"Yea she's my second daughter. Worth throwing away for a little prestige...." don't let that nice accent trick you. This is why these guys controlled half the world at one time lol
This video made me, an American, realize that Sussex is south of Middlesex, Wessex is west of Middlesex, Essex is east of Middlesex, and that there apparently isn’t a Norssex.
Eh, if he keeps his mayors and barons Cornish, his next rulers can always convert to the local culture. It's too early to worry about cultural conversion though.
"England just stopped existing." That's not quite true, Jon. What's actually going on is that England still exists, it's just that the King of Norway is now the King of both England and Norway. The Kindom of Norway is the represented title of his since that's what he has as his Primary title right now.
Yep. This can be important because depending on the kingdoms' succession laws, England and Norway could be inherited by different people. In this case, both are elective, so I think both kingdoms would have separate elections for their kings. Since Jon is a de jure subject of the kingdom of England, he should end up voting in that election, and become a vassal of whoever wins it (who may or may not also win the Norwegian election).
ElPerezoso He won't get to vote though. Cornwall isn't de jure England, it's de jure Wales. Otherwise he would already have gotten an popup about choosing someone to nominate!
True. He won't get to vote now but if Earl Cadoc's descendants hold onto the title long enough, it will become de jure part of England in 100 years time provided he doesn't go independent or something. He'd be able to vote then but not anytime soon.
Many A True Nerd Don't worry Jon, one day you will make your horse your advisor and learn that killing your children is the key to a long reign. Also joining a Satanic Cult.
Here’s a tip: The “career traits” like grey eminence and thrifty clerk are picked up by children based on their educators. The level of the trait is the little dots at the bottom of the icon, so if your daughter is educated by a grey eminence (level 4) she will be educated as a level three charismatic negotiator.
That doesn't work with Conclave. In Conclave your guardian only affects what events choices are picked and if you'll switch culture/religion. Your characters base stat growth is based on whichever parent has the dominant marriage. Your Education type is picked directly at age 12 and the level is based on the characters "intelligence" plus any traits that are considered benefical/negative to the education. If you have an above average intelligence (such as Shrewd/Quick/Genius) + 2 beneficial traits and no bad traits, you have a 60% chance of a level 3 education and a 30% chance of a level 4 education (flipped if the child is genius vs the other two) and a 10% chance of a level 2 education. Physician skill is based on learning, their opinion of the person they're treating, as well as certain traits. Renowned Physician giving the best all around treatments and well tested treatments but more mystical titles actually work better for experimental treatments (though it is possible to have a Renowned Physician Mystic who is well rounded at everything vs say a Scholar which has better well tested results but worse experimental results). Hospital level of the capital also gives a boost to effectiveness.
Overall, that was pretty competently done for an opener. Only two minor perception fails with troop movements, but I’d give that a pass, because, honestly, who hasn’t had a terrifying doom stack ninja up on them in CK2? Good job, Jon, and thanks for giving CK2 a run on your channel!
Joshua Bowers once declared a war against a tribal when I was still a noob and I thought it would the easiest war ever until they called all their tribal allies and they had like 10k doom stack, that shit scared the hell outta me lol
A few things to note while he may be both the king of England and Norway because those are both existing titles (think of how you created the duke) the kingdoms may have different succession laws. That means when he dies its possible that the two kingdoms go to different people. This is important to keep in mind when you yourself hold multiple titles of the same rank, what he needs to do is destroy one of the titles so that so that both kingdoms land get inherited by the same person that helps keep the empire together so to say. Thats something you need to remember, only have two kingdom titles IF they have the same succession laws which can be checked by hovering over the title on the title bar when you click on a character.
[20:44] "So what I've got as my Chancellor, Martial, and Steward is basically just some guys. They're locals, they're not important." Jon, the Steward is YOUR BROTHER.
It might be a bit better to switch the map view to the overall realms, you can see who owns a county just by clicking on it (and on a character's capital county it shows the symbol of their crest)
Many A True Nerd you should really read the advises in the comments, lots of good ones there you lack of knowledge... Main one from me is if you go into character screen you can see how many man army he can raise, moving mouse over the number it shows you how many he gets from each source. Always check the amount of money character has as that could be crucial as if he/she is nearly broke - big army needs to be fed 😉 as well as rich character can hire mercenaries 😎
"This has been such a long war" That's because you never attacked Jon! You literally just waited for the Devons to starve even though you could've easily pressed the siege at any moment
I've been watching CK2 videos for some time and never really fully understood why certain actions were being taken or how decisions were being made. But now after watching only the first video of your series I have a much better understanding of how to play the game and what different scenarios mean for the player. I subbed because I enjoyed your Hitman and Fallout vids and really liked your humor but now I'm doubly glad I found your channel. Thank you very much!
I realize this is an "old" video but I have to give credit - your explanation of the game and what everything does is SO welcome and helpful to a new comer to this game who keeps wanting to dive in but quickly confused and overwhelmed with the gorgeous depth of this game. Simply watching 30 min, I've learned SO much. And yes, I intend to finish the video but I had to pop in and say thank you for the entertaining vid. Subbed and liked.
Ships cannot fight each other they are simply transports. On problem I 've always had with crusader kings was just that, no matter how strong you wanted your navy, there was no point in making it larger than the amount of troops you have. Each ship carries 100 men
My games ussualy devolve in to family murder/torture simulators.. well, with most of my games starting as Tribal that is sort of a must, damn gavelkine ellective.
