HOW TO BECOME GOD - Crusader Kings 3 Royal Court Is A Perfectly Balanced Game With No Exploits

[@thespiffingbrit]

*Become A Knight Of Spifftopia Today! Service Guarantees Power Armor*

[@idontknoq4813]

[@judechauhan6715]

Hey Spiff, how did you get your guy to be immortal please?

[@Mingo_Slickgrin]

I would like to see Big Dave go up against King Arthur and Genghis Khan at the same time. Great video Spiff!

[@mrleisten]

[@killer-ll4pn]

*Doubt*

[@RealSkoolmaster]

"I dont know how but somebody died" trainer: *looks at bloody elephant foot then steps in front of it* "me either m'lord... odd that..."

[@thetank4446]

Meh, he was probably a coffee drinker anyway

[@bfufhryrrhtjhxbdgkjgutitjh7877]

@@thetank4446 no. Spiff would never let a coffee drinker so much as a mile near his land.

[@Pink_Invader]

It reminds me of that story about a country that went to war and instead of loosing soldiers in the war they came back with a extra soldier in the army

[@efulmer8675]

That was Liechtenstein, whose army in 1866 returned with one extra person after having done literally nothing during the Austro-Prussian War. The identity of the extra person varies depending on the source but no one has refuted the story either. Liechtenstein disbanded their army in 1868, almost certainly saving the rest of the world from total domination by the Liechtensteiners.

[@dannywatson4253]

I just love how terrified Big Dave looks the entire time. Like he has no idea why everyone is so afraid of him, he just wants to be your friend.

[@espy8406]

poor Big Dave

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

He’s just too powerful. Tiny Tim is the only person on earth who doesn’t immediately explode if Big Dave pats him on the back.

[@ohuckabee]

The game says "Crusader Kings 3" but the single knight taking out hundreds of foot soldiers says "Dynasty Warriors."

[@angelodewit2197]

Trueeeee

[@KainYusanagi]

Nah, you can only say that when it reaches the thousands. ;P

[@tigerwarrior1787]

*Pulls up Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Lu Bu* Someone called?!

[@Grauer1510]

@@KainYusanagi honestly: killing 1000+ enemies in a single battle in DW is more the exception then the rule 😅 Unless u camp spawn points for like 10 minutes 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@KainYusanagi]

@@Grauer1510 In the earliest DWs, yeah, because there you only get so many entities on screen at once; in fact, the counter for kills actually capped out in the early entries at 999, as I recall. Later entries (I think around 4 that the change happened?) had a lot more models on the field, so it was much easier to rack up over a thousand, and the cap was also increased to 9999.

[@Quesadilla_God]

Fun fact: Ancient Viking Elephants didn’t actually have horns on their helmets!

[@____________838]

Indeed. Tusks are not horns.

[@planetbob6703]

An immortal Emperor who creates the Primarchs as his own children to lead the Astartes... you’re gonna get into a civil war when Tiny Tim decides to be a bad boy...

[@thespiffingbrit]

*Tiny Tim Why are you slaying your brothers??*

[@hanswurst7047]

@@thespiffingbrit only if he is Bald... and howls at the Moon

[@debarpandutta6722]

@@thespiffingbrit oh no tim heresy

[@akramgimmini8165]

GLORY TO THE EMPEROR

[@thegoof171]

YOU taught me to Hate, Father

[@foxdavion6865]

Indian-Norse is the most broken hybrid culture in the game; I figured this out day one of the DLC/Update release. Also when you combine the culture's clothing they look like Klingons. Very apt.

