Crusader Kings - Page 3

Narcizo · 05-02-2006, 09:52 AM

Aye, that's a bug that they can't fix, apparently. I did read that there is some sort of way of overcoming it but I'm a bit hazy on the details. I think what you have to do is create the ducal title that is linked to the counties. Then grant the counties and give the ducal title to one of the new counts you've created. This will make all the counts vassals of the new duke and should, logically speaking, mean that the counties stay in your demense after the peace treaty (presuming that the duke remains your vassal - there's no reason to suppose he won't). Of course, if you're only a duke then that's no help to you nor is it if you don't have enough of the counties to create the duchy. Also I'm not at all sure about all that so I'd test it first.

aran · 06-16-2006, 07:15 PM

I purchased this game via the target deal along with HoI for $10 and i'm quite disappointed so far. The interface was really strange and more difficult to learn than it should have been. The game seems to assume that i know a lot about medieval feudalism. I know the basics, but nowhere near enough to play this game, it seems. There are tool-tips, sure, but not for anything/enough.

It's also a pain to look for possible spouses and peruse personel. Screens don't link to each other in intuitive ways more than not. It's frustrating.

Starting out as a lord with no spouse is so annoying. I sit there and look through other provinces for possible wives. It takes forever. My court often is quite inept, which I have no idea how to change aside from just not playing certain characters.

The "create game" screen is terrible. There's nowhere near enough information provided for me to even feel close to like I'm making a good decision on who i want to play. There's no way to view who you are, if you have a spouse, if you already have heirs, your character's info, your court's info, your liege, ANYTHING from the create game screen. The map they provide is often too small for me to even get a good idea of where a county is in the world.

I've been thoroughly underwhelmed with almost every aspect of the game so far.

MrBug708 · 06-19-2006, 02:28 AM

Try it with some cheaps. I know it's not a popular item, but it can help smooth through the interfaces

Narcizo · 06-19-2006, 08:26 AM

To get an idea of who you want to play as - start a game and save immediately. Then you can look around at the dynasties etc etc. After that you can reload the save game and instead of picking the dynasty you started as you can choose to play as any dynasty you want (a great feature in the game).

There are "bride-finder" programs knocking around the Paradox forum which ought to take a lot of pain out of the marriage side (which is probably the worst aspect of the game). Generally speaking arranging marriages seems to be easier with the latest patch, which is a relief.

Most Paradox games seem to suffer from insufficient information/help. Not much I can say about that. Count yourself lucky that you didn't try playing EU1. I spent a good hour trying to figure out how to transport troops on ships. Something of a key aspect as the tutorial was set in Ireland.

sachmo71 · 06-22-2006, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Narcizo

To get an idea of who you want to play as - start a game and save immediately. Then you can look around at the dynasties etc etc. After that you can reload the save game and instead of picking the dynasty you started as you can choose to play as any dynasty you want (a great feature in the game).

There are "bride-finder" programs knocking around the Paradox forum which ought to take a lot of pain out of the marriage side (which is probably the worst aspect of the game). Generally speaking arranging marriages seems to be easier with the latest patch, which is a relief.

Most Paradox games seem to suffer from insufficient information/help. Not much I can say about that. Count yourself lucky that you didn't try playing EU1. I spent a good hour trying to figure out how to transport troops on ships. Something of a key aspect as the tutorial was set in Ireland.

I could never get the bride finder to work...kept crashing. And when I looked, there wasn't much support for it. I think the guy who wrote it quit playing the game or somesuch. It was a few months ago.

WSUCougar · 06-24-2006, 12:07 PM

I agree that the bride-finding aspect is a pain, but try to role-play it as part of the family-building dynasty aspect of the game. Look at your key neighbors and/or powerful families that you want to marry into. Screen these areas by the various forms of succession so you know if you can inherit some goodies once you're married into the family. Sometimes it's not as important to marry a high-rating bride as it is to hook into a good situation. Of course a balance of these factors is best.

MrBug708 · 06-24-2010, 06:14 PM

Did anyone else get the Crusader Kings 2 email from GamersGate?

JPhillips · 06-24-2010, 06:21 PM

No, but I saw this on the CrusaderKings Facebook page:

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Crusader Kings Once this page has 25,000 fans - we will announce Crusader Kings 2!

