Um why is every feudal kingdom using Elective?

[Mafiabrett]

Its my first time doing a CK2 game since maybe 1 or 1.5 year ago. Its 200 years into my game and I notice EVERY feudal kingdom nation is using elective in their succession....

Um seems kinda broken to me. The AI shouldn't have 4-6 different dynasty's ruling its kingdom in less than 100 years (unless its because of civil wars... NOT elective). Not to mention Elective tends to pacify the vassals the most so that equals less civil wars.

I should mention I don't have Conclave yet, maybe that fixed government-elective imbalance??

Dev's if you read this, please consider making AI less inclined to use elective.

 

[Ilyasviel]

It's been a problem for a pretty long time. Unfortunately, devs are too busy adding features rather than fixing existing ones.

 

[Nuklearius]

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[Thorkel the Tall]

Every ruler does not use elective in my games (unless I use an early start and many are already elective gavelkind).

The second thing is that elective was quite common in the medieval period (with various variations of course).

 

[CoSMoS]

Unfortunately, devs are too busy adding features rather than fixing existing ones.

I love Paradox and I love CK2, but this perfectly sums up everything really.

 

[Helios Panoptes]

Pretty much everybody was Elective in 769, even Byzantium. The AI just isn't good at the elective -> elective but heavily favoring the king's son -> primogenture path that most feudal realms went on.

 

[Thorkel the Tall]

No, and that is the AI not being very good at thinking ahead and being consistent etc. I agree that it should be more inclined at voting for the same dynasty when a vasal (if well liked) than it presently is. It should also be better, as a ruler, at strategically using NAP to secure against factions, and be more ambitious regarding laws.

 

[Naughtius Maximus]

With non Conclave factions, Elective, independence, and crown authority are really all you can faction for as a vassal.

A problem because crown authority normally starts low, and Independence rarely picks up enough vassals outside de jure territory to succeed. Leaving Elective.

There's really no other factioning that will give you more power.

With Conclave however this is delayed massively by the higher priority in "increase council power." Then following war council, a lock on the strongest vassals preventing them from factioning.

It's really primarily because Paradox does not have too many options for factions. They need more options for vassals, as it's vassals who start these factions to begin with.