[@sephelutis]

At that point you’re just playing divine spirits from Fate you aren’t even human anymore

[@VarangianGuard13]

And now that you've said that, I'm picturing these hypothetical Indo-Norse people chanting like Klingons.. *Sons of Kahless intensifies*

[@AverageFitnessEnjoyer]

Viking and elephants. Perfectly balanced as always

[@maththegreat2266]

That are makin som moneytoessss

[@dirtycasual3094]

Take out the "and".. 😉😎

[@nikitclaw8763]

So Norscans essentially

[@TheArklyte]

Well, horse can't swim with rider on top. So elephants are far better mount for amphibious landings;)

[@ed-b8045]

*'As it should be' not 'as always'

[@hello_i_exist9909]

Honestly, I would absolutely *love* to see a series where you conquer the world and what wacky shenanigans you can get up to while doing so. I wouldn't even need new exploits in any of the episodes- Just keep on doing this :D

[@Menhtrol]

"A noble squirrel holding an axe on an elephant" Is a line i never thought i would hear

[@tigerwarrior1787]

Well... 1: It's Spiff... and 2: It's CK3... alot of things you never thought you'd hear or consider have no reason being here. Anything is possible.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Foamy: I approve of this.

[@serax126]

I would watch this movie

[@mortache]

Real medieval artwork often was even more hilarious. Especially knights fighting snails, killer bunnies etc

[@OzyWazza]

24:10 you sitting on that glorious Great Throne Of Tea at the end was an absolute master-stroke Spiffing; given that you're fielding Space Marines, it only makes sense that you are the one who has re-shaped the Throne Of Terra to suit ^_^

[@m4dm3th0d]

The logical step is to March into Rome, and do what Hannibal's elephants could not

[@skoshman1]

Hannibal's elephants weren't powered by tea.

[@jasonzhou8274]

@@skoshman1 The only good response:

[@bluemutt9964]

Can you imagine how much more he would've conquered if he had access to tea and tobacco?

[@istvanfarkas1660]

Big Dave before every battle: "We are The Tea Drinkers! We march for Yorkshire!" Knights: "AND WE SHALL KNOW NO FEAR!"

[@zennvirus7980]

Big Dave: "Because WE are FEAR!!" (Rips the head of a prisoner with flick of his finger)

[@lordofspades9222]

21:30 Spiff- "I have never had a crusade called against me before." Me remembering my 40 year defensive crusade as the Norse where I ate ten Popes.

[@gustavo_gamer5177]

What

[@dilavox]

i just kept schemeing every pope and next in line until they stopped, i very nearly ended up losing it close to the end of the holy war on me, but finally managed to hold on long enough to keep my lands and take a little back

[@britishneko3906]

well when you alive... people hates you

[@Darkstar1484]

how did you manage to eat 10 popes?

[@bgcloon]

@@Darkstar1484 Lots of ketchup, of course.

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

what i love about Spiff; is that he's basically Atilla the Hun in this bit. literally bullying; capturing high ranking people; selling them back to their kin, then using the same money to then build up and army to regrab the area and then some. you just love to see it.

[@archrp7868]

I really want to see Spiff actually take over the entire map, it would be full of fun things i bet

[@bubbasbigblast8563]

I was wondering why you called your knights Space Marines, since, you know, land. But then you apparently went full Thunder Warrior on your prisoners, so...yeah. Understandable.

[@Milanin8]

I went looking for this comment. But only because it was followed by a divorce

[@Facepalm105]

Loved this lore video on the unification wars! I had no idea the first thunder warrior was tiny tim. What a masterpiece!

[@TheOvervoid]

"Pope we have created a grand army for the crusade. Their army is small and will be crush under the Holy might of our force" *Later* "Pope, ah, we lost. Everyone died. They killed literally everyone."

[@chrishuhn5065]

Damn overconfident zealots. Serves them right. How dare they to go against the lovely elephants?

[@r2020E]

@@chrishuhn5065 nah. Big Dave and Tiny Tim just slaughtering everyone. They're gods. The puny mortals don't stand a chance

[@inzecar5916]

@@r2020E Now that's some heresy

[@setcheck67]

Not really that far from the real crusades tbh. Saladin won because they marched their force into the middle of the desert to die, I'm especially impressed in that regards with the supply line failures in this game also.

