Dev Diary #116 - Agrarian Research Techniques

[WolfClaw]

Land fertility? Another puzzle piece again......
you know what, this would have made everyone more excited if it had been shown a month or two ago.

 

[Leonello d'Este]

If anyone asks, remember: rural France, agriculture, thirteenth century, yada yada.

And this is a new start date, right?

 

[johnty5]

The fourth image looks like a list of "Personal" character interactions. The P[redacted] is italicised like "Personal" currently is in-game and the coin icon with S[redacted] matches the icon and "Send Gift" interaction that's currently in-game.

EDIT:

Ransom? Release prisoner? (it's the same icon as it currently used for "Imprison")

Disinherit? (taking a crown away)

 

[ADV. S. SEPVLCHRI]

Can we expect era appropriate clothing and armours for characters in future?
It's quite sad that in high medieval era our kings and emperors still wear chainmail and nasal helmets. Where is the plate armour?

I would not mind If they come even as a flavour DLC, I just want my kings to have that shiny drip.

 

[Leonello d'Este]

Land fertility?

I really hope so, because this would start introducing elements that justify migrations and territorial expansion.

 

[anbeck]

something something heavy plough...?

 

[PDS_Noodle]

And this is a new start date, right?

It is not, actually. All three of those characters are currently in-game. They just have one particularly interesting thing in common.

 

[Stardance]

As far as the pictures go… they are all obviously agrarian serfs. Nothing to see here.

Spoiler

The body sizes don’t match the heads. I’d even hazard a guess the heads were pasted on (hands do match though), or else they are all dwarves. They all look like kid sized bodies.

The backgrounds look interesting. Hmm.

 

[guiskj]

If the team can't discuss the DLC in more detail, could we PLEASE get more info on the content of the free patch?

I can't be the only person with CK3 in my Steam wishlist waiting for the base game features to get ironed out...

 

[Coplantor]

No idea who they might be, so I'm gonna take a wild guess and say they all started as lowborn or landless and you are, against all odds and common sense, implementing landless play

 

[PDS_Noodle]

As far as the pictures go… they are all obviously agrarian serfs. Nothing to see here.

Spoiler

The body sizes don’t match the heads. I’d even hazard a guess the heads were pasted on (hands do match though), or else they are all dwarves. They all look like kid sized bodies.

The backgrounds look interesting. Hmm.

I'm not sure I can categorically rule out Big Head Mode, but I gotta say this isn't the speculation I was expecting

 

[Wiwerse]

ngl. I'm actually disappointed this wasn't agriculture. It's what made me click on it, and all

 

[Finear]

Schemes.
DD is written as a plot entry, someone is explaining to you who are other plotters (first three historical characters). The list contains personal interactions (some of them could be schemes). The last character has a circlet, probably he is a target of a scheme. And of course, they don't have anything in common.
And all you've heard and seen here was medieval agricultural technology

 

[Ikarrus]

None of them wear crowns, they are unlanded.

 

[Arcvalons]

All three have in common that they are landless, and the given that the interaction on that list is almost certainly have in common that they are about titles, and previous teasers that the expansion would strengthen the connection between characters and the map, maybe this all has to do with landless characters having titles and making them playable. Adventurers, mercenaries, etc.?

 

[chrisdooph]

Schemes.
DD is written as a plot entry, someone is explaining to you who are other plotters (first three historical characters). The list contains personal interactions (some of them could be schemes). The last character has a circlet, probably he is a target of a scheme. And of course, they don't have anything in common.
And all you've heard and seen here was medieval agricultural technology

And I think the first one is a spymaster. I might be wrong, but I think the pose with the dagger is the pose for the spymaster, right?

 

[Wokeg]

What I've gotten out of this is that we now have homework assigned to figure out who these *historical* characters are, then we can maybe, *maybe* figure out what interaction links them.

I imagine it's *possible* to find them, but a real pain to sift through all the various characters, especially if they're unlanded

It should be! They don't have pre-scripted DNA, so can't be cheesed that way, but the save was taken on release with zero script changes, so they should be visually findable for y'all.

None of them wear crowns, they are unlanded.

It would, usually, be rather difficult to get saves with unlanded characters in.

p*

• Revoke title?
• R*
• L*
• Sell titles?
• S*
• D*
• R*
• I*
• S*
• Designate heir?
• O*
• E*
• Disinherit?
• S*

Oh my, some good thoughts. I'd love to see what you think of the rest!

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The fourth image looks like a list of "Personal" character interactions. The P[redacted] is italicised like "Personal" currently is in-game and the coin icon with S[redacted] matches the icon and "Send Gift" interaction that's currently in-game.

EDIT:

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Ransom? Release prisoner? (it's the same icon as it currently used for "Imprison")

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Disinherit? (taking a crown away)

Hmmm, I certainly follow your logic.

If the team can't discuss the DLC in more detail, could we PLEASE get more info on the content of the free patch?

I can't be the only person with CK3 in my Steam wishlist waiting for the base game features to get ironed out...

Probably not what you want to hear, but FWIW, two of the hints here are free patch-related.

No idea who they might be, so I'm gonna take a wild guess and say they all started as lowborn or landless and you are, against all odds and common sense, implementing landless play

^^' We are not. They are, indeed, landless, though not lowborn.

ngl. I'm actually disappointed this wasn't agriculture. It's what made me click on it, and all

I knew there'd be at least one.

Schemes.
DD is written as a plot entry, someone is explaining to you who are other plotters (first three historical characters). The list contains personal interactions (some of them could be schemes). The last character has a circlet, probably he is a target of a scheme. And of course, they don't have anything in common.
And all you've heard and seen here was medieval agricultural technology

There is a scheme in the list!

... an agricultural scheme. About farming.

 

[Trunting]

I place my bet, we will see interactions focusing certain territories and persons, which requires you to travel to them.

 

[Stardance]

I'm not sure I can categorically rule out Big Head Mode, but I gotta say this isn't the speculation I was expecting

They are all rather short on details.

Tis’ all good. I don’t mind being categorically wrong. Thanks for the fun speculation!

 

[blackchoas]

Is it regencies?

I would freaking love if the next dlc expands even further on the Royal Court and gives more powers and importance to court positions, maybe some other new ones like an appointed regent.