Crusader Kings II ~ Quick Answers

[Ayn Mandarb]

I suppose one simple way to do what I want is to add up how many counties are under the top liege of the major kingdoms. Any way to see this on the ledger? I've found a page that shows holdings it seems rather than counties.

 

[Greeny7]

Hello guys! So here is my situation: Im playing as King of England and Wales and recently conquered all of Ireland, created Kingdom of Ireland and gave it to my uncle and now my question is: If he dies score of my uncle will come to my account or to account of his son (his succesor)? Im head of dynasty so i assume it will come to my account but still i want to ask.

 

[209vaughn]

Invasions? As in prepared invasions, host invasions, claimant host invasions? Or invasions as in just "attacked?" Spain is not a good place for a newbie to start, IMO, particularly not a WEAK character in Spain. Brittany is horribly ill advised for a newbie in 867 and not a great place to start as a count in 1066. Scotland's a pretty rough time in 867 too...

So... bottom line? The game is not "balanced" so that everyone is equal. I'd suggest you start somewhere easier.

A common recommendation is Ireland in 1066 -- the counts there are all on equal footing, England has its own problems, Scotland isn't going to be looking your direction for a while, and the Viking invasions are no longer an issue. It can be slow, but that's not necessarily a bad thing for a first timer. Another option is to start as a moderately strong Duke under a much more powerful king. Pick a location your King-to-be won't covet (so not near his capital, for example) and pick someone the same culture as your king. A German Duke in the HRE in 1066 is not a bad way to go. Some French Dukes in either 867 or 1066 work well. If you're interested in playing a Viking, start as one of the Dukes in Denmark, or the power players in Sweden or Norway. They're all strong starts with small enough kingdoms to not go crazy on you immediately (don't expect easy successions as Norse as you grow though...). Another couple options, though I think less attractive for a newbie in terms of learning, is to play in the Byzantine empire (don't start on the Muslim border though) or as an Italian.

There are lots of options across the map, but the ones you named are not newbie starts.

The game is very violent in 867 with no easy starts really unless you know what you're doing already. Vikings are a tremendous threat then.

Easiest start to learn the mechanics (IMO, how I learned) is the Irish Duke of Munster in the first of the two 1066 starts, which was the original start date. Bottom-left hand corner of Ireland. You have just two provinces (one of which is vassal-owned) and a de jure claim on the third. Vikings are not a major concern in 1066 and Ireland is very divided meaning becoming King of Ireland and not just surviving is a realistic goal for your first game. Unless you're very unlucky the English war will continue for a long time leaving England quite divided between two-three AI nations so you don't have any major neighbour turning on you.

Once you've learned the mechanics you can move on to harder starts.

Thanks guys! So I will either weather the storm during the Viking invasion of Britannia or just start a new game in a safer area away from the hostile areas.

 

[callanquinn]

Kill the child?

This seems to be the best option, though it costs me a lot of piety and vassal opinion. Thanks!

 

[Hummer]

I'm Byzantine, at war with HRE. I attack a stack of HRE that also includes one of the HRE vassals, perhaps Verona. I demolish the combined army but I don't get a war score. What gives?

Has anyone come across this before?

It seems like if you are fighting a war, attacking the enemy's vassals doesn't give war score even though they are hostile troops.
If the enemy and their vassal have troops in the same county, how do you attack without causing this problem of not getting war score from it?

Thanks

 

[Hummer]

Another question.

As Basilieus of the empire with elective succession, I have elected my brother as heir. How come my son will still inherit the Kingdom of Egypt?
Why doesn't my brother inherit every single title?
Why is this one title separate?

 

[Hummer]

Nevermind the Kingdom of Egypt succession question. I realize that kingdom has succession laws of Gavelkind.
My other post about enemy vassal war score question is still valid though. Thanks

 

[Hiram_Maxim]

Any tips for destabilizing large realms? Starting as the count of Hayya I had just formed the Kingdom of Nubia when Abyssinia kicked my teeth in with a holy war CB and I lost the duchy of Blemiyya to them which was about half my country. They're large and powerful and as it stands now I have no hope beating them in a fair fight.

