[Beta AAR] Winter is coming: Dukes of Kiev
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Siege is per barony. The lines crossing the occupied province are intermittent until you control every barony. For the purposes of holy wars I'm pretty sure you don't need to take out every baron, but just occupy all the relevant counties.
Looks great! Thanks for writing. All the inter-family politics were very interesting to follow. The penalty for a large demesne is harsh, but I like how it affects troop levies and everything rather than just sucking away a certain percentage of your income like in CK1.
Question: You really did lose basically all your prestige by the end of the war -- was that a direct result of your treasury going below zero, or did you have events or something that tanked prestige? We never saw it before the war so it's hard to tell how much you lost. Like the large demesne penalty, zapping that prestige for a minor bankruptcy makes things tougher! Makes sense, but still not something I look forward to.
Question: You really did lose basically all your prestige by the end of the war -- was that a direct result of your treasury going below zero, or did you have events or something that tanked prestige? We never saw it before the war so it's hard to tell how much you lost. Like the large demesne penalty, zapping that prestige for a minor bankruptcy makes things tougher! Makes sense, but still not something I look forward to.
You don't see baronies on the map they are just holdings inside the county. When you siege the province you first siege the capital holding usually a castle. Then you continue until you have sieged all those holdings that belong to the enemy. Note that some of those holdings might be owned by other rulers who are not war with you or vassals of your enemy. You can see on the map how much of the county you have captured as the lines get solid when you have taken it fully. This you can even see clearly in the picture where he is going after his enemys army.
Surprised that nobody is taking issue with Dukes and Barons in the Kievan Rus, rather than Princes etcetera.
Hot damn, that was satisfying!
Well written...I will dare to hope for me, but not expect it.
Thanks for all the time and effort, delra!
Well written...I will dare to hope for me, but not expect it.
Thanks for all the time and effort, delra!
This is probably the best AAR I've read so far! Only three and a half months to go I guess.
@Dorevai & Wezqu,
Thanks for the asnwer! After the first castle fall (capital holding on the province), can we pick which barony on that province we are going to siege next? or it's random?
Thanks for the asnwer! After the first castle fall (capital holding on the province), can we pick which barony on that province we are going to siege next? or it's random?
Good news: It's less than that, only two and a quarter months!
10 weeks is still 10 weeks too long though
What we have seen it goes in order. So first the capital then the second holding and so on. Haven't seen anybody change the target.
The best beta AAR I've seen in years. I just hope it's not only Delra's great narrative skills, but the game mechnics and AI are indeed that deep and smart.
THE BARONY OF VYSHGOROD!!!1111
Man i want to lead my town to glory!
oh and great AAR
Man i want to lead my town to glory!
oh and great AAR
Good news: It's less than that, only two and a quarter months!
10 weeks is still 10 weeks too long though
I thought it was February. That's fantastic!
