Crusader Kings 2 Redux

[garbon]

Makes sense, good on them.

[garbon]

I wonder though if this means I'll have 3 copies of CK2...

I first bought it on GG and then got a 2nd version on the cheap from steam (the version I know use) as part of a bundle. Then I got that free one from pre-ordering EUIV.

[Zanza]

There seem to be some fun event chains in the new DLC:

So downloaded Sons of Abraham and I was having the standard game as Ireland in a TOG start, exploring the hilarity of jewish courtiers and loans thereof, pilgrimages that turned me into closet atheists without fail and the occasional Irish Band usurpation of Turkastan turning the aral sea into an Irish Catholic lake (Which is a story all its own, believe you me, you have not seen crusader kings lunacy until you see Irishmen fend off a Cuman invasion singlehanded and troll the Islamic world like it ain't no thing.

But then interesting things happened. I was called into a petty war over a single province by the king of Navarra, my father in law which dragged on for fucking ever because I only recently unified Ireland and I had zero boats and Galicia was taking its sweet time in attacking Navarra, which is when I got the Joan of Arc event chain (won't go into detail here but needless to say, this was fucking amazing) Lasairfionna the Maid of Ormond arrived at my court, the stories that generated where worth a book of their own, turning my king from Cynical to Zealous and aiding my efforts in coming to the aid of the King of Strathclyde in evicting the norse and having him swear to me, greatly improving my martial tech growth and generally being badass, so of course I married her to my heir (this is before I noticed the celibate trait and was like 'Damnit') who promptly got her pregnant because apparently he's a fucking beast. My king became a paragon of virtue, gaining the nickname the Holy, the college of Cardinals has three Irish cardinals at any one time and at least one Irish Pope. Not bad for my first 30 years of ruling.

Thats about the time I had my daughter, Sebdan, the child of SATAN.

I am not kidding, when she was born I got the event chain showing off her odd traits, being very quiet, not crying or giving fuss, creating buzzing noises when around other children and laughing when other people got hurt. So I went to the court chaplain to see if he could calm my obviously insane idea that she is the bastard child of Satan. He of course, did not such thing and confirmed my fear and told me to disinherit the child and imprison my wife as a witch. My options where to kill him to silence the rumours, do as he said or ignore it and pretend nothing is wrong, roleplaying a good and kindly king who could not fathom his wife and daughter being such evil creatures (and being so damned sure Paradox would never do something like actually follow through with the threat of a satanic overthrow of a kingdom) he of course ignored it all.

Thats when a Frankish nun arrived at my court who seemed to get along very well with the child and was a mastermind theologian with 26 learning. Suspicious, sure, but I made her my court chaplain anyway. Then sent her to Hungary to try to convert the Arpad dynasty and she was predictably imprisioned. Ransoming her I got her back and put her in my court chaplain position again.

Thats when she tried to convert me to Cathar.

Thinking nothing of it, I imprisoned her, got her to convert, had her retake the vows and made her a chaplain again (where the hell was I going to get another chaplain with those stats again?)

And shortly thereafter I got an event straight out of the fucking OMEN.

Out for a picnic, my king looked up, saw the nun on top of an old watchtower in her habit (or some other black robes) she shouted down to my daughter Sebdan, proclaiming her love for her. And then jumped. My daughter clapping all the way to her bloody smushy death.

Now thoroughly horrified, I had my daughter educated by Lasairfionna because suddenly shit got real and Paradox was seriously threatening me with the spawn of satan. I figured my not!Joan of Arc with her voice of Jesus and insanely goody good good traits would straighten her out. And for the most part? It did. She became honest, gregarious and Just and I left well enough alone, finally put at ease.

So then my king died and Sebdan came of age. AND BECAME THE INCARNATION OF EVIL. She instantly lost all of her good traits (barring gregarious) and became a cruel, deceitful, lustful, envious impaler who was not only a brilliant strategist because of her education but a GENIUS who was possessed and had the voice of satan modifier to go with her demon spawn modifier.

Thats when family members started mysteriously dying. Some of disease, others by maiming, natural causes, poor health and waaaaaay too many suspicious accidents. Before I realized what was going on I died and Sebdan inherited. In a last ditch hope of making her a better person (and prevent a massive vassal revolt by my dukes) I sent her on a pilgrimage to Rome, her husband, a baron, became regent in her stead (poor bastard, I had her betrothed to the king of Lotheringia but broke it because I didn't want to inflict anything on the poor bastard) So she arrives in Rome, ignoring all chances of being charitable... And proceeds to reveal herself as God in the Basilica of St.Peter and St.Paul.

After being thrown out, naturally, she swears vengeance on the worshippers of false idols and my vassals promptly revolted, trying to put my kinsmen on the throne. ANY OTHER KINSMEN. So I was forced to use my not inconsiderable resources to pull up a few mercenaries.

I needn't have bothered.

Because almost as soon as the wars started I had reinforcements.

From the devil himself.

Three legendary pagan witches, Circe of Greece, Morganna of Wales and Jezebal of the Levant arrived in dublin, each leading five hundred knights, heavy infantrymen and longbowmen to help me put down the revolts, all of them attrative mystics, one an especially talented diplomat, another and exceptional spymaster and still another a great marshal. All of them have exceptional traits and stats and all of them love me as I am the chosen one, giving +500 relations.

