Crusader Kings 2 Redux

[Fireblade]

"My lord, you have sired a bastard."

"Uhh.."

[Queequeg]

 

[garbon]

Lovely!

[Syt]

Finished my game as Blixen. Also, my opinion of the Aztec DLC: Meh. Pretty much does the same as Mongols: super strong invaders who build an empire that then falls apart later on. Only it strikes in the west, attacking the parts that are normally safe from the Mongols, so it evens the gameplay a bit.

Started as Count of Telemark, was awarded Duchy of Vestlandet by my king. Constant feuds with my vassals in Bergenshus. In the 12th century, Hungary and Norway formed a personal union. At one point, Hungary/Norway covered almost all of Scandinavia, plus Hungary, plus bits of the British Isles. Denmark/Norway broke loose, and us with them. Finland/parts of Sweden remained Hungarian.

Aztecs came, conquered Britain and Spain and large parts of France and Norway. For a while there were black French kings (they had blobbed from France through Iberia into Mail - Africa was all Frankish at the end of the game). When my bit of Norway was conquered I ended up playing as the Hungarified side of the family in Finnmark, i.e. North Cape. Not much happening there, but a faction in Hungary decided to make me Duke of Transylvania. During one of the many civil wars in Hungary (outsiders left Hungary alone) I had to give up the Duchy to my uncle and retire again to Finnmark. I got force-vassalized by Aztec Tröndelag (a bizarre mix of Norwegian culture and Aztec genetics/religion), before the HRE conquered Norway and kicked me out.

So I played as my uncle who I had been forced to abdicate for. He hadn't been idle, adding all kinds of claims, but stuck in unwinnable war for one of them. I ended the war and usurped an additional Duchy title. And i had to change the succession laws to agnatic to keep the family line alive. The exiled Finnmark-Count became my heir (kinda confusing switching twice between two characters).

In the end (1453) Hungary was once again locked in civil war. Poland was starting to blob into the remnants of the Ilkhanate. Byzantium had lost Anatolia (after reconquering from Seljuks) to the Timurids but had re-taken the Holy Land and Syria. The Aztecs were splintered and Muslims (Spain) and Europeans (Scandinavia/Britain/France) were starting to push them out.

I don't think I'll use the Aztec stuff much.

[The Brain]

a bizarre mix of Norwegian culture and Aztec genetics/religion

Bizarre how?

[Viking]

a bizarre mix of Norwegian culture and Aztec genetics/religion

Bizarre how?

[Razgovory]

Playing the game I noticed that latin hymn "Non Nobis" was in it.  Made me think of that lavish production of Henry V.

[Razgovory]

I created an idealized version of myself to be Duke of Polotsk.  He is fat, lazy, stressed and Depressed, though rather clever.  He's now King of Lithuania, a curiously inspired leader, and legend has it he closed the gates of Hell.  My heir, Little Raz is a maimed sadist so I'm trying to figure out way to get rid of him.

[Josquius]

The mongols failed to appear in my game
Anyone know a way to artificially trigger them?

[Martinus]

Btw, I made this post on Paradox:

This is a relatively small request, which should be relatively easy to implement - plots related to imprisonment:

1. Kidnap plot. Could be started by any ruler and target anyone who cannot be normally imprisoned by that ruler. If the plot succeeds, the target becomes a prisoner of the originator (could be a great way to win wars  and get people you cannot normally imprison to stop plotting your demise).

2. Release plot. The opposite of a kidnap plot - freeing the target from imprisonment by another party.

3. Petition to release plot. Ask/pressure your liege to force a fellow vassal to release someone they hold in prison.

4. Arrest plot. Ask/pressure your liege to imprison someone he has power to imprison.

Plots 1 and 2 could work similar to the current assassination plots, with events triggering based on the strength of the plot etc. and have an "adventure" feel to it.

Plots 3 and 4 would work similar to "revoke title" and "see title X granted to new ruler" plots, so they can only target vassals of the same liege as yours and represent "working within the legal system".

Thoughts?

P.S. There could also be plots to put Heretics, Excommunicated Characters and Kinslayers on trial. 

Support the request if you think it is a good idea.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?649615-New-plot-ideas

[garbon]

So sounds like CK2+ is dead.

So guys, I have some news. Starting January 14th, I will be employed by Paradox as AI programmer. I got the offer partly on the merits of the work I've done on CK2+ and other mods, and it's a very exciting opportunity for me.

Undoubtedly this is going to have consequenses for my mods and CK2+ in particular. While Paradox doesn't forbid employees modding, I doubt I will have the same energy to spend all that time on modding what will be my day job. I've at least decided that I will not take down any mods, and will probably keep them up to date with patches, but development other than compatability updates and maybe bugfixes is going to be unlikely once I start working there. There isn't really a clear successor to the mod, and I'm leery about simply handing it over to the first person who asks. I will of course not mind if someone wants to continue the mod under another name, but I don't want someone I don't know taking it in a radically different direction under the same name.

For now, I am going to continue development as normally, but focus on bug fixing and polishing rather than new features, so that the mod is in top shape for whenever I stop active development.

Overall, I am extremely excited about getting this job, and very much looking forward to January!

[Razgovory]

Is it considered cheating to have one competent member of your family usurp the incompetent one you are playing and reload as the as competent one?

[Tamas]

Is it considered cheating to have one competent member of your family usurp the incompetent one you are playing and reload as the as competent one?

yes

[The Brain]

a bizarre mix of Norwegian culture and Aztec genetics/religion

Bizarre how?

That's the way I look when I'm out pimping on the Stockholm streets.

[The Brain]

Is it considered cheating to have one competent member of your family usurp the incompetent one you are playing and reload as the as competent one?

It's only cheating if she has an orgasm.