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[Sirbug]

I am an emperor of Carphatia. Gophers command me I take over Poland now, because it's just silly how my Empire looks after all those pagan subjugation.

I guess I should've become Cathar when I had a chance. But I don't want to be on a receiving end of crusade, I'm not Holy Roman Empire to withstand it.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Protip: Don't bother with viceroyalties unless you like being at permanent 100% threat.

As a dude who has been using viceroyalties a lot due to being the Byzantines, I've never had that happen to me before. My threat has always stayed the same after inheriting a revolt and then winning it. Maybe you gain threat if you lose it but... Byzantines. My retinue stack has almost as much men as the Abbasids. I haven't lost a revolt yet. I came very close due to the stupidity of my former vassal, but someone I still managed to salvage things.

[Grim Portent]

Protip: Don't bother with viceroyalties unless you like being at permanent 100% threat.

As a dude who has been using viceroyalties a lot due to being the Byzantines, I've never had that happen to me before. My threat has always stayed the same after inheriting a revolt and then winning it. Maybe you gain threat if you lose it but... Byzantines. My retinue stack has almost as much men as the Abbasids. I haven't lost a revolt yet. I came very close due to the stupidity of my former vassal, but someone I still managed to salvage things.

Ah, the Byzantines the only guys who rival the Norse for brokenness. 

If you manage to combine the two you wind up with a true world stomper. 

Viking trait, plus Born in the Purple plus Augustus is a +40 to vassal opinions. If you make most of your vassals theocracies (it involves a lot of micromanagement to bypass the normal restrictions) you get another +30 for being Fylkir on top of that. You can be as tyrannical as you want, people will still love you. 

[Rolan7]

Well at that point you might literally be a god emperor, with an army of loyal elite marines

[LordBrassroast]

Gotta love that in this game. Real life? Byzantines fell apart slowly over time. CKII? Nope. At worst they'll slowly lose territory then reclaim it.

Well, this may be the only time in history that the AI is smarter than real life. The Byzantines mostly fell apart due to rulers getting drunk and partying instead of dealing with the Arab Doomstacks/scheming nobles.

[Rolan7]

Well, this may be the only time in history that the AI is smarter than real life. The Byzantines mostly fell apart due to rulers getting drunk and partying instead of dealing with the Arab Doomstacks/scheming nobles.

And the betrayals upon betrayals, if memory serves.

The legacy of Rome!

[Sirbug]

I wonder for what purpose did all my vassals demanded that I turn titular kingdom without a single vassal into an elective monarchy.

[Grim Portent]

I wonder for what purpose did all my vassals demanded that I turn titular kingdom without a single vassal into an elective monarchy.

Was it your primary title?

[Sirbug]

No, my primary title is an empire.

[Cruxador]

Ah, the Byzantines the only guys who rival the Norse for brokenness. 

If you manage to combine the two you wind up with a true world stomper. 

Norse byzantines don't have the option to turn all Catholics into heretics and conquer them on that CB, though, so it's hardly a perfect synthesis. And become a fylkir from Byzantium's geographic neighborhood seems difficult.

[Teneb]

Ah, the Byzantines the only guys who rival the Norse for brokenness. 

If you manage to combine the two you wind up with a true world stomper. 

Norse byzantines don't have the option to turn all Catholics into heretics and conquer them on that CB, though, so it's hardly a perfect synthesis. And become a fylkir from Byzantium's geographic neighborhood seems difficult.

All you need to do is mend the schism and then convert to germanic.

[Sirbug]

Why is my vassal having troublesome line of succession if his heir is in my dynasty? It can't be that his county in Denmark is more important, can it?

[Grim Portent]

Ah, the Byzantines the only guys who rival the Norse for brokenness. 

If you manage to combine the two you wind up with a true world stomper. 

Norse byzantines don't have the option to turn all Catholics into heretics and conquer them on that CB, though, so it's hardly a perfect synthesis. And become a fylkir from Byzantium's geographic neighborhood seems difficult.

All you need to do is mend the schism and then convert to germanic.

Converting to paganism from christianity is difficult and annoying though, it's much easier to come into the Byzantine Empire as a Norse Fylkir already (kidnap a few Byzantine princesses to get claims), use holy wars and great holy wars to get everything you need to make Rome and Mend the Schism, hand the fylkirate off to your heir, move your capital to somewhere with Orthodox religion, convert, make Rome and mend the schism, then try to turn back to pagan or wait out your own death so you become Fylkir again in the next life.

[umiman]

By the way, I thought you guys might like my most recent Ironman run where I nabbed almost all the Islamic achievements as well as the Looking East and West achievement (conquer both the Empire of Persia and the Empire of Rajastan) which I've been desiring for awhile.

This is my current character. Ignore the name. I highlighted his heir which I'm looking forward to playing as. The guy has awesome stats. I gave him so much stuff so he has more prestige and piety when I take over. It's been about... 15 rulers? Most of these guys die super early from sickness. The Shaybanid family started as a duchy in Syria and became this massive horde.

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This is the Empire that got all those achievements. Conquering India was easy. Persia not so much. Not because it was well defended, but because it's very annoying trying to get enough piety to constantly declare war on other Muslims.

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My government type is called Absolute Imperial Autocracy. It sounds super redundant.

[Sirbug]

Well, my nephew died and now my Empire has a county in a middle of nowhere. What is it good for? Who knows?

Then I died and during succession got an achievement for nothing.