Quote Originally Posted by nokhor
thanks for the explanation on badboy el_slapper. i still don't get the point of the paradox manuals. nothing is explained except in the most general terms and all the specific info i needed i either got from other players here or in the official forum, or from the wikipedia and encyclopedia ck. but even those are pretty limited. maybe in time they'll grow big enough.
The HoI2 manual is rather full. He's litterate too, & if you like short sentences & efficient presentation, you'll be disappointed.
CK's manual was a step forward, compared to previous Paradox games : it was not wrong. But yeah, it served more as a reference card(what is that damn trait that I have?) than a real manual.....

I've forgotten a point : you get piety by conquering pagans/muslims ONLY in time of crusade. Hence the very low 7 of piety seen above. As long as there is no crusade, seeking for good brides is the main focus of the game