crusades and pretty much all the rest, unless you abide by a double standard here. I'd also say it's quite insulting to your playerbase, you're effectively stating 'You do not know the difference between words in a fictional game and actions committed real-life'. If we're to go down this line, why don't we mark the ck3 intro video portraying a baby about to be killed by a snake as 'offensive'? Do you not find there's a double standard at play here? The reason it's not offensive is because it's fiction, it's a game, we're all aware of this so marking certain historically tied words as 'offensive' in a historic-set game seems redundant and frankly pro-censorship. Why is the word 'deus vult' considered 'offensive'? The issue, in my opinion, is that this very topic shouldn't really be a 'thing' in the first place.

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