Ck3 starting as a count Get app Get the Reddit app Log In Log in to Reddit. You’ll be able to do this early on if you make some good alliances through Eudes’ and his siblings’ marriages. The de jure duchy of Provence consists of these two counties plus the counties of Nice (which is owned by a prince-bishop) and Venaissin. Despite the prestige of your Dynasty the only houses doing okay are the cadets out in the HRE, you are a single count and usually the house head of de Chiny is one of your courtiers ( landing them is usually one of my optional goals ), so The Easy mode start is the Byzantine Empire, who start with Primogeniture, a strong military, and a decent amount of the territory you need to restore it. Note that independent counts get a +50% bonus to their But Bjorn is the easiest start. Particularly as France, this is just a series of clicking declare war, due to their claims, until you're huge. Just curious if anyone else has done this. I increase levies given and get guaranteed council rights, and 9/10 I'll demand steward, since the economy is a struggle as a count. Pretty much any count in Byzantium or any of the Karling kingdoms, or Abbasid empire I think for my next playthrough, I'm going to try Debegume Soumaoro of Bambuk, inside Ghana. Pretty difficult start but you can get the ball rolling if you kill your uncle since you are his first of kin Reply reply PM_ME_ANIME_PANTIES • Dude that sounds badass. I've had fun playing as the Gulltown Arryns and as some minor Crownland Lords. I suspect it didn't hurt, either, that there are thousands of baronies on the map, and giving each one its own neverending dynasty of rulers simulated at the level of a count or duke's dynasty would be hellish for most CPUs by 1250. your liege is the King himself), you can simply fabricate claims on the neighbouring counties (that you want the duchy of) and either wait until I’m trying to start a custom ruler game as a single province count. Feb 14, 2012; Add bookmark #2 Sure there is Several different ways actually. That central asia start is the only pitch that has made me want to start there. Your land is all hills and mountains and your culture is isolationist so it's difficult to gain power. Reply reply LordOfFlames55 • Assuming by grand campaign you mean mega-campaign, I'd recommend the jews in india. One Proud Bavarian will teach you everything you need to know about Succession to avoid seeing your kingdom torn to pieces when your ruler passes away! Many rulers in-game will start unmarried, although others may already have a spouse and children. If you want a very easy start take the count of montaigu (He has like 5k troops and can invade a kingdom). Did anyone pull this off without immediately converting to Christianity? Hello everyone, My brother has hooked me on ck3 and I've been playing a ton since. I swayed my wife, I was seduced and lay with a dude, I murdered a king, I was I feel like at the start haestein can immediately rush down most kingdoms without any problems as they start off with less levies and slowly tick up. start as a count in innsbruck or gottingen :) a fun run would be countess hedwig of gottingen. Whenever I start as county I usually do pretty well for myself but when I start as a vassal I feel like I'm not really progressing and tend to shoot myself in the leg with the enemies I make. I took over 2 more counties (Bigorre and Béarn) and now have 3 of 4 counties of the Duchy of Armagnac, a title that does not exist yet. It is not everyone's playstyle, mind you, so that's why I did The start I'l recommend cannot be done on Ironman, but you can start as a character in Prandheimr in 867. Reply reply In ck2 a DLC allow you to create a new world were everyone start as count or Duke level. Start as a count from an obscure dinasty and reach the highest level of fame and that decision of many crowns, maybe consecrated blood etc Building an empire is not that difficult, nomatter who you start as. You also have a new siblings and can negotiate alliances so you are VERY safe to start off. For instance you can't have lifestyles without the way of life DLC, can't play norse pagans without the old gods DLC, can't play Muslims without the sword of islam DLC. May 20, 2011 300 0. Under 3 or so years of age you can set all skills to zero because the skills will naturally develop as any other child (and you are refunded even more points for each year under 18). So here are my picks of good newbie starts in 867: Count Gerhard of Viennois, Lotharingia. So, ruling out the powerful kings and emperors, what are some of the best I started in 867 as a custom ruler, the Count of Comminges. Who is everyone’s favorite character to start as in the 867 start date? I’m looking for new ideas. Starting Year: 1178 Crusader Kings 3 has enjoyed a whole host of free updates, including one that added a whole new starting year for players to mess around with. Open comment sort options I just finished a Roman Empire run starting as the byzantines in the early start date, (I just posted screenshots) byzantines in 1066 seems substantially more difficult. The drama, faction wars, BEGINNERS GUIDE- What to do when playing as a count under a duke in an empire or kingdom. GavinShoe Secretly Zoroastrian • Additional comment actions. I was wondering if anyone could recommend me good/interesting starts for 867 as a count or as a duke, I don't want to start as a King or The latest someone who held the claims/title of Roman Emperor was close to 15 years before the 867 start date before they died. Also, the idea of an endgame crisis is always good (even if some of the crises are broken in Stellaris). If you're an "independent" count (i. I'm still learning a lot about the mechanics and perhaps you guys have Count of Sighnaq (that's in Syr Darya - North of Persia and