More or less bumping this thread.
Current game, 1.6.0. I'm the leader of the Aserai. We are currently in 3 wars. Here's the status of each.
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Southern Empire war has been going on forever. I'm guessing over a year in game time. They declared on us and I ended another war that was going on almost immediately. I'm basically the only one fighting it, occasionally by creating an army with others, mostly just on my own. Mostly a stalemate other than the prisoners, raids & casualties inflicted. Probably 1/2 their military is mercs. We've mostly gained Morenia without losing territory, but recently they've taken Sestadaim, which, of course is the only one mentioned by the game so it should be considered a draw with them receiving unreasonable losses. Most of the time they've wanted tribute from us to end it, but occasionally (even before they took Sestadaim) they've offered tribute.
We've been at war with Khuzait for a while now. I believe we declared on them because I didn't want to waste the influence overriding my lord's decision (100% voted for it, of course) and I also figured they would be more likely to end the Southern Empire war if we had another another opponent. Despite my lack of involvement we've taken 2 or 3 territories from them, including Makeb. They've taken nothing. Of course the game mentions only one castle we've taken. The Khuzaits have been offering us tribute to end it pretty much the whole time.
The Northern Empire war is fairly recent. They declared on us. They've recently taken both Makeb & a Khuzait castle (Jogurys) from us. We've taken nothing. Mostly they've been wanting tribute from us, but since they recently took 2 of our territories they are willing to pay us now.
So...here's some points... Since the war with the Southern Empire started 0% of my lords have wanted peace with anyone. I've checked numerous times, particularly since the war with the Khuzaits started. I tend to check more often when one of our holdings is being besieged figuring maybe my lords don't want to lose their territories..
Here's some questions...
My war strategy is balanced (I never change it). Why do they have a total of 38 successful raids and I have a total of 0? I don't particularly like raids and don't do them myself, but I would certainly think some of my lords would, particularly the one or two mercs I've hired.
Why do 100% of my lords ALWAYS want war? Even when their territories are being besieged with no one going to defend them they don't want to end the war to avoid losing their territory. I'm willing to pay influence to end wars and occasionally I propose ending a war even with 0% support (hoping maybe I can end it with maybe 400-500 influence). But it always would cost between 900 & 1100 influence to override my lords. Honestly this is my biggest complaint as far as this thread is concerned. I only have about 1500-2000 influence at any time and if I spend 1k of it when I am not desperate I won't have it once I become desperate. I can understand some lords wanting to continue wars, maybe even over 50%. But in a year of game time you are going to tell me not one lord is EVER going to want a war to end, even when we are warring 3 kingdoms and even when they are about to lose a territory if the war continues? Fix this ****, Taleworlds.
Someone mentioned earlier in this thread that the lords love money and resist ending war when they have to pay money. Right now they could choose any of the 3 that we are at war with and gain tribute. Nope. They don't want it.
Quite frankly what would make sense would have been to make peace with the Southern Empire probably 10 game days ago when they were offering us tribute and we had gained a territory (which doesn't show). It would also make sense to make peace at pretty much any time against the Khuzaits after taking Makeb, a castle, and possibly one other territory, when they were offering us tribute. Then we could concentrate on the Northern Empire and probably successfully defended our territories or, if not, certainly would be able to take them back.