Crusader Kings 2 Redux

[garbon]

When I've seen the Fatimids pound on Seljuks, it is generally because the Seljuks are already so internally weak.

[Cecil]

2 out of 3 1.06 games the fatimids have Jihad the Bagdad area before the Seljuk-BYzantine war ends. The last soon after and that was because there was an early white peace. These Shia/Sunni holy war CBs seem like a bad idea or the piety costs needs to be scaled upwards something fierce.

And seriously even when I played the Byzantines and thus scaled them back they could still raise 65 thousand levies. I mean WTF?

[garbon]

Oh I'm not disagreeing that Fatimids are overpowered. They certainly are.

[garbon]

Also AI needs some help. Pope declared 2nd crusade for Sicily on me with both the Templars and Knights joining in.  Had some concerns that I was going to lose that kingdom when I saw 25,000 troops coming at me...however, the AI decided it would be a good idea to have the Holy Orders attach themselves to the Papal doomstack.  They sat around suffering attrition while I had 2 forces besieging the Papal states and another force that would sneak in every time the the crusaders would leave a province that they'd fully conquered.  I think they still had 17k troops when I forced a white peace with 75% warscore.

[Faeelin]

I'm glad whining about Spain got them help and the Byzantines continue to be curb stompers. Ah well.

[Josquius]

Is the patch saved game compatible?

I had the importal Sejuiks finally fall in my came, some no name dynasty with no history somehow toppled them.
The empire of course remained largely intact.

[katmai]

So is the DLC with the Mooselimbs worth it?

[Ed Anger]

So is the DLC with the Mooselimbs worth it?

I'm enjoying it. Ran into one irritating bug, don't know if it is fixed in the latest patch.

[katmai]

Lesbian Zombies FTW!

[Ed Anger]

Lesbian Zombies FTW!

I think they watched too much Thelma & Louise in Sweden.

[Ed Anger]

The Fatimids are hideously overpowered in the 1066 start also.

[Grallon]

My (and APG's) very own Magnate Lords, a building and economy overhaul mod for CKII is up - for all those interested.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?612028-MOD-Magnate-Lords




G.

[garbon]

Maybe if the mod didn't include swearing.

[Tamas]

I am getting the feeling that the game basically comes down as a HRE-Fatimid conflict, due to the massive OPness of these two, with the medium powers perhaps getting a say if the cards are right.

Fatimids and the Emperor must be nerfed

[Martinus]

So I got all the new DLCs and thinking of starting a new game, but probably as a Christian power, nonetheless.

So my question is: does any Christian country in Iberia have a surviving chance? I have always been fond of Barcelona, so thinking as starting as the Count ("Duke") of Barcelona, and either expanding into Iberia (with the ultimate goal of becoming Emperor of Spain) or into Western Med, and perhaps founding the Kingdom of Trinacria.