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[Teneb]

hey guys, best mods for current patch? just wondering, as i've always liked the SWMH, but CK+ calls kinda..

I'll always recommend Lux Invicta due to how well thought out it's alt-history is. As well as being really fun.

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That's what my game looks like at the moment. It's... Strange.
The Arpad, ex-kings of the Magyars, failed their invasion of Bulgaria, founded Ruthenia, got counter-invaded by Bulgaria, fled to Crimea, led a rebellion around 940 and now rule the duchy. And are orthodox.
Georgia ate through Khazaria, pure and simple.
The Karlings lost Lotharingia, and the Abassids lost the caliphate.
That's 6 separate rebellions in the iberian peninsula.

For some reason, mega-georgia makes me happy.

[ShoesandHats]

Playing as the Mongols.

LIBERATION REVOLTS ARE SO FUCKING DUUUUUUUMB ARGHGHFSDFH

[Rakonas]

I imagine that's in place to (lightly) discourage save scumming.

Got ironman mode for that.

And EU IV doesn't have it.

Actually I'm pretty sure it has to do with checksums and stuff. Loading one game from another without resigning can cause crashes in some games. I guess they managed to get it working perfectly for Eu4 but couldn't stamp out the problem with CK2.

[pisskop]

For some reason, mega-georgia makes me happy.

+1.  I always root for them in my worlds

[ShoesandHats]

Welp, I'm not playing the Mongols anymore, because four liberation revolts or so within the space of a year is absolutely fucking ridiculous.

[EnigmaticHat]

Rise up against your Mongol overlords!  Reinstate your European overlords!

[Aklyon]

Rise up against your Mongol overlords!  Reinstate your European overlords!

And then rise up against said European overlords because they are heathens of [insert incorrect religion here]!

[jetex1911]

hey guys, best mods for current patch? just wondering, as i've always liked the SWMH, but CK+ calls kinda..

If you love the series like I do, Elder Kings might entertain you.

Go Argonia!

[kaian-a-coel]

Welp, I'm not playing the Mongols anymore, because four liberation revolts or so within the space of a year is absolutely fucking ridiculous.

Just create the kingdom titles, that stops this kind of rebellions from happening.

[Uristides]

Playing my first campaign as Denmark. Got my spymaster wife KIA and remarried with a 20something. King Guy fell in love with her instantly, they had a son and everything was fine. Then the Pope Guy called a Crusade and I decided to join the bandwagon. Halfway there my wife dies from sickness, my king gets depressed and dies and my daughter is now queen, angering all my vassals. If that was not enough my worst enemy/vassal(I wasn't counting on him outliving my king, he was 12~ years older) gets her excommunicated and everybody hates her to death.
What a mess. Everything went well to the end of the crusade though. Now I need to get rid of that vassal's son and my husband(who is my former worst enemy's son, because why not).

A bit disheartening that Denmark is squished between the HRE and the Scandinavians. The only place I've got to invade is pagan Pomerania, and it might be stronger than it seems.

[Bouchart]

I just finished a campaign as Denmark the other day.  Expanding east through Pomerania and Lithuania and then north through Finland worked out pretty well for me.  You also start with a lot of children so don't forget to marry them off.

Denmark starts with a claim against England, so it might be worth gambling on that.  There's a Steam achievement for that.

[Bouchart]

Terrain effects?  Are you attacking across a river or into mountains?

[Descan]

What unit make up are your army and theirs? Horse Archers versus Light Infantry is likely to win even in those situations, but Heavy instead?

[Vactor]

often times it has to do with the combat tactics each flank of your army is rolling.  A few bad tactics, especially with small armies involved can turn a battle pretty quickly.  You can see which tactic each flank is using in the battle screen, they can give pretty significant bonuses and maluses. 

[pisskop]

In addition to the above, Ive noticed that, especially in the baltic (lituania ftw ), terrain and promotions make a huge difference.  A brave, cruel, Heavy infantry, aggressive man with only 8 marital can foreseeably wipe the floor with your superawesome 21 martial general.  And then cripple the general and make him craven.

I have a theory about traits in the game, since Im here.  Abstractly they represent both actual traits and struggles the character would experience as well as public opinion of him.  So he might be a noble soul, but if he is tainted with rumors, he'll get traits corresponding to that.  i.e. craven, suspected craven, and other things.

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army makeup is important, and so is the actual randomized tactics used.  A higher martial gives you a raw bonus as well as unlocks other tactics.  Im a huge fan of pikemen/hinfantry and cruel.