East of Caspian Sea). Having access to better I personally prefer starting as a count, because I find realms I build personally to be more stable that realms prebuilt on game start. You start with quite a few claims, notably a neighboring vassal whom you can generally immediately conquer. If no one has the duchy title, you can I do not mean to imply that you need to complete it with your starting character, only that your starting character must be count-tier. You start with What’s ur favorite Karling start in CK3? Was thinking Lotharingia or Italy, but don’t necessarily want to reform the HRE. I am fine with starting as a Count, Duke, or King as I just want a mostly safe and strong person to play and get used to how the game works for the feudal side of the game. But damn, 400 points are way lower than in CK2, mainly because there's basically no negative traits that are ok to choose, they are either I always start as a single or sometimes double count, starting as a Duke is "too easy" for me personally. I even Count Haraldrsson of Ostfriesland. So far the best I've seen is Count Haesteinn, just south of Brittany. They got a new Starting as Count Hæsteinn of Montaigu in 867, declare a conquest war on Count Gregorios of Napoli to reach the Diplomatic Range needed to declare on The Byzantine Empire. It's just a Many players begin their journey in Crusader Kings 3 as counts; the lowest level leader title available in game. Starting as Count Hæsteinn of Montaigu in 867, declare a conquest war on Count Gregorios of Napoli to reach the Diplomatic Range needed to declare on The Byzantine Empire. While ck2 with full DLC would have much more content than vanilla ck3. Starting as a count or a duke in a big realm is bound to be a really, really slow start, unless you take advantage of a few things. U. I am a veteran player of CK2 and have played that game since before Old CK3's Top 5 popular start regions Discussion Share Sort by: Best. And, by far my favorite, what I like to call Norman Legacies: Start as any Viking in Denmark or Norway in 867 (custom is fine). The insights you sometimes find, even if you The devs determined that gameplay as a baron is quite boring, so they've elected to leave it out. I would like to have more content for playing low or playing as a vassal as it isn't as interesting now but it is possible. Starting as a count, I united Italy and (eventually) restored the Roman empire. I played the game a lot and am looking for a difficult start since most are pretty easy Locked post. I wouldn’t normally start as an emperor, but Byzantine can be a beast until you get used to it. Q&A. Looking at smaller rulers (count or duke level). (one of the Asatru holy sites) Once you do, Rollo de Normandie will be in your court, and he is a damn good general. Cheox. This guide is a set of methods for building a Is there a way to start as a single county, anywhere? For example, could I start as a single county in the Holy Roman Empire. It was an epic campaign that started in 867 and ended in 1453. Now, with fewer slots and more options, I’m having trouble decidingHow do you go about it? Share Add a Comment. Like someone who has the weakest title and only one territory. THIS IS HOW YOU DOMINATE AS A COUNT IN CK3! – Crusader Kings 3 What is the best African start in CK3? This achievement requires the player to start as one particular character “Countess Daurama Daura of Kano” in the year 867, which is also the only recommended starting character in Africa and is marked as Medium in difficulty. What and where is the best county to start as? Best as more fun or more powerful? I’ll answer the latter. However, despite that I think the later start is more fun. If you capture any important couriers, make sure to You'll start noticing you're out teching everyone by around 1100. You start as a 4-county tribal independent ruler- low enough for rags-to-riches, but with enough starting forces to start expanding quickly. You start with event troops and engaged in a war to retake all the counties of Lanka. On top of that, my friends are pretty inexperienced and getting CK3 I typically start out as a count, and it used to be that you’d have four building slots available. I did explain that Alfred does have a stress bonus because of traits, the Pope is a good source of money but not for claims at the very start. I have a friend who I want to play multiplayer CK3 with, they're completely new to grand strategy games as a whole so I want a start where they have Skip to main content. Something appeals to me about One county is held by the Caliph himself and the other is held by some Turkic-cultured count. I probably forgot some of them, but here is what comes to my mind. His younger brothers grandson, Hugh, founded the Capetian dynasty a century after Eudes/Odo died. Wessex is a nice challenge sometimes if you want to be on the defending side Yeah CK3 for sure needs decisions to form Saxony, Swabia and Franconia, at least as HRE vassals. I’ve managed to recreate the HRE in a single lifetime as the Count of Wien, so I’d highly recommend it. 000 prestige to diverge a culture into anything you want (for example Prowess/martial only traditions that use Chason de Geste). Log In / Sign Up; 867 Salian. So starting as emperor and then letting your count-level heir inherit that empire would not work, but if you start as a count and then 25 rulers later become an emperor it would work. I figured I'd make this post since I already fucked up multiple runs assuming that the achievement did not require it to be done in one lifetime, and the achievement actually calls him by a different name than what you will see on the selection screen. You are in the geographic epicenter of the Byzantine empire, the Catholic rulers of Italy and across the sea you have the Arab kingdoms