Stay in Russia Rurik
This is a small AI tweak created to persuade the Rurikids to stay in Russia rather than making a beeline for Ireland.
The modifier viking_conquest_ai_score_value, which controls who the AI will target with the Conquest CB, includes a factor of 10 pulling Asatru rulers to use that CB in western Europe. This is the reason why Rurik generally starts by attacking East Francia and following it up with attacks on Britain, Ireland, Brittany and Iberia.
In this mod Asatru rulers in eastern Europe instead have a x10 multiplier for duchies along the river routes from Lake Ladoga to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, plus the city of the world’s desire.
The screenshot is from 902 and shows the Rurikids have avoided spraying themselves across the Atlantic coast and are continuing to expand in Russia.
This mod also includes two smaller changes to viking_conquest_ai_score_value. The normal x10 modifier now excludes Iberia and South East France from the preferred targets. The factor that makes attacks on settled folk more likely now looks for non-tribal government rather than reformed religion, which makes it less likely that Ireland is split between half a dozen Norwegian Jarls.
