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    I'm considering buying this... (it's 75% off on Steam right now). Thoughts?
    I like tactical combat, which as I understand this game lacks. Does all the political intrigue make up for the lack of tactical combat? What is the biggest highlight of the game?
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    Quote Originally Posted by rvg View Post
    I'm considering buying this... (it's 75% off on Steam right now). Thoughts?
    I like tactical combat, which as I understand this game lacks. Does all the political intrigue make up for the lack of tactical combat? What is the biggest highlight of the game?
    It is a really great game for the type of game it is. So one of those "If it is your cup of tea, it is great. If not, you might not like it at all".

    As for political intrigue, it does everything right so far and it has a robust modding community so there will always be changes and variations done by the masses.

    Arguably the best time to try it is during a 75% sale due to picking a lot of the Expansions (Byzantine, Muslims and Republics) though the new Pagan one is full-price.
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    Had 3 hours with the new expansion, so far I am absolutely blown away. If there was any DLC that I could point to and say "this renewed my love for the game" it would be Old Gods. What a fantastic showing. The new technology system works great, as do the buildings.

    The 867 start date offers an incredibly less static and highly unpredictable map.

    In one game, the Magyars conquered modern Hungary and then expanded their empire across the stepps. In another, the Bulgarians completely destroyed them and they never formed Hungary. In one, Lotharingia united all of Italy and Eastern Francia beneath its banner.. in another, Italy stayed strong, Lotharingia disintegrated into petty fiefdoms and Aquitaine, not France, rose up to be the power in the west. And yet more, in one game the Umayyads united all of Spain and were launching forays into southern France.. and in the next, the northern Christians rallied and held their ground quite effectively.

    This bookmark is absolute chaos in the best kind of ways. I love it and cannot wait to play more.



    I do have a few concerns. Right now it's very easy for a few powers to snowball and become big blobs. The good news is that, due to the extra 200 years, there's plenty of time for internal strife to catch up to them. I've already seen the Abbasids blob up and then disintegrate under Decadence wars twice.

    Norse also have an unfair balance advantage in that prepared invasion forces don't disband after the invasion is over. You get to keep the retinue and ships. Yes, you're limited to 1 invasion per life, but it has the potential to snowball quite easily if you're a smart gamey player.

    But beyond that? I am absolutely in love with the Old Gods.

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    My first game came from Ivar the Boneless, I've united Scotland and am generally being a pretty bad dude. Scotland is incredibly strong beneath Norse occupation, but the strength is tenuous. I have a feeling my sons are going to tear the Kingdom apart after my death. Gavelkind ensures there will be at least two strong contenders in the civil war.

    Truth be told? I cannot wait for the chaos to erupt and fight traitorous brothers for a father's crown
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    I need help! I'm in an emergency. Today I created an account in Seam to purchase CK2 collection which is on sale there. But unfortunately I saw that Iran is not included in countries list. Can't I do s.th to purchase it? Is another website that supports Iran? Please help me before the sale time of CK2 expires.
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    It was on sale on a few other websites before the Steam sale, unfortunately thay have finished.

    Is it Steam itself unavailable in Iran, or just CK2 through Steam?

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnhughthom View Post
    It was on sale on a few other websites before the Steam sale, unfortunately thay have finished.

    Is it Steam itself unavailable in Iran, or just CK2 through Steam?
    Yes Steam is itself unavailable in Iran because I tried M2TW and Call of Duty but again I didn't see Iran in the list. In addition to Iran some countries like Iraq wasn't there.
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    You could use a proxy and pretend to be in another country, lets say, America. I believe that is a way.
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