Problems with east Francia

[TheDungen]

I can't up my king martial because he usually ends taking a heavy blow to the head and getting incapable



No, I also need to have all my vassals over count to be supportive of me and to have late feudal administration

Eh no you only need late feudal for primogeniture, you can change to seniority or elective fine with early feudal administration.
And keeping the direct vassals above 0 is not that hard, at least not when you have already ruled 10 years.

 

[Gukpa]

Eh no you only need late feudal for primogeniture, you can change to seniority or elective fine with early feudal administration.
And keeping the direct vassals above 0 is not that hard, at least not when you have already ruled 10 years.

Well, I'm adopting this strategy after I reinstall my game, can you write a east Francia guide?

 

[kmh42]

I wonder at how different our playstyles are, I never get these rampant council demands, I've even played as a vicious Carloman who imprisoned and executed his own wife and children.

Do you use scheme to get vassals out of factions? do you use send gift to get vassals about 80(to get them to leave a faction) or 60(so they never join one in the first place)

Do you educate vassals as often as you can so they grow up to like you?(and have less rebelliously inclined traits)

Do you put powerful vassals on the council so they are more content?

Do you on occasion take intrigue focus so you can focus-fire on a single powerful vassal so you may imprison/revoke his titles.

Do you try to ensure your rulers focus on a strong centralized desmesne and high martial for more personal troops or ensure your rulers have high diplomacy so people like you more?

I know much of what I said are things that require getting farther than 30 years in game, but I'm pressed into thinking you must be heavy-handed or something. I never have to take council ultimatums more than once a reign(twice if I'm unlucky or my ruler is especially a bastard trait wise)

and as above, betrothals with vassals are non-aggression pacts and they won't faction against you(although you can't revoke their titles either)

I hope this post doesn't seem accusative that you're a bad player, I just wonder at how different you and I must play

Can I make a template out of your comment, please? This is the most complete list of actions to avoid factions. I knew all of them but never on the same time. This list should be posted in every 'too much factions' thread. Thank you.

 

[Gukpa]

Can I make a template out of your comment, please? This is the most complete list of actions to avoid factions. I knew all of them but never on the same time. This list should be posted in every 'too much factions' thread. Thank you.

Of course you can ^^

 

[TheDungen]

Well, I'm adopting this strategy after I reinstall my game, can you write a east Francia guide?

Not sure I am the right person to do that I play a fairly heavily modded version of the game.
In my experience it's better to star as the king of bavaria and try to get ludwig the german assassinate asap. If you can kill him before his vassals force him into elective that means you inherit east francia. You are also younger than he is (pretty sure he's your father) which means that you have a longer lifespan and are thus more likely to have to time to switch both titles to seniority. It should sweep up all the kingdoms held by the karlings and give you enough land to form the HRE.
Sometimes it may be worth murdering heirs who are too old even if they hold land, no point in inheriting a kingdom level title unless you're sure that you can rule it for the ten years required to switch it to seniority.