With the new system, only characters with the new Decadent trait actually give decadence to your dynasty. So the system needed revision, and now was the time to do it. Gameplay where you automatically tend to imprison your relatives if you cannot give them land is also repetitive and, again, not very realistic. Why not start off by talking about the promised revised decadence system that people have been clamoring for since, well, the release of Sword of Islam? Admittedly, there were many issues with Decadence for example, the fact that all unlanded men of your dynasty generated decadence regardless of their virtue, which is strange and unrealistic.
Small counts and dukes who go over their demense limit just a little bit will be a bit penalized but not to the same degree. It is of course still completely possible to play like this if you still want to, but you will be a bankrupt France with only 400 troops while the strong HRE will be raising a lot more troops than that. So we have made playing this way a lot less rewarding by reducing the amount of levies and income they actually get from doing this. There has been some big issues with what people have dubbed "North Korea Mode", making the game way too easy to play and removing the entire feudal point of the game. So yes we will see a Norse India eventually, but it will be quite an achievement. Instead they will have to put a bit effort into it if they want to actually reach India. This will balance the rulers of Europe to invade their neighbors instead of happily jump over the Egypt and start carving their piece of India. When the soldiers can't take more from the loot bar they will start to starve again in 31 days. The foraging builds on the pillaging from the loot bar except it goes a lot slower. When you do finally reach the enemy territory, the troops will start foraging from their surrounding area to keep themselves supplied. A good martial leader can of course counter-act it to a certain point. When they step too far away into neutral territory they will start to starve for supplies and have a ticking attrition that goes up slowly for each day. These supplies will always last for 31 days. How it works is that while you are nearby your realm or your top-liege's realm your soldiers will fill up on supplies to keep themselves fed. This means that Norse Vikings armies will have starved to death before even reaching India. You will now have to combat starvation as you march far away from your home. But the other problem is supplies, it won't be a simple task to just walk across all of Europe with every single soldier you started with alive. First we gave the Indian subcontinent the jungle terrain type which will harshly increase your attrition and defense bonuses. With the India expansion the world grows immensely giving us a good opportunity to add some common tactical problems that commanders of the time faced.
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