👑Knights of Honor II: Sovereign - Best Nation for a Good Start | new Campaign Guide
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- This is how you make the best start after carefully choosing a Nation for a new Campaign in Knights of Honor II: Sovereign. More info 👉about the game thqn.net/3uhPN6z Thanks THQ Nordic for sponsoring the video. I will help you choose which of these medieval Nations and Kingdoms is best for you to play with and get the most fun out of this amazing game, while explaining how to get a head start both in economy and military.
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Chapters
0:00 Explanation
0:29 Basics
1:14 Time periods
2:07 Lithuania
2:37 Switzerland
3:03 England, Germany,
3:22 Bohemia, Serbia
3:58 Naples, Byzantium, Ottoman
4:20 Kingdom of Castile
5:36 Khaganate of Golden Horde
6:21 Best Campaign start
6:40 Signing agreements
7:33 Society Class happiness
8:30 Royal court knights
9:30 Commerce
9:49 City governors
10:59 Save often!
11:19 Way to win?
11:42 Army building
12:37 Marshal knights
13:19 Unit recruiting & War
15:30 Fast gameplay
16:19 RTS battles
17:03 Multiplayer
17:39 Conclusion
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Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
🛒 Steam store link: thqn.net/3uhPN6z
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign includes all the depth players desire while being the gate-way game to the grand strategy genre, presenting the world as a living, breathing miniature, alive and ripe for the taking. Choose your royal court carefully and determine the destiny of your people, be it riches, conquest, intrigue, trade, or defeat! Raise armies to defend your lands or take war to the enemy - even jump into battle directly in action-packed RTS combat.
Features
Accessible Grand Strategy - All the depth of religion, diplomacy, city development, and more, with none of the confusion
Choose Your Kingdom - Select from over 200 kingdoms across Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia
Real-Time Gameplay - The Medieval world comes alive, no turns needed
Royal Court - Appoint Marshalls, Clerics, Merchants, Diplomats, and Spies to exert your will across the land
RTS Battles - Lead your armies directly in riveting RTS engagements
Robust Multiplayer - Join with multiple friends to take on new challenges across the medieval world
Marshals lead your armies into battles to conquer your enemies and defend your lands
Diplomats are capable of turning even your greatest enemies into trustworthy friends. Use them to create strong defensive and offensive pacts, negotiate marriages, and make sure that your friends have your back in times of need
Merchants can not only increase your income by trading with your neighbors, but also import needed goods to bolster your economy or go on a voyage in search for new riches
Clerics take care of all your kingdom’s spiritual needs and play a vital role when it comes to the population’s education, happiness and culture
Spies are great If you like a more subtle approach to world domination. The spies offer you plenty of options: bribe enemy knights, instigate rebellions, or provoke war between your neighbors to achieve your goals
Start your campaign with one of 200+ historical kingdoms and expand your territory over 300+ provinces. Build up your economy and produce valuable goods while making sure your lands can support your military. Choose out of over 100 different military units ranging from English longbowman over fierce Nordic warriors to powerful siege engines and assemble great armies to defend your borders and bring the fight to your enemies.
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign supports multiplayer with up to 6 players and various game modes: Conquer the medieval world together in co-op or fight each other in teams or free-for-all games.
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Man, love your videos.
You even put subtitles, much appreciated !
Thank you very much for that feedback and kind words. Much appreciated! You can see all my other guides here: czcams.com/play/PLRYGjguAn0CE7sB_Wt0nqy7-uFThW4Flv.html
@@perafilozof Thanks ! I'll check videos on Total War.
I was also suggest you on make videos on mods, have you check them ?
@@turquoisemanturk Mods for this game?
@@perafilozof I mean, mods for games like total war or command and conquer games.
@@turquoisemanturk Ah, those mods, I have that video on my to do list. It's actually going to be a very interesting video on an RTS game I would like to see which is currently only possible in mods so I will have an overall subject plus a showcase of good mods.
nice to hear you´re from serbia ! 🤗 tell us more and please give us an extra video for deeper balkan gameplay ! for me in 2 of 3 runs with serbia i usally end fighting against the italian nations. also its better with than against byzanz , after time just ask them peacfully to get Nis or Ohrid in any exchange. Puno pozdrava tebi i ekipi 👍+✌
Thank you kindly for the feedback and comment! It is appreciated. I actually work alone, besides an editor who does some videos... wish I did have a team. Would be much easier.
Одличан видео, тек сад видим да си из Србије! ☺️
Хвала друже! Добродошао на канал. Надам се да ћеш уживати и у осталим видеима.
This has been the funniest take on this, and it's so true. I played a game as Leinster, and as soon as I started it was like Munster, Connaught, Ulster, Powys, Gwynedd, and Scotland wanted me to start and lead wars against England! Soon as I started declining then suddenly Gwynedd starts a defensive pact against me with Powys, Munster, AND ENGLAND!
