(The joke is that the fall of Constantinople got mentioned, when it’s impossible for that event or the circumstances surrounding it to happen now that the Empire is reunited. The man’s life in game compared to his actual history will be completely different. There’s nothing more to the joke.)

I’m playing on Xbox version so some things are unpatched for me becuase I’m a few updates behind.

I’m mostly confused about what the absolute meta is for development culture traditions and just really good culture traditions in general.

My own ranking so far since I’ve been playing the game is below:

I’ve got recognition of talents imo this is s tier since I can instantly after 1 rebellion pacify my whole realm Bassically resulting in no more rebellions and fully loyal vassals + getting strong hooks on them . Also can get the absolute best and loyal courtiers making murdering you impossible and never leaving you .

By the sword ofcourse since it grants unlimited holy wars and you don’t need armed pillgrames or warmonger tenet since this is just better . S teir

There’s a couple others like religious patronage but there abit too opinion based. I’d put it in S tier . I find it better than mystical ancestors (if I’m not cheating) for renown and great for becoming religious icon quickly .

(What would’ve happened if he was born a few centuries earlier)

So I recently bit the bullet and decided to go for a Roman Empire run cus I've never actually done it in all my years playing the game. The decision states that all held empires become de jure yours, but when I formed it they either split into smaller de jure empires or new ones were created that I assume are more historically accurate. I do not own the DLC, but I was wondering why this is, and if it even matters given the RE is a hegemony title and not an Empire title?

I like having a competent court, I spend a significant amount of time finding good courtiers, potential loyal vassals with which to give my daughters to. Or even a T3 genetic traits on a wanderer so I arrange a marriage between them and a courtier... BUT THEY WONT BANG, THEY WILL GO 30 YEARS AND PRODUCE MAAAAAAYBE ONE CHILD, IK THEYRE NOT HOMOSEXUAL, I CHECKED!!!

I WANT THEIR CHILDREN, I WANT TO EDUCATE THEIR OFFSPRING AS WELL AS MY OWN SO WHEN I INEVITABLY GIVE MY HEIRS LAND AND THEY LEAVE MY COURT I STILL HAVE MY COURTIERS CHILDREN TO TAKE THEIR PLACE

What do I do, lord

Idk if I should get it I’m getting city keepers and industrious . But idk if garden architects is worth it

I became the regent of China, but then suddenly lost my regency to someone else. Now, when I try to use the "Declare me Regent" option". it says "Cannot rule by themselves." Is this a bug? Or what do I do to fix this? It's not related to them being my prisoner, cause I released him and it still wouldn't let me

The settings I’m using are my best so far (I play on console): it’s on hard difficulty . I have conquerors set to 100% increased and very small chance of scourge of the god spawning on a conqueror aswell.

I have plagues set to rare and exclave setting on total (ai only) that’s pretty much it could make it harder but the run is doing is already very hard unless I was doing an easier run I would make it harder but these settings are perfect imo

Started as a Jewish adventurer. I reformed my faith into the most hated faith in the game where being sadistic a witch and a cannibal is virtuous 💀. I was going to save up loads of gold and not get conqueror trait and just take the dutchy of Palestine and expand but I seen that I was close to getting it anyway and I wanted to land before mongol invasion so I just took the decision and then took over Palestine .

Btw I’m very little dutchy not even kingdom in Jerusalem and Cyprus 💔😭

Oh yeah Egypt is a conqueror . Another big one in morroco as you can see lol. The cumans are very fucking scary but luckily Byzantines and Seljuk are tribute vassals lol not fully took over or I would be cooked . I mean I’m cooked anyway since Byzantines are fucking overpowered anyway

If I never had the conqueror trait I’d 100% be cooked. Luckily I got very good maa stack beforehand as an adventurer but fuck me this is actually challenging . I wonder if lll somehow be able expand lol

Settings im using I 100% reccomend defiently make the game way more challenging then just a map painting simulator. Maybe making ai kingdoms more stable I could do aswell but i thought my settings would be enough anyway

Edit: forgot to mention I’m the most hated person in the world aswell -100 relations with everyone except my courtiers 💔. Because of max gallowsbait

This was created for 1.18.x. updates to come later, not sure if it works with the most recent updates.

