I destroy an empire that took ME 500 years to build...

[@AlexChec]

Imagine the history books in this alternate universe trying to explain what happened. "Everything from the Iberian Peninsula to the Indus Valley, from Mali to Mongolia was under a single banner until a bunch of archers from East Anglia decided, 'Nah.'"

[@Bern_il_Cinq]

“Child Emperor marches a million men into meat grinder. Empire return to monke.”

[@nicholassingleton6488]

"Nah, imma do my own thing"

[@JohnShepherd117]

@@nicholassingleton6488it would be the most badass world history lesson ever

[@DarkDruid1012]

@@Bern_il_Cinq😊

[@DarkDruid1012]

@@Bern_il_Cinq😊😊

[@kittydaddy2023]

Zieley: "it's too bad my son won't get a good martial education" Son inherits the kingdom: *is King Arthur*

[@ChangeNameEdits]

@@DummyThicccit’s like a sledgehammer, with sharpness

[@colt1903]

​@@ChangeNameEditsit hits someone, and the hammer actually sinks into the body like a knife instead of bludgeoning it😂

[@truslew8089]

@@ChangeNameEdits Bloodborne Kirkhammer CK3 Edition

[@Nerazmus]

The real question is how fast the empire would fall apart on its own under AI managment.

[@colt1903]

70 years, tops. That's being generous, and assuming the AI has A+ Rank Luck.

[@subhamanand5416]

​@@colt1903this empire? Probably never cause it has primogeniture succession law.and no AI can do something like this to an empire with 500k troops

[@colt1903]

@@subhamanand5416 You underestimate the evil power that governs the crusader kings ai.

[@qhu3878]

​@@subhamanand5416500k troops means nothing when the ai exclusively uses 1 rally point at the capital, also in a global rebellion the ai would hard focus one area which risks some other vassal sieging the capital and kidnapping the emperor

[@Savaris96]

Depends, how many lords that are big enough want to get rid of it? You´d need to wait for at least 1 generation, i guess, to get rid of the content, nice people, and make sure that they are all the ambitious, sadistic, pissed off sort

[@StudlySoldier]

The worst part of watching a zieley video is restarting the wait for the next zieley video

[@Stelionitis]

Also trying to play and watch him at the same time

[@emilianohermosilla3996]

Exactly 😢😂

[@wastelander89]

So true lol I wish he made more videos . He is one of the best ck3 players and his videos are always awesome.

[@AlvinAnakMudaPlayedAGame]

The same with Ottowa “John” Welshman😂

[@giorgikoridze8608]

I feel the same, but the amount of time to research possibilities, then plan the game, record tens of hours of gameplay, edit them… I understand why it takes so much time. He’s probably not making a lot of income out from KZbin too.

[@furretthefuzzynoodle3896]

You know shits about to go down when a knight is hiding behind a column in an ancient painting.

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

He's always hiding behind something. I'm starting to think he's an assassin and not a knight.

[@a.a677]

with Mozart playing

[@Some_0n3]

So, everyone will ignore the fact that an 6 years old child already had 29 prowess???

[@dustyrussell6939]

He lifted in the womb

[@PuddingXXL]

If you go the eugenics route you'll have babies with 36 prowess at birth. I've had some toddlers who could powerlift entire castles lol

[@anti-spiral159]

My baby can lift your mother! My baby can lift your entire bloodline! My baby can lift a mountain! *Continues on*

[@IronWolf123]

He eats his veggies

[@SwampGreen14]

Weakest Haestin dynasty member

[@npcknuckles5887]

"Only a sith deals in absolutes", he says, as he himself mutters an absolute.

[@EinFelsbrocken]

Wouldve been so easy to just say "Dealing in absolutes? Like a.. sith?😢" or something else that isnt a...well, an absolute 😅

[@npcknuckles5887]

@@EinFelsbrocken It's kind of unavoidable tbh.

[@EinFelsbrocken]

@@npcknuckles5887 I get what you mean. "Memorable oneliner > overthinking" may be better for sales 😄

[@npcknuckles5887]

@jeansanchez2805 Or it's just George Lucas trying to sound smart (but failing).