Absolutely Beautiful Jon. You are quite correct when saying we love the story and I found this a wonderful game to create a story for us. Thank you so much for what you do. Aloha From Hawaii.
Giggling madly at this first ep. Came for CKII and get to hear Jon do a brilliant sports announcer imitation over that war for england. What a happy start to this. I hope the rest will be as entertaining~ Already looking forward to binge watching this.
Except England still exists, it's just under Norwegian rule. If the King of Norway gives the land to someone else, England will become a vassal state, allowing for future freedom.
Man I know this video is 2 years old but MY GOD MAN, you are amazing!! I love how I can watch one video and get a good story, a good tutorial, AND a good idea of what this game is about!!! You sir have a genuine skill at let's plays!
Loved the way you announced the Norway/Normandy fight @ 51:00 like it was a sporting event. Your excitement and enthusiasm adds color to what may have otherwise been just another CK2 playthrough.
Hi Jon, I have a quick tip: when you're laying siege to a place with almost no defenders, often due to recently changing hands (like Exeter having only 16 in this part), you can click the little sword icon in the siege screen to assault the holding. This makes it drop much quicker while causing you to take more casualties. Not recommended unless you have very superior numbers, but when they're down to a handful of defenders, it's pretty much instantaneous and you won't really lose anybody.
Wow.. five years old this series is, but what a find. I've tried the game, watched many so called 'tutorials' and understood nothing. I nearly gave in and then I found this series here. Perhaps this will me to even show my grandchildren the ropes in this game. It was them who got me hooked to gaming after all :-) Thank yoiu so much for showing an entire game from start to finish.
What I like most about Crusader Kings 2 is how much of it is character driven. You play a character who may be in a position of power, but it all revolves around the character, their actions, their relationships, and the things the character does.
Just found this Story of yours, and what a great first episode! Stellar commentary mate! (to be fair, might've helped a wee bit that I'm Norwegian and always thought Hardråde should've won back in the day ;D )
28:40 Devon is under the king's direct control. The troops from Devon are just the troops that the city and the church are expected to provide. The troops you're sending from Cornwall are the troops provided not just from the city and the church, but also from your own castle. The only reason that you're beating Devon is that the troops from the castle in Devon are probably already in the King's main army, having been called up before the game started. In reality, Devon probably provided at least a hundred or so extra troops from the castle, in addition to the 18 troops that just appeared. That's more than from your own castle because it's under the king's direct control; you're only required to provide a small percentage of your army, whereas the castle in Devon, being under the King's direct control, will provide all of the troops it can (minus the local garrison, which can never be raised as a mobile army anyway).
CITY OF BODMIN! We're legitimate now boys! So thrilled that Cornwall gets the love, and that my hometown is the main city on this game (other than Tintagel, of course)
Jon, thank you so much for doing a playthrough of this game. I use your videos as tutorials for certain games, learning from you, trying out the game, then going to a proper tutorial if I need to learn more. This is actually how I learned what to do in games like 60 seconds and helped me learn about the world of Fallout.
There weren't ever any female earls during the reign of the Anglo-saxons, so there was never a need for a word. A female earl is a countess because that was the French word, and the Normans had already taken over by the time those were a thing. And no, earl isn't derived from jarl, it's a native word. They are related though.
You can speed up the sieging by pressing the sword with the green arrow on the siege panel. It allows you to storm the castle. But be careful as you can lose troops by doing that. It's a risk, but is perfect for when you're resieging places, like the castle with 16 defenders.
Harold of England didn't die btw. He is still the duke of Essex last we saw him atleast. He lost his crown, and was taken as a captive by Harold of Norway, but he still retained his lower titles. Look at the Duchy of Essex and he'll be there, unless he died in captivity, in which case his son will be there, either way, with a strong claim on England, a rallying point for the future rebellions. :)
A few tips for you: *you can tell you troops to retreat early by right clicking in a county behind them when they are engaged in battle, it might reduce the casualties of a battle you know you already lost *You can assault almost safely when you overwhelm the defenders of a siege by around 10x, it can make wars much faster *England still exists, but since Norway still is Harold's main title England show as Norway territory *Traits play a lot of importance in tutors for your kids, for instance if they are gluttonous kids raised by them are more likely to be gluttonous as well *The more prestige you have the cheaper is to create titles
Re river crossings: each county will list its major and minor river and strait crossings with other counties considered its neighbors on its info window. (E.g., at about 50 minutes in, your looking at Oxford; midway down the pane on the right is a river icon. Hovering over it would give the counties it has water crossings with.) When two armies are about to clash across a terrain hazard, the UI will flag indicators (a green plus / red minus) for who will suffer what penalty or receive what buff on the crossed swords symbol.
Really hoping it's a possibility to say, rebel and form your own Kingdom. Would be cool to see the Kingdom of Cornwall and the Cornish Empire rise, although becoming the King of England and raising an English Empire would be cool as well. Very intrigued.
Yeah you can declare independence. Though he would likely be killed instantly. However now that the king of norway is also the king of england the overall leader is spread thin and hated so it could be an opportunity to take land while every other english lord inevitably fights the king of norway/england. Something else to note is that in the part 2 to this a faction was made inside the country that supports the owner of mercia for the title of king of england. This is also something he can jump on and gain advantage because of.
Marcus Abraham Yeah, I’ve seen the second episode and since this have started playing CK2 myself. Independence is a lot easier said than done. I took over as Duke of Mercia, declared independence from William the Bastard immediately and got absolutely stomped on. I think at this point I should probably just try working my way into the line of succession for the throne of England.
