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No Pants posted:I left that to some extremely horny young wives. The part that made me realize I was a monster was the decade of infanticide. FreudianSlippers posted:You can't make an omelette without murdering a few babies. It's true.  Butchering children is merely the cost of doing business.
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Some of the things you can in this game are horrific if you think about it from an in-game perspective. Hell, more than once I've kidnapped a newborn while raiding, and then taken them as a concubine when they became an adult.
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Feb 25, 2020 03:44
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Yea no poo poo. One time I was basically vacuuming up all of europe's single genius woman in order to finally get a decent heir. At one point much later (with 30+ lovers) I stumble across a bug; my longest standing lover is claiming to be married to my wife. No wait that's not right, she's actually just my wife's mother. Aw gently caress.
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Feb 25, 2020 10:47
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Neurion posted:Afaik you don't get alerts for sieges starting during wars, just a large popup when they're completed. Besides, you should always know when you're at war, and the list of things on the right of the screen (the list that has your demesne and other things in it) will include active sieges. Green numbers are sieges you are performing, red is sieges performed against you. I've played CK2 for 500 hours, this isn't what I mean. So in my game I have an Empire of Hispania that is Germanic religion. They own all of Spain, France, England, Portugal and the Netherlands as well as about 3/4 of Italy. So that means all of those places are able to raid and they're doing it constantly. This means all the time, ALL THE TIME. So I've got sieges failing constantly because I have to just let them raid wherever, it's too much hassle to try and stop them. Meaning when I'm at war I'm failing sieges but I don't know if they're real ones or raiding ones. I don't mean the popup to tell me a raid is happening, that's off. But if you're fighting a crusade and you're getting "SIEGE OF X DEFEAT" all the time it's proper goddamn annoying, I wish raiding sieges counted as a different thing to actual sieges that matter. This whole game has actually been pretty insane. Byzantium owns almost all of the old roman borders in Africa/the middle east. Iran is Nestorian. The black death started in India in 950. Charlemagne died of food poisoning after eating his wife. It's....yea. Taear fucked around with this message at 11:37 on Feb 25, 2020 |
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Feb 25, 2020 10:53
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binge crotching posted:Some of the things you can in this game are horrific if you think about it from an in-game perspective. Hell, more than once I've kidnapped a newborn while raiding, and then taken them as a concubine when they became an adult. My girlfriend tried out the game, and after I showed her the ropes, after like 30 minutes her regent had banged his daughter-in-law, leading to a -100 cucked mood modifier and armed patricidal insurrection. I daren't think what she'll do with more hours under her belt.
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Feb 25, 2020 11:14
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My wife played this game exactly one time with me. She liked playing as a vassal and making sure all my commanders were married etc. then her character inherited the kingdom of Anatolia and she stopped cuz she didn’t want to be responsible for all that. Ambition is not in her genes I guess!!
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Feb 25, 2020 15:21
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The way raiding works is actually one of the least fun parts of the game imo
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Feb 25, 2020 15:36
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Sampatrick posted:The way raiding works is actually one of the least fun parts of the game imo It's especially funny to see to see loads of raiders from a place you're actually crusading against. No wonder they lost!
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Feb 25, 2020 16:00
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Is there a trick to founding the 30 murders bloodline? I’ve had doges crack 30 a few times that I know of for sure, but have never seen that pop. E: had a successful intrigue dialogue pop up telling me I had killed my father and nobody was the wiser, except I was playing as the father. Or had been. Interestingly the official cause of death on the character screen was illness not murder, but that may have been because he was also sick at the time he was struck down by his drunk idiot son Squinky v2.0 fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Feb 25, 2020 |
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Feb 25, 2020 16:32
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Major Isoor posted:It's true. If babies didn't want to die so often maybe they could try and be harder to kill. 
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Feb 25, 2020 19:26
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I started a game last night at the 769 starting point as a Byzantine Duke, and even though the law was Agnatic-Cognatic Primogeniture and I had kids, the Baiselius was listed as my ducal heir. And then it turned out he was heir to every ducal title, as they all reverted to him as the starting crop of rulers died and then the whole thing bogged down into endless rebellion as me and every other pissed off now-Count kept trying to get our titles back from him. Weird bug or is that how it's somehow supposed to work in 769?
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Feb 25, 2020 19:58
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CapnAndy posted:I started a game last night at the 769 starting point as a Byzantine Duke, and even though the law was Agnatic-Cognatic Primogeniture and I had kids, the Baiselius was listed as my ducal heir. And then it turned out he was heir to every ducal title, as they all reverted to him as the starting crop of rulers died and then the whole thing bogged down into endless rebellion as me and every other pissed off now-Count kept trying to get our titles back from him. Your Ducal title was a viceroyalty, which reverts to the liege on succession. All of the Byz ducal titles start as viceroyalties.