[@Cyricist001]

Isn't that what basically happened when the Normans conquered Sicily and the Pope send an army against them, only for the army to annihilated and the Pope taken prisoner?

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

22:20 I love how Spiff called it the “battle of Jaffa”, but the game gave it a far more correct label of the “Slaughter at Jaffa”.

[@Ragetiger1]

Yes, we need to see Big Dave conquer the entire world. It shall be GLORIOUS

[@ecklipz3364]

yes glorious indeed

[@blackmoon7668]

Reanu Keeves is there to stop him though.

[@ecklipz3364]

@@blackmoon7668 oh no I forgot about him, it seems like big Dave will have some competition with a fellow tea drinker

[@wolf2403]

Every. Single. City. Then watch as Tiny Tim stages a revolt.

[@cornflakeshumunculus8373]

Haven’t you heard that Vikings and elephants are historically accurate. It’s how Saxon became a conqueror

[@roykentseyebrows4196]

Paradox: Ok, we've patched out and nerfed all those exploits. Spiff: Hold my tea.

[@OrgangeJus]

WTF Hahahahahaha the game play is insane but the narration is just a freaking perfect cherry on top and that's a massive cherry I am talking about! Great video!

[@ComicalRealm]

This game is The Sims for historical strategy games. It reinvents old ideas and also introduces new ones

[@DBT1007]

Hmmm🤔

[@AxxLAfriku]

Me the ALPHA M*LE of this comment section and me command RESPECT. Right now me telling you to NOT observe any of me nice cool sweet videos. Instead just look at me awesome good powerful thumbnails. Thank you, dear rea

[@the_tactician9858]

@@AxxLAfriku Who gave this guy the glue stick? We all said we wouldn't do it...

[@nikkomcgee2565]

I love the quick tab away at 18:48 to hide the mass amount of murdered prisoners

[@roebenjaminpeled2705]

Knights are super op from the new royal courts update. Just ask gangis khan (or temujin khan, to be precise) how he's invasions for my anglo-norse-han viking colony in china went.

[@PeterTeal77]

"Temujin Khan" is like saying "Octavius Princeps". Temüjin was his name and Genghis Khan his title.

[@roebenjaminpeled2705]

@@PeterTeal77 I forgot he's family name

[@FumblsTheSniper]

One of these days I’ve gotta learn about whatever Viking/pirates they had south of Asia during all the European shit. I can only assume such an effective idea took off everywhere.

[@ophidahlia1464]

Look up Zheng Yi Sao, the pirate queen of the south china sea and biggest badass east of bosphorus

[@rael7298]

To add to your knight build, have the monasticism tenent (and optionally Monastic Communities tradition), than just pump out heaps of kids. Sons that you don't want to inherit can take the vows, but can still serve as knights if you have warmonger/armed pilgrims. Hopefully, a few of these warrior monks do well in their martial training. Matrinilial marry your daughters to unlanded guys with high prowess.

[@embreis2257]

is polygamy a thing? you become a breeding machine and matchmaker. instant superarmy^^

[@hexmech1893]

So basically a space marine

[@Wizard_Pepsi]

Spiff: Casually creates an army that defeats the entirety of Egypt in a few weeks. Me: Ah yes, perfectly balanced.

[@anon2447]

I mean jesus created a bearded hobo who sort of did the same thing, Egypt are noobs

[@Wizard_Pepsi]

@@anon2447 Are you referring to Moses? Moses was born several decades before Jesus, so listing God would be more time accurate. If you're referring to someone else then good on you for knowing more about christianity than I do.

[@____________838]

@@Wizard_Pepsi decades?

[@Wizard_Pepsi]

@@____________838 Maybe a few millennia. I don't know the exact dates.

[@hunterhudgins4473]

I've been watching Spiffing brit since 2019. I listen to this content as a Semi driver. Just listening to the content; is all I need for entertainment!