Apparently it isn't a hoax.

sabotai · 06-24-2010, 06:45 PM

It's on their website

Wanted: Crusader Kings 2? - Paradox Interactive

Groundhog · 06-24-2010, 07:25 PM

Oh snap, I'm so happy I could cry!

Coffee Warlord · 06-24-2010, 08:17 PM

I actually logged into facebook for the first time in years to ping that.

Izulde · 06-24-2010, 09:14 PM

I immediately rushed to Like after getting the email.

klayman · 06-25-2010, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Izulde

I immediately rushed to Like after getting the email.

Haha, so did I. I have recently re-visted the game with Deus Vaut and the beta patch, and the DVIP mod, and have been enjoying it very much.

PraetorianX · 06-29-2010, 06:04 PM

Don't forget fellow Crusaders to convert, forcefully if need be, friends and family to the True Faith! Or at least have 'em do you a favor and go 'Like' the CK2 page. Whichever, I'm not too picky.

I'm practically drooling at the thought of CK on the Clausewitz Engine. It's so much more versatile (and moddable) than the Europa Engine was.

If it has the same sort of leap in awesomeness that EUIII (+NA/IN/HttT) had over EUII then CK2 might be the greatest thing ever created by man.

I'm hoping that CK2 (and Vicky 2) are better out of the box and without expansions than EUIII though. But I'm willing to give EUIII and it's need for expansions a pass because EU is always the first game on a completely new engine for Paradox. It's understandable that they have to work some kinks out.

But by now Paradox has done EUIII + 3 ExP's, HoI III + 1 ExP, Rome + 1 ExP and Victoria 2. I expect and hope that they'll really knock this one out of the park.

Groundhog · 06-29-2010, 07:11 PM

btw, they announced yesterday that there might be some sort of reward for liking it early, so in the unlikely event that some of you haven't liked it yet, I suggest you do so soon.

Warhammer · 06-30-2010, 10:03 AM

FrogMan · 06-30-2010, 10:20 AM

they will randomly pick one winner per day to get the digital version of the game and did give away 5 boxed version of the game about an hour ago...

FM

Bad-example · 06-30-2010, 10:42 AM

Some of the entertaining dynasty threads here convinced me to buy this game. I never could get into it but I am really looking forward to see what they come up with in the next version.

aran · 06-30-2010, 10:57 AM

Vicky 2 is looking really good, and it's not even set in a time period that i'm interested in or care about. It'll be great to see CK2 on a similar engine!

FrogMan · 06-30-2010, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Bad-example

Some of the entertaining dynasty threads here convinced me to buy this game. I never could get into it but I am really looking forward to see what they come up with in the next version.

same here, bought it real cheap from GamersGate but never really gave it a chance I guess. It's still installed on my PC (with the Deus Vult expansion) so maybe someday I'll give it a real shot.

FM

MrBug708 · 08-19-2010, 03:42 AM

Facebook blurb says "I think we are making a sequel"

Woooooooooo

Groundhog · 08-19-2010, 04:44 AM

Best news since the announcement of a new FBCB.

PraetorianX · 08-19-2010, 05:34 AM

I wish I could pre-order already! CK2 and the Clausewitz Engine together, it's going to be brilliant!

I'll admit I wasn't completely sure about Paradox after the disaster that was HoI3...but Victoria II has been exceptional right out of the gate and has restored my faith. HoI was always my least favorite anyway, with Victoria holding #1.

They haven't mentioned any features yet so hopefully we'll get that sometime later today.

Also they're highly likely, I think, to announce an expansion for one of the existing games as well. They have two dev teams, one for full games (CK2) and one for expansions (??) and a few months ago they had a poll asking what expansion people would like to see (I think the options were EUIII - RotW, Rome - Alexander, Victoria II - ACW, HoI3 - everything...) so hopefully we'll get an announcement on that soon.

I'm hoping for a Rome expansion, that poor game needs some loving.

Big Fo · 08-19-2010, 06:28 PM

Heh, I was just on the Paradox forums to look at some of the mods for Victoria II and saw that there is now a Crusader Kings II forum. There wasn't much information on the game though, just an estimated release date of Q1 2012.

