Crusader Kings 2 Redux

[garbon]

Well apparently the new faces DLC went over about as well as a piece of broken glass in the urinary tract. 

At some point in the Med faces thread the artists thanks people for liking his work.

[Tamas]

I am quite fine with the faces actually. Less idealized than the default ones, but ok.

[garbon]

Not to me. They look crappy like how Russian ones did - actually not sure which one I like least. Best so far seem to be the African faces.

[Tamas]

Not to me. They look crappy like how Russian ones did - actually not sure which one I like least. Best so far seem to be the African faces.

Russian faces can be pretty bad, yes. I think the Med ones are ok.

[garbon]

Btw, people were still complaining about Fatimids - but in my first 1.09 game - Sicily/Naples was protected as Pisa took the time to conquer Emirate of Sicily.

[Valmy]

Btw, people were still complaining about Fatimids - but in my first 1.09 game - Sicily/Naples was protected as Pisa took the time to conquer Emirate of Sicily.

Yeah I saw the Doge of Pisa become Super Doge of Sicily before.  I think this super republic got conquered by the Fatimids eventually though.

They seem to have a hard time modeling the decadence and corruption and incompetence of the Fatimids.

[garbon]

Well they need to account somehow for how the turkish mercs were on the verge of rebellion (/had already rebelled) by the 1066 start.

[Queequeg]

Well they need to account somehow for how the turkish mercs were on the verge of rebellion (/had already rebelled) by the 1066 start.

IDK why they don't just supercharge the decadance.  It shouldn't be able to compete with the Seljuks. 

[Razgovory]

I usually see the Fatamids go out from Decadence but they take out Greece first.

[Syt]

So before I start a new game, I guess I should wait for the next patch? Is there an ETA for that?

[Martinus]

I don't recall if it was posted here or on CK2 forum, but someone suggested a good way to deal with Fatimids (and similar Muslim blocs):

- decadence is gradual, rather than one-off (so you start getting bad shit happening around 50% decadence, and it just gets worse)
- when you get the invasion at 100% decadence, it should be several different tribes targeting duchies/kingdoms within the decadent realm, and not just new super-power replacing the old one

[Tamas]

The outrage over mediterranean faces not bein aryan-looking is hilarious

[Martinus]

I think the biggest outrage is the bug that makes the Mac version unplayable.

Apparently, there is a relatively easy work around (it seems the republic view and the faction view sounds are missing, so when you click these, there is a high chance of the game crashing to desktop - all you need to do is to copy two extra files and rename them) but the fact that there is no communication from Paradox about this for over two days and they have not released an emergency hot fix to this is a bit outrageous.

[garbon]

[Queequeg]

The outrage over mediterranean faces not bein aryan-looking is hilarious

It's kind of fucked up that Georgians look like Copts but Ossetians look like they're Yaroslavl natives.  Idk why skin color can't be gradient.  Italy, Iberia and Anatolia are all more phenotypicly diverse than any single region of Northern Europe.