Probably asked a thousand times so sorry, but what does it take for the Norman culture to appear? As a Norse, I took Rouen 20 years ago, I often put my Intendant on Implant tribe and nope, it's still French.
Norman culture
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There is absolutely NO timelock on it. All it takes is for a Norse character to own a Breton, French, or Occitan province. It's an RNG thing though, so it's really a luck game. You can get Norman culture on Day 1.
Make sure that everyone in those provinces under you is also Norse.
Just be patient, you should get it eventually. But the more of those cultured provinces you own, the higher the chance that Norman culture will appear.
If you want to be Norman you should just start as Haestienn of Nantes. It's very easy to take over all of brittany and cornwall, then you'll have 8 breton provinces under your control. That will basically guarantee that Norman culture pops up soon.
HOWEVER, NOTE THIS: If you go Norman culture, you HAVE to stay pagan if you want to keep raiding.
Norse culture is tied to raiding, even when christian....
My suggestion is to stay Norse culture always, then you can raid no matter what religion you are...
Norman culture doesn't do anything, except rid you of guaranteed raids.
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For Norman you have to own territory in Northern France or own Breton cultured provinces, and the year must be around 800s
If your going for English you must be Norman, own lands in dejure England, and the years must be 1100s
Also, Norman Catholics can still raid, unless Conclave patches fix that.
If your going for English you must be Norman, own lands in dejure England, and the years must be 1100s
Also, Norman Catholics can still raid, unless Conclave patches fix that.
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No, they can't. Not even before conclave.
Norman culture has never contained the line "allow_looting = yes"
The only way you can loot as a Norman Christian is if you're tribal... But good luck having that occur without gamey tactics... There's not a single Breton, French, or Occitan province that's also tribal in any start date.
As one of the above posters mentioned already, it's rather random but the only requirement is that you're Norse and then own a French/Breton/Occitian province. A lot of the time if you start off as say Haesteinn of Nantes, you'll tend to become Norman pretty darn quick. I can recall a multiplayer game I once had with a friend, and as a Norseman he literally became Norman a day later after doing a Conquest of Rennes.
On a side note, Norman is technically a naval raiding culture in the same way Danish, Swedish, or Norwegian is but not Norse. The catch is that Norse can always raid regardless of religion or government, whereas all of the others are bound by either or. For example, a Norman Catholic Feudal can't raid, but a Norman Germanic Feudal or Norman Catholic Tribal could. Suffice to say, I'm rather fond of becoming a Norse Christian because of this rather than reforming the faith.
On a side note, Norman is technically a naval raiding culture in the same way Danish, Swedish, or Norwegian is but not Norse. The catch is that Norse can always raid regardless of religion or government, whereas all of the others are bound by either or. For example, a Norman Catholic Feudal can't raid, but a Norman Germanic Feudal or Norman Catholic Tribal could. Suffice to say, I'm rather fond of becoming a Norse Christian because of this rather than reforming the faith.
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Yeah, once i realized Norse was the ultimate culture, i just embraced the pope and all his juicy mechanics. Though I still love my Norse runs, dont get me wrong. But now i dont cry if im forced to convert.