Does anyone else think that the stress mechanic is kinda broken and ruins the game?>character is compassionate and ambitious (25% stress gain)>you do anything against another character, be it fabricate a claim, kill them, declare a war, be mean to them, etc>you get a mental break every year or so because anything you do you get stress>eventually you're forced to pick any debuff traits My ruler got forced to get into a 400 debt because of this, because the game gave me the choice to either pick the profligate or improvident traits. This bullshit ruined my playthrough. Had to delete my saves and create a new one.
Git gud.
>>2256157Fuck you and your git gud retarded culture.>>2256156And to OP, don't choose traits that give you ruler and heirs stress gain. Other than that, it's mostly the RNG fucking with you. Just reload a save if it bothers you so much.
The entire mechanic is there to make the player act like the ruler they’re playing as, instead of as the omnipresent “state” like in the Europa or Victoria games. If you can’t figure out that you’re supposed to adjust your play style and approach when your ruler changes, I don’t know what to tell you. You might be too dumb for this.
>>2256157>>2257053>No you cant play the way you like>You are forced to bend to whatever the almighty RNG God gives to youGenius game design Paradox, sasuga
>>2257081>picks a game that is specifically designed around generations and lineages>expects every ruler to be the same I can't believe people are this clueless
>>2257088>Paradox bootlicker
I've noticed the money events are not very scaled in Ck3. Like in ck2 usually if you didn't want to take a massive money hit there was another option but in ck3 you could be a small with 1-4 income a month and get a -40 gold from a basic event.
>>2256157This. What's with the worst mouthbreathing braindead retards and paradox games. Can't get much easier than this buddy.
>>2257095CK2 and CK3 are role-playing games. Most of the dilemmas are personal, rather than matters of state. Actually painting the map with your preferred color crayon is secondary to your ruler's life story.If you have a compassionate ruler, you should be building strong relationships at court and building alliances.An arbitrary one is one that gets to plot and murder people left and right.
>>2256157>>2256159>>2257053>>2257138NTA but I think that the point OP is trying to make is that some combination of character traits makes the game unplayable, hence their frustration with their ruler constant stress gain. It could be game breaking. If RNG decides to fuck you over and give you an heir with Paranoid, Ambitious and any other trait that gives you stress gain just by trying to play the game, you're fucked and there's nothing you can do about it.
>>2257154That's far more reasonable. But the game does give you lots of tools to avoid being in that situation or moving from it. And you don't need 90000IQ to use them either.
>>2257154If that guy's your heir, you force him to take the vows so you get a better heir. Simple.
>>2257154>my kid is dumb gay and retardedJust do what your parents did and let them spam shitty CK3 threads here.
>>2257095>bootlicker
>>2256156>t. didn't play the game since releaseAsk me how I know
>>2257081>>2257095>Roleplaying game puts you to roleplaying your character>PREPOSTEROUS!
>>2257154Gee, if only there were more than ten ways to disinherit...
>>2257154>OP is trying to make is that some combination of character traits makes the game unplayableWhich isn't true for almost three years now.Something that everyone who plays the game will tell you, but fags that perpetuate launch state memes have no clue about
>>2257251This
>>2256156
>>2257251People who bitch about stress never played past 1.5 patch.Potentially never played at all.>Be the good king in post 1.5: Just, Diligent, Honest>Constant and near-endless stress loss for acting the part>The only thing that gives you stress is Blackmailing people when you are trying to stir shit up with made-up bullshit>Still can expose secrets freely and get more shit done via it than when trying to blackmail anyway
>>2257425>pick Lazy>pick Shy>pick Paranoid>die
>>2256157>mfw gittin gud is just autistically memorising exploits
>>2257718Being a lobotomite and trying to play vidya is tough, I know.
Stress is basically a nonfactor. I only ever give a shit about it when I want to spike it so I can kill off my old ruler to get a long time with a young heir
/vst/ being too stupid to play one of the easiest strategy games is pure poetry.
>start next to a kingdom>get steamrolled by 5000 troopsDeep gameplay
I have never once died of stress since CK3's releaseJust host some feasts after doing a boohoo, they're not that expensive
ck3 is genuinely the easiest game paradox ever made. Stress is literally one of the only things stopping you from killing half your children every generation just so you can have the best hereditary traits 70 years in.
I need to make a cannibal religion next so I can end Cisse dynasty once and for all.
