Francesc Fabregas Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 This morning I've become the King of Ireland, and I'm now just two counties away from having the whole of the country under my command. The only problem is that Ulster is under the control of Pictland and I imagine going after it will have heavy repercussions. They seem like a pretty handy bunch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochas III Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) You could play the waiting game. Not being able to see your map I obviously can't see the local kingdoms. But you could always marry/ally Northumbria/England/Other British Isles kingdom and attack You could, if you are happy to play waiting game wait for a female count to sit on Ulster and marry them to your heir and as long as she has her first kid with your heir then it will finally pass to you. Meanwhile building up your resources for war of course Edited August 18, 2015 by Antiochas III 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti Niemi Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Gavelkind succession is a knob. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelmen Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 got the game and a pile of add ons yesterday... where do i start? there seems to be 101 things going on at once and that is just the tutorial!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 got the game and a pile of add ons yesterday... where do i start? there seems to be 101 things going on at once and that is just the tutorial!! Going the Earl of Dublin is supposed to be the easiest way to get into the game. No liege, every county in Ireland is independent and easy enough to take over, and you're less likely to get attacked from elsewhere. Don't turn on the Sunset Invasion DLC though, everything gets a bit wacky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti Niemi Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Just discovered the 'invite a claimant of another county to your court and press their claim' gambit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Just discovered the 'invite a claimant of another county to your court and press their claim' gambit It will consume your being clicking onto every single person "just in case" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti Niemi Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 In the end it wasn't as useful as I'd hoped tbh, pressed some guy's claim and he didn't even become my vassal at the end of it. Had to invade him again Still unified Ireland the day and got things nice and stable. Don't know what Sinn Fein are moaning about, it was a piece of piss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochas III Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Two rules about inviting claimant to your court if you want him to take the land and be your vassal. 1. Make sure you land him first and 2. Make sure he's not taking a title equal or greater than you. As unlike in real history you cannot have a vassel who has the same title as you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti Niemi Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Just won an absolutely incredible set of victories against the English, the French and my own rebellious nobles. Scenes. Fucking scenes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Been reading about these Paradox games and they sound right up my street (wasted many hours on the medieval and shogun total wars, very much can't be arsed with the battles in them though generally). Think I fancy EU4 more than CKII. I like the idea of going Scotland and trying to make a success of Darien and using it to launch an empire. Lots of CKII chat in here, not so much EU4, thoughts? Like the idea of it being a lot more detailed and complex than Total War and like the idea of building up a trading economy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Europa's mechanics are much easier to understand and I think it's probably more accessible than CK2. Have spent hundreds of hours on both and would recommend either definitely. I'm not sure exactly how functional it is without the DLC (of which there's loads) but they're usually on sale so it's easy to pick and choose which ones sound appealing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Europa's mechanics are much easier to understand and I think it's probably more accessible than CK2. Have spent hundreds of hours on both and would recommend either definitely. I'm not sure exactly how functional it is without the DLC (of which there's loads) but they're usually on sale so it's easy to pick and choose which ones sound appealing. It's taken me a good few hours of gameplay, a few YouTube videos and some googling but I think I'm finally starting to get to grips with the game. I've only got the Common Sense DLC as being able to raise a provinces base rate of tax seems a really useful lever. I started about 5-7 games with Scotland all looking like certain military defeat before nailing the diplomacy I was after in my next start, marriage alliance and good relations with England who I imagine now won't be troubling me and I've consolidated my conquest of half of Ireland (Kildare allied with England and I don't want war with England). Starting to advance through tech now and have my sights set on colonial tech and establishing an overseas empire. Really looking forward to trying a few other counties out after Scotland. Fancy mucking about in Central Asia a bit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 It's taken me a good few hours of gameplay, a few YouTube videos and some googling but I think I'm finally starting to get to grips with the game. I've only got the Common Sense DLC as being able to raise a provinces base rate of tax seems a really useful lever. I started about 5-7 games with Scotland all looking like certain military defeat before nailing the diplomacy I was after in my next start, marriage alliance and good relations with England who I imagine now won't be troubling me and I've consolidated my conquest of half of Ireland (Kildare allied with England and I don't want war with England). Starting to advance through tech now and have my sights set on colonial tech and establishing an overseas empire. Really looking forward to trying a few other counties out after Scotland. Fancy mucking about in Central Asia a bit. Good to hear you've started off well but even when it goes tits up you will realise that losing is fun. I've seen me build up Rum into an unstoppable behemoth in CK only for me to convert to EU4 and come up against a suddenly invincible Ethiopia and Persia which forced me out of the MIddle Eaat for two centuries and right on the back foot. Was decent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 It's a great game, most frustrating one I've ever played.Spending a solid hour getting allies as I became aware my son was planning to assassinate me, deciding to finally go ahead with a plan to execute the fucker, only to be killed in an explosion the very next turn. Bubbling with rage as I took control of the son and seen the "kinslayer" trait, before realising I'd somehow gotten stronger by everything passing to him and getting excited, only to be killed by a plot I'd concocted as the father, is one of the most enjoyable moments of gaming I've ever had. Complete scenes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 'N Yellow Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Worth pointing out that EU4 and CKII are both on sale on steam atm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XIII Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I've got EU4 and I've tried to get into it but haven't got the time to learn, tried Scotland and got owned. If your after strategy but bored of total war may I suggest Men of War: Assault Squad 2. One of the best RTS I've played 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Is this worth getting and is the Game of Thrones mod worth it?I really enjoyed Civ 4 and played the f**k out of it but never got time for a turn based game for a few years now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochas III Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 On 21/09/2017 at 21:53, RandomGuy. said: It's a great game, most frustrating one I've ever played. Spending a solid hour getting allies as I became aware my son was planning to assassinate me, deciding to finally go ahead with a plan to execute the fucker, only to be killed in an explosion the very next turn. Bubbling with rage as I took control of the son and seen the "kinslayer" trait, before realising I'd somehow gotten stronger by everything passing to him and getting excited, only to be killed by a plot I'd concocted as the father, is one of the most enjoyable moments of gaming I've ever had. Complete scenes. I had a period where I was Duke of Austria who was killed by his son, who was then killed by his uncle who (I) then became duke of Swabia who was then killed by his son. It was about 3 game years 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 On 29/07/2015 at 10:49, sergie's no1 fan said: Has anyone played the Game of Thrones modification? Looks pretty sweet! http://www.moddb.com/mods/crusader-kings-2-a-game-of-thrones-ck2agot Started this last night. Earliest time setting, went as the Starks obvs. Completely forgotten how to play the game so decided to ally with strong families first. Targaerayns denied my request to marry their son with my daughter, obviously as they want to keep it in the family, so went to the Lannisters instead. Married my daughter to their heir, then started a plot to kill their king(?). 3 days later my son in law gets eaten by a fucking dragon and I think my plot has been uncovered. Great stuff. Now facing a huge war I have no idea how to do 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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