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 One age had reached its end. Jerusalem had spent the last three hundred years bathing in blood and every step of the way House Mersir had provided the tools to do it. What had begun as a simple bejeweled dagger merchant striking back at the King of Jerusalem for his brother's murder by founding his own company had evolved into a multi-national corporate state.  Mersir had become the preeminent weapons distributor in Jerusalem, and as the empire grew the family thrived. They expanded into swords, lances, shields, armor, even ships of war and siege equipment. But in a new era of war, when Jerusalem was fighting enemies across the world and encountering foes like they did in Cathay who wielded gunpowder to devastating effect, Mersir would have to evolve. After returning from the front Mersir Tactical Solutioneers immediately began developing their own gunpowder weapons. In the middle of the 15th century Mersir executives needed a way to show off the innovations it was making in weapons technology. But could they also use their new weapons to make other gains for the company? They called it Vertical Integration.  Flag of The West Yurpan Trading Company The West Yurpan Trading Company would consolidate Mersir holdings in Greece and Italy into one corporate state. The company men would seize the old country by force and in the process show every noble in Jerusalem the power of Mersir brand firearms. Before the 15th century was over everyone in the enlightened world would be ordering Mersir cannons. The future was bright, and with all the feuding over Imperial inheritance and religious knick-knacks, who would mind a minor arms manufacturer claiming a new empire for itself? After all... It's not murder if it's Mersir  Final CK2 Holdings of the Mersir Family
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So are we actually going to EU4? I was a bit unclear on that point, and also hastily left the discord before reading the final update batch when I saw "it's been a fun ride!" or something.
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May 25, 2021 07:17
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The official answer, such as there was one, was basically "maybe, but not for a long time"
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May 25, 2021 07:39
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Flesnolk posted:The official answer, such as there was one, was basically "maybe, but not for a long time" If a sequel is done, I wouldn't be opposed to something more orthodox or even focusing on a different part of the world (though the Hunt for the Crown should still play a part)
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Hashim posted:And sitting on the roads into Egypt is House Dreaux, Princes of the Sinai, an isolated family that seldom leave their desert strongholds 
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May 26, 2021 00:18
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I'm delighted to have held on to Oultrejourdain all game despite accomplishing absolutely nothing. Out of curiosity were the player-held titles manipulated at all to keep our dynasties in charge? I've had so many female rulers I would expect to been displaced otherwise.
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 Much Ado about (Egge)Thermidors Thermidor Family River Chart  It was the turning of the age, and there with it were the Thermidors. The most widespread family in the empire, with tens of hundreds of cadet branchs, and outposts set up in every port wether of importance or not, the Thermidors were a household name. If you ate food, it was Thermidor food, If you slept on a trip, is was a Thermidor bed, etc. etc. Once nothing more than three brothers following along on a crusade, they were now one of the greatest trade families in all of history, and they weren't stopping any time soon. The retaking of the Nile and the King's River renewed the trading between yurp and the East like never before. The Mersir, the only other Trading Faction that could rival the Thermidors proposed a trade organization to control trade in the many rivers and seas of Yurp, and the Thermidors were keen to join in. The Oresund and Cypriot Thermidors joined the West Yurpan Trading Company, bringing their knowledge of the varangian routes and north sea passes for great effect. They also noted how nice the color choice was on the flag. Meanwhile, the organizing of Sampo, a trade and exploratory force set up years before was being set up as the premier trade organization of the East. Baghdad, Khozistan, and the Red Sea Thermidors would set out on boats to explore all of the Indian ocean and further beyond, the seek where Joakim had sailed off to, to find the Shabibid holdout in China, and to find the Fabled Vinland talked about by those who had spoke of it in the Oresund.  The Nile would stand, as it ever was, as the meeting ground between the two, were all the goods of the world would be found. Anything you could imagine could be found in the Gold Coast, and the Thermidors would be there, peddling wares, building ships, making deal, building great works, inventing new wonders, and making sure the Empire stayed wealthy. The Thermidors were a force of the world, and all people would recognize those black clams. The Thermidors in power at the turning of the age  Lord-Mayor Zhenglun Egge-Thermidor of the Oresund  Doge Vela Thermidor of Cyprus  Prince-Protector Ulf "the Evil" Egge-Thermidor of Baghdad and the East  Princess Frederikke Egge-Thermidor of Khozistan  Patrician Bernart Thermidor of the Red Sea  Doge Fernando Thermidor of the Nile A Thermidor in Every Port! Thermidor Serves All! Ralepozozaxe fucked around with this message at 17:40 on May 26, 2021 |
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May 26, 2021 15:29
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Captain Mediocre posted:I'm delighted to have held on to Oultrejourdain all game despite accomplishing absolutely nothing. Player dynasties were given a small boost to fertility, and a heavy weighting so that female rulers would only marry matrineally
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Ralepozozaxe posted:The Thermidors in power at the turning of the age Amazing portraits as always
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Rody One Half posted:So are we actually going to EU4? I was a bit unclear on that point, and also hastily left the discord before reading the final update batch when I saw "it's been a fun ride!" or something. Because I like to overprepare, I've actually had most of the work for the EU4 mod done for months -   I'd really like to actually play it at some point though, so I'm definitely planning to eventually LP EU4, but like Fles said it'll be a little while since I'm busy for the next few months hashashash fucked around with this message at 22:32 on May 28, 2021 |
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Neat. I guess HRE is the obvious choice but at the same time Jerusalem has always operated much more as a unified domain than the empire ever really did so it's a bit of a difficult fit.
