Crusader Kings 2 Redux

[Queequeg]

I'd like to see expanded Silk Road mechanics-say, through central Anatolia with the Turkic caravanserais, or through Kievan Rus-but I think that's inevitable. 

[Caliga]

In my current playthrough I was able to promote the Petty Kingdom of Jorvik to a 'full' Kingdom (that seems to be a new feature), and through sufficient conquest have now created the Kingdom of England.  I guess to keep all of these titles together into a cohesive realm, since I'm a Norse pagan with gavelkind, I need to create a third kingdom and then an empire, right?  I can create Scotland at this point also, and am one county away from being able to create Ireland.

[Caliga]

Thanks for the help everyone.

Anyway, that's what I did and it worked.  I created the English Empire and died like two weeks later. But my son inherited the Empire and his brothers are now his vassals the Kings of Scotland and Jorvik.

Right before he died the former Emperor came back from a massive raid on Morocco with a ton of Muslim chick prisoners, and so all three of the Emperor's concubines are Muslim descendants of Mohammed, one of which just gave birth to the Emperor's first son and heir.

[garbon]

Ask a silly question, get no answer.

[Alcibiades]

What's the differences between HIP and CK2 Plus?   

Looking at both the mods, I know spellus loves HIP, any thoughts on CK2 Plus or a comparison?

[garbon]

I haven't played it since wiz went over to paradox but I liked it as unlike HIP which feels like a 'history' wank, ck2+ seemed more focus on how can it extend events/game mechanics to make the game more fun.

[Queequeg]

What's the differences between HIP and CK2 Plus?   

Looking at both the mods, I know spellus loves HIP, any thoughts on CK2 Plus or a comparison?

HIP is history obsessed, Plus is just stupid.  I tried it as Byzantium and gave up when the crumbling religious authority of Sunni Islam as I reconquered the Levant lead to the revival of Egyptian Paganism and the establishment of a "Kemetic" holy order that rode chariots.  Ugh.


The new HIP is great.  It doesn't include India, but there's a ton more cultures and variety, and expanded options for different groups. 

[Solmyr]

What's the differences between HIP and CK2 Plus?   

Looking at both the mods, I know spellus loves HIP, any thoughts on CK2 Plus or a comparison?

HIP is history obsessed, Plus is just stupid.  I tried it as Byzantium and gave up when the crumbling religious authority of Sunni Islam as I reconquered the Levant lead to the revival of Egyptian Paganism and the establishment of a "Kemetic" holy order that rode chariots.  Ugh.


The new HIP is great.  It doesn't include India, but there's a ton more cultures and variety, and expanded options for different groups.

But what about HIP?

[Tamas]

What's the differences between HIP and CK2 Plus?   

Looking at both the mods, I know spellus loves HIP, any thoughts on CK2 Plus or a comparison?

HIP is history obsessed, Plus is just stupid.  I tried it as Byzantium and gave up when the crumbling religious authority of Sunni Islam as I reconquered the Levant lead to the revival of Egyptian Paganism and the establishment of a "Kemetic" holy order that rode chariots.  Ugh.


The new HIP is great.  It doesn't include India, but there's a ton more cultures and variety, and expanded options for different groups.

But what about HIP?

It sucks. But HIP is awesome

[Queequeg]

Did I phrase my post confusingly?

[Caliga]

Right before he died the former Emperor came back from a massive raid on Morocco with a ton of Muslim chick prisoners, and so all three of the Emperor's concubines are Muslim descendants of Mohammed, one of which just gave birth to the Emperor's first son and heir.

I decided to convert to seniority succession, and my brown son didn't like that too much so I had to put him in jail to keep him under control and then he died.   He had a cool moustache and kind of looked like Saddam Hussein.  It would have been cool to have Emperor Saddam of the English.

[Caliga]

So with Horse Lords on sale... I have zero interest in ever playing as the Mongols/Golden Horde/Magyars/whomever.  Is there any point to buying the expansion then?

[Grinning_Colossus]

You get to see an extra color on the 'government types' map.

[Razgovory]

Did I phrase my post confusingly?

The sentence
HIP is history obsessed, Plus is just stupid. can be interpreted ambiguously if you assume it's possible you left out the word "it" and "Plus" is a preposition.

[Caliga]

You get to see an extra color on the 'government types' map.

That sounds like a 'no'.