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Old Gods informs me that the duchy of Greater Poland is actually a republic, and I can't play republics despite having the proper DLC. What's wrong? Also, can you adjust the date pre-1066?
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May 28, 2013 19:42
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1stGear posted:I can't imagine how horrifying it would be to play a Catholic ruler in a Viking nation's sphere of interest because the Vikings are built to kick the poo poo out of everyone from day one. I'm gonna try out Alfred the Great once I'm done with my current game. Dude has frightening stats.
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May 29, 2013 02:39
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The Mattybee posted:Yeah, the more I'm playing this the more frustrated I'm getting with this gavelkind bullshit. Every time it's a race to see if I can reform the faith before whoever's doing well ends (hint: I can't), and if I can't, well, that's it, time for everything to go to poo poo! On that note, how far out has anyone played? Obviously the vikings are going to  over everyone at the beginning, but if you don't reform or convert fast you'll die out. I'm wondering how far out you can feasibly go.
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May 29, 2013 15:43
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Ok, so I make a deal to marry my heir to the Wendish Emperor's daughter, but then he imprisons her before she comes of age. And breakig the betrothal pisses him off, but apparently he's fine with holding her indefinitely.
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May 29, 2013 16:25
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Cumfart Vortex posted:Yeah, I had thought it was going to be an extension of all the dates back to 867. I'd bet on it getting modded in. I was hoping that too.
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May 29, 2013 20:52
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Man, gently caress the Mongols. I was playing as a count in Hungary until the Ilkhanate came in. They had wiped out the Golden Horde, taken Constantinople, and were fielding twice the army of the Holy Roman Empire.
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May 29, 2013 22:34
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Hammy posted:Newbie question: I have a Duke with a claim on the Kingdom of England, if I press it and win does he remain my vassal or does he become the independent King of England? If he becomes independent what happens to the duchy he already controls? I don't think so. I'm not an expert, but I do think that you have to be higher rank than the other guy to control him.
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May 30, 2013 02:07
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Man, gently caress y'all Vikings. Playing as Alfred the Great, just overthrew my brother and am swiftly conquering my way up England. edit: Why should I throw out Vikings raiding my land? I know it gives them money but does it hurt my province?
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May 30, 2013 04:16
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Had a 67% warscore against the king of Jorvik, Scotland was kicking his rear end, then he converts and I lose my CB. So close. e: Anf then the opportunistic little bastard goes to holy war against his own Viking buddies. StashAugustine fucked around with this message at 04:55 on May 30, 2013 |
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May 30, 2013 04:45
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SkySteak posted:How do I loot provinces? Select the unit and there should be an icon near their name to have them go into raiding mode.
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May 30, 2013 05:23
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I'm running England as an elective monarchy, is there any real advantage to creating the five or so duchies that don't exist yet? Seems to me it would only mean more electors to worry about, but is there some advantage I'm missing?
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May 30, 2013 16:30
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lechunnel posted:This game confuses the gently caress out of me. I tried Googling for an answer to my beginner's question but failed: There should be a little icon in the corner showing the target's icon with a percentage beneath it. That percentage is the "warscore" which you raise through battles and occupation. If it's 100% go to diplomacy (right-click on the portrait) and hit "offer peace" with the "enforce demands" option. If it's not 100%, then you're missing something- see if there's anywhere else you're at war with.
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May 30, 2013 16:55
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Are counselors spreading tech supposed to go in the territory tech spreads from or to?
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May 30, 2013 18:37
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Mystic_Shadow posted:Spreads to, I think. Just checked it, and yeah, it's spread to. Welp, just spent the past 100 years or so researching useless tech.
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May 30, 2013 19:18
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Zoinker posted:So apparently the new patch made an Abyssinian empire possible, but despite having all the de-jure territories and titles, I still don't get the option to create it. Is there something I'm missing? Culture group?
