Hey guys, whilst he is in Germany for the Race to World First, we don't have our TH-cam stream set up, so I'm uploading his CK3 streams here. If they continue once he's back and we have the TH-cam stream up again then I'll just add those live streams into the playlist these videos are in. Thanks, and apologies for the inconvenience! - Bex
This game has a pretty big learning curve. The De-Jure system is a bit different than what most people are used to when playing strategy games. The game tries to maintain historical accuracy, and therefore, you are not necessarily meant to just be "free to conquer" the entire world. And getting used to this takes a bit of a mindset change than what is typical in these kinds of games. If you decide to be a king of Ireland, the game will attempt to keep you within historically accurate confines inside of ireland, and the more you attempt to step outside of that accuracy, the more difficult things to become, until basically impossible. If you want to conquer most of the world, you need to play as one of the historical conquerers instead where the game and history backs your intention. "De Jure" basically means "By Law" but you can interpret it as "historically accurate claim" the Law being historical accuracy. And you have De-Jure (historical claim) on any territory/titles that historically fits inside of the government you are participating in. Whenever you try to take territory that you do not have De Jure on, the game does not necessarily support your action and it becomes difficult to maintain land that you do not have De Jure on. So if you start out in Ireland, you will be mostly confined to playing IN IRELAND. If you were to attempt to conquer Germany for example while playing as Ireland, you would be breaking historical accuracy and not following De Jure, and the game will fight against you and make it very difficult to do so. If you want to play as a conquerer, you might be best playing a country that has historical backing in conquering lots of land, like the the Mongol Empire or Charlemagne (Holy Roman Empire). Also keep in mind that since the game attempts to follow historical accuracy, the De-Jure path of some countries is to be conquered, rather than to conquer others, and the game WILL do everything it can to follow De-Jure. So if you choose to play as Scotland for example, keep in mind that Vikings conquered Scotland and that the game WILL attempt to force this upon you whether you like it or not, and you might end up as a vassal rather than the "emperor" you first had in mind. What country you choose to play as has an extreme effect on what kind of experience you have in this game. So think back to history and choose a country that historically did what you WANT to do in the game, and the game will back you all the way with De Jure. Getting used to understand De Jure and what the game expects from you is probably the biggest hurdle to playing the game. Many players (including myself) just expected to be free to do whatever we wanted, and end up trying to play as Ireland or England and "Conquer the World" but this does not follow historical accuracy and therefore the game will not support this goal and actively punish you for breaking De Jure. Think of De Jure as "the historical path layed out before you" and you are expected to follow it, and if you leave that path, the game will fight you on it. This isn't to say you can't break De Jure to some degree, but the more you do so, the harder things become to maintain.
The funny thing is that this is likely the simplest game paradox has made in decades. It's really interesting seeing someone outside the usual paradox games bubble get into these games and notice how even CK3 looks really complex when people aren't used to grand strategy games.
It doesn't help that his chat/community leans far to the troll side as opposed to being the helpful types. I think that distraction is the main reason he had trouble understanding the game, which is a shame because I think without the trolls, he would enjoy this type of game a lot
Hey guys, whilst he is in Germany for the Race to World First, we don't have our TH-cam stream set up, so I'm uploading his CK3 streams here. If they continue once he's back and we have the TH-cam stream up again then I'll just add those live streams into the playlist these videos are in. Thanks, and apologies for the inconvenience! - Bex
This game has a pretty big learning curve. The De-Jure system is a bit different than what most people are used to when playing strategy games. The game tries to maintain historical accuracy, and therefore, you are not necessarily meant to just be "free to conquer" the entire world. And getting used to this takes a bit of a mindset change than what is typical in these kinds of games. If you decide to be a king of Ireland, the game will attempt to keep you within historically accurate confines inside of ireland, and the more you attempt to step outside of that accuracy, the more difficult things to become, until basically impossible. If you want to conquer most of the world, you need to play as one of the historical conquerers instead where the game and history backs your intention.
"De Jure" basically means "By Law" but you can interpret it as "historically accurate claim" the Law being historical accuracy. And you have De-Jure (historical claim) on any territory/titles that historically fits inside of the government you are participating in. Whenever you try to take territory that you do not have De Jure on, the game does not necessarily support your action and it becomes difficult to maintain land that you do not have De Jure on.
So if you start out in Ireland, you will be mostly confined to playing IN IRELAND. If you were to attempt to conquer Germany for example while playing as Ireland, you would be breaking historical accuracy and not following De Jure, and the game will fight against you and make it very difficult to do so.
If you want to play as a conquerer, you might be best playing a country that has historical backing in conquering lots of land, like the the Mongol Empire or Charlemagne (Holy Roman Empire).
Also keep in mind that since the game attempts to follow historical accuracy, the De-Jure path of some countries is to be conquered, rather than to conquer others, and the game WILL do everything it can to follow De-Jure. So if you choose to play as Scotland for example, keep in mind that Vikings conquered Scotland and that the game WILL attempt to force this upon you whether you like it or not, and you might end up as a vassal rather than the "emperor" you first had in mind. What country you choose to play as has an extreme effect on what kind of experience you have in this game. So think back to history and choose a country that historically did what you WANT to do in the game, and the game will back you all the way with De Jure.
Getting used to understand De Jure and what the game expects from you is probably the biggest hurdle to playing the game. Many players (including myself) just expected to be free to do whatever we wanted, and end up trying to play as Ireland or England and "Conquer the World" but this does not follow historical accuracy and therefore the game will not support this goal and actively punish you for breaking De Jure. Think of De Jure as "the historical path layed out before you" and you are expected to follow it, and if you leave that path, the game will fight you on it.
This isn't to say you can't break De Jure to some degree, but the more you do so, the harder things become to maintain.
:I don't understand why their land isn't my land" The beginning of every Tyrant.
The funny thing is that this is likely the simplest game paradox has made in decades. It's really interesting seeing someone outside the usual paradox games bubble get into these games and notice how even CK3 looks really complex when people aren't used to grand strategy games.
I can’t even imagine how you would make something more complex, information dense
, and confusing 😂
Arrived for the CK3 chaos that is bound to ensue, stayed for the BEANZ
sooo excited for this, think he'll love CK3 once he gets through the learning hump
As predicted, the twitch messages/sounds are just too distracting.
Yeah it feels like it gets worse every month. They really need to back up a bit with it. Its become very overwhelming.
It doesn't help that his chat/community leans far to the troll side as opposed to being the helpful types. I think that distraction is the main reason he had trouble understanding the game, which is a shame because I think without the trolls, he would enjoy this type of game a lot