How To Enjoy Crusader Kings 3 Again

[@lrdhsy]

Why not join my discord: discord.gg/uPdn9mgPnu

[@Koifish]

WONDERFUL VIDEO! And yes, Agree 100% on the bonus tip: Making CK3 content is when I have the most fun in the game! Telling all the goofy stories, the epic journeys... Haesteinn!

[@lrdhsy]

HOLY SHITT KOIFISH. You’re an inspiration man thanks for watching the vid :)

[@spacedragon1453]

Haesteinn! Pope Haesteinn! Haesteinn France! Haesteinn Africa! Haesteinn Egypt! Haesteinn Isreal! Haesteinn... *Wales* ... shivers

[@jorvach9874]

@@spacedragon1453 "Haesteinn Isreal!" Did you mean to say "Haesteinn Israel", or do you mean that Haesteinn is real? Because if he's real I fear for the future. More so. :P

[@spacedragon1453]

​@@jorvach9874 IF Haesteinn was ever real... Then not even alwacky Ohio could compare to the insanity that would be brought upon this world. Thank goddess he is merely a fictional character who never existed...

[@y.b4251]

Haehaesteinsteinsonson is here. God is good.

[@aeternitasromae]

For me Crusader Kings is like the way people talk about the feeling of first playing Minecraft when they were young and how it feels now. When I started playing CK2 it felt so magical and wonderous. It definitely helped that in 2 the UI and Music was so much more immersive as well as all the supernatural events that popped up from time to time. To me CK3 doesn't have any magical feeling at all.

[@lrdhsy]

Yeah definitely similar in that way

[@azoniarnl3362]

Ah the UI in 3 is sooooo dreadful.. the dull grey and black...

[@lrdhsy]

I think there are some ui mods that spruce it up a bit

[@Roach4-l7x]

Well I mean when it lacks so much content in comparation with the previous game is normal( content that will probably paradox is going to sell you again in their next overprice dlc) In retrospective mods are the saving grace of paradox games

[@Roach4-l7x]

@@johnstarwright2029I guess you are new to games made by paradox eh

[@olivierswanepoel]

The Bonus Tip is essentially Everyone co-writing or documenting the history of a nation 🤔🤓

[@lrdhsy]

More fun than it sounds I swear 😁🙏

[@KartovOndulevitch]

​@@lrdhsyplease, forgive the stupidity of my question, but, english is not my birth language, and I don't really know about mods. Is it free and simple? Or cost money? How to install? What's difference with DLC? (Yeah, I warned, stupid I am)

[@lrdhsy]

Not stupid at all :) I get all of my mods through the steam workshop which is a tab on the main page of the game in ur steam library. From there simply find a mod you want, then click subscribe. It should download it. Then when u go into the launcher, you go to play sets on the left. Create a new playset and add the mod to it. Then u can choose if u want to play modded or not with one click and also compile mods together without having to worry about uninstalling any. Hope this helps :)

[@crustybob561]

Another helpful thing is upping the realm stability as it means less time fighting wars against factions and more time fighting the powerful factions that emerge because of the lack of constant rebellions.

[@lrdhsy]

Very true nothing more tedious than expanding too fast and having constant rebellions.

[@starhalv2427]

One thing I tried out in CK2 once was playing as a character and upon their death, instead of moving onto their heir, changing to another character somewhere on the map that was in interresting situation: a Cathar king of Italy that recently revolted and now controlled 5 provinces previously belonging to Lotharingia, or a catholic adventurer that took over pagan Bohemia. That was one of my wildest rides, and somehow I broke the game so hard that every single heresy was just as common as Catholicism, and it was impossible to reverse that process as every npc on the map would randomly change their religion to a different flavor of Christianity, with Germany and France being horribly divided while Spain and north Italy were mostly consolidated by their selective heresies- oh and Brittain was norse.

[@lrdhsy]

That’s such a good idea I’ll give it a go in my next campaign

[@michael120.]

ive been doing all of these tips for years, pretty much ever since the game came out, and i rarely have boring games. basically i just install a bunch of flavor mods and history mods as well as a few that spice the game up (like great conquerer and random invasions which makes 1 random nation blob out a massive empire then collapse ever 5-15 years) and just larp the entire game. i fully immerse myself and pretend like im a medieval king in my decision making and construction of my nation.