[@tomisabum]

Nice; the new DLC really adds some of the cooler culture/society aspects I always liked about Stellaris to this game for sure. Speaking of, wonder if there are any new spicy exploits in the revamped unity update for that game?

[@Stevonicus]

If you culturally merge with the Mongols could your elephants get even stronger from the cav bonuses?

[@cottoncandy3577]

No. As Paradox changed MaA types. Elephants are no longer "Heavy Cavalry" but "Elephant Cavalry". Meaning the only building that will boost the stats of the Elephants is the elephantry building (which can only be build in Jungles). Also meaning that culture boni that boost Archer Cav (which is also new because Horse Archers being classified as Skirmishers was stupidly overpowered too), Light Cav and Heavy Cav don't effect elephants anymore since the release of Royal Court. So the only Culture boni that could possibly help your elephants are: "Lords of the Elephant" and the other indian Elephant culture trait that I forgot the name of. ^^ But the MaA are still broken. So don't worry, Paradox trying to fix it literally did nothing. Well in Singleplayer at least. Tho, if you don't prepare for a MaA Doomstack in Multiplayer, it will be impossible for you to win. Even with preparation, it would cost you a LOT of gold to build up an MaA counter army, and the corresponding Buildings in your domain to even stand a chance. (Probably around 20-30k Gold depending on what MaA you need. And most people won't have that lying around in Multiplayer anyways.)

[@barriath8841]

@@cottoncandy3577 The stupid thing about horse lords is that they don't even give you a bonus to your own fucking horse bow units xD The game is kinda weird like that. Some units are just plain and simply useless and don't need to be brought at all. Hell, you can clearly see it here that as long as your knight effectiveness is high enough and you got a lot of knights with decent prowess (culture tradition talent search is OP in that regard), it's GG.

[@eddierehe9000]

Only on this channel will you find a Nordic Viking who hails from India, rides elephants and owes his allegiance to Britain. Good lord I love it

[@clericofchaos1]

I still can't get over the squirrel. I swear i've seen him before...Wait! Could it be!? Yes, it's Sir Admiral Hammy Ham the 14th! No, it can't be, when last we left Sir Admiral Hammy Ham he was leading the queen's military on an intergalactic conquest. Perhaps this wonderful being, riding the elephant and holding an axe is an ancestor of the legendary admiral!? Hammy Ham the first perhaps!? Ah yes, the birth of an epic military heritage that will overcome the challenge of time of space itself!

[@thespiffingbrit]

Only true fans remember sir admiral hammy ham :D

[@TrueChaoSclx]

Wow, that's a throwback. I'd completely forgotten about that video, time to rewatch it

[@clericofchaos1]

@@thespiffingbrit Thank you for saying so Spiff. Sir Admiral Hammy Ham and Glitterhoof (immortal ambassador to the moon gods) are basically my two favorite characters of all time.

[@TheRealGamada]

Can I have a link to the video please ?

[@clericofchaos1]

@@TheRealGamada KZbin doesn't like people posting links, but it's his galactic civilization 3 video.

[@django8888]

I would love to see this series conquer the whole map!!

[@sanctus864]

You ought to do a video on longbows. With the right duchy buildings and camps you can get their attack up to 150 or more. Add that to their stupid cheap maintenance and it's an easy gg for the welsh or english.

[@Dreckmal01]

Was the immortality a mod, or an edited save file? Excellent video, as always Spiff. Thanks for the upload!

[@Tomlis96]

Must be a mod, just checked, there is sadly no immortality yet :(

[@kazegaijin]

Your CK3 content is hands down some of my all time favorite things to watch on KZbin!!! Please do more streams and videos!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@lorenzmaut3708]

This remembers me of that game called "total war: three kingdoms" were there were warriors that could kill the entire enemy army, like in seconds 5 dudes on horses eliminated 200 archers and there was no way to stop that because they had a lot of health and did area damage that means the enemy is dead before they can hit the horse. compleatly broken, i don't want to imagine PVP in this game because of this.

