Now, CK2 will offer much more depth than CK1, so it will probably be the most awesome Paradox game ever made. I cursed the game, but in retrospect, it's the challenge that makes one come back for more The next sixteen years were filled with almost constant rebellions and wars. Of course then his bastard half brother had him assassinated, after which his 1 year old son became the legal ruler of the realm. That was bad, but the heir had decent stats, so the succession was relatively safe. Developing games is not cheap, and if they are unable to make money from putting out DLC it is extremely unlikely that they will continue making expansions.
In one of my games, my God-Emperor (very high stats) king died on a campaign. I dont have a problem with their pricing scheme for expansions in CK2 and EU4. In CK, all it takes is a stupid illness or something that kills your selected heir, then his idiot insane brother inherits, the vassals revolt, and the whole realm is up for years of bloody civil war, which the foreign rulers of course tend to take as an opportunity to settle their scores with you. In EU3, once you get powerful enough, there is no way you can lose or even be defeated in a war. That's one thing I always loved about CK - your power is never safe. You have to delegate power to your vassals, and then balance them against each other and yourself to make sure that if they rebel, you'll be able to put them down. In CK V, high intrigue characters can directly control more provinces, but never enough to control a kingdom the size of France or England.
