Curious if it is possible to get more holding slots in a county? Seems like as you become more advanced more slots should become avaliable but I am not sure if this is the case.
I think it's set from the start the way it is to reflect geographical and population restrictions more than anything.
Sure, except the distribution does not take into potential development.
So while I can see a county in the north of Norway having only 1 or 2 holdings total, anything in Central, Western, Near Eastern Europe should not be restricted like this. Even more so the further south you go. Yet, what I am seeing is essentially the following:
Any highly developed county/city has 4 or more slots. Everything else arbitrarily has between 2 and 3. This game covers a period of 400ish years. There was a tremendous shift in the world during this period and it seems odd that this mechanic offers no flexibility to account for development.
Because Venice is in an excellent spot to take advantage of Mediterranean trading opportunities and is blessed with good weather? Dublin gets 5 slots IIRC, which isn't so bad. Most places only get 3.Since this is supposed to be a sandbox game where history gets re-written, I don't like it when economic development gets railroaded. Why can't Dublin become the next Venice etc?
History is redeveloped not rewritten. You won't seen railroads or airplanes or nuclear weapons in Crusader Kings 2 (aside from Mods).Since this is supposed to be a sandbox game where history gets re-written, I don't like it when economic development gets railroaded. Why can't Dublin become the next Venice etc?
History is redeveloped not rewritten. You won't seen railroads or airplanes or nuclear weapons in Crusader Kings 2 (aside from Mods).
The population in Europe isn't all that fluid, and it is the Dark Ages for a reason.
Well if the Golden Horde can turn Catholic and the Pope Sunni, Dublin becoming the next trading capital of Western Europe doesn't seem so far fetched. Brugges gets five-six slots anyway, and it's located on the backend of Europe. Dublin only gets four slots, the same as a mid-tier province.
Kola or Finnmark become the next trading capital of Northen Europe doesn't seem so far fetched too!
This game spans four centuries. You can convert half of Europe to Catharism in that time. And yet having a capital city like Dublin becoming a regional trade centre seems absurd to some people ???
This game spans four centuries. You can convert half of Europe to Catharism in that time. And yet having a capital city like Dublin becoming a regional trade centre seems absurd to some people ???
The point was that if your county is borderline arctic tundra, sure the potential for growth is pretty limited.
However, the rest of Europe is temperate, warm to hot summers and mild winters. It is resource rich. Limiting most counties in central, western, southern or near eastern Europe to 3 holdings is strange. If we want to play the rationalization game, then all of these counties have
a) More than enough space for 6 major settlements.
b) More than enough resources for 6 major settlements.
c) The right conditions climate wise for 6 major settlements.
Here is the argument I would make.
If it is on the fringes of what people consider habitable, then give it 2 holdings.
If it is anywhere else, then give it 4 holdings.
If it is coastal or on a rive, then give it 6 holdings.
This adequately addresses the strategic import of being coastal or on a major river versus not. It also takes into consideration territory that is arctic or subarctic and simply not fit for large scale human settlement.