I've been having more fun in this game than ever lately; My kingdom is so stable that i can just focus all my energy on raiding, upgrading my castles, and landing my family in other kingdoms. Right now i have the largest personal demense in the WORLD at 11. With this current ruler i can muster about 20k troops (focused on stewardship for this guy), but with a high martial leader its over 30k. I'm in the top 10 for worlds army, and with the right ruler its like 5th largest. All this is with just a 6 county kingdom. You may accuse me of using "gamey" succession, but whatever, this rules: I personally hold all titles in the kingdom, except cities and bishoprics of course. I am Breton culture, so i use the awesome tanistry succession, which gives a vote to any landed character in the realm.. but im the only one with land, so im the only one with a vote! BRILLIANT. I literally hand pick my heirs from the best of the best... i created a few other kingdoms titles with tanistry, and my entire dynasty is breton, so i have loads of great people to choose from. It's almost OP I've never been more content, my breton penninsula is all i need. Has anyone else exploited this and loved it?
At one point i could have formed an empire, and considered forming one with Brittany as the only de jure kingdom, so i almost made brittany it's own empire; but im not a fan of the emperor crown for celtics, haha. Is there any bonuses to being an emperor other than faster tech, more vassals, and bigger retinues? Maybe i should have done it.
At one point i could have formed an empire, and considered forming one with Brittany as the only de jure kingdom, so i almost made brittany it's own empire; but im not a fan of the emperor crown for celtics, haha. Is there any bonuses to being an emperor other than faster tech, more vassals, and bigger retinues? Maybe i should have done it.