Crusader Kings III

[cbwjm]

Sometimes it's not an accident. I don't employ ones with negative traits no matter how high their skill is in CK2.

Having intergenerational plans fall apart happens a lot. I've gone from count to emperor in 1 generation but never been able to repeat it.

I'm crap at internal politics, easier to ally foreign powers and over throw your liege that way.

I think in this case it was an accident. My son was leading troops in battle, I probably should have forbid him from being a champion but that isn't the viking way.

There is still so much to learn, It was a while before I figured out how to change succession rules for my realm which doesn't seem to affect succession rules for lower titles. I also seem to be able to adjust feudal requirements with my subjects, possibly only the ones I recently conquered only did it for one.

You can get hooks on people to blackmail them or call in a favour, that can help with elections to get your son in the seat of power, but I always end up getting hooks for people who have no bearing on the election. I rarely scheme (other than trying to murder my brother to inherit his duchy) so haven't managed to blackmail people into joining me in plots.

 

[Zardnaar]

I think in this case it was an accident. My son was leading troops in battle, I probably should have forbid him from being a champion but that isn't the viking way.

There is still so much to learn, It was a while before I figured out how to change succession rules for my realm which doesn't seem to affect succession rules for lower titles. I also seem to be able to adjust feudal requirements with my subjects, possibly only the ones I recently conquered only did it for one.

You can get hooks on people to blackmail them or call in a favour, that can help with elections to get your son in the seat of power, but I always end up getting hooks for people who have no bearing on the election. I rarely scheme (other than trying to murder my brother to inherit his duchy) so haven't managed to blackmail people into joining me in plots.

I suck at scheming because they wasn't playing at the time they added it.

 

[cbwjm]

I suck at scheming because they wasn't playing at the time they added it.

So I started a game as a count in the top of Scotland, essentially the lowest title I could get.

You can choose a lifestyle related to the 5 stats and gain perks after earning xp. One in the stewardship tree is meritocracy that lets you start a scheme to take your liege's title. I did it twice, once to gain a duchy and another (while playing as my heir) to gain a kingdom. The first time I only had a 50/50 chance, the second time the former king just gave up, i think he was in the middle of a war and I had more holdings than him, I may also have had some dread built up, not really sure why, but I got the kingdom.

I'm going to continue to conquer the realms and see if i can take the UK.

I also took part in a disastrous holy war for Jerusalem started by the pope. The sheer numbers of soldiers we had to fight against ensured the failure of the war.

 

[Zardnaar]

So I started a game as a count in the top of Scotland, essentially the lowest title I could get.

You can choose a lifestyle related to the 5 stats and gain perks after earning xp. One in the stewardship tree is meritocracy that lets you start a scheme to take your liege's title. I did it twice, once to gain a duchy and another (while playing as my heir) to gain a kingdom. The first time I only had a 50/50 chance, the second time the former king just gave up, i think he was in the middle of a war and I had more holdings than him, I may also have had some dread built up, not really sure why, but I got the kingdom.

I'm going to continue to conquer the realms and see if i can take the UK.

I also took part in a disastrous holy war for Jerusalem started by the pope. The sheer numbers of soldiers we had to fight against ensured the failure of the war.

Crusades used to be hard in CK2, fairly easy now.

Spent way to much time becoming King of Ireland into UK.

Crusades can be a very quick way to go count into emperor. Sometimes the AI would attach to your army and you could use a stack of them and recruit Templars and win a crusade as a count. Instant King.

Played as the hapsburgs once, start as a count crusade was called into Hungary of all places. Hapsburgs countinto Hungary into Empire of Carpathia and smacking down the Mongol horde. Fun game but massive lucksack.

France ruling from Flanders was very good.

 

[fba827]

I bought the game when it released.
I’m too overwhelmed. I don’t understand it. I tried the tutorial and maybe I’m being dense but it’ll tell me to do something and I have no idea how I’m supposed to do what it tells me. I will try it again in a couple weeks with fresh eyes.

 

[Zardnaar]

I bought the game when it released.
I’m too overwhelmed. I don’t understand it. I tried the tutorial and maybe I’m being dense but it’ll tell me to do something and I have no idea how I’m supposed to do what it tells me. I will try it again in a couple weeks with fresh eyes.

Not a surprise, took me a while on CK2 to figure it out and I was used to playing EUIII and HoI2.

Doesn't really matter if your a count it duke for a century while you pick up the basics like marriage.

Do they still use Ireland as the tutorial and what's the start date?

 

[cbwjm]

I bought the game when it released.
I’m too overwhelmed. I don’t understand it. I tried the tutorial and maybe I’m being dense but it’ll tell me to do something and I have no idea how I’m supposed to do what it tells me. I will try it again in a couple weeks with fresh eyes.

Sleep on it, I've found that I'm getting better at it the more I play. Even though I'm doing well in my current game, there are still things I'm not too sure about. Like why, as a king, can I not call my vassals for aid, or are they already aiding me which is why I have a larger army than last time. There are a lot of menus you need to go through, sometimes the tool tips are helpful, other times they don't explain things enough.

 

[Zardnaar]

Sleep on it, I've found that I'm getting better at it the more I play. Even though I'm doing well in my current game, there are still things I'm not too sure about. Like why, as a king, can I not call my vassals for aid, or are they already aiding me which is why I have a larger army than last time. There are a lot of menus you need to go through, sometimes the tool tips are helpful, other times they don't explain things enough.

Vassal management is a thing. Gotta keep them happy.

You can overthrow your duke, your counts can do it to you.

 

[cbwjm]

I've found my main problem with this game is time. At 10pm I'll start thinking about wrapping up the game and heading to bed and then suddenly it's midnight and I realise I've spent far too much time sorting out my realm and ensuring my duchies are granted to the right vassals (who end up being old with so children so I end getting my duchies back again). It's all quite a lot to manage and though I'm enjoying being a king and expanding my realm, part of me wishes for the simplicity of being a count with a single county to look after (the other part of me has the Ambitious trait).

 

[cbwjm]

Vassal management is a thing. Gotta keep them happy.

You can overthrow your duke, your counts can do it to you.

I only wish that my powerful vassals had good stats, too many of them demand a seat on the council while having no stat 10 or above except learning which affects the priest's stats that I have no control over anyway.