CK2 Developer Diary #11: The End of Days

[LeSingeAffame]

People having events such as the Hells of Gate or the Devil's Spawn : Yeah cool !
People having rumors of dead people coming back and of a quest for eternal life : Naaaah !

These events seem very interesting by the way !

 

[Axe99]

Cheers for the DD Darkrenown . Was expecting to be the usual doom-and-gloom or murderous villainy associated with CK2, so finishing on an uplifting note with an eternal life chain was a nice surprise . I'm more of a history than fantasy type of person (well, in a historical game - if PDS ever do a fantasy game then it's another story altogether), but as long as the fantasy stuff is optional, I'm all smiles (and it wouldn't be the end of the world if it wasn't, but I likes me my plausibility). I do like the 'peasants getting swayed by rumours and superstition and taking drastic action' - kind of like a medieval version of electing Donald Trump?

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So this is enough for a Dev Diary these days?

This is like making a DD of the "Demon spawn" event chain in Sons of Abraham.

Don't misunderstand me, I actually like the events here, but I do find this to be a very lackluster dev diary.

Aye, but we get lots and lots and lots of DDs - some'll be larger than others, but it's always nice to get a look at what's coming up. How many other four-year old (or is it five now?) games do you know that get frequent DDs?

 

[Adolphin]

Sunset invasion tier dlc

 

[Zarok47]

Eternal live.... imagine the possiblities of a King who lives forever, has to murder his children to keep them from taking over,
Going mad through the ages of seeing his loved ones die.

Or the quest kills him in a spectaculair way.

Whatever the quest actually does, colour me interested.

 

[Helskerm]

Zombies? Seriously Paradox? This is what you're giving us? What is this, 2011 all over again?

I sure as s**t hope it is, because I - for one - love the notion of a f***ng zombie invasion.

CRUSADER KINGS Z CONFIRMED! AFTER SO MANY YEARS, WE'RE FINALLY GETTING THE DLC THAT WAS PROMISED! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

A general belief that the dead have returned to walk the earth and attack the living..

It's not a real zombie invasion ....

And thanks Darkrenown for the DD, it's great to see more events like that.

And to those who say that the DD should be more interesting, nothing is forcing Paradox to even write a single Dev Diary, be glad that they do one each week for months or years after the release.

 

[Knotz]

Now we know what that lemniscate trait was for at least.

Please don't make the quest for immortality a weiner bearer only endeavor. I'm asking cuz the resurrection chain is so I'm really hoping this isn't. Also does this only trigger when you're kinda old already? Eternally beautiful witch empress of the world anyone?

 

[Darkrenown]

I do like the 'peasants getting swayed by rumours and superstition and taking drastic action' - kind of like a medieval version of electing Donald Trump?

Come now, we're making a fairly dark DLC, but it's not that bad!

 

[Vindahl]

Somehow I feel that this DD took it too far - I know that some people seek a historical and accurate play, I do myself, and some love playing fantasy mods and Aztec or Alien Invasion. So I hope this doesn't combine the two too much. I really don't want someone to be "eternal", I remember the eternity-symbol in the last DD, so I fear this becomes a mix of realism and fantasy!

 

[LeSingeAffame]

Now we know what that lemniscate trait was for at least.

Please don't make the quest for immortality a weiner bearer only endeavor. I'm asking cuz the resurrection chain is so I'm really hoping this isn't. Also does this only trigger when you're kinda old already? Eternally beautiful witch empress of the world anyone?

> Be Empress
> Take Seduction focus
> Have 4 king-tier vassals, always seducting them when possible
> Be immortal

GG ez

 

[Moarice]

Hello all, once again I am here to tell you about the horrors wonders of <Secret DLC>! Today the subject is our new narrative events. We have added two new chains of events, the first being the titular End of Days chain(s).

The concept behind the EoD events are that your people have become scared and uncertain and this has given rise to various doomsayers and general unrest. Possible results of this include:

• The rise of a Prophet of Doom, who is convinced the world will end if they do not overthrow your rule.
  
  
• A general belief that the dead have returned to walk the earth and attack the living.
  
  
• Panic based on a solar eclipse, which is surely the herald of the End Times.

0/10, no mention of comets.

 

[grzegorz444]

Honestly it can be even The Walking Dead dlc(do not buy if so) if next patch fix most bugs and improve AI

but question if when dlc will be released
At this rate of DD(and their size) it can be about autumn

 

[Asiak]

The quest for Eternal Life is long, dangerous, and prone to failure, but when the possible reward is the ability to defy Death… well, you can see why people may undertake it anyway.

But with it toggleable with the new option I'm going to lean towards yes immortality will be possible.

I shudder to think of at what cost, and I shudder even more at what dynasties such a creature might continue to produce.

If he can produce?

 

[Rory1237]

Another question I have to consider is how would being immortal affect crown laws being only able to change them once per lifetime? Would you be stuck at the crown law you became immortal at?

 

[Darkrenown]

Now we know what that lemniscate trait was for at least.

Please don't make the quest for immortality a weiner bearer only endeavor. I'm asking cuz the resurrection chain is so I'm really hoping this isn't. Also does this only trigger when you're kinda old already? Eternally beautiful witch empress of the world anyone?

Eternal life don't care about what's in your pants. As an aside, we were fairly inclusive with stuff in general for this patch, partly because why not and partly because you can set the equality game rule.

Somehow I feel that this DD took it too far - I know that some people seek a historical and accurate play, I do myself, and some love playing fantasy mods and Aztec or Alien Invasion. So I hope this doesn't combine the two too much. I really don't want someone to be "eternal", I remember the eternity-symbol in the last DD, so I fear this becomes a mix of realism and fantasy!

Do remember the new game rules and the ability to turn off fantasy events in them. Although even if you leave them on, it's a rare event and you have the option to just chill with your Savary-equivalent instead.

 

[FWalrus]

So, any chance monsters and other fantasy creatures get to be in the DLC?

 

[Asiak]

Another question I have to consider is how would being immortal affect crown laws being only able to change them once per lifetime? would you be stuck at the crown law you became immortal at?

Honestly when I think about Conclave, sometimes I think to myself. Ya know the endless vassal march towards democracy was probably worth it just to get rid of those old crown authority laws.

 

[witchveil]

Do we get Vampires too? That would kind of merge the two events of living dead and eternal life <3

 

[Darkrenown]

0/10, no mention of comets.

We have comets already in CK, they are good though!

So, any chance monsters and other fantasy creatures get to be in the DLC?

Nope.

 

[FWalrus]

We have comets already in CK, they are good though!
Nope.

Ok, thanks for the reply

 

[Space Ranger]

Eternal life chain is disabled if fantasy events are off.

- are sunset invasion and SoA antichrist events subjected to those rules too?