Vassalise the World. A Byzantine Dream.

**BurningEGO** · 01-10-2006 16:01

I am curious, but what is the dificulty you are playing with? I hope it is Very Hard - Furious, but i doubt, since you haven't been attacked by everyone, despite your big BB points.

Anyway, good work. I will surely want to see how this vassalizating frenzy ends up.

**SeanB** · 01-10-2006 16:03

Nice expansion there mate. You would make Justinian proud. :P

**jonti-h** · 01-10-2006 16:16

Originally Posted by BurningEGO

I am curious, but what is the dificulty you are playing with? I hope it is Very Hard - Furious, but i doubt, since you haven't been attacked by everyone, despite your big BB points.

Anyway, good work. I will surely want to see how this vassalizating frenzy ends up.

It's Hard/Aggressive - If it were on furious the AI would Dow everyone (and me) too quickly and end up wrecking itself. I find Aggressive to be the best compromise!

I do have a very large army - that might have something to do with the lack of DoWs - I think the AI is scared of me!

**Walter Model** · 01-10-2006 16:36

Hey, to get rid of the non-core provinces, and to gain a core which is a capital, you could make events for <nation> something like :

Moving of the Capital

The Byzantine onslaught has reached our capital, them claiming it as theirs. We must move to another location immediately unless we want it to be recognized by countries according to rumours and then making us a very unprestigious nation.

OR, you could just put

Moving of the Capital

AI_EVENT_MOVE_CAPITAL

Then, for your unwanted provinces :

Unwanted Area

We have gained Tabriz, but because it is not one of 'our' territories which we have no legal claim upon, we shall grant it to another nation.

OR

Unwanted Area

BYZ_REMOVE_PROVINCE_<ID>

**jonti-h** · 01-10-2006 17:00

Another update.

Now, after creating my first 4 vassals, I decided to attend to my cores in the East!
First on the menu was the Golden Horde - who had swallowed Georgia - meaning I had 4 cores on them.

Anyway, their army was all in the other side of their empire (fighting Genoa) so being an opportunist I declared on them!

It was an easy war - I had reached their capital before their armies had finished building. Once I had finished sieging the lower end of their country, they stopped demanding money from me and sent this offer instead!

Much more to my liking! Money, and all my cores!

I then continued my drive Eastwards, this time paying a surprise visit to the Mameluks - who were about as prepared for my arrival as the Golden Horde had been! My army (mostly mercenaries

) sieged their provinces and soon they were ready to listen to reason.

I told them that they didn't really want all that land, and that I would look after it - and after a little persuasion, they agreed.

I'll be back!

My next stop was Bavaria - now I can wander through Europe thanks to those vassals, it's easier for me to get to them, than for them to get to me!
Baden joined in the fun too, and Switzerland decided to DoW me (with no allies!!)
The result of this was;

That's right, more vassals! Ain't that nice! Shame most of them hate my guts though - wonder if it's something I said?

The problem came with Baden. They were a vassal of Bavaria, and you can't vassalise a vassal - so I reduced them to one province, then annexed them - the plan being to release a 2 prov Baden. Unfortunately, they are only one province in the revolt.txt so I am lumbered with Wurzberg - for now.

The next problem came more recently - I was happily marching through Saxony, Hessen, The Palitinat, the Papal States and Hannover - when Castile and all their allies declare on me!!

Serves me right for being overconfident I suppose!

Originally Posted by Me

I do have a very large army - that might have something to do with the lack of DoWs - I think the AI is scared of me!

Looks like it ain't scared any more!
Let the BB wars begin!!!

**jonti-h** · 01-10-2006 17:01

Originally Posted by Walter Model

Hey, to get rid of the non-core provinces, and to gain a core which is a capital, you could make events for <nation> something like :

Moving of the Capital

The Byzantine onslaught has reached our capital, them claiming it as theirs. We must move to another location immediately unless we want it to be recognized by countries according to rumours and then making us a very unprestigious nation.

OR, you could just put

Moving of the Capital

AI_EVENT_MOVE_CAPITAL

Then, for your unwanted provinces :

Unwanted Area

We have gained Tabriz, but because it is not one of 'our' territories which we have no legal claim upon, we shall grant it to another nation.

OR

Unwanted Area

BYZ_REMOVE_PROVINCE_<ID>

That's a good idea, I might do something like that - either that or edit the savegame to get shot of the non-cores!

**Walter Model** · 01-10-2006 17:59

Don't forget to give yourself a -1 badboy modifier for each province you take away, or you will be Hated Throughout The World

**jonti-h** · 01-10-2006 18:20

Originally Posted by Walter Model

Don't forget to give yourself a -1 badboy modifier for each province you take away, or you will be Hated Throughout The World

I already am

No-one like me!

That's why I am at war with the other half of Europe.

**Skarion** · 01-10-2006 18:21

I doubt this will work.

As youve started the bb wars your vassals will break their vassalage constantly except if you are allied with them, and you only got a certain ammount of allies.

And if you plan to use 2-3 allies to conquer the world, then you have to think of that they will cancel their vassalisation if they get the troop ammounts that they need to accomplish the WC.

I should have gone from the start and just vassalize everyone *nods*

Also changing capitals and such are pretty much cheating in my view...

**Battle bunny** · 01-10-2006 18:33

Skarion's post deleted for attempted AAR crashing.

**Walter Model** · 01-10-2006 18:48

I suppose if Hungary changes capital to Bohemia, and gives Magyar away you could just turn the country to Bohemia in the event of doing so, then everyone wins.

**jonti-h** · 01-10-2006 19:05