[@lrdhsy]

That sounds like so much fun dude glad you’re enjoying the game

[@qrzone8167]

RP is definitely the correct way to play CK III for longevity. Let a toddler play enough times and they'll eventually know how to minmax a world conquest empire with carefully bred genetic super nobles and god-level men at arms, it gets very stale because gameplay mechanics aren't procedural they are exactly the same and they are meant to supplement the story of a simulated medieval world.

[@LordIsrafel]

I always say to have a few games with the OP characters to serve as a tutorial on basic mechanics. Then, start an Ironman game as a count (preferably with only a single county) and try for the full experience: total conquest, perfect genetics,band convert every county to your custom religion. The process will forcibly teach you all of the remaining tactics you might need, from vassal management to the finer points of inheritance. Once you have this under your belt, you can really appreciate a proper RP, with full knowledge of what kinds of things you can do and how to manage them. One of my favorite tactics as an emperor is to fully control a Duchy without any vassals controlling a county within it. If you give them a Duchy title without control over any of its lands, they will eventually destroy the title on their own. You can then create the title again and grant it to the same one, who gets a stacking Opinion modifier that doesn't go away even once they destroy it. With enough gold, a new ruler can completely eliminate the chances of vassals deciding to rebel, as well as setting himself up with all of the Prestige he'll need for the rest of his life.

[@LordIsrafel]

>If you give them If you have an already-landed vassal with a negative opinion of you, and you give them

[@inditsnotdenon922]

All I want for paradox games is random map generation. A place that looks nothing like earth, populated roughly by cultures that are similar. Give them a spawn preference and near to similar culture groups. I want to play on a world that isn't constrained to Europe Africa, Asia etc, but more like CIV where understanding the nature of the continent is part of the fun

[@cm16533]

Yooo i been saying this. I want a random map, characters, cultures, countries, religions. Would be so cool diving into completely new worlds each game

[@sethhenty6128]

Only unrealistic thing about this video is how fast ck3 loaded at the end

[@lrdhsy]

The magic of editing

[@lrdhsy]

Ck3 loads like a sack of lard

[@solinvictus2045]

Loads quick for me

[@Zedslayer345]

Another great total conversion mod is After the End Fan Fork. You do have to download and install it yourself, but its had a ton of work put into it, and the devs plan on a more full release on steam eventually.

[@lrdhsy]

Ooo sounds cool what’s it about?

[@alt1f4]

it's a mod that is placed in the american continent after nuclear war, so the entire continent just goes back to the medieval age@@lrdhsy

[@lrdhsy]

Thank sounds sick I’ll check it out maybe even do a vid on it 😏

[@elanor.nightingale]

I’m really glad this came up on my feed. You look like a WONDERFUL account to start following, and I’m really grateful for the bonus tip. Sometimes a little nudge is all that people need.

[@lrdhsy]

Thank you man really glad u enjoyed

[@Goose2001]

I always find being more immersed is more fun. I have three sons? I'll try to handle it how a king actually would instead of just killing off the ones I don't want to inherit. I may build a keep, or even invade a county with the intent to have extra land to give to my second, third, or fourth sons. It's always really cool to play as your heir, or even your heir's heir and see how the offshoot of your family goes. There was once when I landed my son with a county and he had a place on the council, and he basically became a best friend not only to my heir once I started playing as him, but as my heir's heir when he died. This one guy basically affected three generations of the same line. Stuff like that is really cool.

[@ChRW123]

When I have a lot of hiers I sometimes change the character and play as my desired heir and try to overthrow my other brothers somehow. That makes it more realistic imho. Like some intrigues between brothers and not a king killing his sons until one remains.

[@robbi8599]

Great video mate👍 one thing ive started doing is writing down the exploits of my characters and the world they live in as a sort of alternate history. Trying to imagine what kind of legacy that their actions would leave on the world.

