Paradox Interactive Thread: V2 The cartographers nightmare. - Games

[t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/3316080684606194733/57E88E99527D17B7EA0DD4CC402B4BDC5B1F1581/[/t] Seems pretty capable to me... :v:

[QUOTE=beanhead;44388224]I saw a decadence revolt invasion that had 4 event stacks, thought it was pretty ridiculous.[/QUOTE] Once had a decadence revolt of over 120k units. "Tribal" unrest my ass.

[IMG]http://u.cubeupload.com/Kljunas/Sanstitre.png[/IMG] The legendary kingdom of Prester John in India, a realm ruled by a good Christian among sinful pagans. (I later executed my sister-wife for trying to assassinate me)

I haven't played vanilla CK2 in forever. Since the patch broke things like CK2+ and most other mods, is the game still solid vanilla w/o Rajas?

So I played as the Petty King of Munster in Ireland for my first real game of Crusader Kings 2. My biggest problem is I can't do anything militarily. Munster starts with a claim on a nearby province but that province has more soldiers than you so any attempt at war will cause you to lose horribly. I'm using my Marshall to train more troops but it's not really affecting the number of levies I have. I also have the issue of my vassals hating me. For a place that is supposed to be super easy, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I restarted the game at least 6 times to try to see if I just had a bad roll but nope, I always lose to this other province and my vassals and son always try to kill me. Any tips?

[QUOTE=Smooth Jazz;44390592]So I played as the Petty King of Munster in Ireland for my first real game of Crusader Kings 2. My biggest problem is I can't do anything militarily. Munster starts with a claim on a nearby province but that province has more soldiers than you so any attempt at war will cause you to lose horribly. I'm using my Marshall to train more troops but it's not really affecting the number of levies I have. I also have the issue of my vassals hating me. For a place that is supposed to be super easy, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I restarted the game at least 6 times to try to see if I just had a bad roll but nope, I always lose to this other province and my vassals and son always try to kill me. Any tips?[/QUOTE] You should try to save up some money to hire mercs. Usually even the cheap ones, those that cost 70 or 90 gold can be a huge help, but don't forget to get some extra gold so that you could pay off their monthly wages throughout the war (or at least keep them long enough to bash their armies away, then your levi can siege their castles at ease).

Good rule of thumb is to have enough for the hiring costs and at least 8 months- a year of wages

[QUOTE=BurnEmDown;44390830]You should try to save up some money to hire mercs. Usually even the cheap ones, those that cost 70 or 90 gold can be a huge help, but don't forget to get some extra gold so that you could pay off their monthly wages throughout the war (or at least keep them long enough to bash their armies away, then your levi can siege their castles at ease).[/QUOTE] I'm assuming some of you guys have united Ireland before. Have you all needed to hire mercenaries to do it? I would rather not since I will not need to do it often to unite Ireland and Munster is not exactly rolling in cash.

[QUOTE=Freakie;44389629]Once had a decadence revolt of over 120k units. "Tribal" unrest my ass.[/QUOTE] Its like every Islamic country is Afghanistan.

[QUOTE=Smooth Jazz;44391184]I'm assuming some of you guys have united Ireland before. Have you all needed to hire mercenaries to do it? I would rather not since I will not need to do it often to unite Ireland and Munster is not exactly rolling in cash.[/QUOTE] Once you take a good 3 counties or so you're fine to fight against 1-2 other counties [editline]29th March 2014[/editline] but man, Ireland is boring af

[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;44391461]Once you take a good 3 counties or so you're fine to fight against 1-2 other counties [editline]29th March 2014[/editline] but man, Ireland is boring af[/QUOTE] So should I be revoking titles to pump up my levy count? My vassals tend to not want to contribute much to wars.

[thumb]http://i.imgur.com/f8Zwy2k.jpg[/thumb] Italy what are you doing. Get out of there you don't belong there.

[QUOTE=DrugUnit;44393281][thumb]http://i.imgur.com/f8Zwy2k.jpg[/thumb] Italy what are you doing. Get out of there you don't belong there.[/QUOTE] REMOVE GELATO remove gelato

I want to see a Jainist Golden Horde. Watch their heads explode.

I wish you could fabricate a claim on a title rather than a county.

[QUOTE=Masamune;44393981]I wish you could fabricate a claim on a title rather than a county.[/QUOTE]You mean like ducal titles and stuff? It's possible because I faintly recall doing it before, and for king titles I'm sure it's technically feasible with invasion CB or something.

[QUOTE=Masamune;44393981]I wish you could fabricate a claim on a title rather than a county.[/QUOTE] You can (rarely) get a claim on a ducal title (if it exists), but to fabricate for anything higher than that you need factions and plots, and to be within the title's realm... and I think you need to be a vassal of the title holder.

[QUOTE=kamikaze470;44394100]You mean like ducal titles and stuff? It's possible because I faintly recall doing it before, and for king titles I'm sure it's technically feasible with invasion CB or something.[/QUOTE] I mean like I'm the Duke of Toulouse, and I see an independent Duchy of Provence next to me. Instead of fabricating on a small piece of his land, I'd rather fabricate a claim for the title Duke of Provence so that I can grab more than one hunk of land if I win. I'm currently married to the Princess of Jerusalem after a successful crusade to regain most of the Holy Land. Problem is, my wife is second in line to a son. I've got a plot going but my intrigue isn't very good and the people available for plot invitation aren't worth more than 24% power at the most (even if they were willing). Tips welcome.

[QUOTE=Masamune;44394138]I mean like I'm the Duke of Toulouse, and I see an independent Duchy of Provence next to me. Instead of fabricating on a small piece of his land, I'd rather fabricate a claim for the title Duke of Provence so that I can grab more than one hunk of land if I win. I'm currently married to the Princess of Jerusalem after a successful crusade to regain most of the Holy Land. Problem is, my wife is second in line to a son. I've got a plot going but my intrigue isn't very good and the people available for plot invitation aren't worth more than 24% power at the most (even if they were willing).[/QUOTE]If you have a good chancellor (like >15) and he's stationed in the Provence capitol, there's a small chance he can fabricate a claim on the ducal title and even though it might be small it's still better than nothing. Also, as an alternative (that I'm not sure may or may not work) you can also go around fabbing all the counties (or half since I think that's what you need for usurping a title) which lets you press all claims simultaneously. Then when you have the whole/half the dukedom under your control, you can usurp his title and reclaim the rest later (if you only do half). It would obviously be a better idea to do this with a young ruler since it could take a while and cost you a fortune though.

[QUOTE=kamikaze470;44394223]If you have a good chancellor (like >15) and he's stationed in the Provence capitol, there's a small chance he can fabricate a claim on the ducal title and even though it might be small it's still better than nothing.[/QUOTE] I don't think he has to be in the capital specifically (I'm not sure though).

Just grabbed Sons of Abe for 50% off. Activating it and loading an old save breaks it, right? edit: it doesn't; awesome. [t]http://puu.sh/7OPI6.png[/t] Oh God...baby Jesus...what the fuck happened.

convert it to EUIV and send us the EUIV save. this'll be fun.

I believe he's running a map mod

So I'm trying to Mend the Schism but the Papacy still controls a couple of bishoprics and baronies in Rome. How do I take these with only holding the count title?

I wonder... ...do you have to be Orthodox to reform the Roman Empire? Or just have the Byzantine title

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;44397870]I wonder... ...do you have to be Orthodox to reform the Roman Empire? Or just have the Byzantine title[/QUOTE] You need to be a christian faith. I think you can be any of the heresies as well.

It is [U]finished![/U] [t]http://i.imgur.com/cS7DjpL.jpg[/t] Good old Europe. While I initially paid it little heed while I played the Colonization game, vested interest formed once Denmark, Russia, Lithuania, Ilkhanate, Mali, Scotland and the HRE found it endlessly amusing to declare war on me, often all at the same time. In response, I've built up an army of seven 100k stacks with insane bonuses and Army Tradition. The leftover Force Limit was used for armies needed to protect colonies, conquer tribals and keep the Empire's subjects in line. [t]http://i.imgur.com/9WbW9Hd.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/na3TmQK.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/Iak7Wf0.jpg[/t] (While I colonized the Spice Islands for Colonial Enthusiasm, Hawaii and Fiji was purely for the "damn that would be a nice place to vacay.") I've almost played a thousand years of this Empire, now I'm wondering if I should find a way to export to Vicky 2 and continue from there.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;44397780]I believe he's running a map mod[/QUOTE]Conversion should still work as long as the mod doesn't mess around with de jure stuff.

Note: Using ruler customization to make yourself a Hellenic pagan advised only for EXPERIENCED players. (aka not me, apparently) Never seen Italians work so quickly or so cooperatively to get anything done quite like invading me.

[QUOTE=DanRatherman;44398208]Note: Using ruler customization to make yourself a Hellenic pagan advised only for EXPERIENCED players. (aka not me, apparently) Never seen Italians work so quickly or so cooperatively to get anything done quite like invading me.[/QUOTE] It's not really worth it either because pagans (other than the Norse) get short shrift, the Hellenic pagans get the worst of the deal. They get NO special things, no holy wars, no shit. It's not fun, and you get no benefit at all from being one.