The final decades are really crazy, believe me...I foresee a war... a war against the Xenos!
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The final decades are really crazy, believe me...I foresee a war... a war against the Xenos!
I'm looking forward to it.The final decades are really crazy, believe me...
Thank you very much! What is awesome about this is that I myself bought CK2 after reading the best CK2 AAR there is - In the Shadow of Certain, Painful Doom: Abyssinia , which also motivated me to start writing my own AARs.Just posting to let you know this AAR pretty much made me buy the game.
So thank you for this.
Thank you very much! What is awesome about this is that I myself bought CK2 after reading the best CK2 AAR there is - In the Shadow of Certain, Painful Doom: Abyssinia , which also motivated me to start writing my own AARs.
So in a way the circle is now complete.
BTW chapter 22 is on its way, I finished editing and organizing the images today. And I'm really sad that I started the AAR before RoI - just imagine the possibilities with eastern part of the map expanded. But the thing I'm gonna miss the most while putting together next chapters are new portraits packs; they really add variety to the game.
I'm in suspense to see who will colonize the New World, that is unless it is the New World colonizing Europe. Who knows who may come over in EUIV, Incas, Sioux!
You mean the Aztecs, right? According to wiki between 1250 and 1350.Question: What is the date the Mayas arrive?
Regarding to the new world after you transfer a CK2 save:
It starts with most of NA under Aztec control with only what is modern day Canada having a few native American tribes left. The Inca also control the western Seaboard and south of SA with the Mayans having a presence in the Caribbean islands (nothing note worthy though). I assume after the save transfer the Aztecs will have their European holdings too.
Me too! Though I think I'll wait for "Wealth of Nations" DLC before I start the second part of this AAR.Can't wait!!!
They were invading de jure Germany, so only 3-4 counties which were controlled by Poland.Intresting as always! Could you really be able to defeat those Aztek stack of doom? Or was Pisa just an excuse to be late from there?
How dare you! The Augustus would never commit such a horrific deed! Who's paying you for spreading such disgusting lies? House Doukas? Barbarians from the East? It doesn't matter - expect a visit from agents of Skrinion Ton Barbaron. The imperial interrogators have their ways of making scum like you sing like a bird. Your employers won't save you - your fate depends on the mercy of the Throne now.Poor little Leon, son of Markos. Truly, the protection of the Empire - and Christendom itself - requires horrible sacrifices, but I still wonder how the Lord will judge the Angeloid rulers, when they stand before him. It is undoubtedly the lesser of two evils, but it is still an evil...
Historically Byzantium always prefered diplomacy and saw war as the ultimate way of securing the Empire - which by the way contributed to Latin stereotype of a treacherous and cowardly Greek. As you can see, well-placed dagger(s) can achieve much more than a great war. Let's just hope after Timur's death his realm collapse like it did IRL though to be honest I'm not expecting anything good to happen after playing in this save for so long.In the short run, the Empire's strategy of weakening the Il-Khanate is paying off spectacularly. I just hope you're not replacing one existential threat with another. Perhaps history will remain true to its course and Timur's eventual successors will prove to be no match for the Lame one himself.
Well, here's the thing - I probably can win a war against them. But, first of all, my CBs are limited to duchy - their Invasion CB targets kingdom. Successful war - and by successful I mean spending 5-6k of gold for mercenaries and more or less 60,000-70,000 dead Roman soldiers - would give me a duchy. If they won, they gain five or six times as much land. Even with themata (levies), tagmata (retinues) and mercenaries combined I can field probably 160,000 troops - less than they have. But even if I won, the Horde AI will see that I'm terribly weakened and can attack me then, not to mention faction's power which grows relatively to mine as thousands of levies die fighting the savages. So basically it's a lose-lose situation - in best case scenario I gain small duchy of foreign culture and religion which contributes little to my income or manpower. In worst case scenario (failed defensive wars against Aztecs and Horde with Invasion CB + factions) I'm loosing two kingdoms and face a dangerous revolt - hell, I can even lost the Throne for some claimant and with AI in charge the Imperium is lost and Christendom with it...And the Aztecs... They only grow more terrifying. The bigger they get, the more numerous their armies... Can you even hope to seriously damage them at this point? Or even merely fight them to a draw?
And that worries me the mostSooner or later, that menace will be faced, either on the Empire's terms, or on the Aztecs'. I fear time is not on your side.
And they will be put to the sword, like a rabid dogs they are!I fear for the Holy Empire, for these Shi'ite heretics must be eliminated!
