Anybody playing Crusader Kings 2?

[soopaman2]

Just had a daughter die from "being an inbred freak"
(I know she was my sister, but look at that body!)

[Drewcifer]

The hotfix worked a treat, I have to say the game is even better now, I like the bit about attaching armies so now I can atleast feel like I'm doing something following around my peers with larger armies within the french nobility.

Excited for new content and I'm really glad they broke the game and fixed it almost instantly thats really staying on top of things and keeping the fan base happy.

[Hottentot]

Another hotfix is out. It's now 1.05c. And so dies another day of life and death drama in the gamers' lives.

[Drewcifer]

I am having even more fun in my games now with the Ruler Creator.

It adds a nice personal touch and its strategic in that you have to careful craft your ruler the more powerful you make him the older he is... counter act with genetic flaws, or faults to lower age, etc.

Had alot of fun with my dwarf hedonist, lustful, genius for about 30 years today... just a quick play I wanted to make the lancaster dwarf from Game of Thrones haha.

[soopaman2]

Just a question, I figured I would try at my home board first I guess.

I am having the game of my life. I never did so good, so fast and have things go to plan as they did.

Some background first.

I start as a custom made Doux of Crete. I gave him bad stats on purpose, he is a celibate, lunatic. I did give genius, as well as gave him a son. Yes risky.

So when little Basileos was 5 I betrothed him to what I estimate now the 6th in line to the ERE throne. Simply for alliance reasons. I had just won independance thanks to the muslims.

I invade Sicily and change my primary title to Sicily. I now hold Crete, Byzantion (fabricated claim) and the entire Sicilian island (Messana from fabrication)

With all this I forget about the betrothal. I look at the sucession and see the current empress is arranged to be betrothed to my son and only heir. They are both 14 years old, and have stats that would make for a true powerhouse heir. My kid is a diplomatic intriguing zealot, while she is a steward type, with great learning and grey emminence. I can ignore the hunchback.

So my query is, will our (future) child inherit the Byzantine empire upon her death?
She is in line, I saw to that, and the betrothal is still on.

Or will they break off independant, like when I tried to install my wife on the throne of Navarra in a previous game? I just get disappointing results sometimes, and want to know if I'm setting myself up for a "rage war" against the Byzantines. (allied with HRE, I can crush them)

(edit: I always wanted to "earn the emperor title" and not just start as one. I just know I screwed it up somehow, as I always do)

[soopaman2]

Sorry for double post, but is there an antipope like mechanism for Orthodoxes?

I hold Hagia Sophia, who all the eccumenicals seem to have a hard on for, would putting a bishop there, give me the same effect as installing an antipope in Rome.

I am getting sick of the ERE excommunication chaining me.

Excommunicate, buy myself back in with my massive piety from constant holy wars. Rinserepeat every in game week. It gets old.

If it wasn't for me Orthodox moral authority would not be as high as it is, I feel robbed.

(this is not so much a problem now, I offed the emperor, and had 10 people on the plot, so it's not like he was seen as a nice man.I just want to know if anyone found a way around my experience.)

Way late edit: My son left for her court even thought the marriage is not matrilineal (sp?)

He is still my heir, and has an emperor title. Dad is a Doux, my boy is an emperor. I am so proud!
They just had a child whom they named after me. Caligula. He is heir to my sons claims, and the ERE empire. My only worry is he (my boy) left my court. I hope my dynasty will still stand, My ruler is celibate, and cannot have kids.)

[Drewcifer]

If you die you play your son, which is currently saying 'yes dear' to his powerful wife. However, when you and your son die, you play the grandson who is going to be the ruler of everything his parents had.

[soopaman2]

I feel dumb not looking for the blood drop next to Caligula II.

I love it when a plan comes together.
-Hannibal Smith-

I guess the real fun starts when I inherit 50 more vassals.

[soopaman2]

....make that 97 more vassals

Only one revolted but was smooshed. I released her from prison, she revolted again. Then I released her. (I am finding pacification is sometimes the better choice, with so many vassals)

Im drawing 5k levy out of Byzantion alone, why?

Alot of intra-vassal fighting.
I, in a sick way enjoy watching my vassals fight one another, after all I still hold the main titles. And if they are fighting each other, they are not focusing on me. Most people try to hamper such activity, yet I have found it more useful to encourage it with limited crown laws.