[@lrdhsy]

Ck3 can be so fun when you do this. Glad you’re enjoying the game 😁

[@Zashta_]

I have never had a video be directed at me more than this video. Great work.

[@lrdhsy]

Glad you enjoyed, sorry to spam ur home page haha

[@rymaxrules6416]

I love how this whole video is basically treat the game as a roleplaying game instead of a moneymaking and map painting simulator and I fucking love it cause this is exactly how I learned to love crusader kings again

[@lrdhsy]

Yes exactly! Glad you enjoyed

[@krevin543]

I think the first tip is the best! There are a lot of characters out there in the game to find and the story is always unique and ever-developing! CK3 is a great game

[@lrdhsy]

I’d also say it’s the most effective way of having fun again, the others are more quick fixes

[@TheAurgelmir]

I agree with Tip 1 wholeheartedly. Some time ago I started seeking out "Slow play" Roleplaying let's plays of CK3, and I began wanting to play like that too. Now, I'm avoiding Empire titles. I'm avoiding expanding too much. Instead I lean into the game. Succession, a thing I used to hate, is now a fun game of "Okay I guess we split now..." and "Well let's conquer some land for the wee ones to inherit." With the new Tours and Tournaments you can do so much fun things too. I had one King of Burgundy who's two passtimes was going to tournaments and... seducing anyone who were old enough... and I mean anyone. Which lead to him rejecting the Catholic Church and making his own polyamorous branch of Christianity. Only for his Daughter to try and reform it in a more moderate way... but eventually we had to bend the knee to the Pope. Playing slow = making a story.

[@lrdhsy]

That sounds like a fun game. Yeah I like the thing of playing not planning for my future generation

[@TheAurgelmir]

@@lrdhsy It was fun, but oh so cursed!

[@westarrr]

The most fun I have in CK3 is playing a Tall instead of Wide empire. It is so much easier to keep track of your counts and barons when you have a few, instead of when you have dozens from the obsession of turning the map into one colour. I did a playthrough at the thessaloniki gold mines area, and although it was arguably a bit too easy because that area is goated, where I ended up with more development and gold than the vatican or byzantion. I had an amazing time managing my few barons and counts. Then I finally decided to declare war and took over all of greece and bulgaria with countless men-at-arms and mercenaries in just minutes, lost track of everything and everyone, and quit that playthrough rather soon after

[@lrdhsy]

Playing tall is definitely more fun if ur trying to keep track of everything. Theres also a mod that explains who everyone is in pop ups that’s rather helpful I’ll try find it

[@danuch13]

i just found your vids and tthis one has such high quality production i thought this channel has at least 50k subs, hope algorithm picks up more of your vids

[@lrdhsy]

Thank you man glad u enjoyed the vid

[@masterman3178]

I guess what always frustrates me is I plan all this stuff and it just never pans out. What I mean is, I just need a deeper understanding of the game and how to manipulate certain things

[@lrdhsy]

Yeah get to a point where u kinda have to accept ur fate

[@Aldrahill]

This was a really excellent video, beautiful message and BEAUTIFULLY edited, wish I edited like that. I really wanna go boot up ck3 again now.

[@lrdhsy]

Thank you man

[@nikerboker1995]

Ooh the algorithm has led here. Solid video! Gonna check out your other stuff

[@lrdhsy]

Thank you man glad you enjoyed

[@colleagueboydfromthecia7665]

I'd also recommend that you use the switch character option in the pause menu rather then starting a new game. The AI often gets itself into interesting situations.

[@lrdhsy]

Yeah that can be very fun

[@Bramkarz41]

Happy that algorithm droped me your video, love the editing. You definitely have a potential, good luck with next videos ❤

[@lrdhsy]

Really glad you enjoyed the video thanks for watching man

[@beeakan5030]

I watched this video since I was playing ck2 recently and thought "ck3 is close enough, this might help aswell" as some of these tips are pretty good and apply to most games tbh, would recommend video 👍

[@lrdhsy]

Nice dude glad it helped

[@rorythered1936]