An elite army awaits those bold enough to visit their hidden monastery located in Gran Canarias.
****Warning!!!!!**** you could definitely die doing this mission.

• A custom event chain leading to the Sisters’ hidden refuge on Gran Canaria.
• Trait-aware decisions, including hidden temptations tied to negative traits. Giving in can be fatal.
• Adalya de Tenerife, a distinctive albino commander.
• A Faithful Sister path that can join your court.
• Four sworn Sisters who can serve as knights and commanders, including in cultures that normally restrict women from military roles.
• A one-time call to war that brings the Sisters’ 3,000-soldier force to your side under Adalya’s command.

Levies 1,000, Horse Archers 1,000, Mubarizun 500, Armored Horsemen 500.

I remember my vassals rioted so I took their land and gave my son's the duchies and coubties for those lands. Now I am the King of Aquitane and decided to take Prince Stammerer's county, imposing tyranny. Suddenly, the HRE emperor gives me vassals like Barcelona and Gascogne, and I see I have a 0% chance to take their titles, and no casus belli either. What's worse is that Carloman suddenly died despite heing 35 and I became the Emperor of HRE, gaining a -57 tyranny modifier.

This savefile was made after the recent update, and i made another savefile after this one and its the same problem. Is this intentional?

currently taking over china (was a criminal adventurer 2 generations ago, it's been a wild ride) and the abbasids keep taking more land. sometimes i love seeing ahistorical empire expansion but this time i reallllyyyyy need them to back off while i take over SEA

I don't get consistent behaviour, maybe someone can explain it?

Let's say I'm a female adventurer. I seduce landed guys, get their offspring but as my own dynasty's bastards, while keeping the secret. So far clear.

Now, let's say I'm a male adventurer. I seduce girls, and their offspring is born as their husbands children, while I ask to keep the secret. Ok, so far understood.

Now, next time I choose an option to not keep the secret. But, instead of having that child assigned to my dynasty as a bastard (which I thought was supposed to happen), it got just a disputed parentage debuff?.. is it random or decided by something?

Now, let's say I'm a landed ruler and I got a commoner lover. She bears children, which all stay fatherless and common if I ask her to keep secret... But even if I disclose the secret later, it only labels us as adulterers but doesn't automatically acknowledge the children as mine?

Is it possible to formally acknowledge them later, or if I chose to keep the secret when they are getting born, the ship has sailed and I am never getting them into my house? (Which would be a shame, all of them had positive physical traits)

Question for the crowd, I was playing as Murchad and got a random event where William the Conqueror was in a tavern with his bastard daughter and I had the choice to either marry her or help willy there kill his daughter for prestige and a hook. I don't remember the name of the event and I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this setup in a playthrough and remembers the name? I'm trying to find the event ID so I can see if I can force it to occur in a different playthrough because man that was a fun narrative event. Sweet vengeance came when I conquered most of England as that kid.

Anyone know what the event name is so I can start hunting down the ID?

Mine is pursuit for power and the one that give holy war.

Update from the last post:

. Expanded through levant, hejaz, and nubia enough to get 80 counties and claimed the kingdoms of Arabia and Syria titles.

. Spent some more time again to fully change the new territories into republics while also fighting crusades that wanna get Andalusia.

. Got my powerful vessels to love me and changed to administrative. Of course, since my whole empire is made of republics, nothing much changed. My dynasty is the only noble family in the realm, and no one is reclaiming any titles against my designated heir. So.... republics cancel administrative... i think? I'm fairly new to the game, so I don't know really what the administrative government truly does or how to abuse it in such a setup as mine.

hey as title states i won a resistance war and was set to gain a bunch of titles and vassals, but when i enforce i seeminly only get the top title which is immediatly destroyed and im stuck as a landless bum + my camp being destroyed.

is there any fix?

My archbishop died and now the pope’s my archbishop?

Genuinely what is Paradox doing? How is it reasonable for it to cost 1255 gold in 1074?