Crusader Kings II

[Monk]

Screenshot 3 confirms (or very likely does) a new face pack DLC. I see a norse helm design i've not seen before Also, dat beard on Rurik.

The restrictions on the pagan subjugation are interesting to say the least. With the "Become King" ambition we'll be seeing realms uniting fairly quickly beneath strong pagan overlords, but will become significantly weaker upon the warlords death with the lock in to Gavelkind.

Remember that unless you specifically start with Primogeniture it takes you until High CA to get it, and since Pagans are locked to gavelkind from the start, we'll likely see a quick consolidation of a number of realms and then massive internal problems for them until they can get strong leaders again. (And since the AI is typically not smart enough to swap to Senority or Elective unless by faction revolt, this could go on for centuries in some kingdoms..) I think that's going to be really interesting to watch from both a balance and player perspective.

I do not like Norse getting free CBs on all coastals. That's what raiding is for! Without some restrictions we can likely expect a repeat of what Republics used to do and just DoW random minors from halfway across the map. Will have to see how it plays out, but it's a potential concern.

Love the idea that once you get too powerful you can no longer prepare invasions. Looks like that feature was made for the little guy. In the live stream the dev was still able to call invasions after having formed Norway, so you probably won't run into the limitation until you've formed two kingdoms.

Great list. Some great stuff in there, some balance concerns but nothing a bit of modding won't fix. thanks for the share xploring.