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[EuchreJack]

The GOT mod is updated! Now I'm going to start playing it.

I wonder, would that mod make any sense to someone who has never read the books? Or would it just be a confusing morass of names and references?

Sure, I understand it, and I've never read the books.  Course, I brushed up on wikipedia to at least mildly understand the mod.

Plus, don't they have a TV show or something?

[penguinofhonor]

I've only watched the TV show and it makes decent sense to me.

You don't really need to know the show/books to get the mod. It would just be just CK2 in a different setting. Also with dragons.

[a1s]

It slightly bothers me that the AGOT mod happens in what is basically just one empire. While it doesn't feature that prominently on the series/first book (one character is trying unsuccessefully to gather an army there, which doesn't intersect with the rest of the story. And a number of people are from there) there's a rather large amount of land outside what we see in the mod.

[Karlito]

There's always the possibility that they'll add the Republics across the narrow sea, but at the current scale there's no way they could fit the entire other continent in the mod, especially when much of that land is basically just unpopulated wasteland.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?660298-What-is-this...-Day-One. 
Possible hints to new DLC. If this is true then I'm a little bit disappointed that they haven't taken a break to balance out the game at all. Republics are fairly broken and Muslims are just insane.I suppose new features are welcome since modders seem to do a fine job balancing the game anyway.

The thread links to a facebook page which has a mostly blanked out picture that follows CKII's artstyle. Judging from the very small portion of the picture presented I can make out what appears to be a stormy sky with faint traces of aura borealis and a half frozen sea. To me this indicates either two things. Playable northern pagans (most likely) or a northern crusade expansion/the rise of the Teutonic Order - this may (although unlikely) include playable theocracies and/or holy orders.
Of course the most sensible thing, in my eyes, is to release playable northern pagans while expanding the northern crusades as well. What we get depends on whether they plan on doing a "small" Legacy of Rome DLC or a bigger more fleshed out expansion like Sword of Islam or The Republic.

Possible things we could see in playable pagans could include:
No concept of bastards.
Tribal successions laws. Highest marital inherits, etc. 
More fleshed out conversion and resistance to conversion.
A new set of non-Abrahamic virtues/sins.
Being able to incorporate non-blood into your dynasty.
New dynasties or "clans" being formed when relatives declare independence.
A system of "honour" might replace piety which monitors stuff like oaths.
Tribal succession crises.
Cults and lesser deity worship.
Raiding and thralls.
Blood feuds/clan warfare. 
New UI, new sprites/faces

[EuchreJack]

On the bright side, each DLC means a game update for those who don't purchase the DLCs.  In the end, I hope they offer an all-DLC pack for those who have the base game and want to purchase all the DLCs at a reduced price.  Traditionally, Paradox skips this step and eventually releases an game plus all expansions version, but it would be nice to be rewarded for actually purchasing the base game.

[umiman]

On the bright side, each DLC means a game update for those who don't purchase the DLCs.  In the end, I hope they offer an all-DLC pack for those who have the base game and want to purchase all the DLCs at a reduced price.  Traditionally, Paradox skips this step and eventually releases an game plus all expansions version, but it would be nice to be rewarded for actually purchasing the base game.

The fun part is that most of the features inside each DLC are actually given to everyone.

[Tarran]

If this is true then I'm a little bit disappointed that they haven't taken a break to balance out the game at all.

Is the crew making the DLC the same crew fixing the bugs? I seem to remember on the Aztec DLC controversy that they mentioned the crew working on it was different than the patching crew and Republic crew, so it could be the same here, with two separate crews.

The fun part is that most of the features inside each DLC are actually given to everyone.

Yeah, which is a pretty darn nice thing for them to do. It also saves people from having missing-DLC problems.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

If this is true then I'm a little bit disappointed that they haven't taken a break to balance out the game at all.

Is the crew making the DLC the same crew fixing the bugs? I seem to remember on the Aztec DLC controversy that they mentioned the crew working on it was different than the patching crew and Republic crew, so it could be the same here, with two separate crews.

The thing about the Aztec DLC is that it was just simple events that already existed in the game and slightly modified. It introduced no new mechanics so the brunt of the work was done by a "skeleton crew" which included mainly artists.
It could be true that they have a bug-fixing team and a "new mechanic" team but it seems a little unlikely considering the size of Paradox studios. A northern pagan DLC and/or a Teutonic Order would have to introduce a whole range of new mechanics so it would be likely all hands on deck.