 

[LimaWhiskey]

Plot the death of Abyssinia heirs, marry daughters (and sons) for local alliances for when Abyssinia next take you on. If you can afford it, sending gifts to some of their more sympathetic, and rebellious, vassals to help with any other plots. Spymaster to cause local dissent as well.

Or swear fealty, if possible, and destroy from within

 

[Castios]

Are regents choosen randomly? Is it possible to predict who would become my regent?

 

[Enlil]

Are regents choosen randomly? Is it possible to predict who would become my regent?

I'm pretty sure spymaster is likely to be regent, and the mother is often regent during a child regency too.

 

[Tom013]

I'm Byzantine, at war with HRE. I attack a stack of HRE that also includes one of the HRE vassals, perhaps Verona. I demolish the combined army but I don't get a war score. What gives?

Has anyone come across this before?

It seems like if you are fighting a war, attacking the enemy's vassals doesn't give war score even though they are hostile troops.
If the enemy and their vassal have troops in the same county, how do you attack without causing this problem of not getting war score from it?

Thanks

This is indeed a problem for battles (if the vassal gets lead in the battle), so your best course of action is to force them out or let them move out first if you're counting on the battle war score for a quick win. The other option is to just slaughter them and then sit it out, win through time or occupation. But yes, it is annoying when this happens.

 

[Greeny7]

Comeon guys i need this answered. It's very important for my future plans:

Hello guys! So here is my situation: Im playing as King of England and Wales and recently conquered all of Ireland, created Kingdom of Ireland and gave it to my uncle and now my question is: If he dies score of my uncle will come to my account or to account of his son (his succesor)? Im head of dynasty so i assume it will come to my account but still i want to ask.

 

[Dayni]

@Castios: I've seen the chancellor get it more than the spymaster.

He was also my tutor though, but is that a priority then?

@Greeny7: I think it'd likely go to the son. Though I won't say that for certain.

 

[gimel]

When I reform paganism, how does the game determine who gets to be the head of new religion?

 

[Tom013]

When I reform paganism, how does the game determine who gets to be the head of new religion?

The game says one of two things:
If you are Norse: "I CHOOSE YOU!!"
If you aren't Norse: "I CHOOSE RANDOM NEW CHARACTER!"

Judaism and Zoroastrianism also get the second case upon their restoration.

 

[Joel M Bridge]

Will there be pre-fedual government?

 

[Eliyahu]

Comeon guys i need this answered. It's very important for my future plans:

Hey, if you click the coat of arms of Ireland you should be taken to a screen containing info about the title of the Kingdom of Ireland.
Hover over the coat of arms here, and you will see who is next in line (and second and third if the first should happen to die), should your uncle die. You are probably not going to inherit it unless your uncle has no children.

As you can see in my image Marrec II is the current king of Ireland, and Jos mab Marrec will inherit the kingdom once he dies. However, if Jos Mab Marrec should happen to die before he inherits the kingdom, Gennovevs mab Marrec will be the one to inherrit it instead.

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

Hey, if you click the coat of arms...

You don't even have to do that. Hovering over most shields in any character window will get you a pop up about succession order for that specifc title.
The small CoAs one ownes, displayed in the character view, do that as well.

 

[Anonymous01]

The game says one of two things:
If you are Norse: "I CHOOSE YOU!!"
If you aren't Norse: "I CHOOSE RANDOM NEW CHARACTER!"

Judaism and Zoroastrianism also get the second case upon their restoration.

You can influence #2 though by granting counties, duchies, kingdoms, and empires to your preferred bishop. The game does seem to factor in secular power of unreformed priests when determining whether to create a new character for the reformation title. If some unreformed priest has a significant power differential vs other priests, the game will pick him or her to be head of the new religion. At least that's how it works with reformed West African. Can't see why it would be different with the others.