I have a confession to make. I'm not proud of it, but it just happened. It just happened. I have not been faithful to the beta for the past 24 hours due to Paradox's release of CK2: Legacy of Rome, and other miscellaneous DLC (thank you GamersGate for Blue Coins. You have my loyalty because my loyalty gets rewarded!).
OH MY G-D! It is amazing! EU1 got me hooked on Byzantine and Orthodox history, but this is just too much! I've had a blast with the new combat mechanics, retinues, factions, Orthodox patriarchs - I said this with Sword of Islam as well; I didn't think they could make this game any more addicting. But they have.
Right now I'm playing as Abyssinia, trying some sort of crazy Orthodox overthrow of the Fatimids. Any other crusaders/jihadis out there? Anyone else finding it hard to go to sleep at night and go to work in the morning ?
Grabbed a couple expansions. Now I can be Orthodox or Muslim. Yay!
Of course, I'm only into 1120 or so in my first game.
I've gotten to my third character now.
I have access to retinues now but I don't have enough retinue points. Those seem very powerful, considering they're bigger than any levy I can produce.
They also are very expensive. When you take losses to your retinues, they refill right out of your pocket. Sure, you can control whether it happens automatically or not, but I find the key to maintaining revenues is building ports in coastal provinces. Just as building centers of learning in cathedrals is the way to get more retinues.
I guess I'll keep my levies for now. They're pretty cool. A bit dry though.
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