dinofs:
The Ottomans can be a nasty foe, but at this point they're practically on their deathbed. Try to release the land they have in the Balkans to help finish them off!
They surely are, still the AI script or what makes them rather aggressive. The fragmentation was the key to neutralising them. The Balkans? Well, some plan has to be drawn up for the region.
blsteen:
nice to see the Protestants picking up speed
Rarely do I see them that strong. As the Papal States I shouldn't be happy but strangely I do enjoy a game where at last the Protestants become an issue in European politics.
loki100:
this really does reinforce the eastward tilt of the papacy, looks like Constantinople maybe on its way to being the new even newer Rome (this gets too confusing to actually work out how new this would be).
True. This 'newer Rome' thing is so much fantasy scenario, I somehow don't know how to go about it.
Chris Taylor:
I love the Pharos policy; seems plausible and realistic for a church that suddenly has to integrate tons of new believers from a different tradition at the same time that it is losing its grip on its traditional strongholds.
Glad you like it and deem it plausible.
Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit.
Indeed. But why 'ferum'?
I am also suitably impressed by the performance of the Protestant rebels in England. It is a shame that the "moral fibre" spawns can't be limited to AI defence against France/Scotland invasions in the early game
Dei Gratia's 'War of religion' seems to have worked here as designed. And I love it. I agree with you on the 'spawns' thing.
And what wouldn't I give for a king with stats like Phillip or William IV.
Well, they didn't prevent the turmoil on the Isles and the loss of Ireland, did they?
Is that that women are more competent, or what?
Good thing you didn't get involved in that 1555 Ottoman conflict, or you would have been hosed by the Mameluks! A rather Providential twist of fate.
Very true. I wouldn't have had enough troops to wage a two-front war.
Athalcor:
IMHO don't worry about save editing - I often play more roleplaying than powergaming so it can really piss me when some sort of oddity happen in the world
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Thanks. I needed these words.
The alliance leader mechanics (and the way it affects peace resolutions are one of the most inconsistent/illogical things that may happen in the game and they do have far-reaching consequences. And in any war (not only a war of religion) one big country has an advantage against a group of allied minors: they can be picked one at a time.
AFAIK IIRC Transitional Principality is the stage between tribal government and feudal government.
Thanks. Hmm... that's a bit surprising Tyrone is pre-feudal.
It is a bit odd that AK became a Latin Patriarchy when you released it because its tier is now 'Empire' - more than any European country has (except you, of course).
It's the oddity I really didn't know how to weave into the story.
mornigSIDEr:
Urbanus VII certainly was, as you said, a surprisingly capable Pope especially considering the tumultuous event he faced during his reign. Although I do take some issue with his lack of attention to the west, especially considering the loss of numerous formerly Catholic nations to Protestantism, however I do accept there is little he could have done to stop such conversion. The loss of England, Sweden and Austria particularly have to be seen as considerable blows.
The Papal States had no recources to focus on both East
and West. In the view of the new policy Urbanus VII may be regarded competent: large populations in the East have been converted, the True Faith has come back to its cradle. Well, in Europe there are still Catholic nations and the Counter-Reformation started a while ago; so there's hope.
It is also very pleasing to see the Mamluks defeated once more. (...) I have to wonder if the next Pope will be so accomodating of the east however.
Mameluks have been pushed off the Med almost completely. They hold only Libya (not worth the trouble). What I'd like to get for both roleplay and gameplay reasons is Damascus. Cairo is the only other valuable prov of theirs, but it's their capital too. As regards the next Pope... let's say throughout del Monte papacy he remained in Rome.
JacktheJumper:
Are you going to move your capital to Constantinople once the city's secured?
Haven't planned it. But now that you're asking... this made me consider the pros and cons. Anyway, it's 5000d in the first place.