[@jamiecopland6317]

Please keep this series going! I need more ck3 and Yorkshire tea in my life

[@LegendaryCollektor]

I wasn't expecting your 40k references but it was a wonderful surprise

[@serl3zykn1ght71]

13:20 That dude died of a heart attack from being so OP

[@EATSxBABIES]

Love how Spiff basically made Jedi and never once thought of it

[@how_arya]

Why get a trophy wife when you can have a stewardship yeeter?

[@thespiffingbrit]

The Perfect Waifu Material

[@zerrierslizer1]

after watching Spiff for almost 3 years i have become so powerful that the Like Button clicks itself everytime i hop on one of these videos that he makes.

[@AKidWithNoAttitude]

You did it Spiff. You beat the game. You really are the warhammer 40k.

[@Merajito20k]

oh man, please continue this. This is godly glorious, even Kratos the literal god of war would be impressed

[@theshadowking3124]

"THIS SERIES SHALL NOT END TILL SPIFF HAS CONQUERED THE WORLD"-SUN TZU THE ART OF SPIFF.

[@shadowdragon714]

i was thinking Spiff Tzu - The Art of Tea. XD XD

[@EMan-1920]

"Sun Tzu said that!" -Soldier

[@NrB91]

Sun Tea the art of Spiff.

[@danielelkadi3499]

That was so fun to watch. Please make more stories using the same broken system.

[@matthewtaylor744]

Please actually conquer the whole world, that would be amazing.

[@Fyrefrye]

from my understanding of his older series is CK3, the game engine doesn't handle super long campaigns very well. It tends to get bogged down, glitchy, or just slow at some point. I'm pretty sure that's what killed the old 100 stat man videos: his save file ended up crashing the game every time he tried to load it. Longer-time viewers might have more info, but I remember there were tech issues with really long games.

[@akiranara6404]

@@Fyrefrye Pretty sure his Hundred Stat Man videos were CK2, not 3. CK3 is, from my experience, a lot better optimized.

[@Fyrefrye]

@@akiranara6404 Fair. been a while and I forgot when/where those fell exactly

[@giantWario]

@@Fyrefrye Really? Cause I've done two campaigns where I conquer the whole world in CK3, one of which was in the World of Darkness mods where the game never ends and you can reach modern times and I really didn't have much problem even though I'm certain my computer is much worse than his. Then again maybe it's just because, unlike Spiff, I actually dismiss the messages instead of letting them hang around his screen forever.

[@Fyrefrye]

@@giantWario It's also possible that because some of those older videos were of slightly modded versions of the game, it was less optimized than usual. Or that the series/save files were bricked by game updates. (either killing the save itself or one of the mods he was using)

[@yickett]

I appreciate the effort you took to inform which part of the video corresponds to what is happening

[@thetruegoldenknight]

I already became my OWN God in Royal Court. Even posted my review on Steam, if it's visible. It's quite lengthy, but the short of it is, I'm very disappointed my sword could not for the life of me get a legendary reputation for carving through both Britain AND France! And I was playing as an Irish viking dude.

[@ragenorock7346]

Try using Lenkas and Mubarizun MAA. They have insane stats and counter : spearmen/light cav + spearmen+heavy infantry. Combine with Elephants and everything dies. The only real counter to elephants becomes cold weather+mountains (or paiks - which no one outside india can have).

[@cleverhippo726]

Please continue this. It's a shame you never get to far in the game despite being a god

[@tylerwood8710]

This video is absolutely brilliant. You are in form, Mr Spiff.

