Hi,
As the title says, I find it hard to get into the game, because of multiple reasons:
I can arrange/manage small victories, but the game is just way to overwhelming to get a proper handle on without more information.
Advice on my individual points would be great, but since that's a lot, any in depth into the game in general would especially be appreciated. Even the very long Youtube guides on this game barely scratch the surface of how deep this game is.
As the title says, I find it hard to get into the game, because of multiple reasons:
- The tutorial covers the UI basics, not the actual game. Sure, this game is way too complex to cover that, but that also means you have no real idea on how the mechanics work
- There's no easy way to find a starting character as actual stats are not shown until in game (only skills, which give an indication, but ...)
- There's just way too much happening at the same time, hard to keep track
- There's too much war going on, likely realistic, but it's hard to follow what's happening
- Most of the time I have no clue who's fighting who and where they are
- I have no clue what I need to do to reach 100% war score in large battles. I capture the capital, defeat the troops but often war score just goes down over time anyway
- Intrigue just doesn't seem to be very worthwhile. 1st line could work, but that's usually your children/heir anyway. 2nd and 3rd, by the time you're 1st in line there's a whole bunch of new heirs jumping in front of you. Doesn't really pay off imho (I definitely could be doing this wrong).
- I have no idea what to do with newly gained titles. As you have 0 control over them, you don't see the actual value, so you may be giving away your best titles without even realising it. What the benefits of 'You can create a new title' is also isn't very clear. No idea what the consequences are of that and if I should even do it.
- I have no idea what determines the number of holdings you can have. Also, what if my ruler has an 8 holding limit and dies, my heir has only 3, how do I raise the number of holdings? And, tying in with the previous point, how do I rearrange the leftovers without getting that warning that says you will lose a vassal on your death?
- Overal weirdness:
- The info you get before declaring war doesn't seem very reliable: I tried playing as Umayyad, I have 2500ish troops, I attack a small region with only 262, they don't have any allies (or thats what the info says). As soon as I'm at war, I get a 6K West Francia stack attacking me.
- I just started the game, I have 4/3 holdings, so I give the title that earns me the least way. Then it says I have 3/4
- The game just likes to kick you when you're down. If your troops are somewhere far off fighting, you can bet a peasant revolt happens that is over way before your troops get back.
I can arrange/manage small victories, but the game is just way to overwhelming to get a proper handle on without more information.
Advice on my individual points would be great, but since that's a lot, any in depth into the game in general would especially be appreciated. Even the very long Youtube guides on this game barely scratch the surface of how deep this game is.
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