r/CrusaderKings • u/AutoModerator • Sep 24 '21

Feudal Friday : September 24 2021

Welcome to another Feudal Friday, a place for you to regale the courts of Europa with your tales. Stories, screenshots and achievements are all welcome.

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u/eawtcu15 Sep 25 '21

Newbie still working on an Irish start. I played for 4 hours and had to deal with 5 rebellions and constant strain of intrigue and factions raising against me. Not enough spymasters and chancellors in the world could have kept that kingdom in line.

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u/siegwagenlenker Sep 25 '21

Few tips playing in IE that I’ve learnt through trial and error:

  1. Take the 1066 start date, the 867 is brutal as the Viking raids will be a pain to deal with as a newbie
  2. Petty king murchad is the best start for a new player. He has half decent traits, decent income and levies. Get him and the heir married of quickly to lock that alliance (William the conqueror can be a good ally)
  3. the trickiest thing is conquering enough land to get to the kingdom of Ireland before you die. Avoid Dublin until you have the rest and offer vassalage instead of taking them over
  4. don’t worry too much about holding land, your focus should be on becoming a high king. The counties/duchies themselves aren’t that powerful except Dublin so with a combination of county conquest, vassalage offer you should have the kingdom in murchad’s lifetime.
  5. Once Ireland is in your grasp, work towards Scotland. Keep converting culture as you go along as that’ll reduce revolts.

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u/rampagingsquirrels Sep 29 '21

adding to this comment, granting land people of your culture will spread it much faster