[@rafalsitar]

We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye With a newer addition of Super Idol的笑容 都没你的甜 八月正午的阳光 都没你耀眼 热爱 105 °C的你 滴滴清纯的蒸馏水 你不知道你有多可爱 跌倒后会傻笑着再站起来 你从来都不轻言失败 对梦想的执着一直不曾更改 很安心 当你对我说 不怕有我在 放着让我来 勇敢追自己的梦想 那坚定的模样 Super Idol的笑容 都没你的甜 八月正午的阳光 都没你耀眼 热爱 105 °C的你 滴滴清纯的蒸馏水 在这独一无二 属于我的时代 不怕失败来一场 痛快的热爱 热爱 105°C的你 滴滴清纯的蒸馏水 在这独一无二 属于我的时代 莫忘了初心常在 痛快去热爱 热爱 105°C的你 滴滴清纯的蒸馏水 喝一口又活力全开 再次回到最佳状态 喝一口哟 你不知道你有多可爱 跌倒后会傻笑着再站起来 你从来都不轻言失败 对梦想的执着一直不曾更改 很安心 当你对我说 不怕有我在 放着让我来 勇敢追自己的梦想 那坚定的模样 Super Idol的笑容 都没你的甜 八月正午的阳光 都没你耀眼 热爱 105°C的你 滴滴清纯的蒸馏水 在这独一无二 属于我的时代 不怕失败来一场 痛快的热爱 热爱 105°C的你 滴滴清纯的蒸馏水 在这独一无二 属于我的时代 莫忘了初心常在 痛快去热爱 热爱 105°C的你 滴滴清纯的蒸馏水 喝一口又活力全开 再次回到最佳状态 喝一口又活力全开 But also important, The FitnessGram PACER Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The test is used to measure a student's aerobic capacity as part of the FitnessGram assessment. Students run back and forth as many times as they can, each lap signaled by a beep sound. The test get progressively faster as it continues until the student reaches their max lap score. The PACER Test score is combined in the FitnessGram software with scores for muscular strength, endurance, flexibility and body composition to determine whether a student is in the Healthy Fitness Zone™ or the Needs Improvement Zone™. And the newest of F you

[@LenoViburnum]

Love you.

[@thespiffingbrit]

Perfect

[@bfufhryrrhtjhxbdgkjgutitjh7877]

So apparently we just found another victim of the person putting extreme levels of alcohol in the tea rations

[@RobertOSheaGameDev]

Ya know, I was adamant I was not going to press the like button today but clearly that bait and switch *chef's kiss* beautiful lol

[@ja17979]

This recent "Spiff plays God" series, got me thinking. How much coffee must a tea-drinking Brit like Spiff drink in order to come down to God's level?

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

Far too much. Rumor has it that God has been trying to tempt Spiff with Tea Flavor coffee for years just to try to catch up.

[@Zorgdub]

Yes, I would love to see Big Dave conquer the entire world.

[@AhsimNreiziev]

I'd love some follow-ups to this glorious adventure! In fact, I'd love to see you continue until you've literally conquered the entire world with Big Dave.

[@chubbachox9090]

I’ve been playing as the rurakids and have taken over all of Europe and Russia, the year is 1057. My knight effectiveness is at 560% and my people are still tribal, so rebellions are very easy to crush and rarely happen. I have Viking time at arms, horse archers and catraphrancts. I only use men at arms in an army and at 4500 or so of them, they can and always will stack wipe up to 15,000-20,000 stacks. I broke the game a bit my people also don’t stop breeding and I’m not sure why as I’m still base atrau faith and haven’t gone up anything that gives more fertility. Yet there’s 2000 of my dynasty. Edit: since I’m still tribal, I have slowly and almost completely changed the worlds governments to tribal as well. And I have 60,000-100,000 prestige by the time my ruler dies nearly every time. So my men at arms never get any debuffs from lack of prestige

[@Magus322]

How did you get it so high?

