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  1. Scrib
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    Crusader Kings 2

    Doesn't Sow Dissent hit the vassals of the person in that area or is at least biased towards them? Even if a Duke is a member of court how likely are you to pull this off?
    Post by: Scrib, Mar 5, 2014 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    IME I doubt you can do it without a rebellion. To win a rebellion? Make sure you start the faction. I have no interest in trusting the AI with deciding when to attack. Not much to it otherwise tbh. It's mainly canvassing iirc, bribe and use your spymaster and chancellor to win dukes.Unfortunately the sow dissent tool was completely worthless last I checked so ignore it. A war might help, if the dukes rebelling aren't from your faction then the Emperor is weakened relative to you....
    Post by: Scrib, Mar 3, 2014 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    I'm looking on Amazon and they mention all the DLC except the converter. Did you get the standard version or extreme?
    Post by: Scrib, Aug 4, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  4. Scrib
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    You pre-ordered on Amazon or Steam? Which version?
    Post by: Scrib, Aug 4, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Fair enough.I wonder if it's actually better to create lord mayors instead of republics. They don't get that huge -50% tax modifier. Good point. (Also makes playing a Republic in 867 very annoying) Well, that's always a risk, but having fewer vassals allows you to focus and get a larger impact no? One errant king./republic? Here is 250 gold and my Chancellor, the increase in levies and tax from that little effort is much greater than if I had to go about bribing every duke. I think I'm...
    Post by: Scrib, Jul 23, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    How is that working out for you? My strategy was always to create only a few, especially if you had good tech late in the game. I mean, if you split up the areas you only really need about four-six. You can kill their competition and permanently keep those happy in order to get the most taxes. Consolidation is best imo.
    Post by: Scrib, Jul 22, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Muslims are fucking silly. The decadence mechanic seems to work at first, then you take over Spain, England and France and pretty much nothing you do will stop you from gaining decadence. You can give your sons king level titles sure, but good luck to you when their children reach 16 and start bleeding decadence themselves. You have to constantly be fighting people. Back when I had huge fucking retinues this wasn't as big a problem but with the nerf... It wouldn't be a problem if this was...
    Post by: Scrib, Jun 14, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  8. Scrib
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    Two more years...goddamn. The base game is almost unrecognizable to me now, I can only imagine what CK2 will look like at the end of it's lifecycle. EDIT: And just as interesting: what the GoT mod will look like. All the expansions seem to complement it pretty well.
    Post by: Scrib, Jun 5, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Lol. Mongols start with an attrition proof 60K doomstack. The Golden Horde starts with 120K and they basically start off facing the weak Russian duchies. That + free kingdom level invasion CBs (no border or piety requirements) ==hilarity. The only problem is that sorting out who gets which piece of your new 40+ barony kingdom is tedious. And it takes a long time to move in Russia. I'm backing up my game files just in case Paradox come to their senses and realize how fucking ridiculous...
    Post by: Scrib, Jun 1, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  10. Scrib
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    We should probably make a list of those who have steam and want to play and those who don't.
    Post by: Scrib, Feb 1, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Some of us have extra base code though. I think that I have a spare CK2 + all the expansions (I really shouldn't buy at launch). Perhaps we can give some out and organize something. Only Sword of Islam and The Republic add new places to play. Aztecs just adds a Mongol-like horde in the West.
    Post by: Scrib, Feb 1, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    I would have liked a Theocratic DLC but that would be hard to make balanced and fun. EDIT:Christian Spain is fucked.Just fucked.
    Post by: Scrib, Jan 31, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    I discovered something fun about Ireland recently. They make playing as a Muslim a cakewalk. Playing as an Andalusian Muslim I had already invaded and taken Aquitaine and was about to take France when they allied with the HRE, who would take any excuse to kick my ass. So I was basically stuck, I couldn't call Holy Wars on France or Brittany without the HRE tearing me a new one and I couldn't call Holy Wars on the people below me because well, I'd already eaten all the Christian kingdoms and...
    Post by: Scrib, Jan 30, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
  14. Scrib
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    I thought that Ireland was the easiest start in the game?
    Post by: Scrib, Jan 27, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Lol, that sucks. Gotland may have no competition, but it can't expand. You can't fight holy wars to gain land in the Mediterranean., which is both a quick way to get land and to block your opponents from getting land. It makes trading posts very cheap with a flat 90 gold price and it blocks your opponents from getting trade zones in that area. That's the good thing about the Med, there is a lot of competition but if you claim land you can block your enemies from getting a lot of land. But...
    Post by: Scrib, Jan 19, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Well, with Republics now playable and interesting we should now see Essos in the GoT mod :). It might be hard to create Patricians but I can't wait.
