I am trying to get Absolute Crown Authority for ERE (Byzantium), but seems it's very hard (or impossible).
Even when I cheated using console (allow_laws & cash..a lot of cash for bribing) and my Basileus Basileios "Ironside" has almost 12k prestige. No matter how much I bribe and feast etc...cannot get more than 100+ votes from 368. Is it because I have too many vassals or because some of them are Kings/Dukes outside my realm (like King of Georgia and King of Lothringen etc.)
I just need to know what else I can do to get it to Absolute? High Authority was piece of cake..but I am stuck here. It might be "too many held dutchies" maybe? That gives -40, I just noticed, to opinions. Have to unload those to suitable heir...I plan some "culling of the herd"..so to speak..:ninja:
Funny thing, Emperors wife had fertility of 95% for starters, Emperor himself something like 70..no wonder they have 8 sons (2 dead) and daughter (Queen Mother of West Francia). I bet that amount of sons will bite in the ass with succession...but this is a test game anyway.
Even when I cheated using console (allow_laws & cash..a lot of cash for bribing) and my Basileus Basileios "Ironside" has almost 12k prestige. No matter how much I bribe and feast etc...cannot get more than 100+ votes from 368. Is it because I have too many vassals or because some of them are Kings/Dukes outside my realm (like King of Georgia and King of Lothringen etc.)
I just need to know what else I can do to get it to Absolute? High Authority was piece of cake..but I am stuck here. It might be "too many held dutchies" maybe? That gives -40, I just noticed, to opinions. Have to unload those to suitable heir...I plan some "culling of the herd"..so to speak..:ninja:
Funny thing, Emperors wife had fertility of 95% for starters, Emperor himself something like 70..no wonder they have 8 sons (2 dead) and daughter (Queen Mother of West Francia). I bet that amount of sons will bite in the ass with succession...but this is a test game anyway.