[@chubbachox9090]

@@Magus322 this was 6 or so months ago so forgive me if my memory is a bit off. Or if there’s been any patches (haven’t been on for 2 months). If you play as tribal you can get a tribal government buff when you get your court, like bellicose but mainly focused on knight effectiveness. I can’t remember the buff strength off the top of my head but it’s there. Reform(or diverge up to you) your culture and get “only the strong” that’s a bonus 100% knight effectiveness. Now I can’t remember (again it’s been 2 months for me and I’m re-downloading the game now) but I think the vikings start with an extra 25% knight effectiveness in their culture, if not then just get “right to prove” or something like that. Which gives another 25% knight effectiveness. In the martial tree you can get chivalric dominance, another 75% Manage royal guards, a marshal task from the court DLC, is another 18% Of course a legendary weapon, can’t remember the strength of mine but it easily added 8% minimum. I had 4 duchies with the military academies built, another 200% And a horse that I can’t remember the % increase but it wasn’t that High if I remember right. Just from the ones I could remember that’s already 426%. Then there’s the strength of your knights too, since I bred nothing but gods my martial would have 30-40 martial skill, keep him only on training the knights and the knights get buffed to hell. When my game is downloaded I’ll load the save back up to try and see the rest but I know religious sights also added more knight effectiveness, just can’t remember how much.

[@chubbachox9090]

@@Magus322 WAR CAMPS, that was it. Not the duchy military academy building. Stay tribal, do not go feudal. Cuz then you get access to war camps, which give a lovely +1 knight, heavy damage 4% and toughness 2% and knight effectiveness 10%. Along with archer bonuses too but I mainly used Varangian’s and huscals. This is just tier 1 camp, all of mine were tier 2 so just double all of those stats. You can build and stack non stop, just build them in every settlement you own. It’s fucking busted

[@calwal6960]

Pray the viking elephant riders of House British find victory. May the Yorkshire Tea Schism be healed by the greatness of Emperor Big Dave and his massive nose 👃 🙏

[@twilliamspro]

You've gotta keep this going ... Big Dave needs to storm the papacy

[@purpledevilr7463]

I’d very much like to see a continuation of this, perhaps even into a world conquest. Is it possible to go north, Hybridise with the Mongol culture, and create the Mongol empire? Even if you have to convert to Tengri then back, or even improve Tengri to have the same tenants.

[@blessed2365]

I have been waiting for these types videos for so long thank you my fellow brit ☕

[@davidburton9690]

Even unoptimized, I was able to keep a treasury of around 20K while only holding the Empire of Scandinavia and a couple of extra kingdoms. I am certain they will nerf that pick into oblivion.

[@doctordonutdude]

PLEASE continue this! It's no 100-Statman, but I want more of Big Dave's adventures!

[@Almond19912]

Weirdly enough one of my first playthroughs of the Viking expansion was to make Viking India with Viking War Elephants. Nice to see they've streamlined the process.

[@Vytautas4Xfiles]

Oh the legends of the Davepocalyps and the adventures of Tiny-proportions are the sagas which have to be told to us as it is prophesized in the great book of the Spiff! "And thou shall behold the time of Yorkshire Tea when rivers will flow hot and Big Dave will take a sip of the water, and thou shall then hear the proclamation 'This be a glorious Teatime!' by the Big Dave." -These have been the words of the Spiff.

[@mrpenguin6025]

I love when this guy uploads he’s a legend keep on going (also love big dave)

[@DBT1007]

Imagine villager from Minecraft.. 😂

[@thespiffingbrit]

who doesnt love big dave

[@mrpenguin6025]

@@thespiffingbrit yooooo he replied I’m starstruck

[@adamion1993]

Love the timestamps! The video was gloriously JaZzY naturally.

[@WildAndGourmet]

Perfectly balanced as ever spiff.

[@1ButteryButters1]

I am glad I am not the only one that really enjoys playing as one character throughout all of history xD

[@VortexKiller2]

Indian Viking Hybrids? Sounds awesome. I can picture a scene similar to The Fields of Pelennor for Lord of The Rings.

