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[Loud Whispers]

Mine's under Pat McCrory, so I know how you feel
As I suspected, it was cathartic to invade my home as my birthplace (Asheville as Raleigh).  And then form Greater Carolina, (Best Carolina plus some of South Carolina).

And honestly, I think Crusader Kings is most fun as a vassal.  More mechanics are in play, not to mention the protections.  And the constant temptation of usurping, or rebelling...
It is what makes CK2 different than your typical grand strategy game.

Using your character traits to RP is also fun, so if your guy is content then no usurping, if they're wrath then always assault everyone at all opportunities, if they're greedy just hoard gold and if they're 6 years old unwisely give all of their land to their friends

[scriver]

I'd kind of like a few more scenarios for ATE, in particular a 2020 version.

I know you're probably joking, but this mod just popped up on the front of my ck2 page on steam: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=846781077

[Cruxador]

I'd kind of like a few more scenarios for ATE, in particular a 2020 version.

I know you're probably joking, but this mod just popped up on the front of my ck2 page on steam: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=846781077

It apparently doesn't work, though.

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

I know there is one for Europe set in the modern day, at least.

[Icefire2314]

I know there is one for Europe set in the modern day, at least.

Add me on steam: Icefire2314 (wow! surprise)

I'll start a Bay12CKII group (unless there is one already) and we can plan out stuff there for MP gamems

[Ibid Straydrink]

Back to Elder Kings. It may have something to do with the starting scenarios having been tweaked a bit, but boy... The Malacath Cult orcs do feel a bit overpowered in the earliest setting. High Rock is divided, especially in the east, so it didn't take more than a couple of generations to become a renowned orcish warlord and sweep the entire province.

Unfortunately, the "despotic hierarchy" government style doesn't exactly favor longevity, so I am thinking of saving up a tidy some for mercenaries, converting to the Eight, and then calling on Cyrodiil's religious center for reforcement. Bonus points if the character to set all of this into motion is a half-orc.

Surely, Malacath won't be entirely pleased, but considering the resulting turmoil and bloodshed we'll face, I'm pretty sure this has been His plan to begin with.

[scriver]

I was very disappointed there wasn't a Trinimac Restoration choice for Orcs to mirror the ideas of... That or ruler but who was king during Oblivion and who I believe was the one who used the Lorkhan Mecha to re-establish Orsinium.

[Teneb]

I was very disappointed there wasn't a Trinimac Restoration choice for Orcs to mirror the ideas of... That or ruler but who was king during Oblivion and who I believe was the one who used the Lorkhan Mecha to re-establish Orsinium.

Gortworg wasn't a Trinimac fan.

Spoiler: Actual ESO spoilers (click to show/hide)

The one in ESO and his mother, though, are really into the "heresy".

[scriver]

On the contrary, Gortwog was the founder of the Trinimac heresy:

3rd Ed PGE, last paragraph.

Traditionally, the Orcs have worshiped the Daedra Malacath (Mauloch) as their patron deity. Gortwog, however, has established a new priesthood devoted to the worship of Trinimac, the ancient hero of the Orcs, who legend has it was devoured by Boethia and became the Daedra Malacath. The Orc King's belief that Trinimac still lives and that Malacath is a separate entity, a demon whose aim was to keep the Orsimer pariah folk forever, is the official position of the shaman priests of Orsinium

Spoiler: Actual ESO spoilers (click to show/hide)

The one in ESO and his mother, though, are really into the "heresy".

ESO is Heresy!

[Putnam]

ESO is Heresy!

I will say with no doubt in my mind that ESO's lore is better than Oblivion's and Skyrim's

[Cruxador]

On the Elder Kings tack, I've been playing as the Mane now that he's playable. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get Strong Mane, so I'm stuck dominating Elsweyr very very slowly. On the plus side, playing a character from age zero on up lets you build your stats up hard.

[Teneb]

Dev Diary lads.

Spoiler: As you wish... (click to show/hide)

Hello everyone, I’m Gwenael Tranvouez, the Tech Lead on CK2, and I’m here to introduce a new feature for this Dev Diary.

Don’t you hate it when you’re start a war against a neighbour, counting on your allies to come and help and they all decide the best idea is to attach to your army so that you’ll take attrition? So do we!

So we’ve taken another leaf from EU4’s big book of tricks and we’ve added Ally Orders. When you lead a war, you can tell other participants what to do:

    Hunt down enemy armies
    Or focus on sieging provinces.
    Attach to a specific army
    Siege a specific province

The first two orders are given through a new tab in the military screen, which also summarizes what orders all your allies have:



The last two are given through a new button on the unit or province screen:




As long as they’re in the war, your allies will try their best to fulfill your wishes, reverting to their default behavior when unable to comply. Unless, of course, they got bigger fish to fry, such as a big revolt in their own territory, or their own war to focus on.

The tooltip for AI units also mention what orders their owners have:



We’ve also improved the AI’s goal selection in wars, and general pathing so they’re more useful to have around in general.

That's it for this week.

While it is a rather sparse DD, the changes are quite welcome.

EDIT: I went through the thread, and it looks like ability to give priorities to allies is DLC content.

[Twinwolf]

Question: Does Elective Monarchy give any claims? Because in my Ireland game (goal is unifying Brittania - already took over Ireland and a decent chunk of Wales, and a county of Scotland. I took Brittany too as a early foothold on the mainland and as a source of more soldiers for conquering). I managed to marry my heir matrillineally to the Prince of England, but they're currently Elective so I'm not sure if it'll actually do anything for me but get a non-aggression pact while I work on Scotland and Wales.

[hector13]

I'm reasonably sure all of a leader's children get claims on all their titles. Not sure if they're strong claims after the 2nd and 3rd in line to them, though...

[Teneb]

I'm reasonably sure all of a leader's children get claims on all their titles. Not sure if they're strong claims after the 2nd and 3rd in line to them, though...

IIRC, children of a titled ruler get strong claims. If not pressed, their children will get weak claims. This applies to any government. Of course, depending on government and religion, women may not be able to press their claims.