Players are able to start at any date between January 1, 1066, and December 31, 1337, though the Old Gods and Charlemagne DLCs allow for earlier start dates of 867 and 769 respectively, and the Iron Century update would later allow a start in the year 936.
The game is a dynasty simulator in which the player controls a medieval dynasty from 1066 to 1452. Crusader Kings II stood out from earlier Paradox games in that it attracted a more widespread audience, contributing to the growth of the company. A sequel, Crusader Kings III, was released on September 1, 2020.
On October 19, 2019, the game became free to play. Set in the Middle Ages, the game was released on February 14, 2012, as a sequel to 2004's Crusader Kings. As a result, you can just bonk their armies on the head one-by-one rather than facing a large mass of foes.Crusader Kings II is a grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. If you have 5000 in levies, the AI needs 5000+ before they feel willing to enforce their faction demands, and often you can easily pick them off because the faction members are usually spread across the country, rather than just being a single blob. The larger your direct levy, the more members need to join a faction to be able to overpower you.
Additionally if you upgrade the buildings in your vassal's counties, or build new settlements in said counties, then you can increase the amount of troops and wealth those produce (as well as the amount you recieve). You can do both directly owning a few heavily upgraded counties (TALL) at the heart of a massave Empire (WIDE). Originally posted by that guy:There are generally two approaches for your demesne: I'm not sure, there are pros and cons to each. So it's in your best interest to own as many provinces as possible to have as many barons directly answering to you as possible. But as for you, as the king you only get 20% of what your duke gets, which means you get 0.08 gold and 4 troops from each of those barons.Īnd if you're an emperor, a vassal baron under a vassal count under a vassal duke under a king that's your direct vassal only provides you with 0.016 gold and 0.8 troops.Įach level of vassalage means an extreme reduction in the amount of taxes and levies you get. If that count is under a duke, then that duke gets 0.4 gold and 20 troops from each of those barons. But what if the owner of the province is not your direct vassal? However, if the owner of the province is a count that's your direct vassal, then you get only 20% of what he gets, which would mean you get 0.4 gold and 20 troops from each of those barons. If you are the owner of the province, you get all of that. So each baron gives their count 2 gold and 100 troops. Imagine that all barons have 10 gold income and 500 troops. Let's say that everyone gets taxed 20% of their income and troops by their liege. The way vassalage works is that a vassal supports his/her liege with a portion of his/her taxes and levy. This approach involves owning as many provinces as possible.īasically, the more provinces you own, the more barons you have as direct vassals. But if you had 4 castles in that province, you would get an extra 40 gold per year and 2k max levy.Īll those troops would also be affected by your capital's tech, which is undoubtedly higher than other provinces in your realm. If you only had 1 castle in that province, you might get an extra 10 gold per year and 500 max levy.
Imagine that you send your steward to boost taxes for 50% and your marshal to boost levy size for 50%. Your concillors also get missions that you can assign them in order to boost a province's taxes or levy size. This approach involves personally owning as many holdings as possible in your capital county/duchy.ĭepending on your rank and whether or not you're an independent ruler, your capital duchy gets a bonus to levy size and your capital province gets an even larger bonus. There are generally two approaches for your demesne: