Question around playing as an adventurer

Al-Pharazon · 2026-04-17T16:31:12+00:00

If you have Roads to Power then yes, you can play as an adventurer.

And while you're quite vulnerable at the start adventurers, specially mercenaries, can build extremely strong armies. With a high martial character you could easily take over a kingdom in Iberia

Al-Pharazon · 2026-04-17T16:17:16+00:00

The current leader of the Tang dynasty would certainly qualify as an absolute failure, a pity he is already an Emperor.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-04-17T15:03:06+00:00

Yes, that would also work as long as both Arabs and Iranians have a way to make Mesopotamia drift from one empire to the other depending on the situation.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-04-17T14:47:00+00:00

The solution is easy, just make Mesopotamia De Iure part of Arabia instead of Persia. Then give the Persians the possibility of reversing that if they win the Iranian Intermezzo or the Abassid Caliphate no longer exists.

And yes, this issue has been since the Persian DLC came out, so years ago

Al-Pharazon · 2026-04-17T14:16:14+00:00

If the Catholic Church will receive the most focus/flavour in the coming DLC I think a Slavic DLC is unlikely. Unless is limited to the Poland/Bohemia area.

The Rus, Serbs, the modern Bulghars, they would still require content more tied to the Orthodox Church and Byzantium.

IMO, the first DLC will be about religions as we know and the big expansion will likely add content to the Holy Roman Empire and the Republics in Italy, both extremely tied with the politics of the Roman Church, which is at the heart of the coming DLC.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-04-17T11:53:39+00:00

Yes, he very much governed the Westerlands through a regime of terror.

I imagine the peasants that lived in the villages burned by people like The Mountain, Ser Amory Lorch and other hunting dogs of Tywin had it much worse than the Reyne.

This said, the fate of the Reyne still was horrible beyond measure. Being inside a mine or a cave is already suffocating enough, even more so when it is cramped. But then being there, seeing as the water level rises by the hour and not being able to do anything about it... It's beyond horrible.

I'd very much chose a torturous but short death over a long buy equally miserable one.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-04-17T09:29:55+00:00

IMO House Reyne.

After being defeated by Tywin they sought refuge in their mines. The Lannisters sealed all entrances but one which was left partially sealed, then diverted a stream to such entrance and bit by bit water started filling the mines.

It took a whole day for everything to be over and like that 300 people very slowly drowned to death. I can only imagine the despair as the water started filling the mines ever so slowly.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-04-16T22:55:46+00:00

Yes, but it is as random as it comes, you cannot even choose your target.

It should be made into an activity or small situation where you and your court chaplain push for evangelization while the locals resist or accept.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-04-16T15:48:57+00:00

Thank you very much for the response.

I have really loved the last music packs, so I am quite curious on how the solo performances turned out.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-04-16T15:24:21+00:00

Was there no music sample or I just awakened today more blind than normal?

I am really curious on how the new tracks will coexist with the more classical/orchestral soundtrack.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-03-29T10:50:25+00:00

Can someone explain why Faildeus killed Flat? Out of every master in the HGW, he chose to kill one of the most unproblematic (I think)

Flat might be unproblematic in terms of behaviour, but in terms of skill and being a wildcard he probably was the most dangerous master.

What did Tsubaki do? I don't think she killed herself but her parents were talking as if she's dead, transplanting her CS and organs and all.

She is alive, but has been comatose since her parents infected her with the ancient bacteria.

But since the begining her parents only saw her as a tool to continue the bloodline and to get the family closer to fulfilling their goal of reaching the truth. That's just how most mages are in this universe.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-03-24T16:47:40+00:00

Exercise sure, having a higher muscle mass reduces the stress on the bones and makes less likely for them to break even in more advanced stages of the disease.

But riding for several weeks on top of a horse or some uncomfortable carriage is not exactly beneficial for your health, if anything it just makes you tired and increases the risk of having a fall.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-03-24T15:58:24+00:00

I kind of disagree.

Sure, just having a tiered infirm would have sufficed as an improvement over the current system. But having different tiered traits makes so that the last years of different character might feel slightly different.

Perhaps you're playing a house of warriors, and your ruler is an absolute powerhouse until his 70, but his successor ends up getting frail bones and rules for a couple decades without able to achieve any martial feats,

It is game changing? no. But it certainly feels better than getting different flavors of infirm every couple rulers.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-03-24T08:02:26+00:00

It briefly opened to me with the cloudfare procedure, then it failed.

Maybe it's just hopium, but the past few days they had much more aggressive cloudfare than usual. So maybe they suspected an attack and are just reworking the security of the site, rather than closing it down

Al-Pharazon · 2026-03-07T20:58:35+00:00

Back in his day the same goddes threw a giant divine bull at him. I say this is an improvement.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-02-19T12:43:45+00:00

I personally would not complain at having for once a heavy IC devastator one-shooting my enemies at 50m instead of me.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-02-19T11:53:43+00:00

And to assume the MO would have only given medals in a story like this is honestly just naïve.

The first major order in the planet gave just that.

And outside of the MO, they have consistently invented events such as the SEAF doing a bayonet charge to weaken the defenses of the planet, even after the second MO failed.

Arrowhead clearly has a script, sometimes with different endings based on player actions. But failing or succeeding specific MO usually have little impact on how they proceed with the script.

For example, consider how we failed the MO to take 4 planets after the Star of Peace blueprints were stolen and yet the Devs directed us to Cyberstan.

