King of the Romans OOC thread X

[Ferret]

Ok I'd like to have Dieter please. He seems very hard to bribe :)

[StoneCold]

hmm... isn't the present danish king put onto the throne by our assassination of the previous king at his request???

[Privateerkev]

Yup!

He doesn't seem very grateful...

[Tamur]

The only reference I could find was here, (in 1210) and it appears that appeal was turned down. But, being new myself, it seems I missed something!

[Privateerkev]

The only reference I could find was here, (in 1210) and it appears that appeal was turned down. But, being new myself, it seems I missed something!

Here is the link to the chancellor report: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...&postcount=237

[econ21]

Ok I'd like to have Dieter please. He seems very hard to bribe :)

OK, I've signed you up. Feel free to contribute in the Diet and the Franconian House threads. Also, don't be afraid to lobby (PM) the Chancellor (and the King of Outremer) to make sure your avatar sees some action.

One thing you might want to consider is using Dieter's picture as your Org avatar and his name as your title - it makes in character exchanges easier.

[Cecil XIX]

Boy, this is irritating. I've spent the last two hours trying to figure out a way for Sigismund to not automatically get points in 'battledread'. I should be able to get the two battles finished before nine, though.

[Privateerkev]

Yeah, the first level is way too easy to get. Jan already got it and I've only fought one battle with him ever. :/

[TinCow]

I had a similar problem with Lothar: StrategyChivalry. Since my first battle was retaking Budapest and Lothar was buddy-buddy with Arnold, there really wasn't any way for me to justify IC doing anything other than Occupying the city, thus setting me on the road down chivalry. I've exterminated Ajaccio and I'll do it again to Cagliari, but I'm too far gone now on StrategyChivalry to make it up. For RP purposes, I'm just ignoring the trait.

[Privateerkev]

Yeah but complex characters can be fun. I've had no problem working in "winning first" into my otherwise goody-two-shoes character. ^^

[TinCow]

I've found it's easiest to pick several of the rarer traits and concentrate on those for RPing. Later traits can add on to and change a character, but the game doesn't know what happens in the Diet and thus you can find traits popping up that are totally inconsistent with your character. Personally, I find it more fun to control the fate of my characters, rather than just mimic what the game throws at them.

For Mandorf, he started with 'Severe' so I made him a bit of an unforgiving, intolerant bastard. He then picked up religious and a unique retinue member, so I made him have a religious awakening. The rest I just kind of ignored, and built off the 'basics' that the game gave me.

For Lothar, his rarer starting traits were "Deep Pockets" and "Born Conquerer" so I started him off as a cocky and pretentious SOB who has a bit of distain for the rules. He also had "Chivalrous Father" and a mentor and a tutor, so I made him feel like a sulking, spoiled kid who felt over-schooled and under-experienced. Since then, though, the only things that have caught my fancy are the Hexxed and Dauntless traits. I'll sprinkly a bit of them in now and then, but I focus mainly on the RP events my character has experienced, not his "Admires Technology" and "Religious", etc.

Not that my way is 'correct', it's just more fun for me.

[Privateerkev]

I don't think there is a "correct" way. Like all RP games, you got to go with what works for you. I try a blend of "making my character the way I want him to be" and "letting the character tell me who he is". So, while going on Crusade was partly to give my character the traits I wanted him to have, I accept that he is "too comfortable" and "a bit rough" and will try to RP those. I figure, as long as we have fun, there really is no "wrong" way to RP. Though, your traits do help others figure out how to interact with you if they have not had lots of interaction with your character.

[Cecil XIX]

Well, I've uploaded the save.

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1270-1.zip

By the grace of God, Sigismund is a fair fighter. Not sure how though as I can't find the trigger in the file. KOTRFix is still on 1.26, right?

[AussieGiant]

Cecil,

Are you still letting them go after the fight?

You're going to have a hard time taking Bran if you continue being such a nice guy

[TinCow]

I'm taking the save now.

[AussieGiant]

Go TC!!

Big fight now buddy!!

Lots of bad guy's.

[AussieGiant]

And another good Battle report from Tamur.

It's really getting good in there.

[TinCow]

Cancel that. I've got some kind of problem with my DVD player and it's not detecting the DVD. Someone else take the save and hopefully I can fix it tomorrow.

[FactionHeir]

The thing why BattleDread is easier to gain than BattleChivalry is because that trigger comes first in the file. Both check for the same conditions too (killed more than 8 in battle). Usually not a bad thing as dread is more desired than chiv in terms of gameplay.
As soon as you pass those first set of triggers, you get several checks for BattleChiv, which kind of evens the odds by allowing your character to pick it up at all. After that set, dread is checked again.

Fix is still on 1.26, I didn't plan on releasing a 1.27 till the next game patch, but if there is demand, I can give out a 1.26a version (two very minor fixes - is it worth your time? )

[Cecil XIX]

As far as Sigismund goes AussieGiant, he'll be regarded as either a genius or a fool when this is all over.

And if KOTRfix just needs two minor fixes then FactionHeir could post them here and tell us where to paste them, right? I'm all for that.

[Tamur]

I'm taking the 1270-1 save, will fight and upload in the next hour or so.

[AussieGiant]

As far as Sigismund goes AussieGiant, he'll be regarded as either a genius or a fool when this is all over.

What do you mean Cecil?

I think you did a good job against so many mad Magyars in the fog :)

They are normally high fatality battles for me also.

How many units are in Bran?

[Tamur]

I hate Polish Nobles.

A victory, but costlier than most. Next time I'm bringing along the ACME Proto-Jinette Squisher.

Save is here:

http://www.totalwar.org/patrons/pbm/kotr1270-2.zip

[Ituralde]

Guess it's my turn then!

[TinCow]

Fixed my DVD drive. I had pulled it out last weekend to do work on another computer and I forgot to set the jumper back to master. I'll definitely play the battle after work today.

[Ituralde]

Battle fought and won!

Odds were 10:4 and the prisoners were released.

And here's the save: kotr1270-3

[AussieGiant]

You know OK I'm still bagging serving wenches Mondays, Wendesdays and Fridays. Every other night it's wives of foreign diplomats.

Arnold's got some private legislation to consumate

[OverKnight]

Matthias is a Chancellor, not a matchmaker. Keep your codpiece on!

I've only recieved one marriage offer, and that was for Heidwigis, Dietrich's daughter.

Unless a princess comes of age, there's nothing else I can do.

[TinCow]

Yeah, the legislation is nice IC, but we can't do anything about it OOC. There is absolutely no chance of a princess spawning anytime soon, since AFAIK the Emperor and the Prince aren't even married yet! If Jobst had lived a couple extra years, Meinburg would have come of age as a princess, but since he died before that time I believe she's just a normal unmarried noblewoman.

[Privateerkev]

The only other thing I could think of is to move the Arnold avatar close to a foreign princess. Its a gamble but there is a chance that she will propose to him but he will convince her to abandon her house. Its a balancing act with the charm. If she has too little charm, she will come over but she will be ugly and there will be few kids. If she has too much charm, Arnold might leave the HRE and join her faction. Maybe FH knows what the triggers are for a princess coming over and for a general leaving. If we can find the sweet spot in charm, we can get a good princess without losing the Arnold avatar.