Yes and no. There is a significant enough distinction, though it is smudged as is in CKII. A tsar is an imperial level title (the a basileos in Greek) and comes with a patriarch, rather than a simple autocephalous church. The whole dynamic of being recognised as a king or emperor is lost in CKII, which is a bit of a shame. I.e. the screenshoted Kaloyan was in fact a king (rex) instead of tsar (caesar) and got that title from the pope by entering into an union with the Catholic church. The Serbian kings also pushed a lot to be recognised as tsars, for the added prestige added by the elevation in title. That whole dynamic of politicing is not present in CKII even if the tsardoms would be kept at kingdom level in game terms. There is no sense in having a Russian tsar that was not present during the era, but leave out a very important political goal for the region.
Orly? When did the Norwegian sovereigns were internationally recognised as a Caesars of the Norsmen or whatnot? You are mistaking the modern definition of an empire and the historical titulature used during the game's time frame. While the kingdom tier makes sense for Bulgaria and Serbia (and BTW having king vassals for Byz does not), there is a significant enough distinction between the titles in a time where that mattered. While I doubt it would be added as a stand alone DLC, it would have made sense to be a part of LoR.
As a matter of fact neither of those does make any sense. The unification of most of those regions came to be as personal unions and maintaining those would be the point of unification, while the Russian claim of ceasarship is to much out of scope of the game. The only emperor running around those places during CKII was in Spain and that should also be addressed by a separate mechanic. Titles, however empty they may seem to be to you, were of great relevance in the era, something I consider would have been a nice boon to the game.
How about we, as simple forumites, try to remain polite and not badger others for their choice of registering/not registering the game? If Paradox wants to restrict the forums to people who have irrevocably registered the game, that's their choice. But that doesn't give you the right to be a jerk to whoever does not want to or hasn't yet registered.
Russian imperial ambitions stemmed from the idea of the third Rome and the fall of Constantinople. There is no historical precedent for a Russian tsardom before that and considering the fall of Constantinople is the end of CK, I'd say it is more or less out of scope.
The titles and land of Charlemagne were pretty clearly inherited, there is no second imperial title for France to take, while the HRE exists or even recreate after a fall of the HRE.
I made far more than 58 posts before I registered my game.
