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prussian advisor posted:What about if you're Manichean? Change to Tengri
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Hambilderberglar posted:Does the game always mention truthfully how you died, or could you have been the victim of a successful assassination attempt that doesn't reveal it was one and "died of poor health"? Pretty sure that it always says that you died in a suspicious accident if that happens.
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Orcs and Ostriches posted:I checked this out, but they're all in .ogg form. Are there mp3 versions anywhere, or do I just have to deal with the quality hit and turn them to mp3s myself so I can listen to them elsewhere? I didn't honestly pay attention because my cheapo Sensa mp3 player plays .ogg files just fine, it turns out (and so does winamp which I use on my PC). But iphones/ipods don't  So yeah if you're using an iwhatever you'll have to convert them I guess.Hambilderberglar posted:Does the game always mention truthfully how you died, or could you have been the victim of a successful assassination attempt that doesn't reveal it was one and "died of poor health"? I'm pretty sure the only death text if you were whacked is "died under suspicious circumstances," or I think maybe if you're a kid you might get "died in an accident". "Died of poor health" just means the RNG hosed you. It's what you get if you just randomly die when you're still young (under 45, I think), which is low probability but can happen even in your 20s and even if your Health score is high.
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So, uh..Ironman mode keeps turning itself off somehow. Every time I try to play with it activated I can only play for a couple decades before the game reverts back to normal (saves stop being encrypted, autosaves switch back to yearly, console becomes enabled). It's kind of annoying because I have no self-control and it's the only way I can keep myself from abusing the console.
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Oct 2, 2015 14:18
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You get "Died under suspicious circumstances" when you are assassinated and "Died in an accident" when you take a choice in an event that kills you.
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Oct 2, 2015 17:42
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Welp, after uniting Francia and establishing the HRE as King Karl, it's time to pass my legacy on to my sweet son, Pepin. Take it away, Pepin! *Pepin is immediately assassinated* *Stuck playing as child grandson for eight years* Pepin nooooo
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So my primogeniture heir joined the varangian guard and came back a zealous orthodox, and, ostensibly, he's heir to the Fylkirate. What are the implications? How do I solve this seemingly massive problem? Edit: Haha nevermind he got his rear end murdered by one of my vassals. Wish the dude would step forward so I could give him a high five. Edit 2: Wait no for whatever reason he just isn't in line for succession anymore? Anybody know why that would be? Could it have anything to do with his conversion? Aisar fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Oct 2, 2015 |
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Oct 2, 2015 21:56
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Is he the heir to a church?
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Oct 2, 2015 22:12
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Whats a good easy, small duke level start that isn't loving
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Oct 2, 2015 22:15
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SeaTard posted:Is he the heir to a church? Nope, he ain't heir to poo poo. He's a Baron-rank vassal of a Jarl of the Reformed Germanic Kingdom of Saxony.
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Oct 2, 2015 22:15
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Doesn't the Fylkirate count as a 'church' in this instance, i.e., if the heir converts to a different religion he'll be removed from inheriting it?
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Oct 2, 2015 22:17
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Eric the Mauve posted:Doesn't the Fylkirate count as a 'church' in this instance, i.e., if the heir converts to a different religion he'll be removed from inheriting it? I don't have an "heir" to the ducal-level title of the Fylkirate. It's just automatically associated with the empire-level title of Scandinavia at this point, I believe. Also, he lingered on as heir to the empire of Scandinavia for at least a couple of months. He just all-of-the-sudden stopped being my heir, and I just assumed he had died until I checked.
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Oct 2, 2015 22:24
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Aisar posted:Baron-rank vassal of a Jarl of the Reformed Germanic Kingdom of Saxony. ...church/temple leaders are baron-rank vassals. I know it's a stupid-rear end question but are you SURE the "baron-rank" isn't in fact a religious title? That's about the only thing I know of that can remove the eldest son from being heir by Primogeniture. That or going celibate.
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Oct 2, 2015 22:37
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Eric the Mauve posted:...church/temple leaders are baron-rank vassals. I know it's a stupid-rear end question but are you SURE the "baron-rank" isn't in fact a religious title? That's about the only thing I know of that can remove the eldest son from being heir by Primogeniture. That or going celibate. Yup, Barony of Wolgast, got castle poo poo on it and everything. He ain't got any church poo poo goin on at all.
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Oct 2, 2015 22:46
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Someone with a pan-Slavic flag avatar complains about the lack of "inclusive character encoding". Just another way CK2 devs continue to oppress the Slavic people and deny their rightful glory as 4th Rome with revisionist history.
