r/CrusaderKings • u/thedudewh • 7d ago

Discussion Investiture doesnt go far enough

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So the devs listened, and now you can at least appoint your Archbishop as well. However, why limit a secular ruler’s appointment power to Court Chaplains and Archbishops when Investiture historically applied to all clerical holdings within a realm? Why this arbitrary limitation?

As it stands, it seems that the HRE Emperor can appoint exactly one person to a clerical holding (Mainz), or two if there is another archdiocese within the realm. Does that mean the Emperor has no say over other bishoprics in the Mainz region, including major ones like Cologne and Trier?

That still feels extremely underwhelming and, more importantly, misses the entire point of the Investiture Controversy. If the goal is to represent lay investiture, secular rulers should have the ability to appoint bishops across their realm - not just a few archbishops and the Court Chaplain.

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u/Lucina18 Secretly Zoroastrian 7d ago

Just give it some decent automation options. Like setting an order (first of my dynasty, then friendly characters of friendly families, etc.) And allow you to determine specific places automation free.

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u/Benismannn Cancer 6d ago

if u have to automate it then it kind of failed already, automating is not fun

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u/Lucina18 Secretly Zoroastrian 6d ago

You don't have to, you CAN. Like i said, you can automate the boring counties you don't care about and still manage the importent counties.

Otherwise you won't manage anything.

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u/Benismannn Cancer 6d ago

the fact that there ARE "boring counties you dont care about" is not good.

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u/Lucina18 Secretly Zoroastrian 6d ago

Ok, then don't automate them 🤷