It’ll have impact, yeah
I don’t feel it’ll be a decisive impact tbh
Only like 4 nobles swear loyalty to you and there’s still a chance that they’ll betray you if they feel like it, swearing loyalty just makes them more tolerant I think.
I mean actually iirc the more points you score in regard to that achievement, the more noble end up swearing loyalty and not only in reference to that 4, at same time we don’t know how powerful and important are those 4.
Even then i find hard to believe that in a total loyalty scenario, where Rayde is licking is wonds those people are gonna become traitor. Then again we really need a map, and an explanation of the geopolitical situation inside the kingdom.
Hell i would add, that Rade being still alive in some scenario, it’s hard to grasp. He lost more than 75% of his army, the vast majority of the kingdom seem to back Elya in a total loyalty scenario but the fraud is still raising an another army. Which make me believe his bannerman have like 0 survival instincts and their house should get wiped out from their face of the Earth. But that’s just me.
Maximum loyalty run ends with almost the entire nobility who come to the coronation staying around for the full event, so there’s definitely a major impact there. Part of the job with a Civil War is to show that you’re the stronger side, the most likely to win, that you have the most guys, and that result is going to be a huge step towards creating that perception.
I still wouldn’t quite say the vast majority, we’re talking about people that at least want to know what the loyalist leadership is going to look like. At the exact same time, he’s already heading out to his own place to do a coronation of his own, so the people we do see Are a mix of people who are already going to be with us, and those who just want to see what the hell is going on. Yes, total loyalty is going to be a big majority, but we don’t exactly know how big. As for the army thing, he did just run away right after his guys got wiped out, and his initial rebel army was slapped together really quickly, not a full consolidation of his forces. This is a crippling setback, I would put it, but he probably still has a ton of guys to fall back on once he returns home, and yes, mercenaries. It’s very much a matter of having only the perspective of the Marshall and then the occasional jump into his mind, we don’t actually know how big the actual kingdom is, we don’t know specific population figures, lots of worldbuilding stuff that needs to be filled out for this stuff to make sense
Usurper on the other hand shows everyone that it’s a free for all.
Yeah true.
I just do not see how you can make it work. The worst possible result is Rade plus Marshall with high leadership Elya, That’s three factions that all, to various extent, fucking hate each other. How the hell are you supposed to end on top of a stable country? Take Elya out of the picture, her low leadership version seems less outright ambitious and vengeful and more just generally pissed off, and that still leaves a bunch of petty nobles who might think they have a chance, it’s just going to be complete fucking chaos
Realistically, Vedran should have a lot of support. His claim is better than his sister’s which is only based on a private letter.
He was way too easy to push aside. Even if Rade doesn’t want to use him as a puppet there would be tons of nobles that would.
Yeah I also acknowledge this, I still belive however losing the pitched battle should have a big effect on him: desertion, lower morale of his army, betrayal from his own bannerman, mercenary demanding more…Because frankly a guy losing that much of his army (more than 75% casualty in the pitched battle, not even Cannae went so faar in term of casualty), doesn’t inspire much confidence.
It makes sense that we don’t see any of that so far since the primary story is heading back home for the coronation and gathering as many guys as you can. We don’t see anything on his end outside of him running away and plotting his own coronation. Those details are important and absolutely need to be clarified at the very start of the next game
By telling the Nobles before leaving Capitol, by winning every battle after, its full support.
The motion the sister was named heir was declared after the idiot brother dies. That Vedran was not next is overly obvious to everyone, if not told. Which many seemed to have been told. By my end, everyone there backed sis. Thats what mine declared.
Already run into two ‘nobles’ that push. One ends up losing face for it. (Depending on choice.) Mine, he had to bend to my wise sis.
I disagree with the total victory and total loyalty ending. Vedran was proven to be weak and witnessed by nobility.
I agree if above ending isn’t true.
Read the book and was confused by the ending. Is this supposed to be a standalone or does it have a sequel?
There’s a planned follow-up that’s hopefully in the works now, yes.
Hi everyone! Still alive.
Production of ITUO slowed pretty bad for the month of November and December due to a stupid amount of real world baggage. Now, things have cleared back up, and I’m getting back into the rhythm of writing.
I was originally planning to release the Chapter 1 demo sometime in November, but I ultimately decided against it as only the Loyalist route was completed. Once all three routes are done, I’ll put out the demo. I don’t want to give a specific date quite yet, because I’m still not entirely sure how different the Regent route is going to be.
Here’s a small (WORK IN PROGRESS) sneak peek of one very specific route. This is a pretty huge spoiler, so read at your own discretion lol:
Vedran had his chance. You spared his life three months ago in this very same palace. Despite all his treachery, despite all that he had done, despite drawing his blade against you, you let him keep his life.
Now, he's run out of chances.
The moment is a blur. Your action is less of a deliberate, thoughtful choice and more instinctive.
The motion in your feet is subtle. You barely step more than half a yard to the side, but at such a close distance and at such a quick speed, Vedran has no chance to redirect his horse.
You extend out your blade, and your brother does all the work. The momentum of his charging mount pins your weapon between the ribs, beneath the sternum. In an instant, it wedges itself right beside his spine.
Then you're knocked clean off of your feet.
Pain rockets up your wrist and into your elbow and shoulder. You feel your legs fly out from under you and see the gray sky above.
[i]What dreary weather today.
You hit your skull on the hard tile of the courtyard. Stars flash in your vision, and then the world goes dark.
The number of players who have just revised their game to correct the mistake of sparing their little brother: significant. /s
To be fair, that specific outcome is probably going to depend on a bunch of other factors. If you have him at pretty high respect and don’t treat him like absolute shit, well
The rightful king dies no matter what we do. Sad!
He doesn’t survive my canon playthrough anyways. He always dies of the rot from the wound he got capturing us.