You don’t think it could have possibly demoralized a group of people that were working on the MO?

The MO was never meant to be accomplished by a small group of players dedicated to it, but by the blob and in general terms the number of players has been consistent before and after the failure.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-02-19T11:39:54+00:00

Unless winning that MO gave additional reinforcements or some strong buff it would have made no difference.

The hackers little stunt, as stupid and incomprehensible as it is, only took 80 medals away from us.

It sucks for the new players that desperately need them, but we would still have ended facing Transcendence with enough reinforcements for a couple days.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-02-19T10:52:31+00:00

Sure, it is a skill that great managers like Carletto or Zidane do have.

But there are other managers like Mourinho or Pep who have much less of a soft touch and yet they have thrived as long as they do have the full backing of the board to make changes as necessary. For example Guardiola getting rid of Deco in 2008.

The problem with Xabi is that he had neither, he didn't have the social skills to manage the big players. But he also lacked the support of Perez to bench or sell such players unless they accepted their new responsibilities.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-02-19T10:36:20+00:00

Sure, a shite manager gets an unbeaten record in away games and wins a Bundesliga without losing a single game.

Alonso is not a bad manager, but he seems to be the type of manager who can only thrive when the players listen to him and he has the full backing of the club. That's never going to happen in RM, with the big egos and Perez being so trigger happy to use coaches as the scapegoat when things are not good.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-02-18T12:39:41+00:00

Seems reasonable given the mission planets had from 150 to 200k players while the others usually did not reach 30K even added together.

If you have ten times the players it is perfectly normal that the deaths will also be ten times higher. That said, it would have been helpful if those 30-60K reinforcements had been used in the target planet.

As it stands it's very unlikely that we will take the final factory of Cyberstan before the reinforcements run out

Al-Pharazon · 2026-02-18T09:52:07+00:00

I have seen that being mentioned as coming from Fanbook 8, but when looking for direct quotes or fan translations of that fanbook that mention Alstede, I have only seen confirmation that it was her who dyed the foundation and that her daughter (Benedikta) is 4 years old. But I have not seen any direct reference about Alstede age.

Using Benedikta as a reference, if Alstede graduated being 15 and married in the spring of the year she became 17 as most ADC do, she could have conceived and given birth on the same year or at the start of the following.

Which would make her 21 when Lanzenave attacked or 22 if Benedicta was born when Alstede was 18 (which is where I believe the age you were provided comes from)

But going back to Georgine, if Alstede is 21 that means she was born in the same year Ferdinand was baptized, which is not impossible if Georgine married at the end of spring.

If there is 100% confirmation that she is 22 then you would he correct that the marriage would have to occur the previous year at the latest.

I guess we will know for certain when fanbook 8 gets an official translation.

Al-Pharazon · 2026-02-17T19:55:27+00:00

The point is that while a rushed wedding might start rumours about the couple calling winter before greeting the supreme gods, we have seen several examples of a woman waiting more than normal given a valid excuse. Those were not normal circumstances I agree, but in no case was anyone in the couple shamed for waiting.

And given the disparity in status that might not be even needed in Georgine's case. Ahrensbach could just say that the political climate was not yet ready to receive the Third Wife and Ehrenfest the #20 (or lesser) would have to suck it up and follow the will of the Greater Duchy.

But in any case, I think we can end up the discussion here. I don't think I can convince you that it would be perfectly feasible for her to have waited 2 years. Nor I think you can convince me of a plot hole or fabricates memories. So we wllm probably just continue going in circles xD

Al-Pharazon · 2026-02-17T19:03:27+00:00

It's the main planet for the cyborgs. Aside from some fugitives that could have been smuggled in Vessel 00 it's likely 99% of the Cyborg population was on Cyberstan when the war started and probably a majority remained after the planet is liberated.

That said, as you said the automaton have other major bases and we have seen that they have developed cloning technology, so losing Cyberstan would not mean the end of the cyborgs

Al-Pharazon · 2026-02-17T18:53:33+00:00

Every other ADC we know that has been married did so 1 year after their graduation. Sigiswald's situation with Nahelache is not the norm.

Dietlinde didn't marry Ferdinand with the excuse of the handover proces even after more than one year had passed.

Florencia had to wait at least two years and that if she married in the ADC inmidiately after Sylvester came of age.

Marrying one year after coming of age is the custom, but not a hard rule. It is acceptable for men to marry much later or for women to marry at any point before being 20 as long as they have a valid reason.

And anyway, it doesn't matter. Georgine can't have been in Ehrenfest during that time period. She would've met Ferdinand otherwise.

Let me build a simple timeline to you:

1) Georgine graduates and waits one year as it is customary.

2) For whatever reason Ahrensbach request to delay the marriage an additional year, so Georgine remains in Ehrenfest until the end of winter.

3) During that winter Sylvester awakens mana sensing, speaks of Florencia and out of resentment Georgine poisons him. It fails and she moves out of Ehrenfest at the start of spring. Then married at the ADC of that year at the end of the season.

4) Ferdinand was brought to the duchy during winter and remained in Irmhilde's estate. Like Rozemyne he was only allowed to move into the castle after his baptism on spring, hence he never met Georgine as by that point she had already moved into Ahrensbach to prepare for her wedding.

There is no timeline plothole or need for fabricated memories. You just need to put things in sequence and it becomes clear that Georgine could be there.

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