Yeah, something that Jon touched on in part 2, planting your family inside of a line of succession, is a pretty neat trick if done right. I haven't been playing CK2 for long and have only done one murder plot but the idea of marrying a daughter into a matrilineal marriage with a third born and then killing off one and two isn't exactly implausible.
Marcus Abraham I haven’t done too much in the way of plotting. Have seen some videos where there’s independence factions, and if the faction wins every member becomes independent. Seems like a surefire way to really cripple a dynasty, assuming you can win the war.
Nearly spat my coffee everywhere when I heard Cornwall 😂😂 reminds me of Bad education movie too, but I have to say it's a beautiful region spent a couple weeks there one summer near boscastle and left 2 days before the flood always wanted to go back there, should be fun to see where this one goes.
-When fighting, I think the green bar is morale of the army, not number of troops able to fight, but I might be wrong. -You can open the province info window and it tells you where the rivers between two provinces are. Just a suggestion, roleplaying the ruler would be great. NGParadox does it in his playthroughs and it is great fun when he makes a decision that hurts him, but it's what the rules would have done based on his traits.
Just because you don't have the required laws to empower women, it doesn't necessarily mean women are useless in-game. You could use women for; educating children, marrying them to either yourself or a courtier, gaining cassus beli, and to f*ck via the specified focus. That's it I think, but those are some very good benefits. So with all this said, don't say they're useless! :p because they're actually very beneficial to your kingdom.. Ps. You could also get them to populate your court, but usually you wanna keep the number of people in your court at a minimum, as you want to usually keep the people that dislike you at a minimum.
I've long thought of CK2 as Game of Thrones: Earth Edition. And in actuality, a Westross mod of the game was in fact created, complete with a map of Martin's world, and has become rather famous across the net. And no wonder: both the fantasy novels and game are about dynastic struggle and ambition, the stuff of human literature's greatest works, especially those of William Shakespeare ... the 17th Earl of Oxford.
Hi Jon, veteran Ck2 player here. I don't want to backseat you, but you're being a little over cautious with the ambitious trait. It really isn't that big of an issue unless they have a claim/ De jure right to something you own.
Seconded, definitely something to keep an eye out for if there's cause for treasonous behavior like you say, but it's not something to avoid at all costs.
He does edit out some stuff and I've only gotten 1/3 of the way through, so I don't know. To be fair, there is some value in not auto-stopping plots as you can imprison plotters and make some money ransoming them or keep them in the dungeons or under house arrest if they're potential troublemakers.
I just came off quite a long binge of Many A True Nerd's new vegas videos and oh boy is it refreshing to watch him play a game less competently than I do.
I'm learning the basics of CKII and found this channel/video. Now i want to watch all the series, this was very fun, you are a great story teller. I wish I had known your channel much earlier, like at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 hahah Wish you the best man.
I love this game. The future of a whole nation hangs in the balance, and then suddenly you have something happen that brings you back to your little corner of the world as the rest of the country is in chaos lmao
OMG, of course when he finally makes this video im just about to leave for work. well im just leaving a comment saying that i've waited for this ever since you started to dabble in playing strategy games on this channel. this is one of my personal best games ever. it has brought me so many good memories both with friends in multiplayer as well as alone in my darkest hour. havent seen the video yet but hopefully this will become a series, maybe he says it outright, as i said: havent seen it yet. cheers to anyone reading.
I love how Jon is playing Crusader Kings II. Loved the Mass Effect triology you did, love the Fallout 3, New Vegas, and 4 you did, the Total War series, and now CKII. I know I highly approve. Keep up the great work.
Jon, some quick things to point out that may help you down the line to avoid headaches from repeatedly headbutting your desk in frustration. Brace for incoming text wall: 1. Two people declaring war over the same title will be hostile to each other. This doesn't mean they are at "war" with each other, but it does mean their troops can fight each other--and so they can occupy and unoccupy settlements, as you saw here with Middlesex. Speaking of occupations, if you appoint a leader to your sieging armies, then they will get random events to help or hinder the siege--including nasty ones for you like diseases. These events will not happen; however, if you do not appoint a leader. If you want to speed up the siege, you may do so by assaulting, however that is not recommended unless you have a *minimum* of 10 times the enemy garrison, otherwise you will take massive losses. 2. Army combat is largely based on numbers, and less about troop quality and terrain. AI decision-making is also based on numbers, yours and your allies versus theirs and their allies. Also, when looking at targets, do keep in mind that the troop count listed on the main character screen is misleading from time to time. Levy amounts are largely based on vassal opinion, where higher opinion means more troops. Now, when fighting a defensive war lieges will gain a temporary opinion bonus with all their vassals. This will naturally increase the levy they can now raise, as their vassals have temporary high opinion of their liege, and so will contribute more troops. This bonus also applies to you as well, if you ever get attacked. So, keep that in mind because this can really screw you over if you don't factor it into your decisions! I could go on for days on all the tricks to this game, but I'll let you figure some out in your shenanigans. Hope these help! :D Edit: Removed bit that changed with Conclave DLC.
But he's using the Conclave DLC which I think changes how that works (although not completely sure how). In my experience, high stats give the child a high chance of increasing that skill; with Conclave education traits are chosen, but what level depends on the child's learning and possibly the tutor's education trait
He's using Conclave. The Guardian has little to do with the child's development except picking event responses and the child potentially changing culture/religion. The education is picked at age 12. the level is based on beneficial vs negative traits for the education + the "intelligence" level of the child. (no intelligence traits are assumed average, where as Dull/imbecile/etc are bad, Shrewd/Quick/Genius are great). A genius with 2 positive traits and no negatives has an extremely high chance of a level 4 education, a slightly less chance of a level 3 education and a very minor chance of a level 2. (where as in the base game version, even at level 4 educator you have a 10% chance of getting a completely random education with a completely random level).
