Quote Originally Posted by the Count of Flanders
Yes. But you can change inheritence laws rather safely if your diplomacy rating is high enough.
Becoming emperor of byzantium is a bit too easy IMO, as duke of Flanders I once broke free of France, pledged allegiance to the emperor which died a few months later and voila: I was emperor. As byzantium the game is really easy because you can hold a larger demesne and your vasals get a loyalty bonus.
This is because the succession law of the empire is set to 'Elective Law' on the outset of the 1066 setting, to try to simulate the frequent changing of hands of the Imperial title. When Alexios Komnenos came to power, that ended and the idea of a stable dynasty was reinstituted.

In my current game, I've destroyed the Byzantine empire on purpose, and I then proceeded to play as the Prince of Kappadokia (yes, the godlike Alexios Komnenos ^^). Right now my manpower is 10,000 the superior of the Abbasids (and rapidly growing to the size of the Fatimids and Seljuqs), I am king of Georgia and Aleppo, I control about half of Asia Minor and am expanding as quickly as I can (keeping BB in check as much as possible), and I have a couple of possessions in Greece, Macedonia and Bulgaria as well. The problem is, Alexios is 63 now and his successor (with Semisalic Primogeniture) has a stewardry rating of 1... which is slightly offset by his martial skill of 13 and his 8 diplomacy... but I wonder how his father's combined stewardry of 30 and his father's huge demesne will be handled when he rises to the thrones of Aleppo and Georgia...

P.S. A question: once I take control of 66% of the old Byzantine possessions, and create the title 'Emperor of Byzantium', will my color change to purple and my shield to Byzantium's? You see, it seems the title of 'Emperor' ingame is equal to a Royal title (such as King of Georgia)... and I want to represent the Byzantine Empire rather than King of Georgia... so will I have to release the Kingdom of Georgia as a buffer against the Hordes or ...?



~Wiz