PDX Games IX: Western Pre-Turkic Empire

[The Huskar Social Union]

Fuck the Pope-lice!



Yes, I know this is terrible.

Fornicate the Papal Institutions

[Ithalian Empire]

I went on crusade and all they gave me was this sack.

[Renoa]

Me when I declared war on Castile to take Gibraltar at the same time France was invading them from the north

[Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States]

I went on crusade and all they gave me was this sack.

Praise the Dick Divine, heathen! Embrace His Holy member!

[Abserdia]

I went on crusade and all they gave me was this sack.

Praise the Dick Divine, heathen! Embrace His Holy member!

This thread has been so risqué recently...

[Ithalian Empire]

I went on crusade and all they gave me was this sack.

Praise the Dick Divine, heathen! Embrace His Holy member!

Apparently we won the Crusade but didn't take the title.

[Grenartia]

Dude. The fucking Pope. I can't be crowned until he opens his plague-infested home. Catholicism is a mistake.

This post made by Protestant Gang.

[Grenartia]

I went on crusade and all they gave me was this sack.

>Actual foreskin of Christ
>Created 1 Nov. 1090

Seems legit.

[Bralia]

It took 80 years to totally annihilate the second most powerful religion in the game. I really quite hate how imbalanced all of the early start dates are for both of the most powerful religions in the world.

[Atheris]

Dude. The fucking Pope. I can't be crowned until he opens his plague-infested home. Catholicism is a mistake.

This post made by Protestant Gang.

Can confirm.

[Bralia]

The reformed Tengri faith now allows for Genghers Khan.

[The Huskar Social Union]

In CK3 they changed "Oldest Child Succession" and "Youngest Child Succession" back to Primogeniture and Ultimogeniture

[Valrifell]

In CK3 they changed "Oldest Child Succession" and "Youngest Child Succession" back to Primogeniture and Ultimogeniture

Thank God.

[Bralia]

In CK3 they changed "Oldest Child Succession" and "Youngest Child Succession" back to Primogeniture and Ultimogeniture

Thank God.

Does God work for Paradox now?

[Purpelia]

I just hate how they keep focusing on forcing us to have gravekin or how ever it's spelled for as long as painfully possible. Like it's literally the least fun and most annoying thing ever introduced into CK2. And now they want to make a point of it.
The whole thing just feels like a mechanic designed to keep the AI down and prevent it from challenging the player, sort of like the obedience focus tree for Manchuko in HOI4. Not something the player should actually use short of severe masochism.

[The Imperial Reach]

I just hate how they keep focusing on forcing us to have gravekin or how ever it's spelled for as long as painfully possible. Like it's literally the least fun and most annoying thing ever introduced into CK2. And now they want to make a point of it.
The whole thing just feels like a mechanic designed to keep the AI down and prevent it from challenging the player, sort of like the obedience focus tree for Manchuko in HOI4. Not something the player should actually use short of severe masochism.

Except gavelkind (or something similar to it) was probably the most common succession type of that time period.

I don't like it either, but I understand why it's prevalent.

[Sildorian Empire]

I just hate how they keep focusing on forcing us to have gravekin or how ever it's spelled for as long as painfully possible. Like it's literally the least fun and most annoying thing ever introduced into CK2. And now they want to make a point of it.
The whole thing just feels like a mechanic designed to keep the AI down and prevent it from challenging the player, sort of like the obedience focus tree for Manchuko in HOI4. Not something the player should actually use short of severe masochism.

Except gavelkind (or something similar to it) was probably the most common succession type of that time period.

I don't like it either, but I understand why it's prevalent.

I don't get why everyone hates Gavelkind tbh. At worst, it'll mean your dynasty score will raise more quickly and you'll need to spend the first few years of your reign assassinating people, at best it's a centuries-long challenge (and it really only takes until you get late feudal law, so not really that hard anyway). Maybe Partition'll be different than Gavelkind tho so idk.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Except gavelkind (or something similar to it) was probably the most common succession type of that time period.

I don't like it either, but I understand why it's prevalent.

I don't get why everyone hates Gavelkind tbh. At worst, it'll mean your dynasty score will raise more quickly and you'll need to spend the first few years of your reign assassinating people, at best it's a centuries-long challenge (and it really only takes until you get late feudal law, so not really that hard anyway). Maybe Partition'll be different than Gavelkind tho so idk.

Cuz it sucks bigly balls

[The Huskar Social Union]

I honestly dont hate it as much as other people do but i prefer not to have it.

[Sildorian Empire]

I honestly dont hate it as much as other people do but i prefer not to have it.

I mean obviously nobody prefers to have Gavelkind lmao

[The Huskar Social Union]

I honestly dont hate it as much as other people do but i prefer not to have it.

I mean obviously nobody prefers to have Gavelkind lmao

Wait for it, some contrarian will come in here and scream to the rooftops about it being the best system.

[Serrus]

I just hate how they keep focusing on forcing us to have gravekin or how ever it's spelled for as long as painfully possible. Like it's literally the least fun and most annoying thing ever introduced into CK2. And now they want to make a point of it.
The whole thing just feels like a mechanic designed to keep the AI down and prevent it from challenging the player, sort of like the obedience focus tree for Manchuko in HOI4. Not something the player should actually use short of severe masochism.

It's accurate, but at least this time they're allowing you to make it suck less. Plus, given that there's gonna be more forms of elective succession, and we already know that those can be assimilated via innovation, and Eldership/Tanistry was and is pretty overpowered, it's likely we won't be stuck with Gavelkind the whole time it's expected to have it.

[Heloin]

I mean obviously nobody prefers to have Gavelkind lmao

Wait for it, some contrarian will come in here and scream to the rooftops about it being the best system.

Tanistry or bust.

[Plzen]

Tanistry or bust.

It's ultimogeniture or chaos, you heretics. :p

[Purpelia]

Except gavelkind (or something similar to it) was probably the most common succession type of that time period.

I don't like it either, but I understand why it's prevalent.

I don't get why everyone hates Gavelkind tbh. At worst, it'll mean your dynasty score will raise more quickly and you'll need to spend the first few years of your reign assassinating people, at best it's a centuries-long challenge (and it really only takes until you get late feudal law, so not really that hard anyway). Maybe Partition'll be different than Gavelkind tho so idk.

Because it's basically a system when every time you die the game tells you to **** off and undoes all you spent hours if not days building.

Every time your ruler dies I literally see that stupid paradox dog mascot popping up on screen saying:
"Oh, I see you are building a nice little kingdom / empire there. That sounds like so much fun. Well we can't have that now can we?"

And yes, it's historically accurate. But so what? Accuracy must take a step back to fun otherwise what's the point?