Tallincourt: Well, it was basically a long period of inactivity, a few minor revolts, then two wars (one against the largest Russian state at the time) and a major revolt of fifty thousand rebels (larger than my standing army at that point...) in the span of two months. Haven't been this scared of failure since I went to war with the Fatamids in CK, took massive losses and almost lost the war
Olaus Petrus: Partly due to the tech advantage (I'm not sure, but I think rebels that spawn get my tech levels, whereas Siena and Suzdal were a few levels behind), but also good fortune. Suzdal fell easily with me and Sweden attacking, Siena's army got wiped out on the plains of Rome instead of my army being wiped out in the mountains of Siena. The only part where I didn't luck out, was when ten thousand rebels spawned on mountainous Corsica, and I had to raise forces and attack about six-eight times before I finally got them....Tough campaign.
stnylan: True, although the stability hits hurt me more. I'm slowly inching my way right towards centralization with the sliders whenever possible, but my stability costs are getting higher as I go. Right now it costs around 600-700 for a stability increase, which isn't too bad, but I'm still relatively left with a long way to go right.
Olaus Petrus: Partly due to the tech advantage (I'm not sure, but I think rebels that spawn get my tech levels, whereas Siena and Suzdal were a few levels behind), but also good fortune. Suzdal fell easily with me and Sweden attacking, Siena's army got wiped out on the plains of Rome instead of my army being wiped out in the mountains of Siena. The only part where I didn't luck out, was when ten thousand rebels spawned on mountainous Corsica, and I had to raise forces and attack about six-eight times before I finally got them....Tough campaign.
stnylan: True, although the stability hits hurt me more. I'm slowly inching my way right towards centralization with the sliders whenever possible, but my stability costs are getting higher as I go. Right now it costs around 600-700 for a stability increase, which isn't too bad, but I'm still relatively left with a long way to go right.