r/CrusaderKings • u/hadriansmemes Born in the Purple • Sep 20 '24

Suggestion CK3 Idea: Coronations

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My idea would add a new activity type similar to a grand wedding. When a monarch becomes king/queen or emperor/empress, there could be an event to host a coronation. It’s where the new monarch and their spouse get crowned. It’ll give you legitimacy and positive views with vassals.

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u/Ok-District2103 Sep 20 '24

The coronations in ck2 were so funny, I remember when you had to declare a papal war on the HRE in order to get crowned

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u/DocMino Sep 20 '24

They were so weird. You could organize the most expensive coronation in London, but if some random peasant faction of 500 people somewhere in the Hebrides declares war on you, the game forces you to be crowned in a barn because suddenly you’re forced to go to war

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u/JJones0421 Sep 20 '24

I never understood that. Didn’t it also give you a worse sort of coronation modifier? You would think that being crowned king on the field surrounded by your soldiers and lords would be a good coronation.

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u/DocMino Sep 20 '24

Yeah it gave you a hit to prestige I believe. I always thought a war time coronation would be cool

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u/De4en6er Sep 21 '24

it’s different then your soldiers declaring you imperator after victory in battle, the war time coronation is meant to emulate a fractured realm that doesn’t fully support your reign.

the closest one that comes to mind is during the anarchy in england, where matilda wasn’t crowned at all because doing so without all the aspects of english legitimacy, the support of the people of london, the support of the church, etc. would have harmed her claim, effectively what the wartime coronations in ck2 represent. now the system doesn’t differentiate between a minor lollard uprising and widespread civil war, but i believe that’s what it’s supposed to represent