I really don't see why they just don't cannibalise or take inspiration from one of the major mods. Project Balance would be perfect for this, even if it's just the way they implement holy wars.

[Tarran]

It could be true that they have a bug-fixing team and a "new mechanic" team but it seems a little unlikely considering the size of Paradox studios.

At the very least we've got Wiz, the CK2+ modder, "learning the ropes" fixing bugs. So we've at least got him. Well, unless they decided that 8 days is enough of a "learning the ropes" period.

[Rakonas]

1.091 changelog is announced.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

- Fixed a bug preventing some people from building new trade posts
- Fixed some instability issues on the Mac and Linux versions
- Fixed bug where taking over the last duchy or higher title from a Merchant Republic could give you Patrician vassals
- Blocked "Offer Vassalization" for one Merchant Republic vs another
- Fixed a tooltip bug for the succession type in secondary kingdoms and empires held by Merchant Republics
- When a regular lowborn Mayor forms a Merchant Republic, he should get a dynasty and become a Patrician
- The Patricians in newly formed merchant republics now get some starting money
- Homosexual characters no longer get the ambition to get married
- Exported PATRICIAN_PRESTIGE_RESPECT_FACTOR and PATRICIAN_AGE_RESPECT_FACTOR to defines
- Doubled the effect of Prestige on Patrician Respect for Doge elections
- Tutorial: Fixed a crash in Realm View
- Fixed a bug where you would end up at war with your liege if beating him to victory in a claim war
- Added text warnings for Independence wars and factions for Patricians, if it would mean Game Over
- Made Ultimogeniture possible for anyone to take, should they be so inclined
- Added the Barony of Altenburg to Meissen
- Gave Ultimogeniture to the Ilkhanate, the Golden Horde and the barony of Altenburg
- Fixed some issues with sound freezes
- Fixed a bug with the "coastal_county_republic" CB that could make vassals of merchant republics independent
- Fixed missing description for Trade Post garrison building
- Fixed issue where a feudal liege could burn a vassal Patrician's Trade Post
- The correct event picture is now shown when Aztecs sacrifice prisoners
- Fixed flag issues for players who don't own Sunset Invasion
- Fixed issues with the Romeo & Juliet event chain
- Added cooldown before the Seize Trade Post plot can be used on the same character again
- Republic random trade events are now slightly less likely to occur
- Lowered the cost and buildtimes of all Family Palace buildings
- Fixed an issue where the Seize Trade Post plot wasn't properly cancelled
- Fixed a bug where your children in foreign courts would not accept being educated by you
- Added a check for negative fertility on either parent to prevent impregnation of or by celibate characters, eunuchs, etc
- Fixed a bug where culture name lists with more than 100 entries would be cut off at 100 entries due to a low random number
- Fixed a problem where a vassal of a vassal who takes an outside would become a vassal of the enemy rather than the old liege's liege
- The Trade posts of Patricians who become independent should no longer be lost in most cases, but taken over by a replacement family
- Fixed bug making Republic capitals immune to some CBs, like Holy War
- Fixed a bug where a betrothed character who married a different person than they were betrothed to could retain the betrothal even when they were not permitted to have another spouse
- Fixed a bug where the educate child menu would be unavailable in foreign courts
- Fixed a bug where children abroad would not show up in the education menu
- Muslims can now never marry matrilineally under any circumstances
- Fixed a bug where the AI would repeatedly unassign and assign a child the same tutor
- Fixed a bug where a deposed ruler would die on the next day
- The Ecumenical Patriarch's pentarchy will now function correctly
- Pentarchs defined in history files for non-titular titles will now always override Autocephaly
- Titular realms will now use their capital when determing religious head for religions with Autocephaly
- Army AI: Fixed an issue with stupid long range land movement
- The Bishopric of Rome will no longer be renamed to the Lateran if the Move Capital to Rome decision is taken
- Gaining a title you are fabricating a claim on via plot will now abort the plot
- The Anti-Pope opinion bonus towards liege will now be properly inherited when liege dies
- Added field to cultures: [used_for_random = yes/no]. Blocks the culture from being available for characters created with random culture.
- Made it more likely that the Mongol Hordes convert to Islam
- Faction View: The Faction labels are no longer capitalized
- Fixed bug with early holders of Family Palace holdings not showing up in the history
- Increased the random factor in doge elections
- Marcella Ziani now has the correct gender
- No longer possible for close relatives to become a married character's mistress
- AI Patricians are now far more likely to upgrade their Family Palaces
- Multiple assassination events should no longer appear when plotting to kill someone
- The province of Ar'Ar has been renamed to Shaka
- When transfering a vassal, the selected vassal will now be shown on the map
- Can no longer ask to join wars against a ruler who is imprisoning you
- You can now always transfer the vassalage of a duke to the de jure liege of their primary title, even if they hold multiple duchies
- Fixed a bug where a landed vassal who inherited their liege's title would remain in their previous factions
- Duplicate independence factions gained from conquering or inheriting titles will now be disbanded
- Fixed a bug where you would not be able to marry the courtiers of Holy Orders and Mercenary Companies despite them showing up as eligible
- Fixed a bug where the add_spouse command would have undesirable results for Muslims
- Improved Jihad notification event to include the religion and portrait of the Caliph
- Fixed a bug with Tanistry that could cause Game Over
- Anti-Pope will now remain as an Emperor's vassal if you press his claim to the Papacy
- Fixed a bug that was causing characters over 1000 years old not to receive events properly
- Exported is_holy_war to cb_types, this determines whether neighbouring AIs of the same religion will consider joining defensively against the attacker
- Can now ask to join Muslim Invasions
- AI will now ask to join Muslim Invasions when appropriate, and is slightly more inclined to defend neighbours against a Muslim Invasion than a Holy War
- Improved duchy distribution AI
- Fixed a bug where you would not be able to ask a character to stop backing a plot if their answer was no, depriving you of just cause to imprison them
- AI: Will now value Kiev more highly and be more inclined to use it as their primary Duchy
- AI: Will now value prestige effects of marriage at a more reasonable level
- The Muslim Invasion CB now requires either a foothold in or border with the target kingdom
- AI: Fixed a bug where countries with a vassal merchant republic would refuse to embargo _any_ republic
- Fixed a bug where a country who had vassal merchant republics could lose them when _winning_ a war against another merchant republic
- Fixed a bug with the Jizya tax modifier for Muslim merchant republics

