At the moment I'm playing through a CK game that has gone outrageously well for me. Usually I can get myself to a position where I've got a few king titles and a couple of dozen duke vassals, but now due to a series of fortuitous events I find myself emperor of Byzantium and holder of all the Christian king titles available, with an empire encompassing every province bar a few stragglers in the Middle East and eastern Russia.
The problem that I'm having is every time there's a succession I end up with two dozen wars with different vassals that take years to put down. There's too many to bribe (140+ dukes and over a hundred counts) and I already have 0 scuttage and feudal contract in place to improve loyalty. I prep my heir by giving him a large king title (usually Germany) from maturity in order to boost his prestige so that he takes less of a loyalty hit on succession, but nothing seems to help. Thus far I've managed to avoid realm duress and have +3 stability but its only 1278 and I'm fairly certain my luck won't hold until 1453. Is there anything more I can be doing to facilitate a smooth succession?
The problem that I'm having is every time there's a succession I end up with two dozen wars with different vassals that take years to put down. There's too many to bribe (140+ dukes and over a hundred counts) and I already have 0 scuttage and feudal contract in place to improve loyalty. I prep my heir by giving him a large king title (usually Germany) from maturity in order to boost his prestige so that he takes less of a loyalty hit on succession, but nothing seems to help. Thus far I've managed to avoid realm duress and have +3 stability but its only 1278 and I'm fairly certain my luck won't hold until 1453. Is there anything more I can be doing to facilitate a smooth succession?