49:30 If that happens, the Kingdom of England still exists, it's just under the control of the same guy that controls the Kingdom of Norway. It's the same reason that, for example, Queen Elizabeth II is the queen of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
It's a shame though, that money is a real balance breaker for small starts. They really fucked up by not scaling it with the size of your realm. Maybe 50 for a count, 100 for a duke, 300 for a king and 1000 for an emperor.
I like how you are commenting on the war for England like it's a football match. Especially the battle of Oxford in the end just before you got news from your chancellor.
"Yea she's my second daughter. Worth throwing away for a little prestige...." don't let that nice accent trick you. This is why these guys controlled half the world at one time lol
You're god damn right!
Queen Victoria: I agree
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But "they" didn't because "they" weren't born until a few years ago. If anything " they" gave it all away.
This video made me, an American, realize that Sussex is south of Middlesex, Wessex is west of Middlesex, Essex is east of Middlesex, and that there apparently isn’t a Norssex.
But there is a Northumbria
Cuz the Norse took it to Normandy... That came off as way more accurate than I intended it to be...
Yet I’m still waiting for that play through ft Saxon powerhouse 🤣😂🤣💯💯
But why will you middle sex....
Wasn't it obvious?
Starts tge game talking about how the Cornish have held onto their culture, precedes to accept every request to raise his kids as another culture.
Eh, if he keeps his mayors and barons Cornish, his next rulers can always convert to the local culture. It's too early to worry about cultural conversion though.
Daughters who are going to marry. His son is the one that needs to keep the culture.
They haven't kept their culture, they reinvented it.
TJ Molina he doesn't have rajas so he can't
Good point, wonder how he set his culture conversion rules. Restricted is always how i roll nowdays, base game flips culture stupidly quick.
Jon: "So, I am a very decent, n ice person."
Every CKII player: "You won't last 3 years."
if you aren't raping, committing incest, committing adultery, stealing, and murdering then you aren't even playing the game
why is that lame?
Stoßtruppen he's just tryna troll lol
Always. And I mean. ALWAYS choose the seduction focus.
Well he did mary off his 10 year old daughter....
"England just stopped existing." That's not quite true, Jon. What's actually going on is that England still exists, it's just that the King of Norway is now the King of both England and Norway. The Kindom of Norway is the represented title of his since that's what he has as his Primary title right now.
Yep. This can be important because depending on the kingdoms' succession laws, England and Norway could be inherited by different people. In this case, both are elective, so I think both kingdoms would have separate elections for their kings. Since Jon is a de jure subject of the kingdom of England, he should end up voting in that election, and become a vassal of whoever wins it (who may or may not also win the Norwegian election).
No, England doesn't exist anymore
Unless Harold actually chose to destroy the "Kingdom of England title, England very much does exist just as a secondary title of the King of Norway.
ElPerezoso He won't get to vote though. Cornwall isn't de jure England, it's de jure Wales. Otherwise he would already have gotten an popup about choosing someone to nominate!
True. He won't get to vote now but if Earl Cadoc's descendants hold onto the title long enough, it will become de jure part of England in 100 years time provided he doesn't go independent or something. He'd be able to vote then but not anytime soon.
I raise a Glass to King Jon "The Mad"
CPU Purple Heart/Neptune Oh god know I want him to go on a murder rampage with one of his monarchs.
Neptune 2: the Nepening if he doesn't I'll be disappointed
Cause all the Brittish Kings named Jon have had extreaaamly successful reigns...
I'm not mad. It's the ghosts who keep telling me to appoint a horse as chancellor who are mad.
Many A True Nerd
Don't worry Jon, one day you will make your horse your advisor and learn that killing your children is the key to a long reign.
Also joining a Satanic Cult.
I for one welcome our new Norwegian overlords
lol Takes me back to watching the Simpsons with my sister. Good times. Nice to know there are a few dudes out there that share my cultural go 2's.
Nathan Robbin was was the the time that
Nathan Robbin was the way way more more than fans
I think we should get a good
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Here’s a tip:
The “career traits” like grey eminence and thrifty clerk are picked up by children based on their educators. The level of the trait is the little dots at the bottom of the icon, so if your daughter is educated by a grey eminence (level 4) she will be educated as a level three charismatic negotiator.
Also a court physician’s skill is based on their learning level, and you can usually invite a better one from the find character menu
That doesn't work with Conclave.
In Conclave your guardian only affects what events choices are picked and if you'll switch culture/religion.
Your characters base stat growth is based on whichever parent has the dominant marriage.
Your Education type is picked directly at age 12 and the level is based on the characters "intelligence" plus any traits that are considered benefical/negative to the education.
If you have an above average intelligence (such as Shrewd/Quick/Genius) + 2 beneficial traits and no bad traits, you have a 60% chance of a level 3 education and a 30% chance of a level 4 education (flipped if the child is genius vs the other two) and a 10% chance of a level 2 education.
Physician skill is based on learning, their opinion of the person they're treating, as well as certain traits. Renowned Physician giving the best all around treatments and well tested treatments but more mystical titles actually work better for experimental treatments (though it is possible to have a Renowned Physician Mystic who is well rounded at everything vs say a Scholar which has better well tested results but worse experimental results). Hospital level of the capital also gives a boost to effectiveness.
