8 Hours and I don't understand anything ..

[140dB]

I don't know why I've bought it, it's just like HOI4, 30 Hours and nothing I understand.

[NoShotz]

Did you not play the tutorial, it should help you understand how to play.

[Tace]

stay strong brother! i was new to this...didnt play ck1 or 2. i spend alot of time with the game on pause when too many msgs pop up or i want to something out. persevere with whoever you are for now...then when someone (probably Roman Empire) conqures more land you can swap and take over as them...lots of gold and troops :)

[Benchwarmer]

CK3 tutorial is great compared to HOI4. Also watch few short beginner guides in youtube and maybe use this site when you want to know something quick: https://space4games.com/en/games-en/crusader-kings-3-guide/

[Stavbearer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG-Mymkepps

[gibe me moniii]

in the same boat brother, we in this together!

[Heraclius Caesar]

Perhaps try out watching some "lets play" type videos on YouTube, and if you have any specific questions I and many others are willing to help.

[140dB]

Thank you everyone for replies, I appreciate it.

[bearfieldlee]

Give it another 30 hours. You still won't understand anything but you'll have had as much of your moneys worth as you're gong to get.

[Gible]

Originally posted by General211088:

I don't know why I've bought it, it's just like HOI4, 30 Hours and nothing I understand.

I was the same, dropped EU4 and HOI4 becasue I could not learn it. But I played the tutorial for this game and took my time, took breaks. After 20 hours I finally learned the basic and created the kingdom of ireland. The trick is to stay in Ireland until you're confident

[The Former]

The classic predicament of all new Crusader Kings players. I didn't understand it for several weeks. Time and patience (and lots of failures) will illuminate.

The basic things to keep in mind: You're basically a land-owner with an army, nation states don't exist, and the thing that matters most in the world is bloodline.

[DaniTheHero]

I feel like i mostly 'mastered' CK3, and got the basics fairly quickly thanks to good tutorial, without ever playing ck2.

However HOI4 was mega confusing and boring to me.

[Sclurp]

I'm not embarrassed to say I used the dev console to help me learn the ins and outs of the game.

[Atomicbean]

Play a small faction to start - In CK3, it's actually generally better/easier to start as a vassal of the HRE, such as either the southern-most duke (a female) or the northern-most duke (a male), as the vassal mechanics generally ensure you won't be invaded by a larger power, due to the AI-run HRE leader handling all outer wars. And if you start as a duke, you'll be on the same playing field as the other inner vassals that might fight with you.

Your other option would be to start as a count-level faction in either scandinavia or africa, or the 10-w/e it is start in ireland, so you don't have to deal with learning vassal mechanics immediately.

CK is very much a game where the larger and more powerful you are, the more there is to learn and do. Being a count is, for the most part, almost too boring with how little there actually is that you need to take care of, while starting as something like the HRE emperor or the byzantines' ruler, can almost immediately overwhelm you with how much there is to keep track of and deal with, if you don't understand the majority of the base mechanics yet.

Grand strategy games are different from other strategy games, in that you're mostly looking at long-term plans and goals - Taking over an entire country might take multiple generations, if you don't know the game mechanics well enough. Buildings might take 50-100 years to generate a return on investment. Cultivating a friendship with your neighboring ruler when he's 20 so you can call him to war when he's 40-50.

There ARE ways to do a lot of things fast, but those require knowledge of the game. How to win wars with less men than the enemy, how to build a good army, how to breed and work on strong rulers, and most importantly, how to abuse religion mechanics and diplomacy.
And of course....
How to have 100 children to give the world to because you can't own everything yourself.

[ISUX]

Originally posted by General211088:

Thank you everyone for replies, I appreciate it.

Originally posted by * slatt _ !:

in the same boat brother, we in this together!

if you guys want to do a multiplayer game ill teach you the some pretty essential parts of the game to get you going.. i mostly am able to get an empire by my second ruler, start breeding good dna and training. There are very few things I struggle with in this series been a fan since the first one.

The parts I have trouble with are inheritance laws usually.

[Gible]

Originally posted by Atomicbean:

Play a small faction to start - In CK3, it's actually generally better/easier to start as a vassal of the HRE, such as either the southern-most duke (a female) or the northern-most duke (a male), as the vassal mechanics generally ensure you won't be invaded by a larger power, due to the AI-run HRE leader handling all outer wars. And if you start as a duke, you'll be on the same playing field as the other inner vassals that might fight with you.

Your other option would be to start as a count-level faction in either scandinavia or africa, or the 10-w/e it is start in ireland, so you don't have to deal with learning vassal mechanics immediately.

CK is very much a game where the larger and more powerful you are, the more there is to learn and do. Being a count is, for the most part, almost too boring with how little there actually is that you need to take care of, while starting as something like the HRE emperor or the byzantines' ruler, can almost immediately overwhelm you with how much there is to keep track of and deal with, if you don't understand the majority of the base mechanics yet.

Grand strategy games are different from other strategy games, in that you're mostly looking at long-term plans and goals - Taking over an entire country might take multiple generations, if you don't know the game mechanics well enough. Buildings might take 50-100 years to generate a return on investment. Cultivating a friendship with your neighboring ruler when he's 20 so you can call him to war when he's 40-50.

There ARE ways to do a lot of things fast, but those require knowledge of the game. How to win wars with less men than the enemy, how to build a good army, how to breed and work on strong rulers, and most importantly, how to abuse religion mechanics and diplomacy.
And of course....
How to have 100 children to give the world to because you can't own everything yourself.

You should only ever start in Ireland