Ahem, well, more on that in the next chapter. And yeah, I look forward to final showdown.I fear you are replacing locusts by locusts !
And I can't wait to see the final confrontation against the Aztec lords !
So far he's useful - the Horde is collapsing and he's gaining their lands, which hopefully will lock both him and Ilkhanate in war for decades. But the time will come when he's going to outlive his usefulness, that's for sure. And yes, it's pretty horrifying when you think about it. Spain, France, England, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany, west Africa - all turned to ashes.I wonder if killing so much Khans was wise ... atleast without killing Timur as well :/ Anyway, let's see what you can do, but the situation in the west ( or should I say NorthWest, given that the Aztecs are already in Poland ? ) is definitely worrying ...
Hear, hear! Well said - that's the spirit of a true RomanTruly the false prophets followers have rallied, God is using this Timur horse lord as divine punishment for the invasion of Moesia. The Aztecs are a fearsome threat to behold but a Roman does not show fear Romans are strong. These Romans are forged from the same iron as those who defeated the Celts, Carthaginians, Gauls, Britons, Bulgarians, Huns, and alike. Is it not the greeks, ancestors of the Romans who held the pass at Thermopile against the Persian horde? Truly the Aztecs are just another storm to be weathered. God is simply testing his faithful, giving the Augustus an opportunity to show his faith and christian values before the gathering storm like the jewish kings of the bible. A Gold smith must heat his gold to remove imperfections and so like wise the Lord tempers christianity removing the cathar and catholic heretical filth. Soon the aztec, the horde and all other barbarian filth will find a Roman boat a top their neck, chains on their limbs, and a bible o' so lovingly cradled in their hands.
1. Last time I checked it was Medium but I don't know what it is know - I'll check it.2 Quick questions:
1. What is the Aztec's Crown Authority?
2. How is Aquitaine alive?
You mean the Aztecs, right? According to wiki between 1250 and 1350.
And yeah, I've tested the converter once or twice so the New World is going to be a really... different place.
Heard it's going to be goodMe too! Though I think I'll wait for "Wealth of Nations" DLC before I start the second part of this AAR.
They were invading de jure Germany, so only 3-4 counties which were controlled by Poland.I could probably save the German holdings of Kingdom of Poland but are these few countries worth the blood of Roman soldiers?The Augustu did whatever he could to protect his Christian brothers and sisters - alas, the savages from the Far West were triumphant.
How dare you! The Augustus would never commit such a horrific deed! Who's paying you for spreading such disgusting lies? House Doukas? Barbarians from the East? It doesn't matter - expect a visit from agents of Skrinion Ton Barbaron. The imperial interrogators have their ways of making scum like you sing like a bird. Your employers won't save you - your fate depends on the mercy of the Throne now.
Historically Byzantium always prefered diplomacy and saw war as the ultimate way of securing the Empire - which by the way contributed to Latin stereotype of a treacherous and cowardly Greek. As you can see, well-placed dagger(s) can achieve much more than a great war. Let's just hope after Timur's death his realm collapse like it did IRL though to be honest I'm not expecting anything good to happen after playing in this save for so long.
Well, here's the thing - I probably can win a war against them. But, first of all, my CBs are limited to duchy - their Invasion CB targets kingdom. Successful war - and by successful I mean spending 5-6k of gold for mercenaries and more or less 60,000-70,000 dead Roman soldiers - would give me a duchy. If they won, they gain five or six times as much land. Even with themata (levies), tagmata (retinues) and mercenaries combined I can field probably 160,000 troops - less than they have. But even if I won, the Horde AI will see that I'm terribly weakened and can attack me then, not to mention faction's power which grows relatively to mine as thousands of levies die fighting the savages. So basically it's a lose-lose situation - in best case scenario I gain small duchy of foreign culture and religion which contributes little to my income or manpower. In worst case scenario (failed defensive wars against Aztecs and Horde with Invasion CB + factions) I'm loosing two kingdoms and face a dangerous revolt - hell, I can even lost the Throne for some claimant and with AI in charge the Imperium is lost and Christendom with it...
And that worries me the most
And they will be put to the sword, like a rabid dogs they are!
Hear, hear! Well said - that's the spirit of a true Roman
1. Last time I checked it was Medium but I don't know what it is know - I'll check it.
2. Story-wise, I'll explain in the next chapter. Game-wise, I have no idea. If I were playing as Aztecs, I would conquer it ASAP to have nice continous borders. But hell, why didn't they invade Scotland and Ireland? Who can understand those savages...
so "This Is Madness" will continue until 1444 - hopefully this time without any crashe, bugs or currupted saves.