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This is the perfect game for Jon! So excited to see more!
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Overall, that was pretty competently done for an opener. Only two minor perception fails with troop movements, but I’d give that a pass, because, honestly, who hasn’t had a terrifying doom stack ninja up on them in CK2?
Good job, Jon, and thanks for giving CK2 a run on your channel!
Joshua Bowers once declared a war against a tribal when I was still a noob and I thought it would the easiest war ever until they called all their tribal allies and they had like 10k doom stack, that shit scared the hell outta me lol
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A few things to note while he may be both the king of England and Norway because those are both existing titles (think of how you created the duke) the kingdoms may have different succession laws. That means when he dies its possible that the two kingdoms go to different people. This is important to keep in mind when you yourself hold multiple titles of the same rank, what he needs to do is destroy one of the titles so that so that both kingdoms land get inherited by the same person that helps keep the empire together so to say. Thats something you need to remember, only have two kingdom titles IF they have the same succession laws which can be checked by hovering over the title on the title bar when you click on a character.
you can also hold multiple kingdoms by creating the empire title so that the entire empire is passed on succession.
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[20:44] "So what I've got as my Chancellor, Martial, and Steward is basically just some guys. They're locals, they're not important."
Jon, the Steward is YOUR BROTHER.
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It might be a bit better to switch the map view to the overall realms, you can see who owns a county just by clicking on it (and on a character's capital county it shows the symbol of their crest)
I'll properly introduce the map modes next time - there's a LOT to explain in this game, so I didn't want to try to cover everything immediately!
Many A True Nerd next time... WAIT THIS IS A SERIES?
Many A True Nerd you should really read the advises in the comments, lots of good ones there you lack of knowledge...
Main one from me is if you go into character screen you can see how many man army he can raise, moving mouse over the number it shows you how many he gets from each source.
Always check the amount of money character has as that could be crucial as if he/she is nearly broke - big army needs to be fed 😉 as well as rich character can hire mercenaries 😎
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"This has been such a long war"
That's because you never attacked Jon! You literally just waited for the Devons to starve even though you could've easily pressed the siege at any moment
I've been watching CK2 videos for some time and never really fully understood why certain actions were being taken or how decisions were being made. But now after watching only the first video of your series I have a much better understanding of how to play the game and what different scenarios mean for the player. I subbed because I enjoyed your Hitman and Fallout vids and really liked your humor but now I'm doubly glad I found your channel. Thank you very much!
"Irritatingly, some of the most talented people are women"
Nice one Jon.
oh god
that is so wrong taken out of context
honestly even with context that's wrong we were kinda fucked up lol
@@dmas7749 nah we were based af
time to return to tradition
I realize this is an "old" video but I have to give credit - your explanation of the game and what everything does is SO welcome and helpful to a new comer to this game who keeps wanting to dive in but quickly confused and overwhelmed with the gorgeous depth of this game. Simply watching 30 min, I've learned SO much. And yes, I intend to finish the video but I had to pop in and say thank you for the entertaining vid. Subbed and liked.
Ships cannot fight each other they are simply transports. On problem I 've always had with crusader kings was just that, no matter how strong you wanted your navy, there was no point in making it larger than the amount of troops you have. Each ship carries 100 men
Jon: "This was supposed to be a quick, easy war, just in and out!!"
Me: *Looks at every war literally ever* "Yea totally dude"
I've never heard someone be an announcer like it was a football game over historic wars and it be so genuinely entertaining. Subbed.
R.i.p tenets of tabby, long live the great kingdom of Cornwall
As someone who grew up in Cornwall and loves the culture, I was so hyped to see this series start there. Kernow Bys Vyken!
You definitely need to marry your horse by the way.
Yeeeeeeees
Queen Glitterhoof
Or at least put him on your Council
Forestxavier20 Sounds like a typical Tuesday night
Hehe..this’ll be good.
Edit; Jon, you forgot to mention killing anyone that...seems...problematic..yes..
All games of CK2 eventually become murder sims
tmage23 eventually? It starts in the beginning for me
My games ussualy devolve in to family murder/torture simulators.. well, with most of my games starting as Tribal that is sort of a must, damn gavelkine ellective.
killed over 40 people who were in a factiona against me. everytime i killed someone another one would take their place
*big mistake*
Absolutely Beautiful Jon. You are quite correct when saying we love the story and I found this a wonderful game to create a story for us. Thank you so much for what you do. Aloha From Hawaii.
Giggling madly at this first ep. Came for CKII and get to hear Jon do a brilliant sports announcer imitation over that war for england. What a happy start to this. I hope the rest will be as entertaining~ Already looking forward to binge watching this.
'The kingdom of England just ceased to exist and is now technically Norway'
This warms my Irish soul
As an American of English desent I can honestly say WTF
same feeling here
Except England still exists, it's just under Norwegian rule. If the King of Norway gives the land to someone else, England will become a vassal state, allowing for future freedom.
Man I know this video is 2 years old but MY GOD MAN, you are amazing!! I love how I can watch one video and get a good story, a good tutorial, AND a good idea of what this game is about!!!
You sir have a genuine skill at let's plays!
Two people fighting a war for the same title are hostile against eachother, but not at war
Loved the way you announced the Norway/Normandy fight @ 51:00 like it was a sporting event. Your excitement and enthusiasm adds color to what may have otherwise been just another CK2 playthrough.
Well, I’m sitting comfortably so let’s begin!
Live by sword...Live for a good, long time!
Armored, sharpened, and raring to go!
