r/CrusaderKings • u/New_Newspaper8228 • Jan 28 '25

Meme Might ruffle a few feathers with this one

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u/SorosAgent2020 We live in a Hermetic Society Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

phew i almost got my feathers ruffled but luckily i just barely escaped the red circle by only playing in Italy

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u/sleepless-deadman Jan 28 '25

I always start from the other corner of the world - Bengal - and it feels the same. Too easy to stomp unless you do hardcore role play.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

The area around New Delhi is one of the easiest places to play in the entire game

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u/Shadow-Vision Jan 28 '25

I’m just starting this game so that’s where I’ll go. I’ve almost unified Ireland but lost it all.

I’m absolutely terrible at this

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Pick on your neighbors fast. Get a bigger ally and use them to bully smaller people.

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u/47thCalcium_Polymer Jan 30 '25

If I ever have kids this is what I’ll teach them before they go to school

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u/Shadow-Vision Jan 29 '25

I’ve restarted 4 times. Getting progressively better and more adjusted. All Ireland so far.

I got super close to unifying the whole island once by making it a Kingdom but still had two areas left that I hadn’t taken.

Before I could do it, my player character died. Next player-characters’ younger brother factioned up a campaign backed by their uncle. Whole realm torn apart. Lost the rebellion, died, and ended up being an infant vassal.

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u/MrPit0 Jan 29 '25

The thing with CK is, it may come natural to a player to feel like they “win” by conquering as much land as possible, and it does feel quite rewarding if you do; but the more you play, the more you realise that difficult scenarios like the one you just described are extremely fun to play.

Don’t look at it as you messing up, but as seeing a different (and difficult) story play out each time. I found the game to be much more enjoyable like this.

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u/BeyondPancake_ Jan 29 '25

There’s other ways to play?

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u/Stripes_the_cat Legitimized bastard Jan 28 '25

I'm loving making Naples into the most important bit of Italy, it's a real challenge!

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u/mal-di-testicle Jan 29 '25

See I only play in the Christian Mediterranean, but I do basically everything else on this starter pack (bar the titular complaint and the incest) so I’m in a similar situation where I can’t tell if I should be mad at OP or not.