Crusader Kings 2 Redux

[Josquius]

Civil wars at that stage are usually whack-a-mole. They're unlikely to have drastically more men than you, and they're scattered across the country. Also you should have money for mercs.

Sure. But that is not sustainable. Eventually you will have a shitty King or a secession crisis or a big foreign war. Then you are going down.

The only sustainability issue I ever found was the mentioned boredom of constantly hitting rebellions whilst waiting until you're able to declare war on a foreigner.

[Valmy]

The only sustainability issue I ever found was the mentioned boredom of constantly hitting rebellions whilst waiting until you're able to declare war on a foreigner.

Ok but that is not what I experience.

[Tamas]

The only sustainability issue I ever found was the mentioned boredom of constantly hitting rebellions whilst waiting until you're able to declare war on a foreigner.

Ok but that is not what I experience.

git gud then

[garbon]

If you snowball enough you don't have to worry even during say a decency. If you don't, that's really where the fun is. Going up and going down with the aim of coming up again.

[Valmy]

git gud then

I don't know. Giting gud just seems like it makes it really boring. Tyr is not very motivating.

[Valmy]

If you snowball enough you don't have to worry even during say a decency. If you don't, that's really where the fun is. Going up and going down with the aim of coming up again.

Which is pretty much how my games go.

It is kind of funny. My realms are a pinnacle of stability...until they are not. I even kind of cheese it by choosing seniority or other game-y succession laws instead of being awesome and keeping whatever is traditional.

[garbon]

Bribery is also important. Honorary titles, cash and unwarranted council positions. Plus use of spymaster to intimidate and chancellor to win over diplomatically.

[Valmy]

Bribery is also important. Honorary titles, cash and unwarranted council positions. Plus use of spymaster to intimidate and chancellor to win over diplomatically.

Yeah my council is usually the top lords. I use all those things. I am able to keep the ship rocking along fine until something goes wrong and something always eventually goes wrong.

Though maybe I could throw around a bit more cash.

Next time a play a game and I get to the point I have a big realm I will come here and see if maybe I can figure out what I am doing wrong.

[jimmy olsen]

Jerusalem has been reclaimed from the infidel and there was much rejoicing across Christendom. 



The Brotherhood of the Holy Seplucher steps up and vows to make sure that the Holy Land never falls again.



The emperor is such a masterful diplomat that his dog and cat now get along. 



The Empire has now almost completely reclaimed what the game considers its "dejure lands" but we all know that Eastern Roman Empire ruled far more than that. The rest of the Levant, Egypt and Libya beckon.

You may have noticed that Iberia seems to have been taken over by Catholics. It hasn't, it's  actually been taken over by Jews. From what I can tell the king before this one must have had his focus set on heritage and was tutored by a jewish courtier. That's my suspicion rather than secret society take over because the culture of that king is sephardic. His father was Andulsian and mother Visigothic (as is the current king, his son). Secret society shenanigans wouldn't have changed the culture like that.

[Valmy]

On to Alexandria Tim?

[jimmy olsen]

On to Alexandria Tim?

Too gamey. Next time I fight the Tulunids my goal will be to conquer the rest of the Holy Land. Then I'll attempt to seize the Nile Delta.

Elsewhere, I think I will target the Islid's in Tunisia.

[Grinning_Colossus]

As Christian Emperor, it is your sacred duty to ignore the Saracens at your gates and try to murder the Jews over in Spain.

[jimmy olsen]

That would be overextending at this point. I'm not going to repeat Justinian's mistake.

The Pope has called a crusade upon them from the papacy in Calais? Somewhere around there anyways. No idea how that happened, Rome is ruled by an independent Catholic bishop. I guess they must have fell to the North Africans while I wasn't looking early on and then got liberated by the Italians?

Anyhow, since last I posted I've liberated Ascalon and Corsica from the infidels and conquered Istiria for my Croatian vassal. My Bulgurian vassal conquered a Hungarian border county. I also gave the Brotherhood a donation and a castle in Jerusalem, and vassalized them.

[mongers]

Had my first play with this a couple of days ago, seems a great deal better than what I remember of CK1. 

[Tamas]

Had my first play with this a couple of days ago, seems a great deal better than what I remember of CK1.

Don't be hung up on not understanding the mechanics, just go with the flow. The enjoyment of the game plummets greatly when you have figured out the mechanisms and can run circles around the AI.