*Try to take **-Boo-** from Minsc inventory*
You cannot take Boo
Him commenting on the war, is like a sports commentator. It's Awesome!
Jon, did you get Cornwall from Kilian?
Love it
TK Maximus cornwall is not real its a spaceship
Cornwall IS surprisingly overpowered.
Jon has been a supporter of the Cornish Independence party his whole life. Just a case of convergent memeing.
The historical enemy of Cornwall is steven the count of some island south of Arabia.
Hi Jon, I have a quick tip: when you're laying siege to a place with almost no defenders, often due to recently changing hands (like Exeter having only 16 in this part), you can click the little sword icon in the siege screen to assault the holding. This makes it drop much quicker while causing you to take more casualties. Not recommended unless you have very superior numbers, but when they're down to a handful of defenders, it's pretty much instantaneous and you won't really lose anybody.
Fuck yeah, i'm rewatching the whole series for no bloody reason. Well i enjoy Jon not being any good at this game and it's damn entertaining.
I'm here to relive the legacy of Jon the Fat.
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Wow.. five years old this series is, but what a find. I've tried the game, watched many so called 'tutorials' and understood nothing. I nearly gave in and then I found this series here. Perhaps this will me to even show my grandchildren the ropes in this game. It was them who got me hooked to gaming after all :-) Thank yoiu so much for showing an entire game from start to finish.
Jon i swear if the next episode isn't called "All about how..."
Y tho Ytho and the next one “my life got flipped...”
In an alternate universe, earl cadoc of Cornwall to King Harold of Norway circa Feb. 1069, "Help, the bloody Normans won't go home."
"there is no time for me to pull out" i hope Claire heard that out of context...
What I like most about Crusader Kings 2 is how much of it is character driven. You play a character who may be in a position of power, but it all revolves around the character, their actions, their relationships, and the things the character does.
Just found this Story of yours, and what a great first episode! Stellar commentary mate! (to be fair, might've helped a wee bit that I'm Norwegian and always thought Hardråde should've won back in the day ;D )
28:40 Devon is under the king's direct control. The troops from Devon are just the troops that the city and the church are expected to provide. The troops you're sending from Cornwall are the troops provided not just from the city and the church, but also from your own castle. The only reason that you're beating Devon is that the troops from the castle in Devon are probably already in the King's main army, having been called up before the game started. In reality, Devon probably provided at least a hundred or so extra troops from the castle, in addition to the 18 troops that just appeared. That's more than from your own castle because it's under the king's direct control; you're only required to provide a small percentage of your army, whereas the castle in Devon, being under the King's direct control, will provide all of the troops it can (minus the local garrison, which can never be raised as a mobile army anyway).
CITY OF BODMIN! We're legitimate now boys! So thrilled that Cornwall gets the love, and that my hometown is the main city on this game (other than Tintagel, of course)
Jon, thank you so much for doing a playthrough of this game. I use your videos as tutorials for certain games, learning from you, trying out the game, then going to a proper tutorial if I need to learn more. This is actually how I learned what to do in games like 60 seconds and helped me learn about the world of Fallout.
A female Earl is a Countess. Apparently no one ever came up with a proper female form of the name.
Well - its probably derived from Jarl isn't it? And I haven't heard of a feminine form of Jarl either :P
Though that may be due to ignorance :3
According to Wikipedia, the proper female form is "Lady"
For what? Jarl - or Earl?
Because if it's talking about Earls, you have to remember that they mean something different nowadays at least in England.
Oh I'm sorry, I was referring to the earls of the past :)
There weren't ever any female earls during the reign of the Anglo-saxons, so there was never a need for a word. A female earl is a countess because that was the French word, and the Normans had already taken over by the time those were a thing.
And no, earl isn't derived from jarl, it's a native word. They are related though.
Second time watching this series and honestly, I love Jon's excitement and commentary. He's like a Brazillian football commentator on speed.
HOLY SHIT YES YES YES JON I LOVE YOU!
JeefPeef You summarize everyone’s mind oh so well.
THRUST HARDER JON! HARDER! YES YES YESS OH YES JON! GIVE ME IT!
English flag has three yellow lions,the Normans has two yellow lions and Norway has one yellow lion holding an ax, in case you were wondering.
This will be glorious. Ck2 is my favorite game of all time.
John this is the best crusader kings blind start I have ever seen. I wanted to let you know that.
Jon: "I'm going to be playing as Cornwall."
Me: *dips out my Baileys in honor of my fallen Celtec brothers."
I think I enjoyed watching you for an hour as Cornwall more than I did as the Byzantine emperor conquering egypt
Its about time
You can speed up the sieging by pressing the sword with the green arrow on the siege panel. It allows you to storm the castle. But be careful as you can lose troops by doing that. It's a risk, but is perfect for when you're resieging places, like the castle with 16 defenders.
WE NEED MOAR!
I was in Cornwall yesterday.. and this just happens to be in my recommended.... I'm now going to sit here and watch this entire series.
Yes, yes and thrice yes!
I love the energy and enthusiasm this fellow has talking about this game
Are you going to marry off your parents to your kids yet?
I need to marry my horse to a visiting eunuch first.
Many A True Nerd not until you make glitter hoof your main advisor
Harold of England didn't die btw. He is still the duke of Essex last we saw him atleast. He lost his crown, and was taken as a captive by Harold of Norway, but he still retained his lower titles. Look at the Duchy of Essex and he'll be there, unless he died in captivity, in which case his son will be there, either way, with a strong claim on England, a rallying point for the future rebellions. :)
Get ready for the flood of accounts with names and pictures of characters from this game!
