I just started as an Irish high chief in 769 seeking to form a merchant Republic as I've never actually played as one, only vassalised them.
It has been a while since I played as a tribal, but the new tributary system seems kind of overpowered. I chose to start in Laigin and instantly began fabricating in Osraige to secure the duchy, while raiding English counts as I can plant myself there to loot the holding and avoid a fight. When I secured my first 500 prestige and the claim was available, I started the war, spawned my 2500 troops and rolled my neighbour.
Normally at this point I would have no other CB to keep the war going and the army would disband, unless I gamed the system to raid a bunch before enforcing demands. But even that was just a sugar hit. Now I can declare on anyone to make them a tributary, so I chained together 6-7 of them and doubled my income. About the only downside is that destroying the levies of English counts promotes blobbing as the dukes seek to vassalise them, but I suppose I could pay closer attention to the targets, as I think 2500 troops is enough to take anyone other than Pictland and maybe Northumbria?
I know the cash will stop flowing when either ruler dies, but 500 prestige is pretty cheap to be earning feudal duke money as a tribal with 2 counties and a single vassal bishop.
I can imagine getting too greedy might weaken Brittania too much to resist a pagan prepared invasion in 100 years, but am I missing some balancing feature that can prevent me from racing my way to riches off the back of all these feudal rulers?
It has been a while since I played as a tribal, but the new tributary system seems kind of overpowered. I chose to start in Laigin and instantly began fabricating in Osraige to secure the duchy, while raiding English counts as I can plant myself there to loot the holding and avoid a fight. When I secured my first 500 prestige and the claim was available, I started the war, spawned my 2500 troops and rolled my neighbour.
Normally at this point I would have no other CB to keep the war going and the army would disband, unless I gamed the system to raid a bunch before enforcing demands. But even that was just a sugar hit. Now I can declare on anyone to make them a tributary, so I chained together 6-7 of them and doubled my income. About the only downside is that destroying the levies of English counts promotes blobbing as the dukes seek to vassalise them, but I suppose I could pay closer attention to the targets, as I think 2500 troops is enough to take anyone other than Pictland and maybe Northumbria?
I know the cash will stop flowing when either ruler dies, but 500 prestige is pretty cheap to be earning feudal duke money as a tribal with 2 counties and a single vassal bishop.
I can imagine getting too greedy might weaken Brittania too much to resist a pagan prepared invasion in 100 years, but am I missing some balancing feature that can prevent me from racing my way to riches off the back of all these feudal rulers?