'First off, we’re going to deemphasize the 'Fabricate Claim' job by giving all playable entities (including Christians) a form of 'Unjustified War' Casus Belli that will allow you to seize a single County for an upfront cost of Piety, Prestige or Gold (depending on your Religion and Government Form.) Ideally, I'd also like to replace the 'Fabricate Claim' job with something else (maybe something to do with foreign embassies and arranging marriages, or something to do with Laws. This takes time and CK II maestro Henrik Fåhraeus says he met a lot of players at the Paradox Convention a couple of weeks ago who find the process 'annoying'. Traditionally, the best way to seize land that you had no authentic claim on, through familial connections, de jure rights or other means, was to fabricate a fresh claim. After all, what kind of medieval king doesn't assume the same powers as Oliver Stone's Nixon who reckoned he could 'bomb whoever he liked?' Well, you might not get impeached for stabbing your neighbours in the back but you are going to need a good reason to carve up their territory and take a slice for yourself. If you've never played CK II you might not understand why an unjustified war would be such a big deal.

The other alterations will come in battle itself, specifically sieges. That could be a dramatic change, given that one of the most important aspects of CK II is the need for a Casus Belli to not only declare war but to inform the goals of a war. The major shift will be in the causes of war, which will no longer require justification in every instance. We already knew about upcoming geographical expansions in Crusader Kings II, making areas that were previously impassable playable, but fresh news arrived in today's dev diary and it involves changes to fundamental systems. Forget everything Fallout has ever taught you because war is changing.

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