    Post by: Scrib, Jan 15, 2013 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    How did they deal with the dragons?
    Post by: Scrib, Oct 30, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Yeah, factions need to be worked on. Steam also does imo. It doesn't matter how many times you tell it not to update the fucking thing will somehow fuck with you just because it can. I'm waiting for the CK2+ overhaul of the system.
    Post by: Scrib, Oct 29, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Essos isn't happening until Paradox works on Republics apparently according to the modders. The mod does kinda die down after you win the war though. They need to add a pre-Aegon scenario, with the independent kingdoms still around imo, that's the best possible scenario. The War of the Five kings is cool, but as it stands achieving independence is ridiculously hard. I literally crushed everyone four times over, but they kept banding their tiny armies together and still posing a threat, I...
    Post by: Scrib, Jun 3, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Do you have the registered version? Because I had this problem, I fixed it before buying the game but I can't remember how and the minute I got a vanilla copy it worked fine from the jump. The only thing I can think of otherwise is that you left out the movie clip, some people have been doing that for some reason.
    Post by: Scrib, May 31, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    So...anyone got a legit copy and wants to play the Westeros mod in Multiplayer, I need to figure it out but I'm really in the mood to crush some Stark scum... If so,just post the time that you can play +the timezone.
    Post by: Scrib, May 29, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    You need wait no longer. Tried it for a while, loved it, even if there were problems with the independent realm thing, the Seven Kingdoms do seem to start out as seven seperate kingdoms, even though this is set during the War of the Usurper.
    Post by: Scrib, May 27, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    I have a US billing address and was wondering whether I would be able to get on Paradox Forums if I bought it on Amazon as a download? Apparently you need some sort of authentication if I'm not mistaken? And if there are any mods or expansions, will I be able to use them as easily as on Steam? Does anyone know?
    Post by: Scrib, Apr 26, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the only way to install it. The other way doesn't work.
    Post by: Scrib, Mar 10, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Just curious Fiat, did you have the mod that Tehan linked loaded? Because that makes it very difficult to beat France, if only because you can't get mercenaries to bolster your forces. I found it VERY difficult to fight them.
    Post by: Scrib, Mar 9, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    This. Tehan's post makes me want a new Westeros mad so bad xD.
    Post by: Scrib, Mar 4, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Oh thank God, then all that work and murder wasn't for nothing :awesome. @Fiat: Thanks, I'll update and see if it's fixed.
    Post by: Scrib, Mar 3, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Couple of questions: 1- Has anyone noticed that they can't make mercenaries board ships, even if you merge a ton to get huge carrying capacity? This is a huge problem if you've given away Normandy and the Duke there starts trouble and drags everyone else into it. You can beat down everyone else but you'll never deal with the source of the problem. Is this a bug or did they just nerf mercs? 2- If your daughter is a matrilineal marriage with a duke or something and they have children,...
    Post by: Scrib, Mar 3, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Oh thank god for those two. I was really disappointed when I fought to increase my Crown Authority and found it did more harm than good really.
    Post by: Scrib, Mar 1, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    That'll work for now, at least until I can find some way to go Cromwell on them and replace all the Irish lords with English ones to eliminate the culture penalty.
    Post by: Scrib, Feb 27, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    It was all for naught anyway.Just as soon as I had started working on getting a few more provinces, the Duke of Lancaster invaded with an army twice as large as anything I could field. I had to empty my treasury to get some mercenaries on the scene to help me fight him. In the end though it didn't matter, I was forced to surrender. At which point the mercs smelled blood and rebelled, taking my only province , Gowrie :wall:. But it was the best thing to ever happen to me since it made me...
    Post by: Scrib, Feb 26, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Like Aekiel I've played 3 games as England, three of which ended in rebellions. In the first one my vassals rebelled as soon as I unpaused the game. Apparently being King is meaningless. The next two games I was more prudent, handing out counties and duchies to keep the nobles happy while I built up some sort of power for myself. But as soon as William died, the rebellions began anew, and I was forced to accept ridiculous peace terms and grant my vassals autonomy, which made me feel like...
    Post by: Scrib, Feb 26, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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    Every time I see an AAR about a Paradox game I want to play it. Then I boot it up, stare at the overly dense UI and back the fuck up. It's like the house after a party, you're so busy trying to figure out where to begin that you're paralysed. But I have some free time this weekend so I ask, how is the Diplomacy AI? I've been playing MEII :TW and it is pretty much worthless. Burning shit up as a Mongol loses it's lustre after a while. I heard that there was an awesome Westeros mod out too,...
    Post by: Scrib, Feb 23, 2012 in forum: Gaming and PC Discussion
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