Crusader Kings II

**Monk** · 05-08-2012, 13:28

Oh dear. I've discovered a huge downside to being on the east end of the map. Even if you happen to beat the Mongols in their initial invasion.. it seems the Khans of the east are quite vengeful.

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It looks like I can expect a new batch of doomstacks every ten years or every time a new khan comes to power, at least until 1300. This invasion was much smaller than the last with only 40,000 men. I easily destroyed their push at the battles of Sherkala and Iber-Bolgar.. but that doesn't mean the next will be as easy.This effectively grinds my dynasty power plays and foreign war fighting to a hault. There's no way I can wrestle with the HRE/ERE while dealing with a resurgent mongol threat every 10 years.

For those wondering the Khan character is essentially off the map. You can see him in a certain province but he has no court, and assassinating your way through the line is typically a very bad idea thanks to how the spawning events work. Maybe I can convert him with my court chaplain, i wonder if that still works if the targeted character has no court, we'll have to see. If i can I've heard that stops the free reinforcement events from firing.

Until then it appears that I've had the quite unofficial title of "Guardian of Europe" thrust upon me. So be it. I'll stop each and every invasion dead in it's tracks. Not one step backward!

**rickinator9** · 05-08-2012, 20:43

Interesting interview: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012...A+Steam+RSS%29

Apparently, they might release DLC to make all of the eastern factions more detailed.

**Monk** · 05-08-2012, 22:36

Originally Posted by rickinator9

Interesting interview: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012...A+Steam+RSS%29

Apparently, they might release DLC to make all of the eastern factions more detailed.

Paradox needs to hurry up so they can take more of my money. Also i hope they beta test the patches a bit more this time around, i'd rather not have a repeat of 1.05 where no less than five game breakers were introduced. I'm quite glad they fixed them all within a week or so but come on!

**rickinator9** · 05-09-2012, 01:42

Believe me, beta-testing is more difficult than you think. I have beta-tested a hl2 mod.
1. Different computers get different bugs. I can understand that the PCs on the office are all the same model.
2. You don't really know if something is intentional or not.
3. You gotta be lucky to notice it when it happens.

Anyway, I have had a disaster happen to me. I married off an uncle to a duchess as duke of connacht(1081 start). The uncle went to a scottish duchy. The scottish king thought:"Hey, I can finally send my kilted crazies against some poor guy again!". And this way, I was left with one little county I just conquered the year before

**Monk** · 05-10-2012, 23:13

ARGH *flips the table* Ahhh well it happened, my poor Russian dynasty is no more. Well I take that back the Alexandrovs are fine, with many branches still living out happy lives throughout Europe. The Rus Kingdom is what is dead. When my heir, Andrei II came to power it kickstarted a massive civil war for control of Hungary. This in turn spiraled into half a dozen independence attempts by vassals all along the western border. One by one my large armies were whittled down, little by little the state was weakened. And then the dreaded enemy returned. The Third Mongol Invasion snapped the power of the centralized Rus state and obliterated all opposition in the east to their rule.

Alexandrov cadet branches are still ruling in Hungary, Sicily, Croatia and Denmark. I've checked most of their successions and they are pretty secure! I wouldn't be surprised if my custom dynasty ends up ruling in half of those kingdoms until game end, however, the main line has lost pretty much everything.

Andrei's daughter, Catherine, still rules in Moskva as a duchess but she is now a Mongol vassal. Andrei himself was killed in the early moments of the third invasion, a plot by the Swedish Queen over god knows what, I'm not sure. Most of the former Rus vassals tried to rebel after the war's end but they were all put down. Funnily enough the only Russian culture characters who are now still ruling independent states free of the Golden Horde are of the Rurikovich dynasty. Talk about salt in the wound!

Oh well. I could keep playing but I think this is a good spot to stop. The rise and fall of the Kingdom of Rus - it was a fun ride

**rickinator9** · 05-11-2012, 14:54

I have united ireland. When I became king all of those dukes and counts quickly flocked to my cause. Now to get some overseas ambitions...

**Ishmael** · 05-13-2012, 04:53

Originally Posted by rickinator9

I have united ireland. When I became king all of those dukes and counts quickly flocked to my cause. Now to get some overseas ambitions...

Hint: Don't get overconfident and think you can take on England and/or Scotland single-handedly. It won't end well, as I've (repeatedly) learnt from personal experience.