but basically like 800 troops should be enough. just have enough troops to seige the land, and they won't raise troops and attack. If you attack single dutchies, there is no need to run. Originally posted by Sentry The Defiant:I guess I'm supposed to take my guys and just hit coastal county after county, and run at the first sight of a fight?Īnd I guess I can play as House Yingling, I just like trying to go against the grain of history in CK2. I always try to reform the faith as quickly as possible and hopefully at around the same time I am also close to forming the Empire of Scandinavia. When you do turn feudal those upgrades will carry over to your castle and you won't have to deal with an empty holding.Īlthough for me I cannot stand being tribal for long because elective gavelkind is crap.
Hopefully nothing bad happens to the son!Ĥ) You can stay tribal for a long time, in general it is a good idea to stay tribal until you can upgrade a lot of your holdings. If you do not have Way of Life DLC take a concubine and as soon as you have a son set her aside. Instead take the seduction focus and make a lot of bastards, when you have one that you like, legitimize them and you have your heir. If you have the Way of Life DLC don't take a concubine either. Don't get married unless the woman is 46 and thus won't be having kids.
Holy warriors require you to go to war with someone not of your religion, the raiders need to start raiding.ģ) You can game gavelkind. No one is going to help them and you should be able to raid down every holding in the county.Ģ) Yes, depending on what gets raised. Venice is probably one of the best spots to raid. Islands are also good places, as they might not get much help. Each county in Ireland has a temple and sieging those down can make you alright money. But that's the easy way out, isn't it?ġ) Try raiding in Ireland, most of the counties are independant so no help will come to them and it will allow your army to actually siege the holdings down. The tricky part is doing it before the time-crunch by all of the above kicks in. The solution to all the pagan's problems is solved by reforming and by extension, going feudal off it. Mostly the Levy composition, one way religious conversion (Pagan to anything else) and forced Gavelkind making every succession hurt. There's a bunch of things stopping them from keeping up. The short version is there's a list of reasons unreformed pagan rulers don't last in the long run. From what I recall of one game, my holdings were starting to cap out when Feudal's were only just getting started. Quantity over quality only gets you so far. Meanwhile, feudal lords get a hefty chunk of heavy infantry straight off the bat, with scarier units (like heavy cavalry) down the line as they upgrade their holdings. The biggest element here is Tribal levies consist mostly of light infantry. Tribal Ireland vs feudal England is a pretty clear-cut example of that. Tribe vs feudal is a lot tougher without it. What is essentially a DoT makes you almost unattackable. Tech is one part: Below miltary organisation 4 there's crippling attrition in pagan lands. Unfortunately it means the short answer to 4) is basically "Yes, going feudal is basically the late game goal". I guess I can ramble some extra information out. I'm not 100% on the government differences though. Originally posted by Myrmuz IRL: You can stay tribal, but you will end up much weaker, I think due to technology. Stay as a duke with a bunch of vassal counts if necessary.Ĥ) You can stay tribal, but you will end up much weaker, I think due to technology.
So don't create 2+ duchies/kingdoms until you have your realm sorted out correctly. If you have two titles of the same rank (2 jarldoms for example) your heir will get one and another son will get the other and become independent: you'll lose his territory.
That way your heir will get that title and your other sons will become his vassals. This can take a while though, so you're better off having just one higher-tier title. which will allow you to adopt feudalism which will allow you to change succession law. Tribal holding improvements are also built with prestige and raiding will get you a lot of prestige so use it.Ģ) Yes, raiding or fighting holy wars depending on whether your marshal or your seer raised them.ģ) In order to change succession law as norse unreformed pagan you will need to reform the germanic faith. You can also ransom any prisoners you capture. If you switch the map to economy mode you can see where the richest pickings are. You need to stay in the target province for a little while, then run as soon as his troops appear.