I think there's also a midle ground before making custom characters. Just starting by selecting play any ruler is a gold mine of interesting starts and scenarios I recently did this as a random Count in Galacia. Through the generations I rose my house up to be Duke of Portucale. From there I gained all the territory needed to form Portugal, and promptly lost it when my leige switched to Castile. This lead me to lead the Castilian dissolusion movement, which then succeeded. Now independent, a scrappy series of wars ensued to reclaim my former vassals now aligned to powerful neighbouring Emirs. Finally, two characters later than planned, King Rodgrigo the Great was the first to ever ascended the Portuguese throne. It was great

[@lrdhsy]

That sounds like such a good campaign nice job

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

I miss the ck2 wiki links, they made that kind of playthrough a lot more fun when a name actually showed up and helped you understand what was happening at the time.

[@BJ-ih8un]

Great video. hit on alot of the things I've been feeling while playing lately.

[@lrdhsy]

Glad I could help

[@ram5s858]

I did a playthrough from 867 as the founder of the Normandie dynasty (custom made Character) and went from a simple count from the isle of Denmark to emperor of France and I still play it to this day

[@lrdhsy]

Sounds like a good campaign man

[@lrdhsy]

Do u have any screenshots?

[@ram5s858]

No but I am currently in the year 987

[@hhelminn]

Just wanted to say thanks, I have always played CK3 on max speed and rushed everything. Decided to play it differently now. My game speed is now on Normal (3) and I'm actually reading the events and enjoying the slowness of the game. I enjoy it a lot!

[@lrdhsy]

So glad I could help out :)

[@ChRW123]

What made me enjoy CK3 the most so far was getting the Crusader Blade mod running. It's the one that links your Bannerlord game to CK3 and let you actually fight your battles on the battlefield, which is amazing. The main reason why this makes my playthroughs so much more enjoyable is because of how different the games are and thus bringing a lot of variety to the experience. I don't have to play every single battle on the battlefield if I don't feel like, but stepping back from all the UI elements, lists of NPCs and intrigues and just enjoying a short battle that has actual impact on my empire feels really rewarding. Plus, it makes winning a crucial battle feel more epic. Only downside is keeping both games at a compatible version. But that's a fair price imho.

[@lrdhsy]

I might have to try that out

[@simoncolin5939]

Having fresh battles taking you out of the kingdom gestion UI is literrally the principle of Total War lol. But im surprised and fascinated that some mods allow that on Paradox games that's incredible

[@bjornzexi535]

Awesome video, gave some pretty thoughtful commentary on the basic appeal of the game when you first start and how to reclaim that kinda fun again. With practical ideas for how to try it out! Will help me get back into the game after burning myself out on BG3.

[@lrdhsy]

Nice dude so glad I could help. Thanks for watching

[@AbsoluteAdvance]

I Hope Your channel took off because i find your videos to be hillarious, keep up the good work big guy!

[@lrdhsy]

Thank you man me too. Glad you enjoyed the vid

[@CornG4397]

Role playing for me really makes each playthrough more unique

[@lrdhsy]

It’s essential

[@dwaap]

This game truly deserves more attention so we can make the developers push the limits of the game.

[@CraftBasti]

My buddy that introduced me to the game instantly shut down my tunnel vision. He 'forced' me to make every decision as the character in currently playing, taking his personalty and traits into account, instead of min maxing the resulting outcome

[@kumo0215]

Didn’t see that u uploaded a new vid so im quite late to it. The vid is fire 🔥. Expesially when u showd that secret organisation ;). And i love the content keep up the good work homie. And thanks for doing what u do, it means a lot too me.😊

[@kumo0215]

Don’t forget too like the vid guys!!!

[@lrdhsy]

Thank you dude u also mean a lot to me

[@Just_Addd_Water]

EK2 is my jam. I cant wait til its updated!

[@CrilTump]

The stories in my videos would be like: i lost one battle so fucking raged and snapped my controller (i play it on console)

[@neutrino109]

I was thinking about this video recently. I was trying to do a mega-campaign imperator on through to stellaris. I was also trying to conquer the world. Both of those things can be fun, but starting in CK3 and definitely once I hit EU4 I wasn't having fun anymore. I felt like I would be having more fun as a smaller power, another player in the game, than trying to manage the chaos of a multi-continent empire. So I started over. Still in Imperator. But playing things slowly. Expanding (at least somewhat) realistically and organically. If I feel like I want to hurry along to the next conquest or whatever, then it's time for a break. It's refreshing.