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May 30, 2013 21:27
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 DrPop posted:Could anyone briefly explain how the new tech system works? Can't seem to find an explanation in the patch notes. It's pretty similar to before, except you can now hurry it along. If you're a duke or above, you'll accumulate tech points in your capital based on your stats (Learning for all and Diplo, Martial, and Steward for particulars). Once you get enough tech points to buy a new level, your tech in the capital goes up one level. From there, it spreads to nearby territories, which can be sped up by putting counselors there. Techs have also been streamlined a little.
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May 31, 2013 02:16
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SpaceGirlArt posted:Well, the tables certainly turned quickly on me. Can you change succession law? Set up an elective and start revoking titles of everyone that disagrees. Sure, odds are you'll get crushed in the revolt, but it's better than a guaranteed game over.
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May 31, 2013 23:17
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So my character dies and I check out my new guy. He had four sons, only one was still alive. One died of natural causes at 30-something, all right. The other two died in childhood. So I check it out- they were both murdered, and my wife did it. She was my third wife and the last son was the only one that was hers, she'd murdered the other two so her son would inherit. So, I had her imprisoned, banished, and got an annulment, she's now sitting around in Norway somewhere. The punchline? I'm running an elective monarchy, her son didn't get the throne.
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Jun 1, 2013 16:47
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A little late to the pagan game, but my Chieftain of Greater Poland is looting it up, and is there any way to get money out of non-adjacent, non-coastal provinces?
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Aug 12, 2013 08:18
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I've been playing the game for 82 hours and I didn't know that capturing close relatives boosts warscore. Found this out accidentally when the queen of Great Moravia declared war on me to press her son's claim. Beat her with the help of lots of mercenaries, promptly declared war back while I still outnumbered her, and found myself sitting pretty at 50% warscore right off the bat.  e: you know, it's really great when your wife decides to send your son to a guardian who's not of your culture and has poo poo diplomacy, but who is a duke of two provinces about to be overrun by a major power. StashAugustine fucked around with this message at 04:27 on Aug 30, 2013 |
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Aug 30, 2013 03:40
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Now that I've really got the basics of the game down pat, is there a good place to go to learn the subtleties? Stuff like "who should I hand out titles to" and "who should I marry" and "how can I ridiculously min-max my armies"? As England/Ireland I can stomp all over everyone but Poland is a scary place, surrounded by Germans, Vikings, Russians, Mongols, and those damned resilient Hungarians, and I need to know the game a lot better to do well.
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Aug 31, 2013 22:37
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fool_of_sound posted:Try a Christian nation in Iberia in either the Old Gods or 1066 start. You start in a precarious position, but one that can be exploited. It'll teach you about the importance of alliances, intrigue, and surviving clowncars. Thanks, I'm already a bit into a Poland game but I'll try out Spain if it goes south. What's the best way to break up a enemy nation- not so I can grab chunks, but just fracture it permanently? Lotharingia has a huge blob between France and Germany and I'm a bit worried about them.
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Sep 1, 2013 00:04
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Glass Hand posted:
I dunno, it's been pretty stable for me, it's just big and wearing it down is gonna be trouble. Probably should do it before I import to EUIV though, given how crazy it is to core Hungarian provinces in that game.
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Sep 1, 2013 00:46
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Commoners posted:So I am playing as a crazed homosexual berserker with a starting diplomacy of -5 as the vikings invading England, and everything immediately begins going downhill after I take over the provinces via invasion. I've always wanted to see a gimmick playthrough where you have no vassals and run absolutely everything yourself. How can I destabilize Muslim regimes? The Seljuks have conquered Hungary in 1066 (  ) and the Byzantines are already a Miaphysite wreck. Crusades should follow shortly, but I'm worried about the Seljuks breathing down my neck in Poland.
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Sep 1, 2013 03:03
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Mailer posted:New addict chiming in. I got caught by the Humble Bundle trap. Go to their diplomacy page and click Imprison, it should say something like "no one will care because we have evidence she's leader of a plot/she's excommunicated/she's acted dishonorably towards us." I've been losing battles where I had ~30K troops and my enemy had ~25K, but still lose handily, it looks like my center flank is collapsing too fast. How should I be organizing my military?
