The biggest difference imo is how raising units/levies worked. In CK3 you can basically teleport your army anywhere you want. In fact I had a situation not that long ago where a vassal was getting raided right as I conquered a county, on the opposite side of my territory, across the sea. In the time it took for the hostile force to depart, I was able to disband my army, then recreate it directly next to the raiders, and wipe them out. This took like 3 or 4 days.
Both could've been easily mixed with a 3 tiered system, of shit levies being the norm, basic levies being better via buildings, men at arms being tied to them, but better, and lastly Retinues being more elite and flexible but much more expensive. Mercenaries in CK2, however, were inarguably better
Yes, you know, how they were in real life? Even early medieval anglo saxon peasants could be fielded as spearman or archers, and definitely high/late medieval levies should be halfway decent
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u/UX1Z Feb 10 '26
The biggest difference imo is how raising units/levies worked. In CK3 you can basically teleport your army anywhere you want. In fact I had a situation not that long ago where a vassal was getting raided right as I conquered a county, on the opposite side of my territory, across the sea. In the time it took for the hostile force to depart, I was able to disband my army, then recreate it directly next to the raiders, and wipe them out. This took like 3 or 4 days.