[@alphanoodle1877]

​@jeansanchez2805I think it was just a bit of goofy dialogue

[@krayjd3449]

he enslaved the world and watched one vinland saga edit and changed his mind

[@RogueHippie13]

I don’t know if they changed it, or if you figured it would be too easy, but I believe your Acclaimed Knights can get a Crossbow title, making your Crossbowmen get a boost from both it and the Archer Knight

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

How much would that boost it by? I think it's clearly overkill, haha.

[@kueapel911]

Please tell me you've made a back up of this save file before the destruction... as impressive as this feat is, destroying such a massive empire always make me sad

[@AlyssMa7rin]

All things must end, and everything dies.

[@kueapel911]

@@AlyssMa7rin you too, me too. Shall we? Right now? Together. Hold my hand.

[@sethhenty6128]

@@kueapel911 woah woah woah

[@-.-...---7]

@@kueapel911can i join too? add a lil kiss too

[@datathing4595]

I feel like at the end it would of been morefun to see you become a powerful diarch by being an entrenched regent and maybe even staging a coup to take full control of the empire. I havent seen that many people fully explore the regent playstyle.

[@MausOfTheHouse]

Please play Georgia tall and obliterate the Abbasids and the Byzantines in the 867 start

[@piprolling7303]

I think he did

[@MausOfTheHouse]

@@piprolling7303 Biggus Linkus to me

[@Zieley]

played as Armenia instead, but i did take down both the Abbasids and Byzantines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZrNm2yrgpaMhK8

[@MausOfTheHouse]

@@Zieley Haven't seen it, close enough for me :D Thanks

[@pedrotbird5426]

@@Zieley Thanks man ive wanted to do something like this for a while

[@Zieley]

the bigger they are, the harder they fall 🥵🥵🥵

[@sealboi9666]

what

[@Shadow-bk1im]

Don’t know if you have done it but I tried getting a purebred line and making them breed with each other. If both parents have the pure blooded trait then inbreeding is impossible and you get to a point where all of your children are super genetic gods with all the positive traits. In a multiplayer game I think it would be interesting if you could essentially breed these children and then sell them off to other players as basically breeding stock. It feels kind of fucked up talking about breeding humans but that’s basically what it is.

[@kyffinduke4219]

Not if you made the capital Grenada with over 44 fort level, 9500 garrison size, 39 defender advantage, and no supply. (Yes I did the math)

[@Ludovicus1769]

Amen 💪

[@NDTE]

@@kyffinduke4219☝️🤓

[@Comrade_Blanc]

Holy shit this was insane. Im impressed every time when you do something like this. But this is really impressive

[@jonathanblake831]

"The world has returned to its natural state" meanwhile Northumbrian Delhi exists

[@theodorleberle]

Isn't it Delhi nowadays? :D

[@visionaryhera]

You’re thinking of Londinium

[@simoncodrington]

It's my mate Zieley! Good to see you again mate ❤

[@Zieley]

Always good to see you Simon!

[@ROYAL-ob6kf]

please take this into a mega campaign that would be really cool ngl

[@PauperJ]

Challenge- Have the best Empire; highest development, most troops, most religious sites, best royal court, et cetera. Stipulations: 1) Start with one unpretentious barony. 2) No more than one barony per county. 3) All baronies must be in multi-barony counties. 4) No barony (in different counties) may be geographically adjacent. I think you can do it.

[@AntoniThePiano]

*your intros are just so good, the lacrimosa the paintings with you in it that make you feel like the character is talking gorgeous* edit: big numbers go _BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR_ edit: ya computer is beefy thicc

[@ThatGuyFromJamesBond]

can you just imagine the aftermath of these battles; 35000 corpses littering the floor of a valley porcupined by 100's of 1000's of arrows and bolts.