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I mean, most of the princes were reasonably loyal to the emperor...and spent shitloads of time plotting against each other at basically every opportunity
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TheFlyingLlama posted:I mean, most of the princes were reasonably loyal to the emperor...and spent shitloads of time plotting against each other at basically every opportunity Pretty much everyone wanted to be in the empire but didn't care too much one way or the other if their neighbors weren't. Especially if that meant potentially expanding their own holdings.
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Could be interesting to make the Imperial Reforms go the opposite direction then. Start off centralized, but passing reforms slowly reduces the power of the crown until finally everyone goes independent.
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That's not a reform system, that's consequences of a Disaster.TheFlyingLlama posted:I mean, most of the princes were reasonably loyal to the emperor...and spent shitloads of time plotting against each other at basically every opportunity Well, loyal to the EMPIRE, usually, the particular emperor rather less reliably. Intercine warfare, VERY much the order of the day. Well our various characters probably participated in independence revolts plenty too, though that doesn't reflect on us as players so much.
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May 30, 2021 02:59
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I just noticed that the King's River has been modded in. Noice!
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Is there a separate thread for the EU4 portion of this, or has it not happened yet? Happy to wait, but was wondering if it were somewhere else /mentioned on the discord.
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GracePanther posted:Is there a separate thread for the EU4 portion of this, or has it not happened yet? Happy to wait, but was wondering if it were somewhere else /mentioned on the discord. I just want to note that in the interim when this LP ended up to the quoted post, I had a kid and they just turned two. I think it's fair to say the EU part ain't happening anymore
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I finished (and still have) the EU4 mod, only problem is that interest really dwindled towards the end of the CK2 portion, to the point where the legislative mechanics were sorta abandoned just to make sure the game was completed it's quite a lot of effort to keep chugging at an LP, especially a legislative one, so it really didn't make sense to dive straight into the EU4 portion I could just complete the mega-campaign in the traditional way, i.e. no legislation nonsense, but not sure if that's what people wanted
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I basically never care about the legislative component of an LP. If it's more than just a "vote for a few options" at the end of an update - especially if people start crafting legislation and poo poo - I just check out of that part and wait for the OP updates.
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GunnerJ posted:I basically never care about the legislative component of an LP. If it's more than just a "vote for a few options" at the end of an update - especially if people start crafting legislation and poo poo - I just check out of that part and wait for the OP updates. Same. I would be very happy if you could finish the LP in the traditional way, but if you don't feel the motivation to do so in such a way, that's perfectly reasonable. The most important thing is that you are having fun doing it.
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The flip side of this is that I rarely have a ton to say about an LP where I'm just enjoying the OP updates. There's no, like, post reacts I can use to passively indicate liking an update and it feels goofy to reply "Cool update!" after each one, so I can see why an LPer might find the lack of legislative-style level of activity dispiriting, maybe it feels a bit like putting every update into a silent void.
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I really enjoyed the LP and especially my weird little arms dealer medieval corpo state, I think we just ran out of things to do in Crusader Kings at some point. I personally would feel rejuvenated interest with a move to EU4 but I also think this was a good ending point.
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I'm here for the LP, not the legislating. I'd be happy if you found the mojo to complete this LP.
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I'll be honest, I found the legislative stuff actively a turn off and avoided interacting with / reading it as much as possible, but you should do whatever makes you enjoy the process.
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All my enthusiasm for legislative LPs was killed by Crete
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I'd love to see this continue in really any form at all.
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I'd be 100% down for that. EUIV is less conducive to the legislative format anyways.
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hashashash posted:in that case I'd be happy to continue the LP -- will probably need a new thread though, since the format will be completely different All of our seventh grandfather's were really loving weird - Let's Play EU4! Why does my coat of arms have a parrot wearing an eyepatch? - Let's Play EU4!
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HiHo ChiRho posted:All of our seventh grandfather's were really loving weird - Let's Play EU4! that reminds me i completely reworked the reformation/religious wars into the Fowl Wars, pitting the League of the Goose against the League of the Parrot i think someone in the thread came up with the idea actually
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This would be incredible to see this continue in any way at all. I absolutely loved it. Even if the legislation is removed or toned down I would still be interested.
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