Gonna post this here. I don't play Paradox titles, but I am interested in Crusader Kings. The community for both 2 and 3 seems to be pretty dedicated and I can't get a straight answer as to which one is better since the details people mention tend to go over my head without having played a Paradox game before properly. That's why I am gonna ask for a short overview of both games and which one is better(in their opinion), meant for someone who is clueless on the matter.
CK2 is better than 3 by far. The game is far more coherent, has far more curated content, you can get it for free and if you play with anyone who has the dlc you can play with all the dlc.
I've heard that CK3 is more accessible, and so more popular among casual gamers. This means that for an outsider, CK3 would be a better choice while more veteran RTS players will prefer CK2, correct?
Another problem with Mercs in EU4 is that most companies have no or very few artillery regiments in them and it does not change with mil tech so longer games go on less dmg mercs do compared to regular army.
You know what I know what I am going to do in my next Ante Bellum campaign. I have not played eu4 in some time.
No, CK2 is very accessible, very forgiving and has a better UI than CK3. CK3 is just the newer game with the ostensibly nicer graphics and more marketing so it's more appealing to outsiders.
That reminded me that there is an event in Ante Bellum where you can convert to Islam as Japan. I might do a Islamic Republic of Japan run.
Agree considering fact that all of Europe outside of Greece, Spain and Italy starts as tribals . And you have spend like 50 years with pretty big debuffs to everything, before you can reform into "normal " country
The merc-army professionalism interaction was always shit but they gradually reformed it with missions/events that gave you merc companies that didn't cost AP to hire. Otherwise, you'd have to waste an idea slot for merc ideas (bad) or lose AP every time you hire mercs (worse). Which just meant you don't use mercs (outside of very specific circumstances).
To be fair, it is a really hard issue to balance without introducing more mechanics (like army professionalism) since everyone has a different amount of mercs they're comfortable with. Especially since mercs are tied to economy, which they're also still figuring out.
You're paying the "art" premium on these maps but he's got an older version of the 1444 map on his Etsy that is basically printed at cost.
The Swiss were still hiring themselves out as mercs up until the 1860's. Francis II of the Two Sicilies lost some of his best troops when the Swiss finally made that sort of thing illegal.