[@huseyinklc5924]

entire forest would be needed to supply that little many bowmen of his

[@datmufn]

What’s funny is the sentence “ only a sith deals in absolutes” is, in itself, an absolute

[@theodorleberle]

And before he is defending democracy as an absolute.

[@JakezZzu]

How about skirmisher only challenge? I'd love to see how powerful you can make them

[@thomastheeternaltormentor287]

Oh yes, the famous East Anglo-Greek Kingdom toppling the World Government in mid 1300s

[@BigBoyMan01]

Zieley in an alternate universe be like: "Why and how is this one vassal obliterating the army used to conquer the world??!!"

[@Dogo317]

It feels strange being this early

[@erikjohannes3752]

I completely agree

[@jacobwilliams9097]

i have been on youtube across many accounts for maybe 15 years and it never fails, someone must always comment that they were the first ones to watch the video or that they were early, i wonder what that’s about

[@SaladonVera]

it's so.. empty?

[@dakotastrain338]

Want a kiss or something for being early?

[@marcus4046]

Idk man 😂

[@richardburke7232]

So this is what they meant by "You're your own worst enemy" great video Zieley I can't wait for the next one!

[@kevinrogers8847]

Great Video! I'd love to see more multiplayer content!

[@wazz9000]

Oh, hell yeah, you actually went and did it. Awesome video Zieley, thanks for always bringing us such awesome content!!

[@dome2919]

I'm interested to see a "Pacifist Run" of sorts. I've found that despite being way more character and RP focused than some other games (E.G. Stellaris or EU), I struggle to have fun playing the game in diplomatic runs. There's fun to be had in playing a military superpower, but even with some of the new releases I struggle to have fun in the late game without being a brute.

[@gastonhitw720]

I love how replayable this game is

[@Kropolis]

Bro was holding the county of Nice like it was Thermopylae 😎

[@pedromendes5022]

Love your videos man. How about having a go at forming the rarest kingdoms in the game?

[@liviuursegr]

AI: "crap I'm playing against Zieley. I need to cheat" 😂

[@Germancamel]

You just earned yourself a subscriber. I love your content

[@TheMartianReport]

Obiwan: I will do what I must Anakin: You will try Me: Obiwan soundin' REAL sith like.

[@FairyRat]

A damn good job. It's always satisfying to watch you crusadin' them kings.

[@ethanton7074]

Now imagine the crazy lore of this universe, with East Anglica's literal Chosen One energy.

[@catka304]

The Where’s Waldo Knight game never gets old.

[@apollothegreatt]

I don't know if you are gonna see this but could you share the savefile for the aftermath. I'd personally love to play this timeline

[@RafaelSCalsaverini]

That final map with a Delhi kingdom holding lands in Yorkshire is pretty funny.

[@smartins4075]

0:57 TARGARYEN REFERENCE!

[@bobsquaredme]

bro, i've been so hyped for a new zieley video. i discovered you recently, and i think i've watched every single one of your videos, even the vicky 3 stuff

[@blackfalcon1324]

Despite the fact that he has primogeniture, assassinations to break alliances. Additionally, they remove long reign bonuses and increase discontent and faction chances amongst your vassals. You can literally destroy an empire just by spamming assassinations on the emperor.

[@ryokiritani4187]

Oh, man, finally I catch you early! Been binging your videos for a bit and the quality blew my mind. Keep up the amazing work!!

[@friendlytalbot4050]

Looking at that Finland in Denmark at the end hurt my eyes.

[@LordRicherd]

Ex-squeeze me! Can we talk about the fact; that Darfur have lands along the channel in northern France? 🤣

[@ThePacifist1012]

you need hooks for your fellow vassals to join dissolution faction, thats the only way currently to have them in

[@ThePacifist1012]

which to be honest, would only set you back and lose war score as your allies would feed it to the emperor

[@kobusvandenbrink1679]

It’s a shame that the balance is so off, i have created equally strong dynasties in just one kingdom, honestly expected more from a global empire but alas

[@ekulyt21]

This isn’t completely inaccurate. Longbows were revolutionary in medieval combat and they were single-handedly responsible for the end of knighthood

[@vindex7309]

Jesus, the whole map, and here I am struggling to consistently take the Kanem-Bornu empire in Africa in the recommended start… every time I’m close I either get murdered or get set upon by three wars at once…

[@johnnyboygriffin5764]

Go the diplomatic route and homie up with some of the bigger tribes and kingdoms to prevent a three front war. I even ally with the shitters sometimes just for the extra manpower. Sometimes it saved me and sometimes I still get crushed lol but you could work.