of North Africa. I have set the skill levels to easy. I ride out the extra cash with steward to capture another few counties and sit Right now, the best way to play a difficult game is to start as a count. Is there anyway to make a 1 holding count rich and influential without ever expanding your county? Especially if they are a random county and not one with a very gold starting location. I realized that I was now a guest at another court and could still do things with my character. Open comment sort options. But as a count, a single stroke of bad luck, like a liege revoking your county, can completely end your playthrough. The succession change when you restore the Roman Empire is a little scary but if you do it close enough to 1200 and disinherit kids along the way you can get primogeniture fast If you want to go to war a lot start with vikings in norway or denmark (Harald finehair is a good option). If you want to go the Byzantine route but start as a duke, the strongest duke within the empire is the Duke of Anatolikon. I want to declare independence from my Duke in order to assume my own, different Duchy title (I’ve got all the required provinces already), however I can’t start an independence Introducing CK3 - Succession. Barons should not be powerful vassals As a count you get 750 prestige for a romance on a king (350 if you're a duchy), so you can basicly start with romancing everyone and get lots of renown and prestige. Plus everyone I made had all the best genetic traits, so 867 undoubtly the most powerfull starting character is haestein of montaigu. The drama, faction wars, rebellions, and holy wars were insane. In the later start you're more likely to come up against France or the HRE who can oppose you for longer. ( from wikipedia, "All the world is subject to Austria" or Alles Erdreich ist Österreich untertan) which is very anachronistic given that you start as a small count in what is modern I want to start a Roman Empire run in CK3 which realm should I start as? ( I'm not doing characters as I might make my own ) Thanks . Few years later my I've found the earlier start to be a lot easier as Byzantium. On its surface, the achievement seems fairly straightforward: starting as Count Eudes Capet of Anjou in 867, lead your Dynasty to rule the Kingdom of France (West Francia, to be specific). and any county that allows you to control mines; The Duchy of Bohemia has a mine in one of the counties. But if you start out as a vassal, your first goal will probably be to take over your liege's lands, so if that's not the direction which you want to go, an independent start might be better. Controversial I decided to try going for the achievement for starting as the Robertine count and becoming king 'cause I have gotten tired of all the rags to riches games I play, so I plan on playing a CK3 game where I start as a count and just be loyal to whoever is my liege and serve them the best I can with no ambitions to reach a higher level. Side note: The whole murder plot is there because I play CK3 very ruthlessly with a focus on having maximum dread and using a lot of schemes. If anything, if op is looking for challenging starts, it might be too easy. But at the end of the day, lol viking MaAs go brrrrr. Other mods that change titles will not work with this mod. Reply reply [deleted] • Yeah, incredibly fun to play afk for years while you wait for your gold to go up, or your claim to be fabricated, with the looming threat of the game immediately ending the moment your liege Hello r/ck3. I searched around for a bit and found nothing regarding this question sadly. Make friends with your liege. Expand user menu Open settings menu. 867 - My favorite start is Mugrón, Count of Connacht. My goal was to gain my independance and unite Wallachia. With Royal Court and new cultural You have to start as a count and end up as an emperor at some point with him or an heir. You either need to form a Duchy right away in your first lifetime or just have 1 heir. This is the point that you can start knocking out Achievements, ultimately ending with the Achievements: Reconquista, Prolific, A Name Throughout the World, and What is Nepotism. The So maybe this'll get added in to CK3 later. As someone else mentioned the Forresters in the North. Log In / Sign Up; Starting as a count is fun . New. This means that if you don't spread your It’s a good start for a Count, and it’s surprisingly hard since you’ll eventually deal with the Vikings, Pagans to the East, and the French. Starting as a small Sardinian Count with nothing besides 1 small village, we are going to form an empire spanning all of Italy and more! This is how you domi not op, but I'm going to answer anyway. Good fun and lets you focus on what CK3 is really about: skillfully marrying off your daughters, playing a game of eugenics with your sons and clicking through lots and lots of popups. If you start as a count i'd suggest just test out the waters a bit. Winning the war is easy, but you lose most (2/3, I think) of the remaining event troops after winning, so I strongly its kinda weird because they're motto in the game is A. You'll understand quickly just why 867 Ireland is such a hard start. A crisis event is the test of a 867 Count Brainimir inside Croatia looks interesting. You can move up to duke very quickly, because of his Age you have to hurry to have an heir (I always start without AI-generate Family) and afterwards you have his successor for a very long time who can build up the duchy of Champagne and learn the tricks as it is a So about a month or two ago I started playing ck3 and now have a basic knowledge of it, and I was wondering if anyone had fun starting locations/objectives to aim for. You can get alot done and be pretty big as a duke. Taking him from a single county to reforming the entire Carolingian Empire is a grand time. Ireland and Alba will holy war spam you like hell if you dont eliminate one or the other. He starts with 3k levies and enough gold/prestige to get a 5 stack of bowmen plus an invasion. Crusader Kings 3 by Paradox Interactive Members Online • Apple_enjoyer__ Anyone know good count starts . Your heir becoming Emperor doesn't give the achievement. starts unmarried, has 2 counties and 9 gold income per month. Dec 1, 2018 @ 1:09pm Anyone had any success starting as the Jewish Count in Abissynia? 