#Crusader kings 2 ships full#

What we didn't know is the other side of this coin: Unlike all current rulers in CK2, the Norse will not take penalties from their vassals for having troop levies raised. Not only that, there are significant differences between the various heathen religions.вЂќ We had already heard that Norse leaders will begin to lose Prestige if they remain at peace for too long-meaning that if you want to one day give up a strategy focused on raid and conquest, you'll either have to convert, or have enough positive Prestige modifiers to offset this. The dev diary details that вЂњPlaying a pagan chieftain is at least as different as playing a Muslim. This would also explain the different ship types: One is a raiding fleet that can traverse rivers, and the other is made up of the traditional transports, which can only sail the seas. It could be that these are a new 'raider' unit type, separate from the normal armies and fleets. There seems to be a little icon of a crossed torch and axe on some troops and fleets. I'm also curious to see whether or not raiding will use the regular warscore system, or simply allow you to declare a raid, take your money, and leave. A third possibility is that the defending liege doesn't actually lose any gold when a raid happens-his incentive to stopping it is just to keep the raiders from generating money and prestige. It's technically possible that a raid could take a set amount no matter what, potentially putting you in debt. The interesting thing will be: where does this gold come from? Is it a proportion of the amount in the liege's treasury? That would seem to suggest that you could pre-empt a raid by spending all of your money, defensively. We've got stats for вЂњLoot Protected by Fort Level,вЂќ вЂњMax Loot,вЂќ and вЂњPossible Loot.вЂќ So it seems you'll be able to protect more of your gold from raiders by building up the defenses in your provinces. Could this be tied into the new, more hands-on technology system we've heard murmurings about?ДЄlso, take a look at the province card.

If this is the case, the question is raised: Who will have access to river-capable ships? Surely the Norse will. Previously, in Crusader Kings, a ship was just a ship. This isn't a confirmation, but it certainly seems like Old Gods will be adding a second ship type. As you can see in this screenshot, there are two different ships, both under control of the player (the unit counter is green), with different models, sitting side-by-side. The answer, from what I can tell, is that this will not be the case. Surely they wouldn't let just any ship traverse Europe's rivers? This probably represents how much plunder your raiders can carry back.Д«ut Viking longboats were unique in this capacity. There also seems to be a vertical bar at the bottom of the fleet card with an icon depicting gold coins next to it. The Vikings were known to make extensive use of these, particularly in reaching Eastern destinations. In a response on the official forums, the devs also confirmed the existence of portages: strips of land between two rivers over which boats can be carried, and re-deployed.

Adding the ability to sail up and downriver means that those Franks in Paris can't sleep soundly, safe from Viking raids in their inland capital-as the Seine River acts as Pillager Highway 1.

#Crusader kings 2 ships full#

Traversable rivers! One of the greatest advantages of the Viking longship, historically, was its shallow draft-you could load it full of weapons, shields, burly Norsemen, and whatever plunder and slaves they gained on a raid, and it would still sit high enough in the water to glide right over shallow riverbeds and the like.