[@Sir_Cole]

Oh what kinda start is hard in Africa forming Africa, maybe as a women too?

[@Sir_Cole]

@@johnnyboygriffin5764is it that hard in Africa to start?

[@ragnarx88]

Not bad. But to destroy an Empire this Big from the Inside, is easy. But to go Head to Head with an eaqualy strong Empire - that´s where the real fun starts. In total there are around 2,564 Counties. One has to do a little Charakter switcheru here and there (obvious no Iron Man Mode, otherwise this isn´t possible) and made 2 Empires with 1282 Counties each. Then we went to War. It was beautiful.

[@Bedak666]

Just watched creation of The Empire yesterday. Holy moly what a timing, this will be a good one 🤞

[@nikolayoro]

I love watching your vids even tho I don't even play the game that much! I hope you continue doing content like this!

[@DirectorOfTime]

there is a woman behind your success.

[@AWisetree]

Would’ve been better to change scutage to march in your vassal contract along side with decreasing tax for higher levy. Scutage increases your tax obligation while march decreases it in exchange for greater levy contribution; additionally, having march contract lowers your army maintenance cost, saving you even more on expense.

[@UsoMerit]

424,105 Troops at the beginning. At the height of Rome, the Army was around 450,000 men Strong, but with professional Soldiers and no Levys. The First Crusader army was to have been of around 40,000 men, though by the time they besieged Jerusalem it was down to 12,000. The Arabs facing them at jerusalem were countes as nearly 30,000, though probably very few were proper soldiers. Just really goes to show how crazy Rome was at it's height.

[@DarthVantos]

Surprisingly fun video. Don't think ive ever seen anyone do this. There is even a battle vs the final boss.

[@shadowofhawk55]

The Bot Emperor - IM KILLING HIM!! IM KILLING HIM!!! The King - They’re men are starving and are demoralized from our fighting withdrawal. We are on schedule.

[@Asbjorn268]

Damn, you really made Anakin vs Obi-wan even sadder just by changing the soundtrack...

[@mantadestroyer726]

kidnap liege and declare dissolution war

[@harmondaniels5108]

Love these videos, good work, Zieley.. Do you ever have late game lag though? Especially once you have a worldwide empire?

[@Zieley]

had some brutal lag this game. was taking forever on 5x speed

[@KingArcher141]

Wake up babe, new Zieley vid just dropped❤️

[@countbenjamin1442]

Think of the mass chaos that happened when the global empire broke out.

[@onepair-down5424]

let’s go east anglia mentioned for its first time in its life

[@warlordltx8039]

This is insane, only thing similar to this is what I imagine is trying to build tall steppe

[@keithstevens5614]

France Bavaria and Arabia are the only ones resurrected at their original locations. Everyone else migrated looking for greener pastures.

[@danilooliveira6580]

shoutout for the crossbowman carrying more than 1000 bolts with them to every battle.

[@Rumpelbaer]

Oh, you're approaching me... Just call your heir Jotaro already!

[@sg_kerb]

a fitting end to a fantastic series!!

[@cf3000]

Man they really should nerf dissolution cbs, they're so unrealistic At least make it so that you can't fire them if the liege is at crown authority lvl 4 or smth Great video btw can't wait to see where you'll take your next tall shenanigans

[@wastelander89]

Ur such a pro at this game.i love ur content. Please keep up thr great content. Thank u for ur time and effort and patience making the videos.

[@Syraxes]

This was a great video. Prime content. New Zieland never saw it coming.

[@st4rpt_603]

Oh the border gore after the dissolution.