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Oct 2, 2015 23:33
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Oct 2, 2015 23:47
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SlothfulCobra posted:Which of the DLCs are worth buying in this sale? Basically all of them, although if you're REALLY short on money then some are probably going to get you more mileage than others. Top tier: 1) Old Gods. New start date. Pagans. Vikings. Generally just good times. 2) Legacy of Rome. Retinues and castration. The latter only applies if you're Greek culture but retinues are for everyone. 3) The Republic. Opens up Merchant Republics, which are like a whole different game and tons of fun to play. 4) Horse Lords. Like the Republic, but Nomads instead of Merchant Republics. 5) Way of Life. Lets you pick "life focus" and comes with a load of new events related to that. You'll get use out of it no matter who you play. Mid tier: 1) Sons of Abraham. Lots of new stuff for Catholics, which you will probably play at some point. Lets you play as Jewish rulers but they're basically a challenge option so not as big a feature as the Catholic stuff. 2) Charlemange. Another new start date, and tribes. Only down here because tribes aren't really as interesting as vikings from Old Gods. Also lets you create your own custom kingdoms and empires if you have enough power. Only if you're interested in it tier: 1) Sword of Islam. Lets you play Muslims. They're cool but does nothing if you don't intend to play as them. 2) Rajas of India. Same deal as SoI - doesn't really introduce anything noteworthy outside of India so only worthwhile if you want to play someone there. For some reason converting to the local religion/culture of your territory is tied to this DLC, so if that particular ability is important to you then you'll have to get it. 3) Sunset Invasion. Adds a horde invasion from the west as the Aztecs invade Europe around the same time as the Mongol horde from the east. Balances out the map a bit and they have their own flavour events if you play as them (with Old Gods since they're pagan), but a minor DLC otherwise. Everything else is cosmetic stuff - portrait/unit packs and music and stuff, which is fairly cheap and worth getting in general, but you obviously won't be missing anything vital by not getting it.
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Just as another voice in the discussion, I'd rank them thusly: Top tier: 1. Old Gods. Tons of important stuff. 2. Legacy of Rome. Includes some prominent mechancs, including retinues. 3. Way of Life. As Cheshire Cat said, this will add a lot to your game no matter what style you're playing (consider a mod to tone down the out of control Seduction focus, though). Mid tier: 1. Sons of Abraham. Useless if you're not planning to play Catholic, all but required if you are. 2. Charlemagne. Gives you the earliest current start date, custom titles, and viceroyalties. Only if you're interested in it tier: 1. The Republic. Makes merchant republics playable. They are Easy Mode once you get established. (Note that if you get this you definitely should get Legacy of Rome too; republics are the best government mod for abusing retinues.) 2. Horse Lords. Makes nomads playable. They are Easy Mode once you get established. 3. Sword of Islam. Makes Muslims playable. They're a mixed bag. 4. Rajas of India. India doesn't really interact with Europe and the Hindu mechanics are awkward and half-baked IMO, but your mileage may vary. Don't install it even if Paradox offers to pay you to tier: 1. Sunset Invasion. A big pile of bullshit.
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Oct 3, 2015 00:09
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What's the trouble with sunset invasion?
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Nothing if you enjoy hordes showing up at the end of the game and making GBS threads all over everything you spent 700 years building.
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Oct 3, 2015 00:22
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Well I mean, that's what it's there for.
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Oct 3, 2015 00:25
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Sunset Invasion is perfect tier.
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As someone who now owns all of the DLC and has sampled it all, I feel like I can say that the truly must-have DLC is Way of Life. It really caters to what sets CK2 apart from other Paradox and Paradox-style games, namely the focus on individuals and their aptitudes, traits, and personalities. It also gives you an ability to shape your character's development that is otherwise sorely lacking. However, if you have the slightest interest in CK2, you really owe it to yourself to immediately buy all the DLCs you don't have, with the possible exception of Islam/Horse Lords/Republic. Sunset Invasion is worth the price at the price point if only to experience the ridiculous alt-history insanity once or twice and having the ultra-Aztecs just kick the teeth out of your skull, shattering your "noob island" Western Europe sense of security and invincibility. It's the only DLC I have that I routinely leave switched off, but I still have zero regrets about buying it. It really is kind of amazing how far Paradox has come as a developer. I remember the HOI2/Vicky/EU2 generation of games which, let's be honest, you had fun playing in spite of the games themselves. CK2 and EU4, especially with the DLC, are really games that are extremely fun entirely in their own right. I can't wait to see what they can accomplish with HOI4.
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:What's the trouble with sunset invasion? The only problem with Sunset Invasion is that there isn't an option to switch to playing as the invaders.