[@lrdhsy]

I’m so glad my video could help u find some joy in the game again :)

[@Baulderstone1]

Great video. I always advise people to avoid focusing on "map-painting" when they play CK3. Whenever I start a game and get a new ruler, I take time to go over their personality traits and stats. I build a mental picture of this person, and I think about what they would do. Working from that leads to much more fun games than thinking about "optimal" play. On a related note, it's best not to think generations ahead. Yeah, there is fun to be had in treating your family as a breeding program, but you can only enjoy that so many times. And don't be afraid to play a just and good ruler once in a while. It's very easy to get sucked into relying on Intrigue, reveling in murder and seduction. It's fun, but if that's all you do, the game becomes a little soulless after a awhile. In my last game, I went three generations without once carrying out a hostile scheme or falsifying a claim. I looked out for my family, and tried to do right by my vassals, at least the ones that weren't out to overthrow me. It's good timing on this video. Just this week, I began looking into recording editing my games to share with friends of mine that are curious about the game but are intimidated by it. I"m not really interested in doing the professional KZbinr thing. Just sharing the stories with my friends. Another tip: try a succession game with friends. Whenever a ruler dies, hand the save file off to a friend so they can play the next ruler. Keep taking turns for each new ruler.

[@lrdhsy]

100% I love just roleplaying as my ruler with his traits and character in mind. I’d definitely recommend doing those vids for your friends. Playing the game to try and make a story out of it really forces u to take your time and really understand what’s going on in ur game and not just who you’re gonna murder/invade next. I also love the idea of switching between generations with a friend I’ll have to try that out. Thanks for watching the vid :)

[@L3FT2BURN]

I haven't enjoyed CK3 since CK2, and it kinda bums me out because I used to really love Crusader Kings.

[@lrdhsy]

I’ve found a lot of people say this. Hopefully this vid helps out a bit

[@VippeXD]

One problem for me is how I lose interest in the characters I’m playing as. The first 2-3 generations I’m super invested, but after that it just seems like repetition.

[@lrdhsy]

I find naming as many kids as I can helps me stay invested

[@olivierswanepoel]

4:01: You should have used Rick Roll 🤣🤣 Now that would really catch people off guard🤣

[@lrdhsy]

I’m not an animal

[@RubinKebab]

Bonus tip: take notes on the kings, their personality, the main events of their reign and then do a summary of your dinasty character by character. I did it with my russian empire save and its been a blast

[@mistery7893]

I believe my problem it’s because I can’t pass the 1150, and my main objective it’s to make a grand campaign with the paradox games…

[@lrdhsy]

Why can’t u get passed 1150?

[@misterec5834]

@@lrdhsy the whole fun of the game is in challenging yourself. That far in the game, you've stabilized the income and have a decent enough army to keep other away from attacking you. The only kind of challenge I get after that, is the succession crisis after my death. But even that'll only last a few years to take back all that your siblings received.

[@ziggytheassassin5835]

Achievements is another great one. Just have a goal to go for and then once you get it, turn the game off.

[@lrdhsy]

Very true achievement hunting can be really good

[@somm150]

Watching this out of my recommended, I assumed you were a popular CK3 channel I hadn’t heard about yet. The fact that you only have 1.26K subscribers for the quality of these videos is criminal.

[@lrdhsy]

Thank you man that means a lot :)

[@joaomarcelo0031]

My biggest problem is late game lag. I always managed to come back to the game after a few weeks of being bored, motivated by the idea of creating a great kingdom with great rulers and their sometimes not so perfect heirs. However, recently the game has been lagging a lot to the point of closing out of nowhere. No matter what I try to do, the game keeps becoming unbearable even before the last age starts. This led me to stop playing, at least for now.