Passacaglia · 08-19-2010, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Fo

Heh, I was just on the Paradox forums to look at some of the mods for Victoria II and saw that there is now a Crusader Kings II forum. There wasn't much information on the game though, just an estimated release date of Q1 2012.

2012? Well that doesn't make me feel bad about buying it last week. But reading this thread has me itching to get my dynasty started, but I've got too much work to do for the next few days first!

By the way, does anyone know if I can email a saved game and play it on two different computers easily?

MrBug708 · 08-19-2010, 06:36 PM

Ahhhhhhh....so long!

PraetorianX · 08-19-2010, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

2012? Well that doesn't make me feel bad about buying it last week. But reading this thread has me itching to get my dynasty started, but I've got too much work to do for the next few days first!

By the way, does anyone know if I can email a saved game and play it on two different computers easily?

You should be able to as long as both are the same version.

Izulde · 08-19-2010, 09:10 PM

Hopefully the long development cycle means some fantastic improvements.

Groundhog · 08-19-2010, 09:12 PM

Hopefully at the least an expanded world map with the Asian nations too.

PraetorianX · 08-20-2010, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Izulde

Hopefully the long development cycle means some fantastic improvements.

They haven't said much about what's new, perhaps partly because they were having some internet troubles at the convention in Cologne.

One thing I did see mentioned here is that each province will have 'baron' characters or somesuch, so that could be interesting. They'll also be adding a version of the personal ambitions from Rome: Vae Victus. That should make things fun.

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Originally Posted by Groundhog

Hopefully at the least an expanded world map with the Asian nations too.

I think they'll likely expand it somewhat but I wouldn't expect it too far into asia. In Persia, Arabia and Africa a bit yeah, but I doubt we'll be seeing Asia proper much. It's still going to be centered around Christian nobility, after all.

MrBug708 · 10-11-2010, 10:12 AM

Dev Diary 1

Izulde · 10-11-2010, 12:26 PM

No badboy is going to be interesting to see how it plays out.

Aging character portraits sounds fascinating.

PraetorianX · 10-11-2010, 06:08 PM

Badboy/Infamy didn't really fit in with the era.

I mean look at the Hundred Years War, it had nothing to do with either sad being overly naughty but was a dispute between the two dynasties. As were most wars during the time (save for the obvious other examples, which also had nothing to do with badboy).

I like how they're putting less focus on the 'nation' and more on the 'dynasty' and individual characters.

And the aging isn't really a huge feature in that it could make or break the game, but it's a huge feature in terms of immersion. When you're going to playing a dynasty and individual characters, being able to become more immersed in that world can only be a good thing.

It was always sort of annoying to see your kid finally get old enough to get a portrait, and see him looking old and gray.

Peregrine · 10-13-2010, 10:41 AM

One thing I'd like to see is some support for your dynasty including rulers of more than one area. In the original CK if you set up a relative in charge of another country, you basically got no credit for it. In history, many of the most powerful dynasties were powerful because they controlled, as a family, lots of titles and territory - they didn't have to have one head guy ruling it all, as in CK.

PraetorianX · 10-13-2010, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peregrine

One thing I'd like to see is some support for your dynasty including rulers of more than one area. In the original CK if you set up a relative in charge of another country, you basically got no credit for it. In history, many of the most powerful dynasties were powerful because they controlled, as a family, lots of titles and territory - they didn't have to have one head guy ruling it all, as in CK.

It'd be cool if there was more interaction between members of the same dynasty that are ruling in separate countries. Say as King of France you manage to get your young brother or nephew or something on the throne of Castille or something. After a time, maybe a few generations, the Castille dynasty might start challenging you for being 'head of the family' or somesuch.

Whoever is the 'head' of the family, the most prestigious member of the family, could have certain special interactions with other members. Say asking them not to ally with one of your enemies or telling them not to marry so and so or somesuch.

MrBug708 · 10-28-2010, 08:07 PM

From reading the forums, I've noticed that there will be twins born to your character, though no mention on how first born male twin heirs will be handled (depending on your succession law). I also read that there will be an option for bastards being born where you can claim the bastard, kill the bastard, and a new option of allowing the bastard to live, but with a different surname.

