One of the things I never particularly cared for in EU3 was the all-or-nothing ownership of provinces. With the ability to have up to 7 settlements in a province, this is a great opportunity to provide more historical granularity to the game by letting different realms share a province. Will it therefore be possible to control cities, baronies, and churches in another realm's province? Can a baron in the Duchy of Aquitaine answer to the Count of Toulouse? Will the cities of Ascalon and Tyre reside in Muslim hands, engulfed by the crusader province, if I start the game in 1120? Will the Principality of Achaea be able to sell Nafplion to Venice in 1388?
This is something I've assumed is possible for a long time. However, looking back through dev diaries, I don't explicitly see it mentioned. I haven't exhaustively watched the video previews, and my memory isn't perfect. It's possible that I've forgotten the citation, but I'd like to get some clarification.
If this is indeed possible, I'm curious about some of the mechanic's details. Can soldiers from different players cohabitate a province? Are Muslim troops stationed in Ascalon while Christian troops are in Jerusalem? Do you have to march between settlements if you want to fight one another? Do you have siege settlements individually or a province as a whole? I'm afraid I already may know the answer to some of these questions...
This is something I've assumed is possible for a long time. However, looking back through dev diaries, I don't explicitly see it mentioned. I haven't exhaustively watched the video previews, and my memory isn't perfect. It's possible that I've forgotten the citation, but I'd like to get some clarification.
If this is indeed possible, I'm curious about some of the mechanic's details. Can soldiers from different players cohabitate a province? Are Muslim troops stationed in Ascalon while Christian troops are in Jerusalem? Do you have to march between settlements if you want to fight one another? Do you have siege settlements individually or a province as a whole? I'm afraid I already may know the answer to some of these questions...