I found it (I think), here's the Link (Steam Workshop: 769 Early Middle Ages Bookmark)
IIRC there were dev comments about not doing anything as far back as the 8th century anymore, but the China DLC might come with a 10th-century bookmark - it may not be 936 though.
OP got me with the blue text which is decidedly not a hyperlink. Honestly just a great bit, no notes.
I think general consensus is that the CK mechanics start to falter a bit if you pull the start date that far back.
We need a "Sad" reaction for messages like this.
Yay
Not really surprising given how much Carolingan government changed just between Charlemagne and Louis I. We would need a "proto-feudal" government or something for a start date that far back...
Relative lack of reliable records and the time period being generally unsuited to our mechanics are the big ones. Start dates in general are a huge pain to make and maintain, since they're effectively alternate worldstates that have to be manually kept up to date for the rest of the game's lifespan.
Only slightly exaggerated. There's not an overwhelming majority of players that only ever play the earliest date, but it's a significantly larger amount than the others; even larger if you discount people playing the tutorial in 1066.
If that is the case, the question becomes that whether people really like the 878 start in particular, or as the narrative suggests, people like the earliest start date available. I'm not sure if it's ever confirmed the reason why you guys wouldn't want to do this despite you know it's somewhat popular. I'm thinking of lack of historical records of earlier times, or the time period was before feudalism became more mainstream. Again, if people really want this then I really don't feel these two are insurmountable obstacles.
