I've played every government form but I've never done the Nomad-Feudal transition before (at least not intentionally... looking at you, Pillage buttom). In my current game, playing with the 04.30 version of this mod + EMF beta, SWMH and VIET events active, I started in the 867 bookmark as the Uyghur Khaganate, and my goal is to re-make the Persian Empire with Imperial government form, Feudal Elective (or Tanistry, I recall it being available for more than just celts) succession, restored Zoroastrian religion, Uyghur culture because raiding, etc.
So far I conquered the Samanids and can usually beat the Caliphate, though now it's been united with the Saffarids. Still, I have a 14k doomstack of Heavy Vanguard Hordes, and managed to defeat Seljuk (with some luck and all the 14k mercenaries I have access to) so I'm confident I can handle the military conquest side. However, I tried settling down already, and got only 3k troops - as I understand they are proportionate to my nomadic land, NOT my nomadic troops. As it is, I have 2 questions: are those event troops reinforcing? And do I get to keep nomadic event (NOT Horde) troops, the ones I get from inheriting a successful minor clan uprising leader's enormous doomstacks, if I settle down?
The place I need your advice first and foremost is laws, titles and court factions. As I understand, any laws I have in my nomadic realm are copied to the feudal one I found - in my case, obligation laws (What's the ideal setup there, apart from maximally tax focused feudal focus with minimal obligations for everyone?), status of women (so I'll just rush Tolerance with a series of Necronomicon-reading Khagans) and council laws (Yay, full council power!), but otherwise I start from Autonomous Vassals (and I need the highest CA for Imperial Admin...), low Crown Authority, no title revokation... and worst of all Gavelkind. Am I missing something, or is this really going to be only possible through looted gold and exploited event doomstacks?
And a final question: what's the deal with technology? I moved my nomadic capital to the province where I settled down when I tested it, and the tech levels emphatically weren't the same afterwards. Is there any way around it?
So far I conquered the Samanids and can usually beat the Caliphate, though now it's been united with the Saffarids. Still, I have a 14k doomstack of Heavy Vanguard Hordes, and managed to defeat Seljuk (with some luck and all the 14k mercenaries I have access to) so I'm confident I can handle the military conquest side. However, I tried settling down already, and got only 3k troops - as I understand they are proportionate to my nomadic land, NOT my nomadic troops. As it is, I have 2 questions: are those event troops reinforcing? And do I get to keep nomadic event (NOT Horde) troops, the ones I get from inheriting a successful minor clan uprising leader's enormous doomstacks, if I settle down?
The place I need your advice first and foremost is laws, titles and court factions. As I understand, any laws I have in my nomadic realm are copied to the feudal one I found - in my case, obligation laws (What's the ideal setup there, apart from maximally tax focused feudal focus with minimal obligations for everyone?), status of women (so I'll just rush Tolerance with a series of Necronomicon-reading Khagans) and council laws (Yay, full council power!), but otherwise I start from Autonomous Vassals (and I need the highest CA for Imperial Admin...), low Crown Authority, no title revokation... and worst of all Gavelkind. Am I missing something, or is this really going to be only possible through looted gold and exploited event doomstacks?
And a final question: what's the deal with technology? I moved my nomadic capital to the province where I settled down when I tested it, and the tech levels emphatically weren't the same afterwards. Is there any way around it?
