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The plan of Alexios 1 Komnenos with the First Crusade was to simply use the crusaders as mercenaries. OTL, they acted more way too independently for his plans to work.
My question is: What if the First Crusaders were more subservient to Alexios? Would the First Crusade be more or less successful? How?