So now I have put down the revolts, and my army of the damned terrorize the Irish High Kingdom and there's not a damned thing anyone can do about it but stare in utter horror of the fulfillment of a satanic plot to overthrow a kingdom blessed by the arrival of a warrior saint who now weeps over the corpses of her dead family.

Help me.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?736028-From-Holy-Kingdom-to-Unholy-nightmare-Why-this-is-the-best-DLC-yet

[Maximus]

Paradox has announced that it will stop supporting the Gamersgate version of CK2.

However, it will compensate people who own the GG version with free steamkeys for the game and DLCs they own.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?736049-Crusader-Kings-II-Steam-and-GG-Versions-The-Future

Just bought the steam version last week. Didn't want to keep buying GG DLCs expecting them to stop supporting it, so I shelled out in preparation for the Sons of Abraham.

Anyone want a free steam key?

[Agelastus]

Paradox has announced that it will stop supporting the Gamersgate version of CK2.

However, it will compensate people who own the GG version with free steamkeys for the game and DLCs they own.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?736049-Crusader-Kings-II-Steam-and-GG-Versions-The-Future

Christ.

What a bunch of fanboys in that thread.

And yet another black mark against Paradox; Steam is a pile of shit that gums up computers. The only reason I have it installed at all is because I have to for the later Total War Games.

Paradox already lost my custom for EUIV partly* by going to Steam only; if I ever, ever buy it it'll be after every expansion's released and it hits rock bottom pricing in a few years so that they get the least money out of me possible. (I've bought every previous EU game at release.)



*The other parts being Johann's revolting attitude towards resales of games, and the fact that there's a hell of a lot of things I read about EUIV that I personally think would not improve the game over EUIII.

[Syt]

Paradox has announced that it will stop supporting the Gamersgate version of CK2.

However, it will compensate people who own the GG version with free steamkeys for the game and DLCs they own.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?736049-Crusader-Kings-II-Steam-and-GG-Versions-The-Future

Just bought the steam version last week. Didn't want to keep buying GG DLCs expecting them to stop supporting it, so I shelled out in preparation for the Sons of Abraham.

Anyone want a free steam key?

I still have one from one giveaway or other.

[Zanza]

*The other parts being Johann's revolting attitude towards resales of games

Pff. It only takes one European citizen to sue Steam. They'll lose the case as there is already a highest instance decision by the European Court of Justice that reselling software is legal. Johan is of course free to no longer sell software to Europeans.

[Zanza]

I have another CK2 key from the EU4 preorder if someone needs one...

[frunk]

I'd take a key.

[Barrister]

Well since I have a GG version, and was thinking of downloading the last couple expansions (don't have Abraham or Old Gods) I guess I'm just stuck waiting until they give me a steam version...

[garbon]

Paradox has announced that it will stop supporting the Gamersgate version of CK2.

However, it will compensate people who own the GG version with free steamkeys for the game and DLCs they own.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?736049-Crusader-Kings-II-Steam-and-GG-Versions-The-Future

Christ.

What a bunch of fanboys in that thread.

And yet another black mark against Paradox; Steam is a pile of shit that gums up computers. The only reason I have it installed at all is because I have to for the later Total War Games.

Paradox already lost my custom for EUIV partly* by going to Steam only; if I ever, ever buy it it'll be after every expansion's released and it hits rock bottom pricing in a few years so that they get the least money out of me possible. (I've bought every previous EU game at release.)



*The other parts being Johann's revolting attitude towards resales of games, and the fact that there's a hell of a lot of things I read about EUIV that I personally think would not improve the game over EUIII.

I don't have any problems with steam. Once upon a time, I found it to be horrible but seems like the years have been kind and they've ironed out most the issues.

What are your problems with it?

[frunk]

I don't have any problems with steam. Once upon a time, I found it to be horrible but seems like the years have been kind and they've ironed out most the issues.

What are your problems with it?

I agree.  I used to dislike Steam but I haven't had any problems with it for a long time.

[Razgovory]

Paradox has announced that it will stop supporting the Gamersgate version of CK2.

However, it will compensate people who own the GG version with free steamkeys for the game and DLCs they own.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?736049-Crusader-Kings-II-Steam-and-GG-Versions-The-Future

Christ.

What a bunch of fanboys in that thread.

And yet another black mark against Paradox; Steam is a pile of shit that gums up computers. The only reason I have it installed at all is because I have to for the later Total War Games.

Paradox already lost my custom for EUIV partly* by going to Steam only; if I ever, ever buy it it'll be after every expansion's released and it hits rock bottom pricing in a few years so that they get the least money out of me possible. (I've bought every previous EU game at release.)



*The other parts being Johann's revolting attitude towards resales of games, and the fact that there's a hell of a lot of things I read about EUIV that I personally think would not improve the game over EUIII.

Interesting fact:  Steam is actually just the name for the service, it involves no boiling water.  It can't actually "gum up" the inside of your computer with residue.

[fhdz]

And yet another black mark against Paradox; Steam is a pile of shit that gums up computers.

I like when people keep saying things like this. It reminds me of stuff like "everybody knows Windows is a rip-off of the MacOS anyway".

[Ed Anger]

The 2 years of dust in my computers is what is gumming up mine.