867 start, CK3 Help I wanted to RP a bit and start as an Enthiopian Jew and create a Jewish empire, but this start position is just brutal. Sort by: Best. I always start as a count as it feels more rewarding when you reach your goals. Or vice versa, you can pick anyone you want on the map and then try to find some info about their lives. I wanted to know if there's a way to start a mercenary company (maybe have a bastard start it or something) or instead of a noble, take on a county as a mercenary company and be "hired" to war instead of called. It seems like adopting Feudal takes so much more time in CK3 compared to CK2. I. Playing as a count requires a fair amount of making alliances with nearby dukes and kings through marriage, forging claims on your duchy using a high-diplo chancellor, and letting your allies fight your wars for you against your liege lord or other counts, because your own army won't be enough. you can RP as the cover art guy and become a Crusader King 3(tm) Count Werner of Aargau in the HRE. In ck3 i don't know, sorry Reply reply Clappingdoesnothing • This mod only works with the vanilla game. You play tall. Antso's liege is King Charles II of West Francia. No exploits used. it's an interesting start because your twin brother was murdered as an infant by the count above you. I'm trying to find the best character to start with that fits this scenario. Tuscany . Except CK3 What has your experience been like? Is it better to get to 70% tribal tech, then invade an actual kingdom and feudalize right after? Or is it better to become Emporer of Scandanavia, keep a hoard of gold and feudalize in your own turf? Will you ever catch up to the other feudal kingdoms in terms of tech? Share Sort by: Best. An unquestionable loyalty towards his monarch has helped him CK3 I would like to do it the "difficult" way, that is, to start with Roman culture and with Hellenic faith, and being a simple count. Start every rulers life with a pilgrimage so you get passive piety forever. I started as count of baden and württemberg as a vasall of my father (duke of schwaben). How to conquer the whole world map, starting from one tribal county. Pretty much the title. Hey guys what are some good count starts in 867 in CK3? Count Konstantinos of Siracusa is a 1 count vassal to the Byzantines and starts out with his holding under attack by Africa. Reply reply ckunk10 • Resurrect the Greek empire Reply reply Celindor • Cornwall into Celtic My favorite character to start a Jerusalem attempt with is Herbert, Count of Vermandois, in 1066, also known as one of the last Karlings. It’s fun little play through. I think I'm wrong but I can't seem to see why. I'm still new to CK3 but I love starting as weak as possible in grand strategy games and growing into an almighty god amongst men as I learn the game. 22 votes, 28 comments. This helps with especially with mid game partion. ' This means your descendants can definitely fulfill the achievement! That second part I am having a hard time figuring out myself! As far as I can tell, the only way to become a Capet is to avoid having any children as Eudes, leaving Baronies are more that perfect in CK3 already and their is no need to give power to a baron. Check out the guide for tips on how to get started! If you have any feedback or questions, feel free to let me know. Obviously Vikary in the Westerlands and Salt in the Iron Islands are good, as well as the Bollings and Wensingtons in the If you start as a duke holding most the duchy land you will be fine and if you start with a count vassal your first step would be to fabricate/revoke his title anyway. If you modify this start, instead of Aragon and use a Jimena Count, you could also pickup Rags to Riches and Sibling Rivalry. On the map, the territory of a County will contain multiple Baronies and cannot be altered. E. He’s kinda a bad ass. Hire mercenaries to fight for you to not waste your special soldiers, hire one company for the county war and save your money for later. There's definitely something to be said for wanting to be a ruler and conquering tons and tons of land, but being some random guy with 200 troops, questionable stats and almost no money, and in spite of that rising up to king is a blast. Help I have started a game as a one holding count in Scotland. Open Duke of Bohemia is the best starting position at least in 867. The last Karling in 1066, he’s a count in northeastern France, just south of Flanders (again, don’t remember the name). Raiding is absolutely game-breaking. Let's say a count gives 1 gold/month to his Duke. e. Toggle signature. Easy stuff for any experienced player under normal circumstances Also fill your MAA slots with varangians (just 100 each if you can't afford more) so you still have the best MAA (untill endgame) even after switch to norman. My liege is Duke Antso III of Gascogne; Antso is not my rightful liege. You start with 600 prestige so you can convert Depending on where and when you start, you should be able to get a county here or there either by marriage, fabricating claims, holy war, invasion CB, etc In one of my latest Starting as a count, I united Italy and (eventually) restored the Roman empire. This start would be the hardest start in the whole game if Smbat didn’t have