naw lotta the dlc is good but I think you can go in naked other than that
Mercia usually bumps up against Northumbria pretty fast ime, usually you can dissect Essex, Kent, Cornwall, and E Anglia pretty quickly and move the capital over to Middlesex Plus, good odds you can take over Brittany fast and form up a kingdom early if Karlings get distracted
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In my experience Mercia spends the first part exporting tribute from everyone around it (and you) so you then have to fight them to fight anyone which can leave you just unable to expand. But I've only ever made it to Empire Brittannia by starting as Ivar Boneless and pagan.
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But if you want a deep end start- either Ivar or his brother in Jorvik and starting out in the midst of a prepared invasion is intense. We did it on multi-player playing as the two brothers (my son and I) and it is crazy.
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