MrBug708 · 11-04-2010, 10:28 AM

Dev Diary 2 - Barons and Settlements

Dev Diary 2

Abe Sargent · 11-04-2010, 11:19 AM

I love this update, and I expecially like this:

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Another measure to keep the character count down in Crusader Kings II is that you can have your vassals double as councillors (so there is less need for minor nobles to be created by the game).

Because not only is it realistic, but I don;t have to keep my amazing son in my court instead of granting him a title, and so forth.

JPhillips · 11-04-2010, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

I love this update, and I expecially like this:

Because not only is it realistic, but I don;t have to keep my amazing son in my court instead of granting him a title, and so forth.

Hopefully they're learning from Vicky2 and HOI3 that performance really does matter.

Izulde · 11-04-2010, 11:55 AM

Too bad barons aren't playable. I'd love to go from baron to king.

Izulde · 11-04-2010, 11:56 AM

And, of course, see if I can mod the fictional Suchet barons in.

Abe Sargent · 12-02-2010, 07:25 PM

Dev Diary 3:

Paradox Interactive Forums - Crusader Kings II - Dev Diary 3 - Laws

I particularly like this one:

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Therefore, a player who is, for example, king of Norway and Denmark must change de jure laws separately per kingdom. To make things even more interesting, succession at the kingdom level (and only at the kingdom level) is also handled per kingdom, so Norway might be an elective monarchy while Denmark has primogeniture. Thus, the Norwegian dukes might elect another successor to the throne of Norway than the oldest son of the current king, which would split the kingdoms apart...

It's very realistic

MrBug708 · 12-02-2010, 08:08 PM

Sweet! Does this mean females can't inherit? (Though I do notice female chancellors!)

Abe Sargent · 12-02-2010, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Sweet! Does this mean females can't inherit? (Though I do notice female chancellors!)

Where it says you can make all laws Cognatic or Agnatic, that refers to through females or just through males.

Izulde · 01-15-2011, 11:56 PM

New dev diary. Regnal numbers for Duke and higher levels. Popes now change names after election.

MrBug708 · 01-26-2011, 09:45 AM

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...gs-ii-preview/

Chief Rum · 01-26-2011, 10:46 AM

Any word on when this is due to be completed?

MrBug708 · 01-26-2011, 07:16 PM

2012

Other info about the game

Couple of clips in that thread

Chief Rum · 01-26-2011, 07:33 PM

2012?!? WTH? That seems like an awfully long time.

MrBug708 · 01-26-2011, 07:36 PM

Yup. But those videos in that thread have some nice bits of info in it. Worth watching for fans

06-24-2006, 12:07 PM	#106
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	I agree that the bride-finding aspect is a pain, but try to role-play it as part of the family-building dynasty aspect of the game. Look at your key neighbors and/or powerful families that you want to marry into. Screen these areas by the various forms of succession so you know if you can inherit some goodies once you're married into the family. Sometimes it's not as important to marry a high-rating bride as it is to hook into a good situation. Of course a balance of these factors is best. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

06-24-2010, 07:25 PM	#110
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Oh snap, I'm so happy I could cry! __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

06-24-2010, 09:14 PM	#112
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	I immediately rushed to Like after getting the email. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

06-29-2010, 07:11 PM	#115
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	btw, they announced yesterday that there might be some sort of reward for liking it early, so in the unlikely event that some of you haven't liked it yet, I suggest you do so soon. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

06-30-2010, 10:03 AM	#116
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	Done

05-02-2006, 09:52 AM	#101
Narcizo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2006	Aye, that's a bug that they can't fix, apparently. I did read that there is some sort of way of overcoming it but I'm a bit hazy on the details. I think what you have to do is create the ducal title that is linked to the counties. Then grant the counties and give the ducal title to one of the new counts you've created. This will make all the counts vassals of the new duke and should, logically speaking, mean that the counties stay in your demense after the peace treaty (presuming that the duke remains your vassal - there's no reason to suppose he won't). Of course, if you're only a duke then that's no help to you nor is it if you don't have enough of the counties to create the duchy. Also I'm not at all sure about all that so I'd test it first.