[@MrBulldog855]

Would love to see what empires would be created out of the ashes of the Great New zealand empire.

[@steven_003]

Battles in Ancient China be like: 200 000 casualties 300 000 civilians dead Minor Han Victory

[@bjornapelt2518]

Insane. Just insane. Couldn't believe my eyes.

[@adrianharris1592]

The excitement you have for maps is worth the price of admission 👍

[@Zigorel]

As a CK3 youtuber, this is SO pleasing.....

[@diffore]

Nice video, I can confirm that late game CK3 AI is terrible at making strategic decisions like how big stacks to form and which enemy provinces to take, so you can easily exploit this even without crazy buffed man at arms. As long as you can force them to split and then wait for them to start taking some castles, you can easily outmaneuver them and pick only battles you can actually win. But you made an impressive display of what is meant to lose in Pyrrhic battles yet still winning a war. I would personally also go to martial for tactics before starting the war and reforming the culture to have it some useful war-related buffs for archers or army in general.

[@wuxiagamescentral]

You can dissolve the realm as a regent if you get powerful enough

[@meili4790]

There is something so cute about your character peeking around corners all the time 😄

[@platinumsun4632]

bro invented guns and professionally drilled armies 300 years early.

[@arkadiuszrenc1498]

Now restore the rightful world emperor adn once again conquer the world

[@persona2293]

MIsleading. If you keep losing not only the battle, but also the sieges, warscore will turn things into loss. Also, crossbowman >> Lowbowman. And have good knights with OP kinght effectiveness. Really amazed to see overextending video for failed min/maxing. The"winning" ones are when AI has less MAA, tbh. So much for "Shrong".

[@KyouOneZilla]

Play as a greek count in Byzantine Empire with Hellenic Faith and Dismantle the Papacy.

[@77Okki77]

Great video as always, I have one question what are your PC specs? Usually this late to a game Iam lagging so much

[@unknowuser9821]

NASA supercomputer.

[@DrTheRich]

Damn, just casually masacared a quarter of a million man in 3 battles

[@cheetah31983]

Ok. So I'm a new player... and I'm sure this wasn't a great decision, but... I decided to create a character and concentrate on giving him inheritable traits. So... I started him at age 0. 😅 and made sure he had an amazing starting prowess for a first character in 867 Ireland. Any tips for this scenario? I started in the duchy? of Connacht. If I remember correctly, he is intelligent, herculean, and a Giant. I'll update later when I'm at the computer. Oh. Also do not currently have any of the chapter 2 DLC.

[@mikavituhandle]

those are some Hannibal level victory details at the end of the video.

[@thatboyred4042]

You should convert the save to EU4 and try to restore the empire lol

[@beregoth85]

i'm a simple man... i see a Zieley video, i SMASH the LIKE BUTTON!

[@XYNTEN]

When you negotiated contract at game start you could have also swap scutage for march special to save few more gold per month.

[@Kyryyn_Lyyh]

Classic move is to offer increased taxes so they accept you changing to a March. AI is so dumb I feel bad.

[@XYNTEN]

@@Kyryyn_Lyyh Why, you don't need to offer anything, weirdly enough changing your special feudal contract is free. So you can get march and offer levies for council/title revocation/religious protection at once in single character.

[@leoleandro2605]

Love the Mourinho reference

[@green_taken]

you can only imagine how much people from there would brag

[@MCYonazz]

So you can just "catch" a fleeing army with a regular one and send everyone straight back into the fight? That's huge if not only true for the AI.

[@KahavaveCAPIPI]

Back when I used to do stuff like this in CK2 it was really easy because the AI was always terrible at managing player made empires. Like, substantially worse than managing their own.

[@hoppy78]

The dissolution faction was dubbed…”No Zieland”.

[@Huckleberry42]

Honestly i really hope that they give a full update just on ai improvement. Silly that you can win a war like that.

[@Jimothy-723]

they should hire you to be a college profesor that teaches grand strategy.

[@Eaglenez]

So you're now gonna reconquer the realm right?