Somewhat surprising to me I got this message earlier then I was expecting – 97 turns in… As I started AD 1043. The Papacy really tied up plenty of units (and that for a long time)… Burgundy, Hungary, Lithuania and Papacy all re-emerged at various points - I even had to wait before I could kill some of them again (especially Lithuania and Papacy). I also did a few crusades to get some more piety and loyalty going for the Kaiser. I also leveled up most spies to make them the more effective (securing stability) – and I really needed that. So, I had to kill him for the good of the empire. Later on I even had to kill one of my Kaisers as he had received too much stability-penalties by killing/executing rebels – the prince of terror-vice - for it to be sustainable. Eventually all such armies and provinces was destroyed (Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Novgorod) - and after that had happened - it was significantly easier to defend the HRE. I have too fix that in future releases.Īnyways, one of the first things I decided to do here was to kill ALL rebel Norse infantry-units and any territories spawning them - as those really slaughtered my troops in ways that was unsustainable. Initially the rebels were swimming in florins due to some sort of a loop-hole in the RX-designs I had not foreseen.
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It was tough and soon most of them (factions) were in my way (eventually it all fell apart as Hungary finally attacked me).
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I honored every alliance that was initially preset in this campaign/scenario. I had to build stability tech over and over and constantly ran out of cash the first 50 turns or so.
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I did restructure the army to suit my play-style, created tons of troops and killed hordes of rebels. This after a horde of battles - plenty of tough ones - and I even lost a few too. Yeah, a happy New Year folks! And thanks for posting guys.Īlright, I have now played the seemingly doomed Cyprian “ HRE-götterdämmerung”-scenario and it turns out that I could turn it around and win the damn thing - escaping the expected defeat.