And while the answer to this is “depends on your playstyle”, there are nonetheless certain DLC packs that add so many great features to the game that it doesn't matter if you're playing as a Norse pagan in Sweden or a Brahmin in India, you're still going to love what the DLC has to offer.With that in mind, we'll go ahead and rank all 15 DLC releases from “if you don't have this DLC, you're missing out on the true value of the whole game” to “don't bother”. Essential DLC 1. The Old GodsThis isn't just author bias: The Old Gods is the gateway DLC that makes just about all of the other major CK2 DLC packs that aren't about the monotheistic religions work.Want to play as the Mongols? If you want Tengri factions, the religion of the early inhabitants of that part of the world, you'll need The Old Gods.

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Want to play as a Lithuanian or a Finn with the Romuva or Suomenuosko faiths? Want to fight back the advance of Islam and restore Zoroastrianism in Persia? You guessed it, Old Gods.With this expansion, large swaths of the map become playable, and where there's large swaths of map, there's a need to get the DLC that unlocks them.The Old Gods expansion also provides an 867 AD start date, right at the height of the Viking Age; even though it's been largely superseded by Charlemagne's 769 start, it's still two centuries more of history per playthrough.This DLC is so much fun in its own right and unlocks so much fun in other DLC packs that tend to require it, that there's no reason not to get it. CK2 just isn't right without it. CharlemagnePlaying CK2 without the 769 AD start date almost feels like heresy once you've had this DLC installed for a while.

Paradox didn’t leave out Crusader Kings 2 at their fan event in Gamescom, announcing a new DLC for that game as well. This add-on will be all about the “Father of Europe,” Emperor Charlemagne. Nov 14, 2015  Crusader Kings II. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. Best dlc to start early is charlemagne,right? Hello, if oyu want to have time to build your empire, best dlc is charlemagne because you start really earlly right?300 years of additionnal gameplay is good i guess.

History develops across nearly 700 years, the initial setting is a fantastic one, and all kinds of old religions like Zoroastrianism aren't fringe yet.It's the perfect starting point for a campaign. Heck, this game stretches so far back that the Vikings have to wait 24 years before they get a crack at Lindisfarne.Besides the well-fleshed-out event chain for Charlemagne himself, this DLC introduces the Chronicle, which keeps track of the story of your faction and the world across all that history.On top of that, this also is the DLC that opens up “Create Kingdom” that isn't bound by geography. If you've got enough duchy titles, crown yourself king. Get enough kingdoms and make your own empire. It opens up player strategy in ways that the de jure system is sometimes at a loss to properly do.More strategic variety means more varied ways to play, and more varied ways to play means more fun. But even if this DLC did nothing but set the clock back at the start, it'd still be essential.

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Holy FuryThis is the biggest pure content pack in terms of changing the way the game is played without adding a new start date or new factions to the game.In a nutshell, Holy Fury is less DLC and more overhaul mod.For one thing, it buffs pagans big-time.

Not in my opinion, no. The starting blobs of empires seems like it would create uninteresting starts for too many places.Trust me, even a standard game from 1066 to 1453 is a really long time. I can say that almost certainly if you start from even that time, you probably would stop playing that dynasty well befroe the time runs out. The Charlemagne start date gives time you don't need at all, and you may be bored from the relative lack of options that the worse technology causes.More importantly, you don't need that much time to build up a massive empire. Even starting from 1066, you can go from count to emperor of a massive swathe of land in less than 200 years.If you do want an early start, go with The Old Gods. Charlemagne is one of the least enjoyed DLCs, and the Old Gods is probably the most popular one.

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Originally posted by:Not in my opinion, no. The starting blobs of empires seems like it would create uninteresting starts for too many places.Trust me, even a standard game from 1066 to 1453 is a really long time. I can say that almost certainly if you start from even that time, you probably would stop playing that dynasty well befroe the time runs out. The Charlemagne start date gives time you don't need at all, and you may be bored from the relative lack of options that the worse technology causes.More importantly, you don't need that much time to build up a massive empire.

Even starting from 1066, you can go from count to emperor of a massive swathe of land in less than 200 years.If you do want an early start, go with The Old Gods. Charlemagne is one of the least enjoyed DLCs, and the Old Gods is probably the most popular one.I would have to disagree with this post, as it really depends on what part of the world you are playing in.

Charlemagne is a great start to create the Empire of Francia (as you just need your brother to die), is a great starting point for England (as there are no Norse blobs, but still not ideal as they may launch a prepared invasion), and is the easiest start (in my opinion) for the Byzantine Empire.I generally choose a Charlemagne start, but sometimes I will chose an Old Gods start. I don't really like later starts as the game has less years. Originally posted by:Not in my opinion, no. The starting blobs of empires seems like it would create uninteresting starts for too many places.Trust me, even a standard game from 1066 to 1453 is a really long time. I can say that almost certainly if you start from even that time, you probably would stop playing that dynasty well befroe the time runs out.

The Charlemagne start date gives time you don't need at all, and you may be bored from the relative lack of options that the worse technology causes.More importantly, you don't need that much time to build up a massive empire. Even starting from 1066, you can go from count to emperor of a massive swathe of land in less than 200 years.If you do want an early start, go with The Old Gods. Charlemagne is one of the least enjoyed DLCs, and the Old Gods is probably the most popular one.I would have to disagree with this post, as it really depends on what part of the world you are playing in. Charlemagne is a great start to create the Empire of Francia (as you just need your brother to die), is a great starting point for England (as there are no Norse blobs, but still not ideal as they may launch a prepared invasion), and is the easiest start (in my opinion) for the Byzantine Empire.I generally choose a Charlemagne start, but sometimes I will chose an Old Gods start. I don't really like later starts as the game has less years.Simply needing a brother to die to create the Empire of Francia is an example of my point- it creates many uninteresting starts that are way too easy.By the time you have a large empire, the game gets much easier. If you have that within a generation of starting, you could conquer the whole world in 200 years.The consensus I've seen is that few players even play for 400 years before switching out.The extra time from Charlemagne is entirely unnecessary, and having just a few large blobs on the map isn't as interesting as other starts.

I'd say Old Gods. However, I've tried my hand at 4 differen't Charlemagne starts and so far the blobs haven't always survived. In my current game the Abbasids fell apart leaving a lovely amount of border gore all over the middle east and north Africa. Someone managed to break away from France, create Germany and the two are busy beating each other senseless.Now, the Umayyad Sultante owns Iberia and Maghreb and the Byzantines are still around. But it's definately an interesting game at the moment in 850-something.That said, what Zednaught was saying is true. 1066-1453 is still a long game and once you get rolling it doesn't take much time to create an empire. I also have yet to actually finish a game I started from the Charlemagne start as well.