Crusader Kings 2 Redux

[Martinus]

CK II - 1.05 Development Diary - 3 of 3 - April 13th 2012
Hello everybody and welcome to the third and final development diary about the 1.05 update. This time we'll talk alot more about added content, and not just about added or improved features.

We shipped with about 2,100 events for Crusader Kings II, which is more than we've ever had in any game we've ever released, even with multiple expansions. This does not mean that we did not want to add more events, and this free update contains over 300 new events.

First of all, there is a huge event series now to create more personal relationships. The Friendships and Rivalries event series creates friends and rivals, and also gives more flavour and repercussions for good and bad opinions.

Of course, there are quite an amount of interesting traits like dwarf, hunchback and stutter. These have now been given events, some bad and some good, but most there for making your characters feel more unique.

Finally, when it comes to events, we have spent a lot of time on making sure that regencies feel different than when your character have some sort of absolute power of his or her throne. There is now several event-series that can occurr during a regency, and many of them may have some drawbacks.

One of the most popular features in CKII is the possibility to plot. It's a concept we're proud of and definitely want to add more in, whenever possible. This update contains two new plots. As an independent ruler, you tend to not have that many different types of plots to select from, and this is something we want to improve upon. 1.05 contains a new plot where you can plot to revoke titles from your vassals. For those that are vassals, there is also a new plot where you can weaken a fellow vassal and strengthen you.

For those of you that got frustrated about lack of plots, the Kill Plot is now more available and targets a wider selection of logical characters.

To make it easier to plot, there is now a plot-button on the character window. If you click on it on your own character, you get the possibility to select an ambition from the icons that appear.

On other characters it shows icons of relevant plots targetting that character, which most of the time involves how to arrange a lethal accident conveniently.

Causes of Death – It is now possible to see what characters died of, so that you will know if your son was murdered or not. This is shown in a tooltip over the skull-icon which is shown on dead characters. Causes of death include, Natural, Murder, Diel, Suicide, Battle, From Trait, Accident and many more.

Now its just a four days until April 17th and the release!

Great. 

I hope the trait events include gay romance.

[Martinus]

If I understand this correct, anyone can be now targetted by the assassination plot, which is awesome. Frankly, with this, I think they should remove the "diplomatic" assassination altogether.

[Tamas]

If I understand this correct, anyone can be now targetted by the assassination plot, which is awesome. Frankly, with this, I think they should remove the "diplomatic" assassination altogether.

agreed.

17th for the patch? Should have been this weekend. 

[Martinus]

I think it has become pretty much a standard these days to have releases on Tuesday. Which sucks.

[jimmy olsen]

Causes of Death – It is now possible to see what characters died of, so that you will know if your son was murdered or not. This is shown in a tooltip over the skull-icon which is shown on dead characters. Causes of death include, Natural, Murder, Diel, Suicide, Battle, From Trait, Accident and many more.

Now its just a four days until April 17th and the release!

What's this?

[Tamas]

meatball overdose

[garbon]

If I understand this correct, anyone can be now targetted by the assassination plot, which is awesome. Frankly, with this, I think they should remove the "diplomatic" assassination altogether.

Doesn't sound to be the case from what I read. Sentence clearly suggests that they've widened the kill plot but it sounds like it still isn't freely open to everyone.

Sounds like this dev diary was the least exciting of them all. A bevy of new events is great but only 2 more plots?

Causes of Death – It is now possible to see what characters died of, so that you will know if your son was murdered or not. This is shown in a tooltip over the skull-icon which is shown on dead characters. Causes of death include, Natural, Murder, Diel, Suicide, Battle, From Trait, Accident and many more.

Oh and Mart remember when you told me this was already included?

[jimmy olsen]

I accidentally disabled the ball and chain icon. How do I undo that?

[Valmy]

We can now simulate the glorious death-by-cucumber of Poland's greatest king.

[Martinus]

Oh and Mart remember when you told me this was already included?

This is already included in the Mac beta. I thought the same is the case for the PC version.

[Martinus]

I accidentally disabled the ball and chain icon. How do I undo that?

I think next time it gets updated (i.e. a new person for locking up emerges), it will show up.

[garbon]

I like this thread for the poster who said I don't want to sound homosexual but...

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?600616-Removing-the-Homosexual-Trait

[PDH]

I played as the Khazars in 1066, I took over most of Alannia, then successfully revolted from the Cumans.  Eventually I owned huge swaths of the territory north of the Caspian and Aral Seas...then I learned that the Kingdom of Khazaria can't be created...fuck.

[KRonn]

Is Crusader 2 out yet? I never could get into Crusader 1, can't figure the draw of it, but many like it though.

[Habbaku]

Is Crusader 2 out yet? I never could get into Crusader 1, can't figure the draw of it, but many like it though.