So i just purchased the newest Humble Bundle (which is a good one this time around) and am eager to play/learn Crusader Kings 3. I never really played any of the other ones and was wondering if anyone here has any tips for me as a beginner?
Great post!My own hot tips
This is the most important part. The game has no victory condition, it's a sandbox game. Though I think there's a score calculated when the game ends which you could try to maximize if you want.-If it all goes wrong just go with it and try and work through, hardly anything is the end of the game and finding creative ways around mistakes you've made through ignorance of the rules was a lot of the fun for me.
Pretty hard to do anything if every scheme you try to pull off has no chance of success because your skills are terrible though. But true, you can play it like a game of the sims if you want to just focus on the family dramas and relationships. I wont judge you (openly)This is the most important part. The game has no victory condition, it's a sandbox game. Though I think there's a score calculated when the game ends which you could try to maximize if you want.
Since it's a sandbox game, there's really no need to optimize your stats or marriages, just role play as whatever you feel like and see what happens.
In CK 2, I mostly like to screw around as a Duchy, taking revenge on anyone who dares to slight me in any way whatsoever.Pretty hard to do anything if every scheme you try to pull off has no chance of success because your skills are terrible though. But true, you can play it like a game of the sims if you want to just focus on the family dramas and relationships. I wont judge you (openly)
I've mostly liked to prioritize getting up to an empire and then focus cultural development and try to breed superhumans from there. It gets very easy to snowball a blob once you understand the basics.
That is pretty funny ! There are a lot of different ways to play obviously. But I still say its easier to take revenge if you have good skills and good councillors. All schemes have higher chance of success, you have more troops, more gold, better development everything.In CK 2, I mostly like to screw around as a Duchy, taking revenge on anyone who dares to slight me in any way whatsoever.
I also always play with friends and we have developed the habit of trying to sleep with the wife of one particular friend, just to see if we can. This has resulted in this friend dying from an STD, given to his wife by a different friend, which, in my opinion, is a much better way to assassinate than simple scheming.