I have read everything. Deadtorius you are seriously beaten on this 'Wall of text' thing. Amateur, Deadtorius. I'll re-read it and reply in the week. So you were on Balanced, but played the difficult battles in FOGM. It translates to easy mode :mrgreen: Yeah, that's fair. As I said, just in case it...

So, for the developer's benefit and for anyone who is interested I figured I'd pop back in here with a post-mortem of my first game. A few points to bring up. -I was playing the Scots. -I was playing purely for fun rather than for challenge and was much more interested in seeing how far I could deve...

Checking the manual it can give you a boost in authority and then a trickle of extra ongoing legacy income. It also means you can declare war on that faction without eating the -5 'we don't have a claim' authority malus. Nice but not necessary, you can conquer away without them as long as you don't ...

Hey Napoleon Complex. Check Glaring Balance Issues thread for more severe oversights and exploits. Furthermore I recommend you to check my thread "Tips for the new players". After the base message I have quite a few advanced and esoteric optimization tips. Suicide difficulty is not really...

That's a good remark overall. Even if in Balanced, it suggests I should up this max penalty of -4 to higher levels in higher difficulties... You are now reading for a bigger challenge, playing in Experienced, and with a nation with more issues than Scotland. But don't take a random one region natio...

You can also put disloyal or unknown characters in charge of one unit armies in well-fortified, loyal provinces if you're truly worried about them and you have no one or no military resources you can trust to keep an eye on them in the capital.

Surt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2024 11:20 am Your dissent in occupied also threaten to become significant.

Ah, I thought that was coming from the 'Just Conquered' regions not of my religion. To clarify, will that stop when I make peace, or is this an additional punishment for going over my demense limit?

jimwinsor wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2024 3:40 am What year are you in, out of curiosity?

1191.

Take this going in with the caveat that I am probably playing on way too low a difficulty setting to really provide a full challenge. I'm playing my first Scottish campaign (still; man, this game is long). Right now I've taken over the whole of England and the lion's share of France. I was at the li...

The Japanese and Yuan are going to end up swapping home bases at this rate.

A moment before they are forced to surrender, the garrison of Dazaifu cheers when they see relieving Hojo banners on the horizon! ...they then immediately groan in disgust when they recognise Ludendorf's banners. Ludendorf moves to relieve Dazaifu, marching the length of the frontline for the third ...

Ludendorf draws BobGanoush 67-61. ... (PS: I have no idea what happens now.) It's nice to hear the Yuan tried their very best to defend the shrine...and succeed! I hear from the shrine's Monks they've accepted large numbers of Yuan novices, and the Mongolians are busy regaling and training many of ...

Ludendorf draws BobGanoush 67-61. According to Ludendorf, a great swarm of Mongol cavalry threatened to surround the Japanese army. Mounting his great warhorse, Ludendorf led a charge directly into the midst of the Mongol ranks, scattering them everywhere, laying them low, present everywhere at once...

Confused reports stream in from the panicked accounts of routed Japanese and Chinese-Korean soldiers that have taken cover in nearby forts and houses, some claiming a catastrophe for the Japanese, others claiming that the Yuan infantry were pushed into a mass rout almost as soon as the battle began....

Ah, right. I have to actually issue a challenge. Uh... challenge is up. Password is genghis, all lower case.

I am totally ready for this (i am not ready for this)

After refusing to leave his tent for a month on account of sighting a particularly vicious butterfly, during which his soldiers somehow managed to take a town, Ludendorf is shamed into moving to the Munakata shrine on the urging of KiwiWarlord.

Sorry for not checking in until now... uh, what?

Oh, apparently I'm good again now... uh, off to Imari I guess? That part of the map looks rather neglected by everyone.

Ludendorf the Slimy and Monstrous once again moves to Meinohama in the hopes that this time it might stick. He takes with him a large stock of sake and trading cards to ply the council of drunken teenagers.

To be fair, facing minimal opposition from the outside world only to succumb to my own domestic incompetence is right on brand for the average would-be autocrat.

The treacherous, slimy, and monstrous Ludendorf (who views all of those cognomens as complements and titles) moves to Koshudake. He even has 'Home of Ludendorf the Treacherous, Slimy and Monstrous (Kaito make sure you change slimy and monstrous around when you carve it as it sounds better the other ...