06-16-2006, 07:15 PM	#102
aran High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA	I purchased this game via the target deal along with HoI for $10 and i'm quite disappointed so far. The interface was really strange and more difficult to learn than it should have been. The game seems to assume that i know a lot about medieval feudalism. I know the basics, but nowhere near enough to play this game, it seems. There are tool-tips, sure, but not for anything/enough. It's also a pain to look for possible spouses and peruse personel. Screens don't link to each other in intuitive ways more than not. It's frustrating. Starting out as a lord with no spouse is so annoying. I sit there and look through other provinces for possible wives. It takes forever. My court often is quite inept, which I have no idea how to change aside from just not playing certain characters. The "create game" screen is terrible. There's nowhere near enough information provided for me to even feel close to like I'm making a good decision on who i want to play. There's no way to view who you are, if you have a spouse, if you already have heirs, your character's info, your court's info, your liege, ANYTHING from the create game screen. The map they provide is often too small for me to even get a good idea of where a county is in the world. I've been thoroughly underwhelmed with almost every aspect of the game so far.

06-19-2006, 02:28 AM	#103
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Try it with some cheaps. I know it's not a popular item, but it can help smooth through the interfaces

06-19-2006, 08:26 AM	#104
Narcizo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2006	To get an idea of who you want to play as - start a game and save immediately. Then you can look around at the dynasties etc etc. After that you can reload the save game and instead of picking the dynasty you started as you can choose to play as any dynasty you want (a great feature in the game). There are "bride-finder" programs knocking around the Paradox forum which ought to take a lot of pain out of the marriage side (which is probably the worst aspect of the game). Generally speaking arranging marriages seems to be easier with the latest patch, which is a relief. Most Paradox games seem to suffer from insufficient information/help. Not much I can say about that. Count yourself lucky that you didn't try playing EU1. I spent a good hour trying to figure out how to transport troops on ships. Something of a key aspect as the tutorial was set in Ireland.

06-24-2010, 06:14 PM	#107
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Did anyone else get the Crusader Kings 2 email from GamersGate?

06-24-2010, 06:45 PM	#109
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	It's on their website Wanted: Crusader Kings 2? - Paradox Interactive

06-24-2010, 08:17 PM	#111
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	I actually logged into facebook for the first time in years to ping that.

06-29-2010, 06:04 PM	#114
PraetorianX High School JV Join Date: Mar 2003	Don't forget fellow Crusaders to convert, forcefully if need be, friends and family to the True Faith! Or at least have 'em do you a favor and go 'Like' the CK2 page. Whichever, I'm not too picky. I'm practically drooling at the thought of CK on the Clausewitz Engine. It's so much more versatile (and moddable) than the Europa Engine was. If it has the same sort of leap in awesomeness that EUIII (+NA/IN/HttT) had over EUII then CK2 might be the greatest thing ever created by man. I'm hoping that CK2 (and Vicky 2) are better out of the box and without expansions than EUIII though. But I'm willing to give EUIII and it's need for expansions a pass because EU is always the first game on a completely new engine for Paradox. It's understandable that they have to work some kinks out. But by now Paradox has done EUIII + 3 ExP's, HoI III + 1 ExP, Rome + 1 ExP and Victoria 2. I expect and hope that they'll really knock this one out of the park.

06-30-2010, 10:20 AM	#117
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	they will randomly pick one winner per day to get the digital version of the game and did give away 5 boxed version of the game about an hour ago... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

06-30-2010, 10:42 AM	#118
Bad-example College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: san jose CA	Some of the entertaining dynasty threads here convinced me to buy this game. I never could get into it but I am really looking forward to see what they come up with in the next version.

06-30-2010, 10:57 AM	#119
aran High School Varsity Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Jersey, USA	Vicky 2 is looking really good, and it's not even set in a time period that i'm interested in or care about. It'll be great to see CK2 on a similar engine!