a half-brother that can take over once he dies. I read somewhere on a Youtube video where someone was claiming that the recommended characters at each start date scenario are the only playable ones. And then you holy war the Played through all of the achievements and a dozen other playthroughs including the formation of the Sultanate of Rum starting as a lowly count in the Seljuk which was very challenging to conquer Byzantine lands. Vratislav because he’s such a Chad, can create the Kingdom of Bohemia if he just saves up on money. A tutori Oh man. Open menu Open navigation Go to Reddit Home. So dive in the sea of steppes and enjoy it. Prove me wrong. Barony titles can be revoked without tyranny and Grant to low noble will start generating nobles of your culture faith. Depending on where and when you start, you should be able to get a county here or there either by marriage, fabricating claims, holy war, invasion CB, etc In one of my latest games I invaded Scotland with an Invasion CB with 5 Flemish One of my favourite start to test out new patches is the Count Erchenrad of Chalons in 867 in France. It seems that the first move is rather clear, get Brittany. You can also switch characters during ongoing campaing. Matilda is pretty and I can pair her with her liege for irony. Counts should not fear their barons as they can revoke away the barony whenever the count wants to do so. Basically, we want to be close enough to where we can help each other (we don't want to compete with each other) but also have enough room to grow on our own. My best game so far was with the pecheneg count just by the border of KazariaNow known as Pechenegia. It seems as if you can pick Beginner here: I think starting as a count is way easier as you don't get overwhelmed by you big realm or your vassels. The Duchy itself is very defensible. My problem is generally whenever i try to expand militarily West Francia decides to join in and ruins my invasion. Those are prestige wars and prestige is easier to come by. Old. What are some other good goals or starts for a Karling? comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. I own the counties of Provence and Forcalquier. If you’re trying to stay on the achievement point budget I recommend starting as a 14/15 year old. You get to conquer Norway, Denmark and Sweden etc. If the game is too hard you can always lower the difficulty as well until you are familiar with how the game plays out. Werner Salian has 6 counties but you can easily get Marburg and become a Duke in his life. I could do all the regular interactions. That said, I think starting as a byzantine vassal is usually one of the easier starts in the game Lots of tips here, but when I start as a tiny little count here's my start: Day one before unpausing, I change my feudal contract. The duchy is round and is the only place of checz culture. But afterwards is really hard to get any other location as anything you can declare war on, France is allied with and is much stronger than you. In CK3 there's not alot of resources to support it. CK3 As a King I feel like it's better to have multiple counts as direct vassals (with reduced taxes and levies because you are not their de jure liege) rather than those counties under a Duchy (which is your direct vassal). Apulia . Hermenexildo Gutierrez Menéndez, Count of Santiago: A powerful vassal to king Adelfonso III, Hermenexildo controls the lands of southern Galicia with an unsullied administration. Add a For me an average normal player of CK (always young custom made character starting in one singular county, no 70yo inbred leper with no heir), the hardest I played is probably is the Earldom of Lindsey In Mercia in 867, it's really like a bait because everything seems fine until Viking raids start happening and most of the times the IA count Hasteinng of Montagiu will declare war on Title. Make sure u add 1 tradition playing as the count of wien, i have all of the land i need to form a duchy but i can't because it would make me my lords equal, do i need to usurp an existing duchy? or can i somehow create/acquire a duke title without declaring independence? < > Showing 1-10 of 10 comments . Best. The big states in the west of Europe inevitably collapse, and you can slowly move in and consume it all bit by bit. He can also go bully Saloman. If you have a liege it can be helpful doing intrigue first Including making the highest held titles at the start count, I think. The game over screen appeared. But the game was still running (multiplayer game). This mod does exactly what the title says, it makes every de jure county independent. There is a lot of difficulty to be found in CK3. Once you gain independence from Croatia and form Bosnia you can continue the campaign to Unite the South Slavs then Unite the Slavs if you want to. Report. Start as a small count and work your way up to king or emperor. It's not hard to work your way up and form empires. Just wish the Kaiser ai was smarter with his gold and stop marrying his mom off to some shoddy count rather than a I loved starting out as a count on the island of Sicily. In the 1066 starting date I choose to start as a Wallachian count. My strategy so far has been to swear fealty to a larger neighbouring ruler, get guaranteed council rights, and slowly start As you conquer some nearby counties and become a duke, the king will start to give you more and more vassals if you have a decent relationship with him. Not on France or Byzantines but too many kingdoms or duchies have like 1000 or less levies on day 1 of game start Reply reply Powscal • • Edited . Another tip, is when you start the game I like starting as count for this reason, it’s like a rags to riches storyhowever for 867 feudal be careful with heirs and succession as a count. This is why you can revoke the baronies without gaining tyranny if he or she has a bad opinion of you. I'm generally new to Paradox games but I can at least say I'm a beginner in CK3 (there is so much more for me to learn) but I've been waiting to play the Byzantine Empire. No Dread required. Starting small and then growing big is the better learning experience, I've only done it once in my *rags to riches* achievement run. My favorite one has to be the 1066 one where you're basically the That’s where I screwed up. otherwise your counties will all be given equally to your heirs and you will lose control, unless the succession law is changed. The Duke (my vassal) will You have to start as a vassal count in Croatia which is surrounded by the HRE, Hungary, and the aggressive Byzantine Empire. 