Okay, playing my second real game now in DV 2.1(whatever the beta patch is) as Salerno, it's about 1090 in the game, first ruler is dead, I've been playing as his child for 12 years now, he's 15 now. Still only Salerno and I conquered Menorca earlier since it was the only independent muslim state left, since the hautevilles beat me to Sicily. Right before my original count, Gisulf, died, the Hautevilles attacked, and I submitted to them as a vassal for peace. Years go by, Guiscard dies, Roger Borsa and my new count Abbondanzio become friends, as well as a bunch of other Hautevilles, and some dukes too actually. Borsa makes himself king of Sicily eventually, and actually made me duke of Salerno. A few years later, with great relations, he attacks me for some reason. I'd gotten the rebellious trait when my count was just vassalized earlier, in an event that made him friends with the count of Benevento because both were Italian culture against Borsa's Norman, but lost the rebellious trait later in another event about being friends with Borsa. Anyway, I got some mercs and actually managed to beat borsa and quickly siege and take Naples, and actualy got a peace, and am independent again.
SO the questions.
1. Why did he go to war with me? He had claims on me but I our relations were great and he was a friend.
2. I have claims on Taranto, and Budapest, the budapest one I doubt I'll push for, the Taranto I'm wondering how I can go about that, my allies have not once yet helped in any war I've had, and I was allied with some powerful duchies who could have handled the Hautevilles. Anytime I go to war with someone their entire possible train of potential allies comes to their defense, even for a lone outpost county, while my allies never help with anything.
3. Should I change the power or anything in my proviinces? I gave the burghers almost 50% power with the rest evenly split in Salerno for a while, but figured I wasn't getting much more income, like .2 gold extra, and had a bad army of no knights and lots of light infantry and heavy infantry. Like 400 heavy, 800 light, the rest mixed about even between archers and light cav to get about 2100 troops. In Menorca I gave clergy full power as the province is absolutely useless now but I want it as a base to start crusading into Spain.
4. Burgos is a crusade target, but is owned by a christian nation, why is the crusade not over?
5. Short of this, what else is there really to do? I'm too small to really take on anyone or crusade as of yet, the hautevilles are still to powerful for me and will probably attack again eventually. I just don't know how to actually gain more power in the position I'm in.
SO the questions.
1. Why did he go to war with me? He had claims on me but I our relations were great and he was a friend.
2. I have claims on Taranto, and Budapest, the budapest one I doubt I'll push for, the Taranto I'm wondering how I can go about that, my allies have not once yet helped in any war I've had, and I was allied with some powerful duchies who could have handled the Hautevilles. Anytime I go to war with someone their entire possible train of potential allies comes to their defense, even for a lone outpost county, while my allies never help with anything.
3. Should I change the power or anything in my proviinces? I gave the burghers almost 50% power with the rest evenly split in Salerno for a while, but figured I wasn't getting much more income, like .2 gold extra, and had a bad army of no knights and lots of light infantry and heavy infantry. Like 400 heavy, 800 light, the rest mixed about even between archers and light cav to get about 2100 troops. In Menorca I gave clergy full power as the province is absolutely useless now but I want it as a base to start crusading into Spain.
4. Burgos is a crusade target, but is owned by a christian nation, why is the crusade not over?
5. Short of this, what else is there really to do? I'm too small to really take on anyone or crusade as of yet, the hautevilles are still to powerful for me and will probably attack again eventually. I just don't know how to actually gain more power in the position I'm in.
