Crusader Kings 2
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I think I have an average one right now (whichever one gives you around 2,500 light infantry)--I need to go on more slave raids to build it up, apparently. I also lost a level when I switched my capital from New Ghis to Ghis. The colonization was kind of expensive but for the most part I'm fast-forwarding through the game at high speeds because there are so few Ghiscari harpy-followers I can't marry into families and get claims through less respectable methods. Instead, I'm stuck letting my diplomat fabricate.
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
I will never ever use Ultimogeniture because I'd hate it if my bratty younger brother got stuff I, as the older brother, should've gotten but never did.
Yes, I let my real life experiences dictate my gameplay too much. Usually I go primogeniture or elective/tanistry depending on my mood. I try to favor oldest sons as much as I can if I'm using the latter, for some mysterious reason, unless one of their relatives are hot geniuses.
Yes, I let my real life experiences dictate my gameplay too much. Usually I go primogeniture or elective/tanistry depending on my mood. I try to favor oldest sons as much as I can if I'm using the latter, for some mysterious reason, unless one of their relatives are hot geniuses.
mechaerik
Tuturuu!
Well yeah its better than primo, but still nowhere as good as elective
I never said it was.
I would probably rank it as the 2nd best law.
Quite, though Ultimo feels even more gamey even though its inferior.
I am the youngest child but Ultimo still feels weird to switch to. If I'm RPing, I almost always try to get Primo.
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
You're the kind of younger sibling all older siblings should have.
Though in all seriousness thinking about it my brother, while ambitious, isn't the type who'd want to be a leader, he'd rather be the man behind the man, controlling things behind the scenes. That's a smart idea.
I guess I always "RP" play, I'm not a particularly effective powergamer and considering how often I "cheat" to fix the papacy (although it is significantly better in the current version of the game, I will say that), I don't bother with ironman mode.
They are called Jasmines, brah.
They are called Jasmines, brah.
marlowe221
Chieftain
Yeah, I try to RP in this game as much as possible. To me, that's what makes this more than just another paint-the-map-color-X strategy game.
Now that being said, there is a particular way I like to RP in this game: I prefer high intrigue and high diplomacy rulers and I enjoy trying to scoop up land/titles without open warfare as much as possible.
Of course it helps that there is plenty of non-combat stuff to do in this game and decisions to make outside of who to attack next. A lot of people complain about the internal politics but I think it's fun to manage and balance both the threats from without and those from within.
I like this game a lot better than EUIV (steam summer sale) so far. It just doesn't seem like there's a lot to do in that game other than warfare, especially compared to CKII.
Now that being said, there is a particular way I like to RP in this game: I prefer high intrigue and high diplomacy rulers and I enjoy trying to scoop up land/titles without open warfare as much as possible.
Of course it helps that there is plenty of non-combat stuff to do in this game and decisions to make outside of who to attack next. A lot of people complain about the internal politics but I think it's fun to manage and balance both the threats from without and those from within.
I like this game a lot better than EUIV (steam summer sale) so far. It just doesn't seem like there's a lot to do in that game other than warfare, especially compared to CKII.
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
I'm usually happy enough with a kingdom or two, if I really want to have an empire (if I'm not in one already like the ERE) then I'll only rule it if my family rules the other kingdoms within it to begin with.
They are called Jasmines, brah.
Wot that Jasmine you talk of? You know mean like from Aladdin or something?
madviking
north american scum
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
I tried it a while back. Never ended up going past this point IIRC.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=12364318&postcount=1507
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=12364318&postcount=1507
madviking
north american scum
hm the duke guy is probably easier as you don't have the seljuks breathing down your neck. anyway, i've played a bunch today and conquered africa from mali to the nile delta whilst simultaneously fighting off the ilkhanate and whatever family feels like ruling egypt.
subi, the hard part wasn't getting to the kingdom of jerusalem, it's not being effed over by the mongols and muslims.
subi, the hard part wasn't getting to the kingdom of jerusalem, it's not being effed over by the mongols and muslims.
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
Now that I think about it, I might have actually married into the Byzantine emperor's family and inherited Byzantium, so the Muslims were no problem. Then stopped for whatever reason.
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Got bored with my Britannia game with about 20 years left. Emperor of Britannia, King of Ireland, France, and Denmark, with England, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, the Pope, and large part of Germany under my vassalage.
Spoiler :
So then I decided to give that Norman Challenge thing a go. Started as that de Bailleul guy in Charisanon. Not really sure what the big deal is...
Spoiler :
How in the world did the Aegean Islands get a good chunk of southern Russia in your Britannia game?
They're both Ortho, so probably inheritance.
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
I had dreamt that the new CKII expansion was either expanding the map to China (not good, in my opinion, despite what a lot of the PI fans may think), or some artsy fartsy mish mash. Probably not either, I'm guessing.
madviking
north american scum
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
Part of Byzantium, emperor probably gave it to them and they might be in a civil war at the moment there.
To be fair, it would have involved A LOT of murder.
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
On the CKII reddit some folks linked to a French site that leaked the new expansion early, it's apparently called "Charlemagne" and is another timeline expansion backwards, I'm guessing to somewhere between the mid 700s to 800. I'll hold my breath until the official announcement, but if this is true I'm gonna be kind of disappointed, I wasn't looking to yet another timeline expansion.
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