08-19-2010, 03:42 AM	#121
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Facebook blurb says "I think we are making a sequel" Woooooooooo

08-19-2010, 04:44 AM	#122
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Best news since the announcement of a new FBCB. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

08-19-2010, 05:34 AM	#123
PraetorianX High School JV Join Date: Mar 2003	I wish I could pre-order already! CK2 and the Clausewitz Engine together, it's going to be brilliant! I'll admit I wasn't completely sure about Paradox after the disaster that was HoI3...but Victoria II has been exceptional right out of the gate and has restored my faith. HoI was always my least favorite anyway, with Victoria holding #1. They haven't mentioned any features yet so hopefully we'll get that sometime later today. Also they're highly likely, I think, to announce an expansion for one of the existing games as well. They have two dev teams, one for full games (CK2) and one for expansions (??) and a few months ago they had a poll asking what expansion people would like to see (I think the options were EUIII - RotW, Rome - Alexander, Victoria II - ACW, HoI3 - everything...) so hopefully we'll get an announcement on that soon. I'm hoping for a Rome expansion, that poor game needs some loving.

08-19-2010, 06:28 PM	#124
Big Fo Pro Rookie Join Date: Jan 2005	Heh, I was just on the Paradox forums to look at some of the mods for Victoria II and saw that there is now a Crusader Kings II forum. There wasn't much information on the game though, just an estimated release date of Q1 2012.

08-19-2010, 06:36 PM	#126
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Ahhhhhhh....so long!

08-19-2010, 09:10 PM	#128
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Hopefully the long development cycle means some fantastic improvements. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Last edited by Izulde : 08-19-2010 at 09:10 PM.

08-19-2010, 09:12 PM	#129
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Hopefully at the least an expanded world map with the Asian nations too. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

10-11-2010, 10:12 AM	#131
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Dev Diary 1

10-11-2010, 12:26 PM	#132
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	No badboy is going to be interesting to see how it plays out. Aging character portraits sounds fascinating. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

10-11-2010, 06:08 PM	#133
PraetorianX High School JV Join Date: Mar 2003	Badboy/Infamy didn't really fit in with the era. I mean look at the Hundred Years War, it had nothing to do with either sad being overly naughty but was a dispute between the two dynasties. As were most wars during the time (save for the obvious other examples, which also had nothing to do with badboy). I like how they're putting less focus on the 'nation' and more on the 'dynasty' and individual characters. And the aging isn't really a huge feature in that it could make or break the game, but it's a huge feature in terms of immersion. When you're going to playing a dynasty and individual characters, being able to become more immersed in that world can only be a good thing. It was always sort of annoying to see your kid finally get old enough to get a portrait, and see him looking old and gray.

10-13-2010, 10:41 AM	#134
Peregrine Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cary, NC	One thing I'd like to see is some support for your dynasty including rulers of more than one area. In the original CK if you set up a relative in charge of another country, you basically got no credit for it. In history, many of the most powerful dynasties were powerful because they controlled, as a family, lots of titles and territory - they didn't have to have one head guy ruling it all, as in CK.

10-28-2010, 08:07 PM	#136
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	From reading the forums, I've noticed that there will be twins born to your character, though no mention on how first born male twin heirs will be handled (depending on your succession law). I also read that there will be an option for bastards being born where you can claim the bastard, kill the bastard, and a new option of allowing the bastard to live, but with a different surname.

11-04-2010, 10:28 AM	#137
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Dev Diary 2 - Barons and Settlements Dev Diary 2

11-04-2010, 11:55 AM	#140
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	Too bad barons aren't playable. I'd love to go from baron to king. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

11-04-2010, 11:56 AM	#141
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	And, of course, see if I can mod the fictional Suchet barons in. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

12-02-2010, 08:08 PM	#143
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Sweet! Does this mean females can't inherit? (Though I do notice female chancellors!) Last edited by MrBug708 : 12-02-2010 at 08:09 PM.

01-15-2011, 11:56 PM	#145
Izulde Head Coach Join Date: Sep 2004	New dev diary. Regnal numbers for Duke and higher levels. Popes now change names after election. __________________ 2006 Golden Scribe Nominee 2006 Golden Scribe Winner Best Non-Sport Dynasty: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty) Rookie Writer of the Year Dynasty of the Year: May Our Reign Be Green and Golden (CK Dynasty)

01-26-2011, 09:45 AM	#146
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...gs-ii-preview/

01-26-2011, 10:46 AM	#147
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	Any word on when this is due to be completed? __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.