Sorry if I am turning this thread into my personal AAR.
I can always start my own thread (or shut up) if the community sees fit.

Map shots to follow. I just want to reach my pinnacle, as I still got about 5 counties to press claims on.

On a side note, my celibate dynasty starter, decided to have 2 kids with his wife at 41, and 45 years old. Little Nero, and little Alexia. I thought women were done after 30?

I guess he found some viagra, and she found a fertility expert?

[Drewcifer]

I believe there is a table/chart over at the Paradox forum couple guys made a strategy guide in the FAQ section. The game is coded so that women become infertile on their 46 birthday.

I'm about to start a fresh game. The game I had going for awhile The count of Guinne the little tip of land up by the straights. Anyways Went from there to Duke of Flanders, to King of France and well the Aquatine and Tolhouse would have none of it they started a chain reaction independence war oddly enough after they HELPED me get the crown in the first place. What followed was the bloodiest battle in all of French history as it ended the kingdom. England came down as King Fredrick the Fat devoured nearly everything but flanders which I held with doom stacks of Mercs it was sketchy at best but then the Romans got in on it and well then the damn infidels started up from the south and France was torn to shreds. My entire dynasty was slaughtered making a last stand in Gent.

[soopaman2]

Live and learn eh.
Gavelkind stinks.

My 2 late kids from my grandfather stinks. Bulgaria wasn't even in our hands, when your little stinking behinds were born! Yet the little 3 year old turd Caracalla ran away with it.

The electors who all love me, but won't vote my laws in stinks. Yeah. This is what I get for trying to be benevolent, yet most my vassals still labeled me a tyrant (-10)

Someone cried about me holding a title they wanted, I always gave it. I even gave back Hagia Sophia to the Eccumenical jerk who kept Baaaaaawing over it.

I want to put this particular save game down for now. My new knowledge will help me in my reconquista game I always wanted to do.

I always wanted to replicate a 16th century Spain a few hundred years earlier (yeah Italy, that means you)

On a side note, what is with this weird CB the Italians like pressing on one another? Something about coastal provinces, it just seems silly and slightly OP.

And why does Genoa blob out now if left alone (and even if not)?


HRE did nothing to stop them from eating the duchess of Toscana.

[Drewcifer]

wow...

started a new game tonight as Count Bethune of Artosis. Spent a few hours setting myself up building up my county and waiting on a fabricated claim to start expanding. Suddenly my duke starts an independence war, my count decides to go heretic (no option for me to stop it) and then King of England William the damn bastard decides to claim my county.

Right like my 100 men can stop his 5000... so needless to say I was very upset I had spent all that time getting my game set up just to get SHAFTED that bad.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by Drewcifer

wow...

started a new game tonight as Count Bethune of Artosis. Spent a few hours setting myself up building up my county and waiting on a fabricated claim to start expanding. Suddenly my duke starts an independence war, my count decides to go heretic (no option for me to stop it) and then King of England William the damn bastard decides to claim my county.

Right like my 100 men can stop his 5000... so needless to say I was very upset I had spent all that time getting my game set up just to get SHAFTED that bad.

Sorry for this.



I had that happen, alot.

The game is dynamic, and will never play out the same way twice. It just sucks getting crushed from the door, especially considering how hard we work to "set up" our dynasties at start.

I bet if you try it again with the same decisions and courses of action you may be able to work it.

I am about to do a "Reconquista" as a low count in Galicia.
Stinking Moors. (sorry to all the modern moors)

[Drewcifer]

Honestly this is one of my all time favorite games though so I don't mind getting rick rolled like that because it is a completely dynamic thing.

Obviously William the Bastard didn't like me, and who was I to stand in his way.

It would be different if the game was just unfair for the sake of unfair but that isn't the case the game is just simply very much alive and all about action and reaction and really one of the most addictive games I've ever played. Not sure I will ever get sick of it at this point.

[soopaman2]

I am on vacation and I did finish that Byzantine game.
(pre patch, kingdom creep into empire woulda been darn useful 2 weeks ago)

I lasted 5 generations with me losing and regaining the Kingdoms of Sicily, Italy, Africa, Aragon, Castille, Hungary, and Croatia.
(I was ERE emperor) Earned, not born into.


How did I die?

A sloppy assassination attempt went wrong, the retaliation killed me, and split my empire up. I messed up.

I do not reload (house rules), so I was screwed.