Most factions of Christendom grumbling?

[Lord Serius]

Good evening. I'm a vassal of the Sacrum Imperium Romanum (Holy Roman Empire) in-game, and my faction recently went to war with what I assume is the Papal States. While we were at war, the Pope came up and attacked me, naturally I fought back, and surprisingly won. I catpured him thinking the ransom would be huge, but after several weeks, decided to let him go. Now, every faction that I assume has a majority of Christian populous is "grumbling" about me, having a -15 relation. Caravans run from me, but I don't have any ill intentions towards these factions. Does anybody know a way to fix this? I've tried to get back onto good footing with the pope (He's -13 with me ATM), but he never has any tasks that I could complete to raise my relation with him. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Reinhardt

 

[Riqposso]

Send gift to pope ( with a papal states lady )

 

[oroboros]

You have to make peace with every faction you're at war, i.e. with which you have a negative relationship. This is done by talking to any random lord of the particular faction and includes paying some money, around 2,000 dinar I think it was, depending on how much you're in the negative with the faction +/- some random factor. Never attack the pope or one of the Papal states and don't let yourself being attacked by them, just join in the fight if a lord from your faction is fighting some lords of theirs.

 

[Arszi]

The Papal states is no longer a passive fraction?

 

[oroboros]

The Papal states is no longer a passive fraction?

No, this has been changed since many, many revisions ago

 

[Arszi]

No, this has been changed since many, many revisions ago

I'm back after a half year of "pause" I didn't know that

 

[Lord Serius]

Thanks, Orobos. I appreciate the help. However, I do have one more question. If I become friends with the Pope, would you imagine that the factions of Christendom would become friends with me again? Or would I have to make peace with all of them just as I did with one faction. Because, to be honest, there are quite a few factions that I'd have to pay 3k+ to in order to make peace.

 

[oroboros]

Thanks, Orobos. I appreciate the help. However, I do have one more question. If I become friends with the Pope, would you imagine that the factions of Christendom would become friends with me again? Or would I have to make peace with all of them just as I did with one faction. Because, to be honest, there are quite a few factions that I'd have to pay 3k+ to in order to make peace.

Going on a crusade might be a good thing to try, which should work as it changes the relations with factions in general, but I never did try it as I either didn't care about the enemy status or I had enough money to pay them all off. And, well, you could join the Papal state, then you would get +100 relation I think it was with every Christian kingdom. Presents would also work if you're the king of your own realm for instance - as king you can send a gift to another kingdom and such gain a relation bonus. Or maybe try to gain some positive relation with a kingdom by helping one of their caravans/custodes or whatever, the -5 should then disappear (I think something like +3 for helping a caravan). But this is a lot of work if you want to achieve that with every nation. Best is to combine it somehow if you don't want to leave your current faction.

 

[Lord Serius]

I'm working on gaining fiefs and relation with lords in order to break off at some point, but I'm not King yet, so I can't send the faction itself a gift. I've pondered the Crusade option, but the Crusader states are incompetent and at war with everyone around them. Also, I'm not sure if I'll be making money from my fiefs when I go on a Crusade, since I know that the system kind of forces you to become a lord of the Crusader states when you embark.


PS: Thanks for all the help thus far! It's most definitely appreciated.