The realm rejoices as Paradox Interactive announces the launch of Crusader Kings III, the latest entry in the publisher’s grand strategy role-playing game franchise. Advisors may now jockey for positions of influence and adversaries should save their schemes for another day, because on this day Crusader Kings III can be purchased on Steam, the Paradox Store, and other major online retailers.
Asuming that Al Andalus do not westernize himself, right?I'd say the hope of a Christian Iberia is pretty dead by now. Realistically the only power that could oppose the Shia is England. Here the Shia are way more powerful - but in EUIV the Andalucians will be in the Muslim tech group and England in the Western tech group. So over time the English will become a lot more powerful and potentially could try to push the Shia out of France and maybe even into Spain - will have to see if the AI is that successful though.
Playing around with the converter the other day, this bugged the hell out of me. I get that in a historical start there's some merit to the technology difference, but when you upload a CK2 save where you've been leading the world in tech for hundreds of years as a Muslim state, or in this case you're a Muslim state that has complete control over Iberia, you shouldn't be relegated to a "junior" tec level. I had hoped the conversion would take into account relative tec levels at start considering the history is vastly different but that's not the case. And be prepared for generic national ideas, unfortunately...in EUIV the Andalucians will be in the Muslim tech group and England in the Western tech group. So over time the English will become a lot more powerful and potentially could try to push the Shia out of France and maybe even into Spain - will have to see if the AI is that successful though.
I hope they do as well, that would be really great to seeI hope we see the Andalusians colonising America now![]()
Yeah, how often does the AI westernise?Asuming that Al Andalus do not westernize himself, right?
Indeed, I did genuinely lose this war, after just starting to handle Africa my damn brother stabs me in the back. Made for a funner game though.I guess I spoke too soon about the unstoppable power of Sudrland. AAR continues to be awesome, will definitely follow if you continue in EUIV![]()
I'd disagree with you here. IRL the Muslims did just as you say - leading the world in tech for hundreds and hundreds of years. In EUIV, its not as if they start behind in tech, but level (perhaps they should be slightly more advances at the start date?), its only over the course of centuries that they will fall behind other states. Which makes perfectly reasonable sense. I've never played a more than an hour of an EUIV game before so I don't really notice the difference in National ideas.Playing around with the converter the other day, this bugged the hell out of me. I get that in a historical start there's some merit to the technology difference, but when you upload a CK2 save where you've been leading the world in tech for hundreds of years as a Muslim state, or in this case you're a Muslim state that has complete control over Iberia, you shouldn't be relegated to a "junior" tec level. I had hoped the conversion would take into account relative tec levels at start considering the history is vastly different but that's not the case. And be prepared for generic national ideas, unfortunately![]()
Ingjald turned out to be most definitely the wrong man for the job. Lost Africa (again) and got overthrown, meaning my CA goes all the way down to autonomous. Ouch.Yet another great update.Bo I reconquered lost lands, let's hope his more peaceful son can forge the beginning of a better economy. As said in the 90s: It's the economy, stupid.
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Le Mans could have been great, but alas I believe by now the Shia have taken it. These are indeed tough times in Egyptian history. But perhaps now we have a degree of stability a better future shall await us? You'll have to keep reading to seeWhat what what ? Some anglo-saxons dare to speak of ze Most Glorious City of Le Mans ?! The Jewel of The Western World, the Eternal City of the Rillettes ?! Damn you Tommy, you made of this mythical city the capital of a germano-norse king of Bavaria !
Wait, a kingdom capital ?
A capital ?
Well ...
GLORY TO BAVIERE-SARTHE ! All hail the kingly Le Mans, last european stronghold of Egyptian Empire !
I hope that, because of TTL history, Le Mans will become a (more) major city in the future
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Terrible years for Egypt, besides Bo's golden years :/ . I think I will never see this Romano-norse Western Empire x) .
The thing I really love about CK, and CK is even better at it, is how things can quite suddenly transform from being rather dull and easy to total collapse. Remembering how strong I was before the Mongols arrived, and how stable my Kingdom was its amazing to think that I spent so many decades in near chaos. And we're not out of the tunnel just yet.I think most people will agree that seeing how you handle these catastrophes, set backs and disasters, as well as your attempts to do the best with the situation and rise again is extremely entertainingMoreso than reforming the Roman Empire. In one of my favorite sessions of CK II I've played I became king of Norway, Denmark and most of Ireland - only for gavelkind succession crises, a number of female rulers and a way too powerful, Christianized Norse Skotland pretty much destroying everything I had worked so hard for. It was a hell of a ride
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I thought it was just a wierd PIf you ever need to use the letter Þ again, here it is, you can copy it from my post.
King Podr :rofl:
The 'hard' th in "thistle", for example.I thought it was just a wierd P, how would it be pronounced?
Wouldn't that be the "soft" (voiceless) 'th' then? And ð would be the voiced 'th' I think.The 'hard' th in "thistle", for example.![]()
I didn't want to bring up voice/less, because that would derail this into a boring linguistics discussion.Wouldn't that be the "soft" (voiceless) 'th' then? And ð would be the voiced 'th' I think.
I think you mean ameːːːːːːːːzing linguistics discussion.I didn't want to bring up voice/less, because that would derail this into a boring linguistics discussion.
'f' is voiceless, 'v' is voiced. I think 'f' is the harder sound, but that's just how I hear it. Oh well. Everybody understands what I meant.