PDOX Games VIII: Communism Will Win

[Slutsk Horde]

Pictured: An objectively perfect man.

*excommunicated by the wicked pope*

[Renoa]

Pictured: An objectively perfect man.

*excommunicated by the wicked pope*

Nah, excommunications are for Scottish and Spanish kings in this game. I don't know why, maybe it's all the familicide those dudes tend to commit.

I did actually have a known devil worshiper Pope for a bit, but he died after only a year or two because he was already old as shit when he was elected. Whoever chose him needs a stern talking-to, though.

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

Pictured: An objectively perfect man.

Do not suffer the celibate.

[Bralia]

La Résistance will infiltrate the highest orders of society on February 25th.

[Purpelia]

Unless it comes with a balance patch that makes the eastern front NOT be a joke I am not really interested. Right now germany just steamrolls everything unless you literally have a human player deliberately playing it bad. And that takes away from my options to play the game as anything other than germany.

[Dylar]

Pictured: An objectively perfect man.

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Duke Gregorius the Wise?

[Renoa]

Has anyone noticed it seems like the AI in CK2 prioritizes fighting players over any other wars? Because it's awfully convenient that the Queen of Sicily has decided to pull her army back all the way from Constantinople just to fight me over any of the FOUR other, much more critical, wars she's in. And for some reason her allies in those other wars, one of which is DEFENDING AGAINST A JIHAD, are fighting against me as well. It's the biggest load of bullshit I ever did see. Apparently the entire Catholic world has decided that punishing me for having the audacity to try and reclaim a de jure part of my duchy is more important than defending Jerusalem.

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

Has anyone noticed it seems like the AI in CK2 prioritizes fighting players over any other wars? Because it's awfully convenient that the Queen of Sicily has decided to pull her army back all the way from Constantinople just to fight me over any of the FOUR other, much more critical, wars she's in. And for some reason her allies in those other wars, one of which is DEFENDING AGAINST A JIHAD, are fighting against me as well. It's the biggest load of bullshit I ever did see. Apparently the entire Catholic world has decided that punishing me for having the audacity to try and reclaim a de jure part of my duchy is more important than defending Jerusalem.

Hmmmm, I think there isn't really that kind of prioritisation. As Wales, I once stole the English throne because the English were off in Norway and could not be bothered to protect London.

[North German Realm]

Has anyone noticed it seems like the AI in CK2 prioritizes fighting players over any other wars? Because it's awfully convenient that the Queen of Sicily has decided to pull her army back all the way from Constantinople just to fight me over any of the FOUR other, much more critical, wars she's in. And for some reason her allies in those other wars, one of which is DEFENDING AGAINST A JIHAD, are fighting against me as well. It's the biggest load of bullshit I ever did see. Apparently the entire Catholic world has decided that punishing me for having the audacity to try and reclaim a de jure part of my duchy is more important than defending Jerusalem.

You're probably just unlucky. I mean, it really does depend on the traits of the enemy in question (and how much the holy war he's in matters to him) but I've never actually had that problem. Attacking countries weakened by war and taking a county or two has been the primary way I've expanded in most my CK2 games.

[Genivaria]

Crush your enemies, See them Driven Before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.

[Serrus]

Crush your enemies, See them Driven Before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.

Ooo KR Hungarian tree?

[Genivaria]

Crush your enemies, See them Driven Before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.

Ooo KR Hungarian tree?

Submod.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Kaiserreich/co ... ocus_tree/

[Dome Artan]

Pictured: An objectively perfect man.

whats the piety gain on that saint, like 20?

[Renoa]

Pictured: An objectively perfect man.

whats the piety gain on that saint, like 20?

It's been 20 years so a lot has changed, but he's still alive and right now it's only 7.65 a month. I did bully the pope a little so that might have something to do with it, I'm not sure.

Alas, all good things must come to an end. After surviving rabies, having his face cut off to cure said rabies, getting an eye stabbed out, two and a half crusades, the slow fever, and countless chancellors from the neighboring kingdom trying to forge claims on his lands, Duke Gregorius tragically took his own life. Never let your rulers lead armies kids, they will get PTSD every single time.

As I expected, Old Greg became a saint literally as soon as possible. It gave me a nice sense of achievement to sooth me as I was panicking while un-fucking the inheritance situation his son had gotten into. Never marry your sons to landed women, children, as they will educate your grandkids into their mother's culture and religion and matrilenially marry them off to some worthless backwater countess every single time.

[Ithalian Empire]

whats the piety gain on that saint, like 20?

It's been 20 years so a lot has changed, but he's still alive and right now it's only 7.65 a month. I did bully the pope a little so that might have something to do with it, I'm not sure.

Alas, all good things must come to an end. After surviving rabies, having his face cut off to cure said rabies, getting an eye stabbed out, two and a half crusades, the slow fever, and countless chancellors from the neighboring kingdom trying to forge claims on his lands, Duke Gregorius tragically took his own life. Never let your rulers lead armies kids, they will get PTSD every single time.

As I expected, Old Greg became a saint literally as soon as possible. It gave me a nice sense of achievement to sooth me as I was panicking while un-fucking the inheritance situation his son had gotten into. Never marry your sons to landed women, children, as they will educate your grandkids into their mother's culture and religion and matrilenially marry them off to some worthless backwater countess every single time.

I dont think ive ever had a ruler get depression that way. Its always from all my friends dying and my wives cucking me. When my rulers die from leading armies its because the get an eye taken out and that an infection sets it and i spend a few week of game time knowing that my character is going to die so I desperately try to get enough war score to end the stupid war I am in so I dont start a 10 year regency with a war.

