Crusader kings 2 too many vassals
how many provinces you rule directly compared to how many you would be allowed to) above ca. Always try to keep the efficiency of your rule (i.e. Intrigue influences the number of provinces that you can control directly. Try to get a character as ruler that has a very high intrigue value. Being friends with a vassal conversely is a very good thing to have. Try to make sure that your current ruler is not an enemy of a current vassal - that usually creates a very noticeable negative impact.
The only exception are troublesome members of the dynasty, of course (like bastards that already want their share of the territory). Try to make sure that as many of your vassals as possible are members of your dynasty - they get a special loyalty bonus for that, depending on how closely they are related to the current ruler (and thus, how far up they are in the chain of succession). Similarly check up on your current ruler and his traits and what influence those traits might have. Check up on your laws, some of them have a negative influence on your vassals, while others have a positive one. Lower the amount of money they have to pay, preferably to zero. To keep your vassals loyal, you can also try these things: Other than that, there is nothing you can do. The only thing you can do against that is to wait for it to recover by itself (which takes very long a high piety value improves the recovery rate) and/or to create new vassals from your existing, directly controlled, territory. Claiming titles, attacking and annexing/vassalizing other countries always causes your reputation to fall. You have to be careful about how quickly you expand your realm. Also makes the likelihood they get the trait "rebellious" more great. Demanding a vassal drop a title whether you succeed or not lowers all of your vassal's loyalty by 25 and gives a small reputation hit.Ĩ. Doing so inevitably lowers your vassals loyalty, as much as by half.Ħ. Don't change succession laws or laws of the realm. It's only really significant if your prestige is several hundred points.ĥ. Prestige isn't huge, but in Deus Vult, your court's loyalty is modified only by traits and prestige, so naturally being well regarded in the world is a good way to be held in good regard at home. If your vassals have those traits their loyalty will go down as well (this holds the same for all other traits: vassals with negative traits may lower in loyalty, especially traits like pride, deceitfulness, ambitiousness.).Ĥ.
Traits like kinslayer, excommunicated, or heretic all lower loyalty significantly. On the other hand traits like generous, just, gregarious, etc generally add to loyalty. Traits like proud, deceitful, ambitious, arbitrary, etc can do a lot to tick off your vassals. Their effect on your vassals, however, depends on their traits. Under Royal Prerogative, which is highly centralized, your vassals will be very resentful of you.ģ. Under Feudal contract your vassals won't be constantly irate with you: The highest you can set scutage is halfway. Either it doesn't add to loyalty per month or it adds 1 percent.or anywhere in between depending on your ruling law.ģ. Bad reputation can be a significant hit (I mean it!).Ģ.
A lot of things can make your vassals unhappy.ġ.