[@lrdhsy]

That’s so fucking annoying sorry man

[@ultraflopp2802]

I have f**king 15k dynasty members and they do not plan to stop breeding, help

[@sethhenty6128]

I think there's compression mods that remove areas in return better performance

[@joaomarcelo0031]

@@sethhenty6128 tried to search it, but couldn't find it.

[@doyouevenpraise189]

True CK2 was magical to me too and I hated CK3 at release but recently with all the new content CK3 is having, I am starting to like CK3 more.

[@manband20]

When I first played CK2 in high school a decade ago (good god do I feel old and I'm only 26) I had a pretty janky computer. Was slow and lumbering, couldn't go past 3x in the game without the game lagging really bad, very good for baby's first laptop but not a gaming laptop like I have now. Playing CK2 at 3x with absolutely no worries about time lost from all the monotony was a religious experience for me. I still remember all of the little storylines between family members, the time my heir-apparent stormed the walls of Jerusalem, my 70something year old Field Marshall named Ser Humphrey who was in charge of training the kids in military matters and leading the forces of Britannia in war. It was so much fun just falling in love with these little 2D pictures and raising them up from nothing to be the leaders of an empire. No game has been the same and even though the De Clare name lives on in CK3 playthroughs, they pale in comparison to their namesake.

[@Arda0801]

One other thing I reccomend is a ck3 mega campaign. So converting save games from ck3 to eu4 to vic2 to hoi4

[@lrdhsy]

Yeah dude 100% for anyone who has all the paradox games and is up for a real commitment this sounds like a blast

[@lrdhsy]

Would love to attempt it one day

[@lrdhsy]

Fucking love isorrowproductions vids on it

[@sethhenty6128]

Damn I would love to do it but oh my god does paradox charge for games.knowing paradox I'd be taking out loans for dlc

[@Arda0801]

@@sethhenty6128 true dlc costs 5x more than base games

[@amampathak]

amazing editing

[@lrdhsy]

Thank you :)

[@infiry300]

So sweet these tips ❤

[@janphilippauterhoff99]

Nice vids bro. It's a shame you don't have more subscribers.

[@lrdhsy]

Thank you man glad u enjoyed 🤝

[@PushaTheCatt]

Holy cow. I thought this guy had like 50k+ subscribers, this guy is gonna go viral soon! remember me before you get famous in the ck3 community!

[@lrdhsy]

Thank you dude

[@lrdhsy]

You shall be remembered

[@PushaTheCatt]

@@lrdhsy Dude your editing is honestly amazing, I see you began uploading ck3 content 1 month ago??? (not sure exactly). I'm totally sure you'll get there at some point, afterall you cant get popular in a community immediately. You'll get a viral video, then the views and subs will go up from there, keep going man!

[@lrdhsy]

Hope so thank you man means a lot :)

[@BasileusOriginal]

More Provinces Expanded ist a must have mod for me after 1k hours. Makes it so more interesting, especially in combination with the More Interactive Vassals mod!

[@lrdhsy]

I’ll check it out sounds good

[@Anderes1248]

Might've found an exquisite channel

[@lrdhsy]

😁

[@Kipnuggetgod2]

I have this with every game all the time ☠️😭

[@lrdhsy]

Yeah me too hopefully this helps u out

[@MattiavonSigmund]

Nice video!

[@lrdhsy]

Thanks man!

[@MattiavonSigmund]

no problems ofc@@lrdhsy

[@Mrcos1111]

This is very relatable as I can't enjoy the game I just keep going on max speed skipping and just expanding which made my head hurt many times so I quit 😶

[@lrdhsy]

Yeah I’ve done this so many times

[@edoardodario]

Great video, I’ll go spend a week in Hoi4

[@frankargenti]

royal court pop ups are the most important to read, I gained a kingdom there once *

[@PekzLed]

I needed this xD

[@lrdhsy]

Glad I could help :)

[@X37V_Freecazoid]

Me who played constantly CK3 from release and already have 1396 hours ingame and don't think to stop: What an interesting video

[@Lanceller]

hidden gem on youtube nice vid

[@lrdhsy]

Thank you man

[@KartovOndulevitch]

I love noticing list of kings in various countries on an open office calc. (and correct the editor files to order them to give correct names)

[@KartovOndulevitch]

Oh, and time in office of members of government, too

[@KartovOndulevitch]

(yeah, I know, that's cringy)

[@lrdhsy]

Dude that sounds so cool bet that’s rly immersive

[@KartovOndulevitch]

@@lrdhsy I would love to add in the editor files names of old legendary kings, but I don't know how to do that without risk of crashing the game. Old historians chronicles have long list of so-called "legendary" kings. Ethiopia for exemple, had hundreds of them.