Bruno Ferreira I hope that's in future episodes. I read the comments while my shiternet loads 720 p 60 fps
It never happened, its Ok.
@@sanctumsomega aww :(
A few tips for you:
*you can tell you troops to retreat early by right clicking in a county behind them when they are engaged in battle, it might reduce the casualties of a battle you know you already lost
*You can assault almost safely when you overwhelm the defenders of a siege by around 10x, it can make wars much faster
*England still exists, but since Norway still is Harold's main title England show as Norway territory
*Traits play a lot of importance in tutors for your kids, for instance if they are gluttonous kids raised by them are more likely to be gluttonous as well
*The more prestige you have the cheaper is to create titles
You could always transfer the game to EU4 once the time line ends
That is the plan, assuming it goes well.
Vanek26 has Jon confirmed this
Not like, confirmed, but on the Patreoncast he has mentioned he wanted to do that and has the DLC to do it.
Vanek26 well it looks like we might be watching the grand adventures of Cornwall for some time 🎉🎉 unless he dies
Re river crossings: each county will list its major and minor river and strait crossings with other counties considered its neighbors on its info window. (E.g., at about 50 minutes in, your looking at Oxford; midway down the pane on the right is a river icon. Hovering over it would give the counties it has water crossings with.) When two armies are about to clash across a terrain hazard, the UI will flag indicators (a green plus / red minus) for who will suffer what penalty or receive what buff on the crossed swords symbol.
Really hoping it's a possibility to say, rebel and form your own Kingdom. Would be cool to see the Kingdom of Cornwall and the Cornish Empire rise, although becoming the King of England and raising an English Empire would be cool as well. Very intrigued.
Yeah you can declare independence. Though he would likely be killed instantly. However now that the king of norway is also the king of england the overall leader is spread thin and hated so it could be an opportunity to take land while every other english lord inevitably fights the king of norway/england. Something else to note is that in the part 2 to this a faction was made inside the country that supports the owner of mercia for the title of king of england. This is also something he can jump on and gain advantage because of.
Marcus Abraham
Yeah, I’ve seen the second episode and since this have started playing CK2 myself. Independence is a lot easier said than done. I took over as Duke of Mercia, declared independence from William the Bastard immediately and got absolutely stomped on. I think at this point I should probably just try working my way into the line of succession for the throne of England.
Yeah, something that Jon touched on in part 2, planting your family inside of a line of succession, is a pretty neat trick if done right. I haven't been playing CK2 for long and have only done one murder plot but the idea of marrying a daughter into a matrilineal marriage with a third born and then killing off one and two isn't exactly implausible.
Marcus Abraham
I haven’t done too much in the way of plotting. Have seen some videos where there’s independence factions, and if the faction wins every member becomes independent. Seems like a surefire way to really cripple a dynasty, assuming you can win the war.
Nearly spat my coffee everywhere when I heard Cornwall 😂😂 reminds me of Bad education movie too, but I have to say it's a beautiful region spent a couple weeks there one summer near boscastle and left 2 days before the flood always wanted to go back there, should be fun to see where this one goes.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CK2 AND MANYATRUENERD
MY TWO FAVORITE THINGS
*excited squealing*
Coffee Bean same for me, I have more hours in this game then any other.
I love that your just a classic let’s player who plays good games and loves them. It’s so relaxing watching your channel dude. Keep up the great work.
Mighty mighty cornwall
-When fighting, I think the green bar is morale of the army, not number of troops able to fight, but I might be wrong.
-You can open the province info window and it tells you where the rivers between two provinces are.
Just a suggestion, roleplaying the ruler would be great. NGParadox does it in his playthroughs and it is great fun when he makes a decision that hurts him, but it's what the rules would have done based on his traits.
Is this the Killian Experience?
Who is Ian, and why do you want to kill him? Did you mean Kilian?
@@theodorekennedy143 2 years later and I'd like to remind you of the time you were pedantic for no reason.
TK Maximus 1 week later and I’d like to remind you of the time you were pedantic for no reason
@@BcrizzyIntheSnizzy you're my kind of people.
When they were coming for Devon, you could've used the extra money to buy another mercenary band to reinforce your troops.
Just because you don't have the required laws to empower women, it doesn't necessarily mean women are useless in-game.
You could use women for; educating children, marrying them to either yourself or a courtier, gaining cassus beli, and to f*ck via the specified focus. That's it I think, but those are some very good benefits. So with all this said, don't say they're useless! :p because they're actually very beneficial to your kingdom..
Ps. You could also get them to populate your court, but usually you wanna keep the number of people in your court at a minimum, as you want to usually keep the people that dislike you at a minimum.
CK2 is my all time favorite game, so glad you're finally doing a series
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've long thought of CK2 as Game of Thrones: Earth Edition. And in actuality, a Westross mod of the game was in fact created, complete with a map of Martin's world, and has become rather famous across the net. And no wonder: both the fantasy novels and game are about dynastic struggle and ambition, the stuff of human literature's greatest works, especially those of William Shakespeare ... the 17th Earl of Oxford.
Hi Jon, veteran Ck2 player here. I don't want to backseat you, but you're being a little over cautious with the ambitious trait. It really isn't that big of an issue unless they have a claim/ De jure right to something you own.
Seconded, definitely something to keep an eye out for if there's cause for treasonous behavior like you say, but it's not something to avoid at all costs.
crazypants88 on that note, did he ever click the auto stop plot button?