867 Harald 'Tanglehair' he starts as a dual count in ck3, in ck2 a dual duke, historically he goes on to be the first king of Norway and he does have an event if he does that which allows him to switch his title to 'Fairhair'. Start as a count, great initial land (for its size), and you are one "claim throne" scheme away from a damn good pair of duchies (the resulting war isn't too hard, because you have more and better land than your liege). finite--element • Hard to expand quickly in low development regions like Russia honestly. Your culture is Oghuz, which starts with Horse Lords, and religion is Tengri - which basically lets you start as a horse The Osgreys are a good count start, trying to make them reclaim their old glory. Become Spymaster, Claim Throne, Abduct liege, Claimant Faction I've found myself gradually coming back to that start in CK3, but it definitely doesn't play exactly the same way, as the count now starts as a duke, and as forming the Kingdom of Frisia seems much easier in CK3, which is probably a little past most people's definition of playing tall. With Wards and Wardens releasing next month, who are some children that you can start as? The only one I know of is Count Eudes in the 867 bookmark Skip to main content. Heavy cav isnt op af but i love it since it gives me the idea of superiority. This raised actual difficulty without As an off-beat pick, my first campaign in CK3 (coming from CK2) was the county of Foix, in the south of France (867 start)8. I have tried attacking Brittany, Wessex, also to the south. And you can get orleans and . The I can't remember the last time in CK2 or CK3 - other than playing the Monarch Journeys - that I started as anything other than a Count. New comments cannot be posted. S. Thanks!! #3. I'm definitely trying that one out. Ironman compatible. I typically don’t have the patience to do multiple dynasty members these days unless I have an achievement I’m working toward. tyranny hardly even affects you so you're free to revoke baronies without cause and once you get a couple of counties using mercs or a powerful ally's army you married you're all set to become a powerful duke. You are Asatru Norse under your uncle who is Catholic Norse under Lotharingia. Tips for becoming a powerful count in CK3 . If you guys want to laugh I like playing as a count or duke. I start as Boson of Provence in 867. He controls 2/3 of the counties in the Duchy of Connacht to begin with, but can easily conquer Breifne at start and make it 3/3. He's also the ancestor to Harald 'Hadralda' or The hard ruler one of the claimants to the English throne in the 1066 start date. In CK2 you benefited from raiding (based off of Norman culture as well as religion Well, I mean, if the goal is to conquer the world, CK3 will always fail to be hard, no matter the start. If you have no other eligible family members of your dynasty to Starting as a vasall in the holy roman empire (1066) can be fun to. Possibly Debegume Alayaman of Jenne. You can start as a count just as in CKII. Any start date and preferably feudal (although I would try tribal if it appealed to me) Share Sort by: Best. I still lost land because I had limited crown authority and could not change laws in time to revoke one of the duchies of one of the previous King’s vassals (Female vassal marries powerful son of a king from another country) when my Player King died. They defeat my troops then attack my capital. Log In / Sign Up; Advertise on Reddit; Shop Parisgives you 4 baronies with farmlands at the start of 867 AD. You start as a vassal under Prince Ludwig the Younger with no vassals other than mayors. I couldnt find any other county like this and its a de jure duchy, kingdom and empire capital. Strong starting location with two great vassal picks to play as. There is actually a MASSIVE advantage to starting as a toddler. Share Add a Comment. Can anyone suggest a good starting character Starting a custom character with the "peasant leader" trait is really fun for roleplay purposes, your starting character is a peasant who led a rebellion against the powers-that-be and founded your own noble house, quite the origin for your dynasty! Share Sort by: Best. Regardless if somehow you got lucky with a Capital prisoner capture, or the alliance with France not existing in your save, you'll get attacked by France or an All out I and a couple of friends (3 of us total) want to play CK3 together but were having trouble finding a good starting place. It is the second title rank available and the lowest rank that is playable. Luckily, with the incapable trait, Smbat won’t live more than a year or two. I had to disinherit 2/3 sons because of the confederate partition law of french culture lol. Shortly after starting there was a revolt and some other guy claimed the duchy and killed my father. 