[Danubian Peoples]

So I decided to play as that one Coptic guy in Egypt and have a pretty secure-ish position within the Mulhallabids as the duke of Damietta, who in their typical blobbiness seceded from the Abbasids and absconded with large swathes of their land in no time at all. So anyway, I'm now the guys son (he died of poor health pretty early on), and my nephew through some marraige is now the duke of Friuli, some Italian duchy south of modern-day Austria. Thing is, Friuli happens to be a vassal of the West Franks, whose kingdom I'm suure will last. Now since that is effectively free land I've nominated him as my heir via elective monarchy and all seems good. Problem is, I have no idea what'll happen to me on succession. My nephew is a vassal of the West Franks, and I'm a vassal of Mulhallabid Egypt, both of which are king-level titles. Who is going to be my vassal on succession then?

[Dome Artan]

whats the piety gain on that saint, like 20?

It's been 20 years so a lot has changed, but he's still alive and right now it's only 7.65 a month. I did bully the pope a little so that might have something to do with it, I'm not sure.

Alas, all good things must come to an end. After surviving rabies, having his face cut off to cure said rabies, getting an eye stabbed out, two and a half crusades, the slow fever, and countless chancellors from the neighboring kingdom trying to forge claims on his lands, Duke Gregorius tragically took his own life. Never let your rulers lead armies kids, they will get PTSD every single time.

As I expected, Old Greg became a saint literally as soon as possible. It gave me a nice sense of achievement to sooth me as I was panicking while un-fucking the inheritance situation his son had gotten into. Never marry your sons to landed women, children, as they will educate your grandkids into their mother's culture and religion and matrilenially marry them off to some worthless backwater countess every single time.

Lol a very full life that, I know what you mean on the PTSD usually I have them take the celibate option.
Its amusing he got sainthood as a suicide being how that death is frowned upon and all, but then again I've seen possessed saints so the Pope's aren't too great at vetting are they

So I decided to play as that one Coptic guy in Egypt and have a pretty secure-ish position within the Mulhallabids as the duke of Damietta, who in their typical blobbiness seceded from the Abbasids and absconded with large swathes of their land in no time at all. So anyway, I'm now the guys son (he died of poor health pretty early on), and my nephew through some marraige is now the duke of Friuli, some Italian duchy south of modern-day Austria. Thing is, Friuli happens to be a vassal of the West Franks, whose kingdom I'm suure will last. Now since that is effectively free land I've nominated him as my heir via elective monarchy and all seems good. Problem is, I have no idea what'll happen to me on succession. My nephew is a vassal of the West Franks, and I'm a vassal of Mulhallabid Egypt, both of which are king-level titles. Who is going to be my vassal on succession then?

I'm gonna say your liege would be West Francia, since whats actually happening is your nephew is inheriting titles from outside West Francia it wouldn't make any sense for him to suddenly become a Mulhallabid vassal.

[Danubian Peoples]

[snappy]

Well my nephew croaked before I could do anything about it so I returned my gaze to my original goal, Coptic Egypt. And I did it! Took a while, namely overestimating how scary my faction looked (had to fight some brutal civil wars, only sheer luck got me to white peace out of every single one), until, with 200% faction power and a baby for a sultan, I won myself the kingdom without lifting a finger. So now I set to work converting all my vassals and doing coptic Egypt stuff I guess. The pics above will regail you of the current king of Kemet (Coptic Egypt=Kemet), as well as my territory, and the state of the game at large, as well as a fully expanded dynasty tree.

[The Huskar Social Union]

I hope the next update or dlc for HOI4 does something for the USSR and Italy, hopefully new trees. What other countries would you guys like to see get better trees or at least something?

[Lunas Legion]

I hope the next update or dlc for HOI4 does something for the USSR and Italy, hopefully new trees. What other countries would you guys like to see get better trees or at least something?

Paradox should just outsource focus trees to modders TBH. All of them need updates to some degree but especially Italy and the USSR.

[Purpelia]

I hope the next update or dlc for HOI4 does something for the USSR and Italy, hopefully new trees. What other countries would you guys like to see get better trees or at least something?

Paradox should just outsource focus trees to modders TBH. All of them need updates to some degree but especially Italy and the USSR.

Better not. Of all the mods I played the focus trees have always either been deliberately overpowered, too insane or just too memei.

[Dome Artan]

[snappy]

Well my nephew croaked before I could do anything about it so I returned my gaze to my original goal, Coptic Egypt. And I did it! Took a while, namely overestimating how scary my faction looked (had to fight some brutal civil wars, only sheer luck got me to white peace out of every single one), until, with 200% faction power and a baby for a sultan, I won myself the kingdom without lifting a finger. So now I set to work converting all my vassals and doing coptic Egypt stuff I guess. The pics above will regail you of the current king of Kemet (Coptic Egypt=Kemet), as well as my territory, and the state of the game at large, as well as a fully expanded dynasty tree.

Very nice, unfortunate on those little Byzantine counties though I can't imagine you're in much of a position to do anything about that right now. Byzantines actually look reasonably healthy although I guess thats a product of the Abbasid explosion.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Paradox should just outsource focus trees to modders TBH. All of them need updates to some degree but especially Italy and the USSR.

Better not. Of all the mods I played the focus trees have always either been deliberately overpowered, too insane or just too memei.

Memery dear Purpelia, Memery

[Purpelia]

Better not. Of all the mods I played the focus trees have always either been deliberately overpowered, too insane or just too memei.

Memery dear Purpelia, Memery

Isn't memery the term for the general concept of memeing where as I am looking for an adjective.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Memery dear Purpelia, Memery

Isn't memery the term for the general concept of memeing where as I am looking for an adjective.

Huh, yeah you are probably correct on that one.