Are you not bothered by how easy it is to blob?

[BasiC]

There seem to be almost no mechanics that can effectively prevent the formation of giant empires...
Even Ironman its fairy simple to start blobing.
Does this not break your will to play the game?

[BigPig]

I think fabricate claim should take longer or have a cooldown after you get one. But it is really easy to get duchy claims.

Same for holy wars. I'm agree with allow only one kingdom casus belli for per ruler, but the piety cost is really low for duchies.

IMO the game should have an stability meter which becames more unstable the faster you expanse, adding something like discontent bonus for factions the higher the value is.

Still, I'm happy with the AI behaviour on the last update, and have hopes for a future DLC regarding governments mechanics making things harder.

[Crusader993]

Originally posted by BigPig:

IMO the game should have an stability meter which becames more unstable the faster you expanse, adding something like discontent bonus for factions the higher the value is.

That's exactly what CK3 needs.

As more territory is accumulated, the likelihood of uprisings should increase, both in the newly gained land and in the home territory. At the same time, the time it takes for cities to develop and convert to one's own culture and religion should continue to decrease with increasing distance from one's own capital.

There also should be an aggressiveness indicator again. Those who conquer too much land too quickly will be restricted in their urge to conquer by large-scale defensive alliances.

[ammianus]

I agree. It is too easy. But hey, CK3 is aimed for the youtubers who like painting the map and making incest. So if you want to play a serious game, you ll need to wait, along with rest of us

[Wolf]

I have found small joy in maintaining one or 2 duchies and trying to expand my family by other means. If by war tho I don't keep the gains.

[iaf.nga]

in this situation people usually make rules for themselves like no invading wars, no MOAs, kill every player character at 18, surrender every defensive war if it last more than a month.

[SunflowerFollower]

There are threads that discuss how to make the game more challenging. Such as by role playing, adding a Harder Difficulty mod, etc. I haven't played since the 1.7 update (waiting for some mods to get updated) but in my last play-through i had a real challenge even getting past the duke level while starting with the Robertine dynasty in 867 France and using a mod collection aimed at more historical accuracy (i forget the name of it but it's centered around the Sinews of War mod which last i checked needs an update).

[SunflowerFollower]

Originally posted by iaf.nga:

in this situation people usually make rules for themselves like no invading wars, no MOAs, kill every player character at 18, surrender every defensive war if it last more than a month.

Haha, you're joking of course right? Kill every player character at 18? Surrender after one month? That seems a wee bit extreme. Also what are MOAs?

[Crusader993]

Originally posted by Wolf0608:

I have found small joy in maintaining one or 2 duchies and trying to expand my family by other means. If by war tho I don't keep the gains.

I do it similar.

At a certain point I stop any expansion. Or, for some reason, I still wage aggressive war, but then release any won counties or duchies to independence.

[Bordric]

Originally posted by BasiC:

There seem to be almost no mechanics that can effectively prevent the formation of giant empires...
Even Ironman its fairy simple to start blobing.
Does this not break your will to play the game?

No. I have never formed a giant empire.

Try it for yourself.

[VoiD]

Not everyone enjoys starting the game, going afk and letting time pass.