The excellent
- Anti-Pope will now remain as an Emperor's vassal if you press his claim to the Papacy
- Can now ask to join Muslim Invasions
- AI will now ask to join Muslim Invasions when appropriate, and is slightly more inclined to defend neighbours against a Muslim Invasion than a Holy War
- AI: Will now value prestige effects of marriage at a more reasonable level
- Added a check for negative fertility on either parent to prevent impregnation of or by celibate characters, eunuchs, etc
The sad
- No longer possible for close relatives to become a married character's mistress

[Catastrophic lolcats]

Those are all pretty great. I really love the whole Papacy finally being vassalised if you make an anti-pope, finally gives it a point. Personally I don't know why they're bothering to balance Muslim invasions. They just need to be flat out removed.

[Rakonas]

Personally I like Muslim invasions. In reality Muslims invaded Anatolia and pushed the byzantines to the bosphorus in the few decades between 1066 and the first crusade, and that's impossible to replicate in Holy Wars. They just need western anatolia to be its own de jure kingdom and the whole fatimid invasion of greece thing won't happen without the byzantines being practically destroyed already, as the invasion cb can only be used against bordering kingdoms in 1.091. The prospect of muslims uniting iberia and invading aquitaine may seem unlikely, also, but it's not like it didn't almost happen a century or two earlier, and the player should be allowed to tackle the challenge.

[timferius]

Ok, picking this up again, and I had a few questions:
1. Standing armies (retinues?). How do I get these? Do I have to hit a certain military tech?
2. Plots and people: How do I sway people to join my plots, even people who like me tend to no want to help due to the 2 base reluctance.

[Criptfeind]

Ok, picking this up again, and I had a few questions:
1. Standing armies (retinues?). How do I get these? Do I have to hit a certain military tech?
2. Plots and people: How do I sway people to join my plots, even people who like me tend to no want to help due to the 2 base reluctance.

1: First you need the expansion that the retinues are part of. Without it the screen for them will be there, but unusable. After you got that retinues are based on how many people you can raise. A percentage of that (Based on certain techs) goes into your retinue limit that you can tend spend on retinues.

2: Bribery. I find that if people like me, and don't like the person I am plotting against, a bribe will almost always be enough to get them into my plot. If Bribery is not enough (and with enough practice you should be able to tell at a glance if a bribe will tip them over) I normally find it not worth the hassle to do other things. But if they are your vassal then something like giving them court positions or land may work.