I know, right? :) The game simply wants you at war all the time to keep up the pressure on your to expand and have armies
Thanks for the video, very helpful! One thing I try to do when I play as a smaller Nation is to accept the first request to support a war from a allied nation or even better (to avoid denounces from other nations); Taking advantage of an ongoing siege and plunder the hell out of the unprotected surrounding land because the soliders are usually in the city defending it against the invader. This can give lots of resources. I recently did this as Prussia when Sweden invaded Semgallen and so I suddenly had 2000 gold at my desposal!
Hi I am glad you enjoyed it. That is a very interesting tip you shared with us. Definitely a nice way yo exploit a convenient situation close to your borders. But will you have an enemy going forward that might be strong than you?
Love your video! very detail and informative, looks like that you've played the previous KoH game before. And i also love that the developer didn't change the game mechanic so much, so it's still have the original KoH vibes!
Hello taufandaniarta9530 and thank you kindly for that feedback and praise. Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I also do guides on many other similar games and previews of upcoming ones. So enjoy the rest of my videos at this page: www.youtube.com/@perafilozof/videos
Really good job.
Supporting your channel from Egypt ❤
Hello my friend! Thank you very much, beautiful seaside in Egypt as as well as museums and landmarks. Been there 6 times so far, plan on more visits in the future! Do check out my other similar videos here: czcams.com/play/PLRYGjguAn0CE7sB_Wt0nqy7-uFThW4Flv.html
@@perafilozof You are always welcome in Egypt
Can you make a campaign playing as Egypt ??
Oh, that is a cool idea, I will see what I can do, have a bunch more videos already in production.
very informative, many thanks
No, thank you for watching and leaving such a great comment! Which nation did you start with?
@@perafilozof I am planning to do Ayyubid campaign on my channel
Good luck!
Nice video! :D
...and you're welcome ;)
Double thank you Felix! :) Glad you enjoyed it!
I tried an Irish unification because that’s what I did in the original game. I was frustrated at first for the new mechanic of the subject opinions (clergy, nobles etc) but eventually I got my head around it. I was building up a good economy, had a good standing army compared to my neighbors, and was ready to go and conquer my first Irish state….
Then Ulster declared war out of nowhere. I think “no problem, their army sucks”, only for their numbers to double out of nowhere once the first battle actually started, bodying my only army and ruining the entire save as I was now stuck in an unwinnable war they’d just use to completely wipe me out.
I quit after that.
Yeah, I know the feeling too well. I am still not sure what provokes the AI into war so easily. Or is it simply by design of the developers.
@@perafilozof it wasn’t the sudden war that made me quit, it was them doubling their numbers out of nowhere. I should have won that war, but instead I get curbstomped by an army that shouldn’t exist.
@@craftsmenMC well they do have high funds in the beginning and so might have payed for a local mercenary army.
When your king dies and the soldiers become mercenaries you can just go to them with a new commander and get them back. You dont have to buy them back :)
Really? Because it didn't work for me. Is there some step in the process I missed? Because the only option I had available was to buy units.
Coming from Total War and just played this game for the first time. Portugal. I died to the Southern Islamic nation, I forget the name, in the 1200s start date. Dragged in by Leon and Castile.
Ouch! Hope your next playthrough goes better ! How do you like the game so far?
@@perafilozof Its different. But fun.
@@Bubinni I see. That is good to hear! Are you interested in Manor Lords?
@@perafilozof I've seen gameplay. The battles interest me but I'm not crazy big on city builders.
I see. Thank you for sharing
Finally after 17 years of waiting.....
Took them long enough :) I know the feeling! Great game btw, have you played it already?
I took it very badly, when I heard that in this game your specialized governors/lords/whatever that you have only a handful, turn their province into a superprovince, which becomes way more powerful than other provinces. That sounded very immersion breaking. What's your experience with that?
That is a good point to raise. I found it most problematic because of the scale of the game clashes with this limited number of lords. Like, you have a handful of lords, but you can capture hundreds of provinces. In one way, this prevents you from being a landslide super power as your kingdom grows, and other kingdoms still have a chance to fight against you. On the other it requires you to constantly move your governors to provinces where they can help you the most. But again, if you had dozens or hundreds of governors the game would be come heavy in micromanagement which would slow down its idea of fast gameplay.
In the end I feel like while it's not the best choice, it the one that fits the vision of how the game is to be played the best.
Imo it should have been like CK with layered governorships so you don’t micromanage
@@CameronAB122 well... They choose this route because it is a MUCH faster game.
Egypt love Yugoslavia and Serbia ❤
Nasser & Tito
An intertwined history to say the least!
Respect from Serbia bro.
England is really good, because you can expand in over the islands, and then slowly into rest of the Europe, plus they get Feudal Knights and Longbow Man, which are both really powerful. France also gets access to Feudal Knights, but yeah...