[@lrdhsy]

That would be so cool

[@PearlHarbor1941]

I actually just found a KZbinr that will have over a million subscribers when they had under a thousand

[@lrdhsy]

Only 999,361 to go

[@Tortuga629]

Tip 4: Play CK2 because it is fundamentally better.

[@PASTRAMIKick]

I just like to turn History upside down and create a totally different Europe, last campaign I formed the Danubian Kingdom from Divergences of Darkness and abandoned that kingdom to move to Ruthenia where I ruled as catholic east slavic speaking bavarians, who always fought the byzantines, then the mongols came and I basically helped them destroy the Byzantine empire (I had Constantinople), by then the Empire of France had territories in Syria and the Mongols took that as well as conquered all of France, eventually the Mongol empire fractured and my dynasty helped rebuild the world. "Losing" in ck3 is part of the ever evolving story, after that you can rebuild and reconquer.

[@chrisqxc]

Beautiful video

[@lrdhsy]

Beautiful viewer

[@Barzonius]

This guy is literally me fr...

[@pedrotbird5426]

Your voice sounds like Bennet Foddy from getting over it, I'm for sure watching more

[@lrdhsy]

Thanks?

[@gutbeast2]

Go for a achievements! Is something I like doing. It gave me reason too play as an Irish petty king or converting too Christianity after taking over Hungry as the Magyar Confederate. Now I'm trying to reform Rome there's some really tough ones and also some easy ones!

[@lrdhsy]

Achievements is also a great way of playing the game

[@TheSphee131]

My favorite part of ck3 is sieging down entire kingdoms worth of rich lands and utterly devastating them and not even confiscating them in the peace treaty!

[@muratonuryilmaz5385]

I took some time from game and I still like invaiding Anatolia in 3x speed and making it Turkish so let me say it , even repetitive playthroughs can be fun (I done this 4 times with my custom character)

[@ashtonbarwick6696]

I’m always doing new people there’s so many to choose from literally 100s of thousands if u push it

[@lrdhsy]

True paradox needs to add some starting cultural variety tho cos it is a bit tedious still

[@DappyFroggy]

No way a new vid

[@lrdhsy]

Yessir 😁

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

I once ran a campaign based in a joke my girlfriend and me made. It was the most fun run I ever played because I transcribed the story to her as I played.

[@lrdhsy]

That’s exactly what I’m talking about nice job

[@Statix-]

Play crusader wars (ck3 + atw mk1212) Edit: great video!

[@lrdhsy]

I shall give it a look :) thanks for watching

[@fire_the_speedo6777]

Ok bro i am gonna hop on ck3 right now

[@lrdhsy]

Let’s goooo 💪

[@ThaoNguyen-jv4up]

The chad tall player > the virgin wide player

[@burakasik3937]

Trying to do a austrian crown run

[@lrdhsy]

That sounds good, how’s it going so far?

[@shipmate8008]

For me CK3 is so fun especially with friends, i can barely play a game if its not with my friends we tried ck2 but god damn it was painful

[@lrdhsy]

What was painful about ck2?