Justin Rempe It's a bit annoying when with councillors, as ambitious councillors will try to get the council on their side, making things tricky.
He does edit out some stuff and I've only gotten 1/3 of the way through, so I don't know. To be fair, there is some value in not auto-stopping plots as you can imprison plotters and make some money ransoming them or keep them in the dungeons or under house arrest if they're potential troublemakers.
crazypants88 that's true. I have a gut feeling that Jon's lack of perception will be the end of many characters.
Just upped my Patreon for this video alone. I've been waiting *years* for this.
Been a while since I clicked on a video that quickly.
I just came off quite a long binge of Many A True Nerd's new vegas videos and oh boy is it refreshing to watch him play a game less competently than I do.
Cornwall is surprisingly overpowered. It being a spaceship and all.
I don't get it?
I'm learning the basics of CKII and found this channel/video.
Now i want to watch all the series, this was very fun, you are a great story teller.
I wish I had known your channel much earlier, like at the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 hahah
Wish you the best man.
I love this game. The future of a whole nation hangs in the balance, and then suddenly you have something happen that brings you back to your little corner of the world as the rest of the country is in chaos lmao
As a Norwegian, I love the start of this let's play.
Is he playing as Cornish Separatists?
I've been waiting for this series since I started watching your channel many years ago. Woo!
Yes, I've been waiting for this!
OMG, of course when he finally makes this video im just about to leave for work. well im just leaving a comment saying that i've waited for this ever since you started to dabble in playing strategy games on this channel. this is one of my personal best games ever. it has brought me so many good memories both with friends in multiplayer as well as alone in my darkest hour. havent seen the video yet but hopefully this will become a series, maybe he says it outright, as i said: havent seen it yet. cheers to anyone reading.
My name is Devin. Just listening to the audio of this video caused me a concern.
I love how Jon is playing Crusader Kings II. Loved the Mass Effect triology you did, love the Fallout 3, New Vegas, and 4 you did, the Total War series, and now CKII. I know I highly approve. Keep up the great work.
Jon, some quick things to point out that may help you down the line to avoid headaches from repeatedly headbutting your desk in frustration. Brace for incoming text wall:
1. Two people declaring war over the same title will be hostile to each other. This doesn't mean they are at "war" with each other, but it does mean their troops can fight each other--and so they can occupy and unoccupy settlements, as you saw here with Middlesex. Speaking of occupations, if you appoint a leader to your sieging armies, then they will get random events to help or hinder the siege--including nasty ones for you like diseases. These events will not happen; however, if you do not appoint a leader. If you want to speed up the siege, you may do so by assaulting, however that is not recommended unless you have a *minimum* of 10 times the enemy garrison, otherwise you will take massive losses.
2. Army combat is largely based on numbers, and less about troop quality and terrain. AI decision-making is also based on numbers, yours and your allies versus theirs and their allies. Also, when looking at targets, do keep in mind that the troop count listed on the main character screen is misleading from time to time. Levy amounts are largely based on vassal opinion, where higher opinion means more troops. Now, when fighting a defensive war lieges will gain a temporary opinion bonus with all their vassals. This will naturally increase the levy they can now raise, as their vassals have temporary high opinion of their liege, and so will contribute more troops. This bonus also applies to you as well, if you ever get attacked. So, keep that in mind because this can really screw you over if you don't factor it into your decisions!
I could go on for days on all the tricks to this game, but I'll let you figure some out in your shenanigans. Hope these help! :D
Edit: Removed bit that changed with Conclave DLC.
But he's using the Conclave DLC which I think changes how that works (although not completely sure how). In my experience, high stats give the child a high chance of increasing that skill; with Conclave education traits are chosen, but what level depends on the child's learning and possibly the tutor's education trait
He's using Conclave. The Guardian has little to do with the child's development except picking event responses and the child potentially changing culture/religion.
The education is picked at age 12.
the level is based on beneficial vs negative traits for the education + the "intelligence" level of the child. (no intelligence traits are assumed average, where as Dull/imbecile/etc are bad, Shrewd/Quick/Genius are great).
A genius with 2 positive traits and no negatives has an extremely high chance of a level 4 education, a slightly less chance of a level 3 education and a very minor chance of a level 2.
(where as in the base game version, even at level 4 educator you have a 10% chance of getting a completely random education with a completely random level).
3:17 WOAH WOAH WOAH, BACK UP THERE! The ancient language of Cornwall CAME BACK? How?
OMG ITS HAPPENED
I love how your narration starts to sound like sportscasting as the war between Norway and Normandy heats up around the 51 minute mark
49:30 If that happens, the Kingdom of England still exists, it's just under the control of the same guy that controls the Kingdom of Norway. It's the same reason that, for example, Queen Elizabeth II is the queen of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
I like the way you explain what is happening. So much better than a lot of other people who do videos on this type of game.
No Sons of Abraham, ahdear.
CANT ROB THE JEWS JON. SOA is essential for that one feature xD
Stood corrected when i watched the rest of the video good lad haha
It's a shame though, that money is a real balance breaker for small starts. They really fucked up by not scaling it with the size of your realm. Maybe 50 for a count, 100 for a duke, 300 for a king and 1000 for an emperor.
My lord, just briefly touching on the previous stories we've told through total war.. I nearly wept a tear for the great Julianus Vitinius.
10:45
PATRIACHY! DAMN THE WHITE MAN PRIVALAGE!
XD that felt dirty
I like how you are commenting on the war for England like it's a football match. Especially the battle of Oxford in the end just before you got news from your chancellor.