Why do dukes, no matter how much they like you before they became duke, always hate you? They will always have the huge desires modifiers and will eventually revolt. No matter what you do they revolt. You can push their claims, hand them counties, THEY CAN EVEN BE OF YOUR DYNASTY, and they will still revolt. To balance these negative modifiers you need to sustain around a +45 opinion, but the modifiers capable of mitigating this seem to dissapear after so many years. You can't stop dukes from rising against you- really, every couple years you get to play as Abe Lincoln with dukes instead of states. This is ruining the game. I'm not an incompetant that can't please my dukes; I can take over the map via war or peace; I can play a small realm, never expand my borders, and still cover the map with my dynasty. I've been playing the game since it came out and one of teh last patches ruined the game. I've watched youtube let's plays; I've watched the ai that controls neighboring countries and guess what?? They all have revolts all the time.
And what do you do about the duke problem? Forget executing anyone for treason because you can't afford the -10 modifier it brings- it doesn't set the example it should for treason: IT ENCOURAGES TREASON. you have to let them out for the +10, but it doesn't matter, cause more dukes are still going to revolt! Forget fabricating claims, cross your fingers and hope for that opinion bonus to hold off the next war for a couple years so you can finish a building. I hate having to hand out gifts every couple years- it's tedious. Why do honorary titles give less of a bonus than a gift? Do you know how covetted they were? If dukes are going to act like this boosting the bonus of honorary titles might be a way to fix the problem. I have don't have the interest or time to mod though- I don't care if it's easy.
Do you know how slow the game plays when you're at war? Do you know how boring it is to fight the same war for the 5th time with the same ruler?? Besides, who are these IDIOTS that think their 5 counties plus their couple supporting counts can take over france or the hre? Please don't tell me to just not use dukes, create kingdoms, or whatever- setting up vassels is the heart of the game and unfortunately, it's currently broken. It isn't suppose to work like this. This is a serious problem. I played several games before I came to this conclusion too in order to make sure it's true.
This is such a huge deal because pleasing your vassels is the heart of the game. Whether you're small or large, if your vassels are happy the game is easy. It's not always possible to have happy vassels- and that's good because it makes you appreciate a good ruler; the challenge is fun. But right now it's not possible to keep dukes from rebelling. This has got to be fixed before I buy an expansion or even play any more which is too bad cause I really like the game. The game is just not fun past 1120 or so.
And what do you do about the duke problem? Forget executing anyone for treason because you can't afford the -10 modifier it brings- it doesn't set the example it should for treason: IT ENCOURAGES TREASON. you have to let them out for the +10, but it doesn't matter, cause more dukes are still going to revolt! Forget fabricating claims, cross your fingers and hope for that opinion bonus to hold off the next war for a couple years so you can finish a building. I hate having to hand out gifts every couple years- it's tedious. Why do honorary titles give less of a bonus than a gift? Do you know how covetted they were? If dukes are going to act like this boosting the bonus of honorary titles might be a way to fix the problem. I have don't have the interest or time to mod though- I don't care if it's easy.
Do you know how slow the game plays when you're at war? Do you know how boring it is to fight the same war for the 5th time with the same ruler?? Besides, who are these IDIOTS that think their 5 counties plus their couple supporting counts can take over france or the hre? Please don't tell me to just not use dukes, create kingdoms, or whatever- setting up vassels is the heart of the game and unfortunately, it's currently broken. It isn't suppose to work like this. This is a serious problem. I played several games before I came to this conclusion too in order to make sure it's true.
This is such a huge deal because pleasing your vassels is the heart of the game. Whether you're small or large, if your vassels are happy the game is easy. It's not always possible to have happy vassels- and that's good because it makes you appreciate a good ruler; the challenge is fun. But right now it's not possible to keep dukes from rebelling. This has got to be fixed before I buy an expansion or even play any more which is too bad cause I really like the game. The game is just not fun past 1120 or so.