>>2258273Unless you're Shy, and get no stress reductions from Feasts. And Lazy, so same goes for Hunts.
What's the best trait combo for an absolute Chad?
>>2258290Brave, content and gregarious. They might have changed the stats around since last I played though.
I don't know what to tell you. Stress is ridiculously easy to manage.
>>2256156By RP they mean RP according to their vision
>>2258286>lazy gives +50% stress loss>dying of stress lmao
Shy is really the only personality trait that actually fucks you over.
>>2257720How are you people even capable of walking and breathing by yourselfs when beating braindead AI in paradox's easiest game is your only measure of self worth. Nobody is fucking asking to make ck3 easier, just to make it non-retarded and make sense more than a fucking sims game,
>>2258539Lotta attitude from a lobomite filtered by a fucking sims game
>>2258539>just to make it non-retarded>going against a character's personality raises their stress, which causes them to adopt coping mechanisms, which may be good or badWhere's the "retarded" part?
>>2258398Can't rp with that rancid event writing? Where is the mod that expunges all of it?
>role-playing game>you play a role>lobotomite's face when
>>2260288>Where's the retard ?Here >>2258539
>get event choices that are completely out of character>all choices are bad choicesthanks..
>>2258309Yeah, everything just goes to shit when all the beneficial choices gives you +80 stress and others flip you a finger.
>>2257715Yes, NEETs deserve the rope
>>2265274>all choices are bad choicesThat's just finishing high school for you, kiddo.You will get used to it by the time you are in your mid-30s
>>2265341>mid-30sI'm past that.Life has fucked me in the ass hard and deep.
>>2265354Then I fail to see your problem with CK3 events.
>>2265357Problem is that the character shouldn't end up in situations given.
>>2265362Which part of "random event" you don't understand?You have three factors in this game: your own character's personality, personalities of other characters AND pure RNG base of events. They all interact with each other. And it's perfectly possible to get an RNG event that has fuck-all to do with personality of you or your courtiers, giving you choices that you simply have to deal with.The actual undercooked part is that a lot of those events are pre-1.5, so they do not include options for either using your base trait nor your stats to overcome them. But that's what you get from the release state having it poorly thought out and each patch is chipping on the pool of the pre-1.5 events.If PDX wasn't run by morons, they would sit a bunch of interns and shit out an event pack DLC every 9 months, making bank on those.
>>2257095Straight fucking cope response given the context.
>>2257226Well it's a pretty shit role playing game then, because there's fuck all to do besides map paint.
medieval kings dying of stress induced heart attacks after suppressing rebellions because they're too nice to attaint or execute treasonous vassals is actually totally historically accurate chud
>>2272920So which one is it? Overflow of events that "punish" you, or nothing to do but map-paint?
The compassionate trait is horrible and will give you a double mental break for very little in return. Brave could also use another pass, double the dying in battle chance should be called reckless.
>>2256156The stress mechanic is broken and ruins the game but it's also the only modicum of challenge, removing it would make the game worse.
>>2258571>filteredNigger I've got 600 hours in this game, there is genuinely nothing to git gud at, my 70 year old relatives could have a stroke on the keyboard and they'd still conquer half the map in one lifetime.
>>2273830Being a lobotomite and trying to play vidya is tough, I know.
>>2256156Why can’t narcissistic trannies accept that when you play a character in a game you aren’t playing as yourself? Is it because they think they can choose their gender IRL?
>>2257053>The entire mechanic is there to make the player act like the ruler they’re playing asNo, shit? Goal and execution are different things.I like the idea, but the execution is just shit, because Stess is exclusively a punishment mechanic.If you want to encourage players to roleplay, it stands to reason that a carrot mechanic would be effective.
>filtered
>>2272941George III certainly had stress problems. Wonder how many monarchs in history simply did not record it, and commissioned no portraits of their poor health due to stress. Pre-photograph era sucks. Imagine how many "Lincolns" we missed out.
>>2256156I think morons like you should stick to phone or facebook games if a concept like repeatedly pick the option marked with all red caps may cause complications or the most basic resource management, complete with retardproof colorcoding confuses you.
>>2273853 keep seething
>>2274199>progressives not only force their delusions on themselves but on history as wellDeath
>>2274199>you have to be an adult to contemplate your genderyikes, this is a very problematic mod
>>2256156>Muh stress le broken, thread #271928What next? Bitching about gavelkind? Complaining about CBs?
