A while back, I dedicated myself to a full playthrough as Scotland, I was going to go from 1066 to the end, and I planned to enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it starting out, unfortunately that hasn't been the case.
The year is now 1300, and from starting out as Malcolm the third, King of Scotland in 1066, his dynasty has conquered Britain and formed the Empire of Britannia spanning from Britain to Northern Spain, and encompasing all of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Now doing this was enjoyable enough, but now the game seems to have become stagnant at best, and at worst just no fun at all. My game consists of literally just waiting 5 minutes for the next rebellion to pop up, to hear about my 'tales of misdeeds' from Dukes and Earls all too eager to spend the rest of their lives in a cell, and then rounding up the Empire's troops to put them down. This process then continues...and continues...and continues...
I know what you're going to say, that this is a result of mismanagement of my Empire, but I don't see how that can be the case? I've always made sure to have all my Dukes hold their proper counties in their Duchy, I've always tried to populate conquered provinces with lords of my nationality (culture), but none of this does anything, it's simply remove one inexplicably angry lord, replace him with an earl, then wait for that earl to become inexplicably angry and repeat the process.
The only thing I can guess that might be a problem is the fact I hold all the titles of King within my Empire, by this I mean that, while I am Emperor of Brittania, I am also King of Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, Norway, Sweden, and Brittany. I've never considered handing out titles of King, however, because I'd imagine that would just make that character want to revolt against me even more. At least I've found that the more power you give someone, the less likely they are to thank you, and the more likely they are to revolt, or at least their descendants will.
Does anyone else find the latter half of the game become simply a session of putting down continuous rebellions? I've reached a point where that's all it is in my campaign, and I can't focus on doing anything else, because as soon as I'd start a new process of conquest or intrigue, I'd have to abandon it to put down the constant revolts.
The year is now 1300, and from starting out as Malcolm the third, King of Scotland in 1066, his dynasty has conquered Britain and formed the Empire of Britannia spanning from Britain to Northern Spain, and encompasing all of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Now doing this was enjoyable enough, but now the game seems to have become stagnant at best, and at worst just no fun at all. My game consists of literally just waiting 5 minutes for the next rebellion to pop up, to hear about my 'tales of misdeeds' from Dukes and Earls all too eager to spend the rest of their lives in a cell, and then rounding up the Empire's troops to put them down. This process then continues...and continues...and continues...
I know what you're going to say, that this is a result of mismanagement of my Empire, but I don't see how that can be the case? I've always made sure to have all my Dukes hold their proper counties in their Duchy, I've always tried to populate conquered provinces with lords of my nationality (culture), but none of this does anything, it's simply remove one inexplicably angry lord, replace him with an earl, then wait for that earl to become inexplicably angry and repeat the process.
The only thing I can guess that might be a problem is the fact I hold all the titles of King within my Empire, by this I mean that, while I am Emperor of Brittania, I am also King of Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, Norway, Sweden, and Brittany. I've never considered handing out titles of King, however, because I'd imagine that would just make that character want to revolt against me even more. At least I've found that the more power you give someone, the less likely they are to thank you, and the more likely they are to revolt, or at least their descendants will.
Does anyone else find the latter half of the game become simply a session of putting down continuous rebellions? I've reached a point where that's all it is in my campaign, and I can't focus on doing anything else, because as soon as I'd start a new process of conquest or intrigue, I'd have to abandon it to put down the constant revolts.