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Sep 1, 2013 19:25
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^^^Thanks. (to the guy who answered my question about levies) I'm about to form the Wendish Empire, assuming nothing goes hilariously wrong. How should I divide up my kingdom titles? Up until now I've been very careful about making sure no one has more than one duchy so they can't get too powerful and making as many dukes as possible dynasty members so even if I'm defeated in a vote, odds are my dynasty will still be in power. But throwing in King titles means that I'll end up with a handful of subordinates that have decent chunks of power by themselves. e: Mailer posted:
Dishonorable generally means they declared war on you, so in a confused scrum of rebellions she might have accidentally sided against you at some point? StashAugustine fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Sep 2, 2013 |
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Sep 2, 2013 01:36
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Just had the most stable succession I've ever seen- worst opinion of the new guy is +42. Good thing too, my last king decided to die young in the middle of a war.
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Sep 2, 2013 03:01
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Managed to fight the Seljuks to a standstill and finally capture their leader himself, despite having about a quarter of their total forces.  I think I've more or less figured out how to fight a war. Bring on the Mongols!
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Sep 2, 2013 03:56
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What's a good balance for retinue composition? I've just about gotten enough income to pay for it and I need the troops.
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Sep 2, 2013 05:46
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AfroSquirrel posted:I think I've only been able to pick grandchildren when they were landed or their parents were dead and they remained in my court. Succession in elective is your siblings, children, and all dukes/kings in the realm.
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Sep 3, 2013 02:46
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Nothing like discovering your new heir has married his aunt.
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Sep 3, 2013 21:58
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If I'm sending a councilor at someone (eg spy network to assassinate or chancellor to raise opinion) should I send them where they are or where their capital is? Like, if they're leading an army but not moving it, should I move the chancellor there?
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Sep 14, 2013 07:58
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Is it worth it to have two empire-level titles simultaneously in an elective setup? The Holy Polish Empire has a nice ring to it, but I don't wanna lose half my land in a bad election.
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Sep 14, 2013 20:50
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So I just won a crusade for Italy from the Fraticelli Genoese. All the trade posts (everywhere) seem to have been wiped out. Is there anything I should with merchant republics as an Emperor?
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Sep 15, 2013 01:49
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So I'm in a little bit of an odd game- I formed the Wendish Empire about the size of a mega-HRE and was content to sit on that until the Spanish Muslims came up through France and conquered Germany. So now the same king has won crusades for France and Fraticelli Italy, as well as holy-warring most of Germany and Hungary, and I'm running into a problem. I don't have enough people to grant titles to. I don't like someone having more than one duchy if I can help it, but I'm out of kids, I'm out of close relatives, I'm out of faithful old mayors to upgrade, I have to parcel out all of Italy and there's no one to take it. Also, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
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Sep 15, 2013 17:35
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So, having finally decided to go back to my mega-Poland game and give out Italy, is it best to have only one merchant republic beneath you or several? I wanna create some just for the money, but will having multiple of them cause headaches or should is it okay to split them up to prevent consolidation?
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Oct 6, 2013 01:56
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:If I conquer Venice in my Byzantine game do I gain control of all their special money making mechanics or does it just turn into a regular county? As I'm just going through this in my Italian conquest: The important thing is that you've created a merchant republic, which is a) coastal and b) a duke (or maybe count) level title held by a mayor.
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Oct 6, 2013 02:19
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In regard to chat about vassal Republics: Less than a year after I formed Genoa and Pisa as republics, they are leading my vassal taxes with a 50% modifier. They're making like a third of my yearly income and I own like 3/4 of mainland Europe.
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Oct 7, 2013 22:36
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e: wrong thread
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Oct 9, 2013 01:30
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Sartana posted:I love how royal families end up with all these people sharing the same name. I imagine that caused some confusion. I had a ruler named Bjorn who named all 5 of his kids Bjorn. His grandson was named Beorn.
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Oct 13, 2013 22:32
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