[@shipmate8008]

@@lrdhsy idk the ui was weird and was confusing

[@lrdhsy]

true bit dated@@shipmate8008

[@FJJ880]

I conquered the world as a tribal ruler, i am scared now that if i switch to feudal i am going to go bankrupt

[@lrdhsy]

Those armies are gonna drain ur bank hahaha

[@lrdhsy]

At least u can raid

[@josephstaggs4545]

I had a really fun game recently. I started in Ireland as Munchad. Built my realm up and formed Ireland. My heir wanted to run away with his secret gf. He beat me in a duel and left so i disinherited him. My next of heir, different wife, was actually mich stronger via mods so win win. My new heir was a sinner in the eyes of the papacy but i needed piety for something so i went on a pilgrimage to Rome and converted to Catholicism. From there the pope waged a holy war for Jerusalem in which we won and my daughter took the throne. After some time her son took over and formed the Outremer empire, the strongest force to date. Eventually the Mongolian horde launched its attack on the world and reached my borders. I assassinated the first Khan, the next died from wounds. Now the Khan was a young boy fighting a large rebellion. I took the opportunity and gathered my allies and attacked the Mongols, fighting back and forth for years, before finally taking Persia. Soon after they crumbled. I finally got bored when the pope launched another holy war for Andalusia(?) in spain. Mostly though i play very broken OP custom characters. One of my favorite mods ive been using is Blood of the Norse Gods. The traits are crazy strong and thays what helped with that Munchad run.

[@joshw.h.8602]

Obfuscate, the holy trinity, mda. Use those three mods with obfuscate at bottom followed by trinity. This will male the game very different and make you play slower and taller.

[@lrdhsy]

I’ll give them a try thanks :)

[@DJ-1Q84]

I think some of it is just getting older and burning out faster than when I used to. Its not just CK3, same thing happened when I was playing Elden Ring. I love the game but it was sooo long and I played it so much I got burned out on it.

[@lrdhsy]

Yea burn out I’d horrible

[@eliot7189]

Glad I’m not the only bloke that giggles when creating an absolute menace of an ugly lord in the character creation module

[@lrdhsy]

Genuinely my favourite character creator in any game

[@מוחמדראשידרדה]

I love play mod but for my pirate ck3 mod was never run as they was,the mod just name and you start like standar ck3

[@theojanastheone3116]

My experience exactly...

[@lrdhsy]

Every mf game man

[@KarlMacmillann]

So how am I supposed to know the nieces of my 98 dukes in my 450 county-size Mongol Empire?

[@lrdhsy]

Ur slightly screwed in that department

[@sethhenty6128]

Nah just get good pull up a spreadsheet

[@Boudiccat]

I have 6000 hours why did i think this video would be some holy grail and teach me something new 😢

[@lrdhsy]

Sorry 😬

[@vigokarnebeek9856]

i like using mods like historic invasions and mods like that. or i start as a small dude in sardinia and build a huge island empire. its fun if its hard

[@ArkhBaegor]

Partition is also inherently more fun

[@DriveandThrive]

It would be better if they voice acted the popups. Or a cool mod would be AI reading all the popups

[@sednabold859]

Oi, oi listen up, the balance mods Dark Ages, and Rebalance (AI cheats enabled) combined with More Provinces Expanded, more Interactive Vassals and your other mods (Inheritable Relations etc) can make the game much harder to the point of being unfair. Its a wild ride, would recommend always starting as a one province count. For a experienced player CK3 is way too easy to cheese, with this you can extend the fighting for your godamn life portion of the game to 200yrs and maybe spend the next 100 painting the map good. If you keep getting randomly assassinated hire good bodyguards. Good balance mods now exist for CK3 which bring much needed adversity to the game.

[@lrdhsy]

That sounds really good. The fact you can cheese the game once u get good is kind of annoying as it really kills the immersion

[@sethhenty6128]

Man I downloaded dark ages and am now slowly building up the courage to play with it it just sits in a playset called hell staring at me.

[@christianlacroix4]

To enjoy it again you can be reborned 😂

[@matt-cu4kf]

how does one make a custom realm?

[@lrdhsy]

When picking a character click on the custom character button at the bottom right then you can customise your ruler, country and pretty much everything about the nation you’re about to play

[@CnutStolen]

Over 7,305 hours into this game without using a single mod in fact, I've never used mods, I think that's got to be a record.

[@lrdhsy]

Definitely a record wtf hahaha

[@lrdhsy]

Try some mods man

[@sethhenty6128]

Bro I went 3 hours in hopped on the steam workshop now all I play is modded my pc is on fire but I'm having fun

[@ihatemotionblur_3255]

EU4 became a drag after I found out about the meta 😢😢