How come the AI doesn't get BB?

[Maleficus]

So having suffered hugely from my BB causing all my vassals to rebel in a couple of my saves, I was shocked to discover that the AI doesn't appear to suffer any BB problems. I've just gone through all the big conquerors on a couple of my saves (Leon, Seljuq, Germany, Sevilla, etc...) and this has just confirmed my suspicions, as none of their vassals are losing any loyalty from reputation.

Now I appreciate that the A.I. is rather dimwitted, especially compared to a human, and needs a bit of help in order to provide a challenge, but this seems a bizarre allowance to give it. Especially when you consider that coupled with the AI's other huge advantage, a bottomless treasury, then in theory the AI could just conquer and conquer to it's heart's content.

After all, even in EU3 the AI gains BB and can (eventually) go bankrupt, and that game doesn't suffer for it at all. Hopefully Paradox can put a bit more thought into these sorts of things for CK2...

 

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It does serve to keep large AI realms more stable, since AI rulers usually insist on outright annexing rebelling vassals (netting them quite a lot of BB), rather than just re-vassalizing them.

 

[DarthJF]

After all, even in EU3 the AI gains BB and can (eventually) go bankrupt, and that game doesn't suffer for it at all. Hopefully Paradox can put a bit more thought into these sorts of things for CK2...

The AI in EU3 is a lot more advanced than the one in CK, and needs less help than the old code in CK.

AI rulers in CK are bad enough keeping their realms together as it is. BB exists there to limit human players from agressively gobbling up everything, not to give AI more hard time.

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

Now I appreciate that the A.I. is rather dimwitted, especially compared to a human, and needs a bit of help in order to provide a challenge, but this seems a bizarre allowance to give it. Especially when you consider that coupled with the AI's other huge advantage, a bottomless treasury, then in theory the AI could just conquer and conquer to it's heart's content.
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And yet the AI never does that, since most realms, despite all these advantages still break up easily.

If you as a human player suffer from rebellions due to BB then you are playing to aggressive. You don't need to conquer the map in 50 years, take your time and let BB go down, before you conquer a lot provinces again.

It also is relatively easy (for a human) to conquer large part of the map without any significant increase in BB. You just need to grab a claim on a count-title held by a duke. Then declare war on that duke and once you have defeated him force-vassalize him and give up your claim on his county. You now have gained a duke (with may 3 or 4 provinces under him) as a new vassal you only have gained 0.5 BB.

 

[conanthelibrari]

my reputation says it is rather bad, but I haven't conquered in 10 years or so. I have claimed some titles of other kingdoms though. Does that reduce my reputation? My Three dukes loyalty all seem to be steadily going down, including my hier, which I don't want since he is really awesome stat wise. Anything I can do to immprove relations with them or improve my reputation?

Thanks.

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

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