#Crusader kings 2 how to declare war plus
#Crusader kings 2 how to declare war professional

Once clearing the opposing flank, they will then clean up a flank next to theirs with an added (and huge) flanking bonus. During defense, they will shield wall during skirmish, keeping troops and morale well intact, and wether defending or attacking, they will destroy in the melee phase using tactics such as berserker charge, advance, and others that boost heavy infantry. These guys can wipe the floor if you keep them in their own unpolluted flank with someone with heavy infantry leader and berserker trait leading them. (200 men each +40% offense +10% morale, very good). Personally, if I'm of a Norse group, I always use Housecarls. The cap system really doesn't make much sense either. But yeah, they do have quite a few problems. Retinues due cost (although minuscule) upkeep cost all the time and cost a heck of a lot to reinforce (which can only be done at 2.5% of the unit per month), so they are still expensive to maintain, at least if you're taking losses with them. ** I don't see why there should be some magic cap on how many men I'm allowed to pay, if I have the gold. * Retinues should charge more upkeep than levies. * Recruiting into the retinue should be cheap, but slow To misquote the Imperial Guard: 'Training a man is easy, retaining him will be hard'.

#Crusader kings 2 how to declare war professional

Professional soldiers should cost over time as opposed to on-hire. They are, essentially, 'Good job being a king, here's a time and effort saver on your world conquest attempt'. It's fine to declare war with them 'raised', heck even if they're on the border (and 1 day from entering the enemy country). And they can magically hire reinforcements in the middle of fuckmenistan. They charge absolutely no upkeep, only hiring fees. ** Relations hit and gold fee for having levies over time would be balanced to match ** Declaring war should totally be possible with raised levies * There ought to be a flat relations cost for raising the levies, and meager gold cost for raising personal levies (a fee for deputies going out to summon the men, and shrinkage on their equipment) The troops don't care either, even though their teleporting (as long as they're in friendly lands). Lords don't care if you raise and lower their levies a hundred times in an instant. In a way, the levy system is supposed to make wars more of a hassle for the player.Д«ut really only in a meta way. Raising levies for a dozen rebellions a year is tedious, but there's always a reason for those rebellions. The levy system is pretty awkward, though arguably by design.

#Crusader kings 2 how to declare war plus

On the plus side, they take away a lot of the micro of managing an empire or large kingdom. Ugh, I have mixed feelings about retinues.