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Feb 25, 2020 20:02
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CapnAndy posted:I started a game last night at the 769 starting point as a Byzantine Duke, and even though the law was Agnatic-Cognatic Primogeniture and I had kids, the Baiselius was listed as my ducal heir. And then it turned out he was heir to every ducal title, as they all reverted to him as the starting crop of rulers died and then the whole thing bogged down into endless rebellion as me and every other pissed off now-Count kept trying to get our titles back from him. Yeah, the Byzantine Empire now starts with duchy viceroyalty, to reflect that it was a much less feudal society than much of Western Europe. Playing as a vassal in the BE is tricky, you need to get your hands on a non-viceroyalty duchy title as soon as possible. Which likely means acquiring a duchy lying outside the empire. That said, it sounds like the Basileus kept the duchy titles for himself? He's supposed to give them out as viceroyalties again, if he held them all personally, then something did go wrong in your game.
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Feb 25, 2020 20:19
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Torrannor posted:That said, it sounds like the Basileus kept the duchy titles for himself? He's supposed to give them out as viceroyalties again, if he held them all personally, then something did go wrong in your game.
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Feb 25, 2020 20:22
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Torrannor posted:That said, it sounds like the Basileus kept the duchy titles for himself? He's supposed to give them out as viceroyalties again, if he held them all personally, then something did go wrong in your game. Iirc, some traits just generate that behaviour, and the massive “too many duchy” maluses it would generate would certainly explain those endless rebellions (obviously helped by the residual claims). So it's not something the AI will automatically manage properly — it's just a mess that it's clever enough to avoid most of the time.
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Feb 25, 2020 21:48
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When the ai hands out viceroyalties, it's always to someone with land in it. So if you personally hold all the counties in your duchy then you'll get the duchy back again after succession unless the emperor is a total dickwad.
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Feb 26, 2020 02:08
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The trick as a strategos is either to get elected emperor or get enough land to form a despotate
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Feb 26, 2020 02:21
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Hey, by the way, could someone clarify what qualifies as murder, when it comes to forging a murder bloodline? i.e. will only assassination attempts count? If so, what about the cheap intrigue assassination attempts? I'm also hoping executing prisoners will count, although it seems unlikely
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Feb 26, 2020 06:05
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Major Isoor posted:Hey, by the way, could someone clarify what qualifies as murder, when it comes to forging a murder bloodline? i.e. will only assassination attempts count? If so, what about the cheap intrigue assassination attempts? I'm also hoping executing prisoners will count, although it seems unlikely Literally anything that gets counted in the "kills" screen. This includes assassinations, executions, killing someone in duels or on the battlefield.
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Feb 26, 2020 06:14
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Literally anything that gets counted in the "kills" screen. This includes assassinations, executions, killing someone in duels or on the battlefield.  Even better! Time to forge 'the Dragon' bloodline, for the future Roman emperors to be descendants of.
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Feb 26, 2020 07:05
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Yeah murder bloodlines are not hard to forge, just get out there and war some infidels. Execute all prisoners. Boom you’re a murder legend in like 5 years.
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Feb 26, 2020 10:18
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I'm really baffled that in my game the AI Germanic religion owns so much territory but STILL HASN'T REFORMED. It's 1300. Stop raiding, loving hell! I can't even move through my territory easily with my armies because it's always full of random small armies stood around that smash a few up, it's so frustrating.
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Feb 26, 2020 10:39
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Alright so, I'm the king of Serbia (and I also own the bulk of the kingdom of Croatia) at the moment. If I swear fealty to the ERE/BE, will that ness with my de jure drift? Since I'd like to absorb Croatia into Serbia if possible, so that I have a nice big core kingdom, for when I'm causing trouble in the empire. Since theoretically it should all be fine unless the emperor makes the Croatian title, right? And even then, unless he gives it to ME, it should be alright still...right?
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I wasn't happy with that clusterfuck Byzantine start so I restarted and figured that if I was gonna go for SPQR I should go for What Schism? and the Count To X achievements too, so I restarted as an Indian count-equivalent. Now, admittedly, I haven't even gotten a ducal-equivalent title yet so maybe it gets better, but my first impression is that all the Indian culture and faith stuff is shockingly half-assed. I'm in the same sort of feudal system that they're running on the other side of the world in Ireland. Diwali feasts are just feasts. Tiger hunts are interaction-free and you either find a tiger and get a minor boost for a year or you don't. Pilgrimmages are pilgrimmages (although at least they have their own places to go). The hindu societies are such naked reskins of the Benedictine/Dominican Orders and Lucifer's Own with a different religious_terms.xml that I can't even be bothered to learn whatever their proper names are. Choosing your patron deity is just picking a +1 stat with a -1 tradeoff in another stat. If castes affect anything besides who shows up in my people finder searches, I haven't noticed it yet. Is there depth or unique mechanics I just haven't gotten to yet? I really want to be wrong about how disappointingly Catholic-in-brownface this all is.
