Game News Paradox teases with new Crusader Kings II content

[Ivar the Boner]

Make DLC with playable Tutonic Knights, Templars and Joannites. Crusader Knights helped to defend Sweden from Danish machete rape squads shame everybody is getting a boner on bunch of sea pirates instead.

That would actually be pretty cool, but buggered if I know how the election of Hochmeister looked like so I have no idea if it's even possible without too much work.

Making Pany Pruskie reach their height's of reich... hight's and putting Winrych Von Kniprode as a Hochmeister to shame... nope, there are still so many sub-saharan nigger they could implement.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

If it's going to be pagan DLC then it's pretty much will be Lithuania The DLC, as much as I adore Finnish people (blame Mika Waltari) I don't think that finnish pagans played large role in XI century europe.

Yea, Lithuanians should definately have to be the primary focus. Personally though the approach I went with in regards to the general improvement for pagan playability was the Unification CB that allowed highly skilled and Ambitious Pagan chiefs to conquer their cultural and religious fellows. The gist was that Lithuanians had no skill requirements for this, to make it more likely it'd happen (no the AI is an idiot so it didn't happen), but it allowed for all pagans to "pull a Lithuanian".

Finnish pagans are more important to the Scandinavian and Novgorodian power games and geopolitics. For example, the reason you have the war with the two Erics claiming the throne is that the actual heir was killed in a failed attempt to invade the Finnish tribes of the Western coastline. Similarly, Estonian and Karelian raiders posed a threat to the coastal economy (most notable in this group being the Oesalians, who were for a long time the only ones in the Baltic with the know-how to wage proper sea war), which in turn partially motivated the Northern Crusades by Sweden and Denmark (Sigtuna for example was raided by either Karelians or Oesalians). And of course, Novgorod and Sweden were both heavily invested in avoiding the formation of a larger kingdom in the area, with Swedes backing Tavastians against the rising power of Karelians and Novgorod backing Karelians against Sweden.

The only really static pagan area should be the Urals and Eastern edge of the map, where the purpose is mostly to prevent Russian/Muslim expansion in that direction (base game royally fucked up in this regard).

 

[IDtenT]

Content updated.

Too big? Suck my dick.
Got scolded.

 

[IDtenT]

Those can't be waves on the far right. Why are they so tall?

 

[Trash]

Dragonship confirmed. Yup, vikings.

 

[The Brazilian Slaughter]

Setting back to 800-900 would make the only one true and original Roman Empire much more stronger... would love to play as Macedon dynasty Emperors.

Stronger ERE? ALL ABOARD THE RAPETRAIN!!
To be fair, at least its more sane today, early CK2 ERE was suppa-strong and nothing could take it down. Then came Sword of Andhaira and Mudslims got some boosts.

That would actually be pretty cool, but buggered if I know how the election of Hochmeister looked like so I have no idea if it's even possible without too much work.

Making Pany Pruskie reach their height's of reich... hight's and putting Winrych Von Kniprode as a Hochmeister to shame... nope, there are still so many sub-saharan nigger they could implement.

Indeed, this would be quite interesting.

 

[Konjad]

If the game still begins at 1066 then it's a shitty DLC.

 

[Trash]

Feudalism as exists within the constraints of the CKII engine only came to fruitition after 1000. To have an earlier game start they'd simply have to throw the entire game around.

 

[Spectacle]

By bet: The DLC deals with the Norse returning from Vinland in force to put the fear of Odin back in the Europeans.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

By bet: The DLC deals with the Norse returning from Vinland in force to put the fear of Odin back in the Europeans.

Hilarity ensues when they notice that their Southern neighbours wanted in on the party.

 

[oscar]

Well even 'Return of the Super-Norse from Vinland' makes more sense than that Aztec DLC.

 

[Mortmal]

If the aztecs were riding dinosaurs i would agree, but return of the vikings is really not more pausible. That really doesnt fit with the era , its just a fantasy dlc spawning a doomstack of vikings in the north i suppose, id rather have an earlier start date and be able to play charlemagne as well amognsts other historical characters.

 

[IDtenT]

Article updated, bitches.

 

[Trash]

Getting curious if the picture is also going to hint at the possibility of naval combat....

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Shame that the options are clearly only between Estonians, Karelians, Bjarmians (the Baltic Finns also used dragonships like those of the vikings) and Vikings now that it's clearly a dude wading through icy water near an ocean cliffside. So it's going to be fucking Vikings boarding the rapetrain this time.

 

[JarlFrank]

Are those dicks in the top left corner?

 

[IDtenT]

invasion?

Cuthulu was suggested on the forum around the time of the Aztec Invasion DLC.

 

[IDtenT]

Updated.

It certainly is starting to look like a Viking invasion more than anything. If the picture is representative, it's probably not playable pagans.

 

[MicoSelva]

According to Steam, CK2 is my most played game. How did that happen? I never noticed all that time passing.

 

[Spectacle]

According to Steam, CK2 is my most played game. How did that happen? I never noticed all that time passing.

Did you leave the launcher open? Steam counts that as "playing" time i think.

 

[Hobbit Lord of Mordor_]

Did TC ever do a review? If not is it worthwhile?

 

[oscar]

Not another fucking invasion. Attrition-immune doomstacks, how fun..

 

[MicoSelva]

According to Steam, CK2 is my most played game. How did that happen? I never noticed all that time passing.

Did you leave the launcher open? Steam counts that as "playing" time i think.

No.

 

[Hobbit Lord of Mordor_]

I see the combat still sucks. What is the point in playing a medieval simulator with shitty RT/ping-pong battles? Events and politics choices can be as intricate as you like it'll be boring.

 

[MetalCraze]

Because CK2 is EU3 aimed at casual gamers (that's some paradox, still quite addictive). It has no economics either. It's just hitting 'play' and dealing with stuff the game presents to you on a platter. And it has a shitton of horse armor DLC to boot. Look for complexity in other Paradox games.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Cause it is not Strategy game but RPG with stats and C&C.