18 votes, 14 comments. Playing as Count of Provence on our mission to gain independence and form the kingdom of Burgundy. Reply reply More replies. CK3 Closed • total votes Byzantine Empire 1066 . I just played a CK3 game where I was imprisoned and stripped of all my titles. Share Sort by: Best. SlickHensley • I think Sure there’s probably some very specific count in Africa that has it sort of rough, but early alliances all but solve that problem in Africa because everyone is pretty weak. If that instead became simply a setback, you could include more punishing events geared towards losing land. Look out for vassals who have only one or two counties, and see if you can I love starting as a count and seeing how far I can go in one life. He’s also part of dynasty Guideschi consisting of two houses: Guideschi and Salian so starting renown and growth is pretty decent! If your dynasty Count Smbat is a horrible starting character with nonexistent stats and the inability to do anything. With french culture traditions and stack with regimental grounds you have insane heavy cav with manor houses to fund it. Maybe have a small claim you can use on counties if you win enough battles, etc. My suggestions for first techs to unlock, you guessed it: the development oriented ones. You start feudal My ruler is a Count but only has like 25 gold, I tried raising taxes but they only give me 1 gold max per month even with raising all taxes to the highest and expenses to the lowest. So, good luck and welcome to the interesting CK3 parts instead of starting as a powerhouse. Add a Comment. A lot of people were saying to hold off until more content released. The Last Count, First King achievement requires you to form Portugal as Nuno of the Vimaranes dynasty. This is a great start if you want 25-30. I almost lost everything in one of the faction wars but turned the tide at In CK3, if you use less than 400 points creating a character you can still get Achievements. Other ( Please say who in chat ) Byzantine Empire 867 I’m playing as a minor count under a Duke, King, and Emperor. Hovering over the Create But Count Eudes becomes Ruler of France ? And under the name of Capet or not? So if I want to start as Capet and create the Kingdom of France I need to start with Robert I ? He did indeed, but like I said he was not of the Capetian dynasty. . I just checked and there are even suggested count characters when you start a new game. Get used to the game mechanics and learn that way. true. The base game ck2 is much worse than base game ck3. Each County belongs to a De Jure Duchy, which also cannot be changed. This game isn't even that hard overall. You save points not only by being a child, but you also don’t have Playing as a count is incredibly fun, and I always start as a count whenever I play. So that gives you a little extra challenge at the start, but not too hard. Branflaaake • I did a custom Kingdom of Luxembourg with Aachen and Cologne i my domain Reply reply More replies. Starting with special troops + diplo range of most of the western world + already exalted among men and over 500 gold means you can take anyone with a The achievement is written, 'Starting as Eudes Capet in 867, lead your Dynasty to rule the Kingdom of France. r/CrusaderKings A chip A close button. Holy Roman Empire . Not only bavaria as a kingdom. You start as a 2 county holding Jewish vassal to the Coptic duke I am new to CK3 on PS5 and trying to start as Jarl Haesteinn as the game implies it should be one of the easier ones. Skip to main content. Controversial. I heard that it doesn't really play as it should/how it did in CK3. O. Bohemia is one of the best duchies in the game with a lot of counties and tons of room for holdings and buildings. Nothing has been quite as hard as starting with the Gideon dynasty located in Gondar, Ethiopia. Destroyerelf172 • I currently have both of them as king of Between this and your Aella post I would like to subscribe to your CK3 starts newsletter, please. He also starts with a claim on the Duchy of Meath, allowing him to conquer his distant relative there, bringing him to 5 counties within a year or two of the game Ireland is a good start for most new comers or starting as a count in a big faction. JW162000 • Yeah I guess the way you’d do this is use intrigue to get a hook on a powerful character and use the hook to convince Count Otger's family crest is the same crest on the cover art king. I start with a claim on Venaissin, and can start an easy war against him (I have much more soldiers). With the mountains and Nice blocking the east and the crossing of the I once replaced Bjorn with 100 stat man, and made each of his starting vassals have 100 in one stat, for 100 stat council. Also 100 stat wife was the count of one of the nearby islands. Reply reply more reply More replies More replies More replies. The issue is that the Count who owns the county i want has two more provinces Skip to main content. Your only threat is Sigurd, and he offers to ally and/or vassal under you within a couple years. You can snipe Rome or Venice Instead, start small, possibly as a Duke or Count within the Holy Roman Empire. A Count is a character who controls at least one County. If you capture any important couriers, make sure to Go to ck3 r/ck3. It does make the game boring. Then England will start annoying you. This seemed absurd but I wanted to make sure before I spent $50 that I can still play some random Count. R5: Starting as a custom Ruler (Ironman Achievement-eligible) Frankish Count of Rouen in 867 and head of the Merovingian dynasty, I established one overarching goal for this run: the Merovingians would reclaim all of the historical Frankish lands wrongfully stolen by the Karlings and the Pope—and then eliminate every single living Karling and destroy their dynasty forever. pretty simple starting as a count. Always be getting claims and landing claimants. he's a habsburg I like Prince Dox in 867, the duke of transyvannia After that, start as Ivar the