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CK2 - Dev Diary #123 - Iron Century

Hello!

As you probably know by now we released our 3.1.1 patch yesterday. Hopefully those of you who have managed to try it are enjoying it, and those of you who haven’t will jump in this weekend. Let us know what you think about the court and tech changes, and as always if you run into any issues, please report them in the bug forum!

Now onto something new, there have been a few hints here and there about what we have been working on. However now we can officially announce that we will be releasing a new historical bookmark called: The Iron Century. The bookmark will start on the 7th of August 936, a previously unplayable date and our first in the 10th century.

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In Europe Otto marches on the path to an Empire, Rival Caliphs battle for control of the Muslim world and the last remnants of the vikings stir to the north. Hundreds of other characters have their own stories to tell. A thousand possibilities await in the Iron Century.

Next week we will do something special and have a new dev diary about the 936 bookmark every day from Monday to Friday to cover the setting of the medieval world in the 10th century. Also I want to make it clear that ‘The Iron Century’ update will be completely free.

A correction from last weeks dev diary is that the correct weekday of our Crusader Kings stream is Wednesdays 16:00 CEST and not the previously mentioned Thursdays.

Thanks for reading everyone!

CK2 Team
 
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Woifee

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I guess it was decided not to update CK2 to 64 bit and instead to let it run out. So the remaining budget is used for bugfixes and stuff too small to sell as DLC.

On one hand its sad it is ending, on the other better end it this way than to get feature bloat and 3 button DLCs like in EU4.

A whole new Startdate used to be considered a new DLC in the past. So it’s weird they give it away for free.

I’m not complaining tough.
 

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First off - thank you once again for continuing to support this truly amazing game. And for free again !

Second - come on people, they've given us a date, a picture and a patch title, let's get to work !

I'll start with some guesses -
  • Reworked HRE mechanics
  • General middle east religion cleanup, with Zoros, Yazidis etc all getting put into their rightful places
  • Combat rework
  • New migration mechanics
  • Papal shenanigans with a more detailed Pornocracy, Cadaver Synod and maybe even seeds of the Great Schism mechanic and possibly a pre-Papal Conclave succession type for the pope
  • Northern trade routes ?
  • Playable theocracies ?
  • More/new/amended artifacts/bloodlines/titular titles/Great Works/Societies ?

Work with me here people !
 

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1) Will there be 64-bit update? I desperatly want more people could play this beautiful game.
2) Please, tell us there will be new achievements. This date and wonders are essential for them! ;)
 

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A whole new Startdate used to be considered a new DLC in the past. So it’s weird they give it away for free.

I’m not complaining tough.

Not really, both TOG and Charlemagne came with some huge overhauls accompanying them.
 

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CK2 team is doing great work. I cannot describe how happy I am. I want to thank them all for all the free content.
 

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Will achievements been added to the new start date along with some for great works?

1) Will there be 64-bit update? I desperatly want more people could play this beautiful game.
2) Please, tell us there will be new achievements. This date and wonders are essential for them! ;)

No achievements this time. Hopefully we can add some to cover wonders and the start date in the future.
 

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I remember hearing some regrets from devs on pre-1066 start dates. Like they're not as developed and obviously not researched, and in Charlemagne times feudal system is really a stretch. But they needed an earlier date for Pagans at least. Can't think of a justification for Charlemagne.

I wonder if this new start date is there to end all start dates. Is everyone better off playing this one?
 

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Awesome stuff!

Are there perhaps some story events for certain characters?