[@connorgrant5908]

Finally more CK3 but this time Elephant edition. Please do more CK3 I miss the CK3 series.

[@chrislaws4785]

You know, I had always wished that the Norse Viking traditions and way of life had actually spread much further then it did and had survived to this day. if only the Vikings had won and taken over Great Britain rather then assimilating into it, then maybe even America would be more Viking to this very day. lol

[@Mr_Haddles]

I really want to see a Big Dave Conquers the Whole World video, I reckon it would have a lot of potential, and maybe even some spicy civil wars!

[@Valcadus]

I would love to see a completion of this playthrough, seeing the whole world claimed would be amazing

[@ohjainam]

Excellent video as always Spiff 👌

[@magnus0017]

Ah yes, as we all know, the emperor unites everyone, the primarchs win everywhere, and everyone is happy forever. No need to see what happens next, everything is fine. To be honest elephant archers sound much cooler than lan raiders.

[@wardoge924]

Found this just now. You gave me inspiration to start as Viking again. Thanks

[@The_True_one]

Direction to invade... A: East ; B: West ; C: North ; D: ALL OF THE ABOVE!! I choose D, all of the above Spiff. Challenge for you split your knights into 3 different armies and send go each direction.

[@Taureor]

I'm a god. How can you kill a god? Shame on you sweet Nerevar.

[@christerjonsall5415]

What, no grand and intoxicating innocence? Is this how you mourn the Sixth House, and the tribe unmourned?

[@jackrabbitslim8536]

Yes we need more Big Dave and Tiny Tim in our lives!

[@jackielinde7568]

Spiffing: I believe the phrase used to describe your standard (the banner) is "Axe Wielding Squirrel astride a rampaging war elephant across Mr. Peterson's Yard". That's either the descriptive phrase or the headline in tomorrow's paper.

[@retrosrobloxreviews9564]

This man could play a game where all you can do is walk and he would still find a way to break its balance.

[@ryandwerlkotte1352]

By the gods do I love you Sir Spiff!! If only there were more perfectly balanced beings like ourselves in this universe.

[@danielhale1]

Please do continue this series! Seeing the crusades crushed was fantastic. Maybe the Mongol hoards can be next!

[@sars910]

13:19 Big Dave : "How did we lose 1 soldier fighting no one ?" The Austro-Hungarians at Karasebes, who lost 1000 men fighting "Turks" (They were actually fighting themselves) : "Those are rookie numbers ! You gotta pump those numbers up !"

[@IIToneAII]

So not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but I play absolutely NONE of these games, but just love the energy you bring to breaking them... though, you actually could just be playing them well and I'd have no clue... 🤔

[@darthbob1656]

We need to see Big Dave take over the entire world. I'd like to see if he even needs the elephants or if knights with 500% effectiveness is enough.

[@MunchKING]

The one I like is "Practiced Kidnappers" which WAY increases your chance of capturing people when you raid/siege. Thus more to sell.

[@outcast170]

Nice... Big Dave's army is so skilled, one of them shot theirself in the foot, before even the invention of the gun, and died fighting thin air. That takes some serious talent.

[@mikeb8674]

I saw Marching Stompy Boys open for Soundgarden back in ‘96, just after they released “Unkillable.” Really underrated show.

[@williammorse9720]

A wonderful video as always!!

[@thekeeloking7269]

15:17 *Thousand Sons Librarian Simulator Moment*

[@logantidwell7698]

Take over the world! Tear the world armies apart! Stamp down castles under the feet of your elephant's! MAKE THE AXE WIELDING SQUIRREL RISE!!!....... Alright got a little too hyped, but you should definitely continue this

[@perizzasalem4994]

Wow spiff had telepathic or what....3 days after i installed this game and boom, this video enter my recomendation youtube👍👍

[@damienkelly841]

this man is making me want to buy this game XD never change brit