Boneless, and form the Kingdom of Ireland. galadon3. Reply reply bandanas4all • Ha! I just like finding interesting stories. Then, build your dynasty from there. The problem is that wallachian are pagan in 1066 and once their Independance achieve are immediatly attack by the byzantines duke from the south or the hungarian from the North. Expanding through the "boot" of Italy is always fun with the Papacy in the middle. I am looking to get back into the game after a long break and most of my time in CK3 was done in 1066 starting date. For instance, I am playing through the reconquista currently. Starting as a Count and clawing your way to becoming a King and Emperor is one of the most satisfying experiences in CK3. r/ck3. In this video we will take a look at the str Choose a target whose county you would like to seize, make a couple of alliances to back up your small army, fabricate a claim, go for it. Those counties with special buildings, specially Paris, London, Cordoba, Cairo, Giza, Jersusalem, Alexandria, Constantinopl just to mention a bunch. I know that we can find OP characters as Haesteinn from the get go but for now let's put him aside. Each County also has a Culture and Faith. Conquer a county, give it to him, then swap places. There are actually two people who held claims up until right before the earlier start date, a Greek woman who died sometime in the 850's and a Byzantine Emperor, "something the 3rd, the drunkard" if I recollect correctly. That count is in a great place for a "tall" gameplay. plus has claims on most of your fellow vassals and your liege. This a guide for the Hard rank CKIII achievement, “Kings to the Seventh Generation”. 78 Badges. 1) Own at least 50% of the counties of a de jure duchy. I tried to accomplish this goal months ago, but I always fail as literally everyone is trying to crush me for being Hellenic any recommendations of where I could start to get a less troubled start and make my way up to the glory? Share Sort by: Best. That's a pretty easy run from either Hi all. if you want interesting starts from RP standpoint you can try browsing the wikipedia for interesting figures that lived during the ck3 starting dates, then finding them manually on the map. Honestly I'm proud of you for sticking around through it all. Ivar might be hardest. After you get rid of Smbat, this CK3 playthrough just turns from an If you have all the dlc, a Norse astaru start is above other starts. Yeah, if you go elsewere like africa, persia or you really want to island hop, attack day Start as a count in Denmark/Norway/Sweden in the Viking age, conquer Neustria to make Normandy, and then invade England to make English culture. Nerdorama09 • It's all still rather new but the general goal is to stack bonuses for 867 start [edit | edit source] Christian characters [edit | edit source] Catholic [edit | edit source] Asturias [edit | edit source]. I mean, really, what game have you ever played where you didn't end up being an emperor at some point? Click to expand No you have to go from count to emperor all in the same lifetime. galdor123 Captain. Sure the loot is nice, but the Hello I’m still pretty new to ck3 I’ve been pkaying sense ps5 launch and love it I’ve master the learning curve of the political and financial side of thing but I just have my empire fall and looking for a new start ask a young Viking ruler any ideas ? I say young cause I’ve never played the game as a young ruler and would like to try I really enjoy Toulouse. Top. You can also focus Is there any way to start as a Count and become Duke? Reply. The count starts with two counties, but when the Duchy is created it always goes to the count in Arles, since that is the Duchy capital. Its much easier to play this sort of style in CK2. Vassal play is incredibly rewarding in this game, especially early game, and you can quickly expand to the level of the kingdom you're in I recommend Count Eudes in 867, he is one of the bookmark characters. You can play as Aella of Northumbria and get massive alliances but the problem is everyone else is dealing with their own nonsense at game start so they don’t help you Hello everyone. If you want to start as an independent count and become a king, there's a fast-track start for that: Vijayabahu, the count of Rohana in 1066. In CK2 I could manage to do it within a lifetime, but it seems like it will take atleast 300-400 years to do so in CK3, especially considering my culture has to unlock all technologies in the Tribal era (some of them say it'll take 200 years and other absurd amount of years). Reply reply FlyLikeATachyon • If you’re tribal you need to be raiding. So what I want to know is, what is the easiest way to make money in this game starting out? 1066: HRE. If Crusader Kings 3 tutorial for complete beginners. Reply reply alozz • Oh it is super fun and difficult. I really like the emperor from 867. Unlikely as there aren't a great many sources as to the leaders for much of the world during this time period, even in CK2 alot of it was guesswork for the 769 start date and the devs stated for the 867 start it was much more historical (which was an aim for ck3 compared to ck2) This is a guide to my preferred start, which is almost always as a count or as a small duke in 1066. Basically, I'm looking for a count inside Ghana. Sep 3, 2020 @ 12:59am one of the stewardship perks (first one of the As a strategy when playing a vassal I usually play tall for the first generations and when I’m in a good spot I’ll start expansion, it depends on what your goals are for that particular playthrough, but you can land your dynasty in nearby duchies expanding the realm and thus reaping the benefits of renown and eventually start a claimant faction and take over the main title P. dbl upruq kagy fchkkoy venljr sxb hmbelt uhadqd qpqcl jzpt