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Feb 26, 2020 23:44
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Taear posted:I'm really baffled that in my game the AI Germanic religion owns so much territory but STILL HASN'T REFORMED. It's 1300. Stop raiding, loving hell! What's their moral authority at? The AI tends to be very bad at keeping it up. Also even if they reform they will probably keep raiding.
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Feb 27, 2020 00:58
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CapnAndy posted:Is there depth or unique mechanics I just haven't gotten to yet? I really want to be wrong about how disappointingly Catholic-in-brownface this all is. In theory, swapping between the three faiths could be useful, like spending some time Jain for... Whatever buffs that gives you, it's been a while since I touched India, then switching to Hindu for war time. Otherwise, no, you pretty much have the right of it. You might be better off trying to reform Bon from the outside if you want more unique mechanics, catch yourself a Bon-ny lass and convert.
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Feb 27, 2020 03:44
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Jedi Knight Luigi posted:My wife played this game exactly one time with me. She liked playing as a vassal and making sure all my commanders were married etc. then her character inherited the kingdom of Anatolia and she stopped cuz she didn’t want to be responsible for all that. Ambition is not in her genes I guess!! your wife has the Content trait
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Feb 27, 2020 03:48
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Are there any benefits, aside from challenging myself, to doing more of the Monarch's Journey challenges? I've already got all the points for the listed cosmetics. All I have left is all 3 of Harald Hardrade and ruling de jure Yemen for 100 years (60 years to go on that one.)
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Feb 27, 2020 03:56
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Dareon posted:Otherwise, no, you pretty much have the right of it. You might be better off trying to reform Bon from the outside if you want more unique mechanics, catch yourself a Bon-ny lass and convert.
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Feb 27, 2020 03:58
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CapnAndy posted:Does Bon count as an Indian religion? I do want that achievement for "mending" the Great Schism. I think it's considered part of the pagan group so it wouldn't count for that achievement. It just has special relationships with the Indian religions in that it can intermarry without penalty.
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Feb 27, 2020 04:01
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Major Isoor posted:Alright so, I'm the king of Serbia (and I also own the bulk of the kingdom of Croatia) at the moment. If I swear fealty to the ERE/BE, will that ness with my de jure drift? De jure drift will continue, yes. The only danger presented by the last scenario is that the title can end up in the hands of someone stronger than you in the mean time.
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Feb 27, 2020 08:19
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Tatsuta Age posted:your wife has the Content trait More like the Family focus and Diplomacy. Just building those relationships.
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No Pants posted:De jure drift will continue, yes. The only danger presented by the last scenario is that the title can end up in the hands of someone stronger than you in the mean time. I'm reasonably certain that the de jure drift will not continue if he swdars fealty to the ERE, since both Croatia and Serbia are de jure part of the Byzantine Empire.
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Feb 27, 2020 09:37
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Torrannor posted:I'm reasonably certain that the de jure drift will not continue if he swdars fealty to the ERE, since both Croatia and Serbia are de jure part of the Byzantine Empire. Isn't Croatia part of the Carpathian de jure empire now?
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Feb 27, 2020 10:41
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The Cheshire Cat posted:What's their moral authority at? The AI tends to be very bad at keeping it up. I don't think you can can you? I haven't got holy fury so they can't pick traits. And you're right, it's loving 0. God dammit AI. Interestingly the Empire of Hispania has now converted to Hindu and big tracts of Spain and Italy are now hindu. I really haven't got a loving clue how that's happened. Witness the horror
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super-redguy posted:Isn't Croatia part of the Carpathian de jure empire now? You're right, I forgot. I take back everything, it will continue to de jure drift 
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Feb 27, 2020 15:41
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Dareon posted:In theory, swapping between the three faiths could be useful, like spending some time Jain for... Whatever buffs that gives you, it's been a while since I touched India, then switching to Hindu for war time. I kind of hope they do a Monarch's Challenge in India.
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Feb 27, 2020 17:14
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SirPhoebos posted:I kind of hope they do a Monarch's Challenge in India. I really wanted to do a Sunni in Persia invading India play through recently. I’m shopping around for good Sunnis in the 1080 start, anyone but gaznavids.
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Feb 27, 2020 18:27
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Problem: I wanna do the challenges for the sweet sweet cosmetics, but then I immediately get bored of CK2 and want CK3
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Are good Catholic rulers supposed to burn Dominicans at the stake? also I am actively making the map uglier: 
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