Castille also gets access to more OP advanced units, but whether you try to expand, North or South, you always have to watch attack from both directions.
Scandinavian kingdoms aren't that great either, while you're technically on the edge of the map both South and East is too close for comfort.
Either way... anyone but Pagans are the way to go lol. I have only tried one of them, so I don't know if others had different nerfs, but the one I've picked had 10% nerf on gold income and maybe something else less important too (maybe like... 25% nerf on books or something) . Which extended campaign for 6 more hours than previous two I've played (which were with Croatia and Kiyv).
Additionally... Pagans don't have access to University or anything of that kind, so you have to win it from someone to get access to those goods, but you still can't produces things like Fine Art (even if you win Cathedrals and/or Great Mosques), and thanks to not being to do certain upgrades, you'll never have access to certain goods, and not be able to get Kingdom Advantages. You can try to trade for Fine Art, but good luck getting it. lol
2nd You shouldn't do trade agreements with neighbors, you're more likely to get in war with them, and lose your merchant, income and/or at least progress. But yeah... first thing to do, form enough Trade Agreements to get Merchant Disposition to 10, Hire Knights (Merchants) so you can appoint them to govern provinces, to increase your income.
Hi nikolamatasin welcome to my channel and thank you kindly for sharing your thoughts on this with us. Good examples and explanations of the starting nations.
To some extent, yes, making trade agreements with neighbors, most of which you will go to war with is a problem, but you can't always be at war with everyone so some trade will continue as you look for new partners.
@perafilozof it's more that when you retreat your merchant (if you're the one announcing war), you lose progress with trade expansions too, so you lose income right at the start of the war. Or have lower income for some time before your trading goes up with new partner.
So back in KoH1 and here also I like to start with trading partners so far away, I'll have no contact with them till at least mid game, where slight income loss isn't an issue anymore lol
Ideally it would be someone that has access to goods you won't have for a long time, but I never plan that far ahead lol
That is true, and it is one of those choices moments that also depend on the AI itself. You might even find yourself losing most of your trade because the AI simply decided to go to war with your or your allies.
4:36 What's up with Berber? 🤔 btw I'm originally Amazigh so-called Berber
When I played knights of Honor 2
I've got it bad when I first started because it was a bug that got me
We're all Nations were at war with
me from the beginning of the game
I had to start over new campaign
And play France and made a decent go out of it
I love knights of Honor 2 because
it's almost like medieval Total war
And love fighting in the medieval times thanks for the nice tips Perafilozof when I get back
playing it again 😀👍
Oh wow! That was nasty! Did they all declare war on you at the same time?
@@perafilozof yes sadly I've had too quit oh boy if games Al ain't hard on you it's the bugs 😱
@@donright4492 Very true. Be glad the bug came up so early.
Ryazan forever. Haven’t played this game before - are there any opportunities to revenge mongols for Ryazan burning?
Hi sustav, the time period is a match, so you can play as any nation you want and attack the golden horde.
bro i have material problem . how we get them ? some cities have iron some charcoal but cant have them in one city
Hi, there is a map overview which shows you which provinces have what resources. But you also have to construct the prerequisite buildings to get those resources. You can also try to trade for them if an opportunity shows up and you have lords specialized in that.
Pozdrav, dobro bi bilo kada bi na srpskom jeziku napravio jedan video i olaksao igricu nama koji slabo stojimo sa englesnim jezikom. :D
Pozdrav, nema leba od toga. Žao mi je ali tako je.
Just flip a coin until you get good diplo and profitable resource to trade. The whole game is a casino, your impact completely depends on a starting economy and how fast you can buy first militia units. Oh wait, if difficulty higher than normal then you are going to lose against numerically weaker and flanked peasants. So you just wait for a 10 years hoping nobody steamrolls you. What a game.
Yeah... I know, it has some downsides like that particular one. How far did you get in your playthrough?
@@perafilozof not far, I decided not to bother. It's ok to watch on youtube though, lol
My militia loses 1 vs 1 to farmers with sticks. My cav never charges my loser army is always better but gives up immediately. This game is just stupid. I tried to follow the guide but it just ends um in me losing every single game instantly. enemies cav charges at me half my army is dead and flees. I charge nothing happens.
Hmmm, that doesn't sound like it is working as intended. Could you send me a video clip or screenshots of such battles?
Are you familiar with 0.A.D ??
Hi, yes, but only familiar, haven't found the time to play it. Have you?
@@perafilozof some, I know it's free & open source
@@AcidiFy574 indeed, there was an attempted from some very bad people to sell the game on Steam pretending to be the developers.
I found a weird RTS. It's called "Mechabellum".
Oh? Let me write that down for future Research! Thank you very much!
@@perafilozof Mechabellum is almost like Warpips. I think.
Warpips?
@@perafilozof Yes. Have you seen the gameplay of Warpips?
Oh this one? ( Had to Google it) I saw it months ago, but it is too far from a true RTS for me.