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prussian advisor posted:It really is kind of amazing how far Paradox has come as a developer. I remember the HOI2/Vicky/EU2 generation of games which, let's be honest, you had fun playing in spite of the games themselves. CK2 and EU4, especially with the DLC, are really games that are extremely fun entirely in their own right. I can't wait to see what they can accomplish with HOI4. And don't forget CK2 and EU4 have come a long way since launch. Even the poor wretch with no DLC gets a lot of benefits from all those content patches. Eventually Paradox will have to come up with sequels and it's going to be tough to get them as good as CK2/EU4 are now.
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Man the custom kingdom thing is so weird sometimes. I formed the Ibadi Caliphate and set it as my primary title, then it along with Saana and Oman formed the "Kingdom of the Ibadi Caiphate". Something about that feels off to me.
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Oct 3, 2015 05:39
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What's the fastest way to really increase your revenue? It seems like it takes forever to upgrade your tribal villages to be able to produce any amount of gold
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Oct 3, 2015 05:46
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Don't retinue as tribal also to gain gold faster as tribal you gotta raid or change governments or make some tributaries
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Is there a really thorough tutorial for this game? I don't know how to do either of those things. Nor what effects retinues have.
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Oct 3, 2015 05:55
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I'm trying to hand out a bunch of land to one guy but after I gave him the first chunk of land there's apparently no landed title I can grant him What gives
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Oct 3, 2015 06:14
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:What's the fastest way to really increase your revenue? It seems like it takes forever to upgrade your tribal villages to be able to produce any amount of gold Remember that you don't get anything from a recently conquered province for 2? years if you're using county conquest on it, and get reduced income for 20 years. And non-culture, non-religion tribes will give almost nothing until you build the first level of market in them. In addition if possible, conquer tribes that also have a temple in them and make sure that you have temple taxes turned all the way up.
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Oct 3, 2015 07:13
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SeaTard posted:The only problem with Sunset Invasion is that there isn't an option to switch to playing as the invaders. Reloading always works.
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:I'm trying to hand out a bunch of land to one guy but after I gave him the first chunk of land there's apparently no landed title I can grant him I've noticed that I can't give multiple counties to some guy unless he has a ducal title. Also in reference to the SoA dlc and it allowing play as the Jews: it's not hard at all to play as the jews if you have horse lords. Viking age khazaria is ruled by a Jewish khagan and nomad mechanics more than make up for the utter lack of Jewish allies. It's actually one of my favorite starts. I once subjugated the pope and the byzantine empire and then established Israel like a fuckin boss because even the abbassids ain't poo poo compared to hilarious Jewish horse hordes. Honky Dong Country fucked around with this message at 07:33 on Oct 3, 2015 |
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Shaman Ooglaboogla posted:Man the custom kingdom thing is so weird sometimes. I formed the Ibadi Caliphate and set it as my primary title, then it along with Saana and Oman formed the "Kingdom of the Ibadi Caiphate". Something about that feels off to me. That's because of title prefix nonsense. Rather than having some way to say that the suffix of a title determines its rank, Paradox have a way to say it's a "short_title" so shouldn't have a title prefix, and put the rank that should be the suffix in the title. The custom kingdom creation command doesn't have a way to tell it to not include the title prefix, and even if there were, you would then have the problem that you can't tell if an existing title is a short_title to know whether you should suppress the title prefix.
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Is there a way to change your religion? I'm sick of my bishops giving taxes to the pope.
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Oct 3, 2015 16:17
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:Is there a way to change your religion? I'm sick of my bishops giving taxes to the pope. You can go heretic by setting your court chaplain to research cultural tech and wait for the event to fire where he tries to convert you. Better be pretty strong, though, since it will give every Catholic ruler in the world the Holy War CB against you (and depending where you are, might even get a crusade called on your rear end.) Bishop money doesn't really add up to much, though. If you're already empire strong, better to just go free investiture and vassalize the pope.
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Eric the Mauve posted:You can go heretic by setting your court chaplain to research cultural tech and wait for the event to fire where he tries to convert you. Better be pretty strong, though, since it will give every Catholic ruler in the world the Holy War CB against you (and depending where you are, might even get a crusade called on your rear end.) Part of the reason is that I wanted to use Casus Belli that comes with the king of Ireland ambition. Fabricating land claims takes too long and the pope will never excommunicate people for me
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If you're Catholic and want to become pagan, the only way I know of is to have your heir educated by a (preferably zealous, preferably gregarious, preferably diligent) pagan. And then hope you die soon because everyone in your court will hate him and vice versa, when he returns a pagan.
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Eric the Mauve posted:If you're Catholic and want to become pagan, the only way I know of is to have your heir educated by a (preferably zealous, preferably gregarious, preferably diligent) pagan. And then hope you die soon because everyone in your court will hate him and vice versa, when he returns a pagan. I did this with Venice and Denmark to get Germanic pagan. The bonus was that those children who converted culture as well came back with awesome names like Giovanni Giovannisson and Lucrezia Guisepesdottr.
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