The war system is a mess
I am currently in a game that has been going on for 35 years. For a long time I was alone, stealing castles from Vladia and Sturgia when they went to war with Battania, until I got tired of going alone and became a vassal of Battania. It was all part of a bandit roleplay, I don't know if it's relevant.
The problem I bring is the following, right now we are constantly jumping from being at war with Vladia, Western Empire and Aserai. From one to three at the same time, constantly losing and recovering cities, forcing us to enter into peace with the weakest enemy to fight against the strongest, so that later the previous one returns with everything to declare war on us. I've been like this for hours of play.
The worst of all is that the other kingdoms are no longer at war. In my game I have Stugia weakened, the southern empire has a city in Sturgia that they got by recruiting a rebel clan and nothing else. Aserai and Kusait are almost unmatched at the beginning and the empire is basically 50-50 between north and west. Out of the 3 that are at war with me, the other kingdoms are in constant peace, basically they are waiting their turn to have a reason to be at war with me.
It is worth mentioning that Aserai went to war with us because we conquered the neighboring castle to Ortysia, because of that I am now in a spiral of war with an enemy that by far should be on my list of problems and the biggest problem that Battania has It is Vladia, a nation that I was never able to reduce because of that mechanism of launching multiple wars at me.
Besides that, it seems that the allied AI tends to lose on purpose, I see allies walking straight into traps, trying to conquer territory that is geographically unfavorable. Even before yesterday, we managed to make peace with Aserai, we were at war with Vladia, who took us 3 cities in no time and the assholes of my allies decided by majority to go to war with the West. Also, since Vladia was not fighting so much, I decided to go to the east of Asherai to loot all her villages to divide her forces. Basically I left a devastated area, a plate served for the southern empire to take advantage of the situation and attack the Aserai, of course that never happened. Aserai came to peace with us and so he stayed.
What I come with all this is that the wars in the game do not have any mechanics, each kingdom does not seem to have a warlike strategic plan or purpose.
The game implies that the Empire was divided after the death of the emperor and a civil war was formed by divergent interests. This means that each Empire should have as its initial purpose to conquer all the imperial territories.
The kusait, sturgia and aserai see in this war an opportunity for expansion. Vladia and Battania too, but geographically it would be obvious that before spreading to imperial lands, these two kingdoms should fight for the dominance of the West, Battania is much weaker than Vladia, but it could be a dangerous enemy in a Vladia that expands beyond from the mountains.
I think the mechanics of war motives should be polished, it is clear that something like this already exists, because Aserai went to war with me because he entered the territory that he wishes to conquer, but this is also the problem. Aserai should have as its first purpose to conquer the territories of the western empire, but preferentially attacking the kingdom that has more territories in this area. Do not go to war with battania for a castle, in any case go to war with them when it becomes an ostacle. It's ridiculous to create new enemies that are currently your allies.
Thus, aserai would initially seek to expand attacking the west, sturgia attacking the south, and kusait the north (invading kingdoms vs. imperial kingdoms). At the same time the 3 empires would be defending themselves from these invasions which at the same time trying to expand their dominance in the empire. Vladia and Battania should initially start a western war between them.
The invading kingdoms should always give preference to their homelands if their wars go wrong. The imperial kingdoms should give preference to maintaining their original properties, secondly expanding over the rest of the empire and finally advancing on their original invader after consecrating themselves the winner of the civil war. In addition, empires, despite being in civil war, are a single nation, therefore they should not attack each other if one of these empires is being strongly attacked by an invading nation, an imperial code, immediate peace to stop invaders.
Regarding the invaders, if Aserai manages to conquer the western territory, except for Lageta, which is in the hands of Battania, because at this point Battania managed to defeat Vladia and is now spreading towards the empire, then if he went to war with Battania, but only To conquer Lageta, after being able to conquer it and not lose any western territory, you should seek peace and jump to your second objective, which should be to conquer the territories of the northern empire, from the hands of whoever they are at that time. All this I put as an example, it should be thought well how each kingdom should advance, but in general, each nation should have a well-planned and not random territorial conquest plan.
With all this and finally, if each nation has a planned expansion objective, the multiple wars would be ended and it would allow a more enjoyable game to be. It would also add more gameplay options because each nation will have a different objective and a different difficulty level, which each player can choose from the beginning, you can go easy and collaborate with an invader or Vladia, or fight fiercely to protect Battania or unify the empire, it will be a decision of the player.
It would also not be bad if the war compensations were for 30 days, that your allies are more prone to peace when they are tearing you apart and that the peace truces were more lasting and not weekly. Thanks
I am currently in a game that has been going on for 35 years. For a long time I was alone, stealing castles from Vladia and Sturgia when they went to war with Battania, until I got tired of going alone and became a vassal of Battania. It was all part of a bandit roleplay, I don't know if it's relevant.
The problem I bring is the following, right now we are constantly jumping from being at war with Vladia, Western Empire and Aserai. From one to three at the same time, constantly losing and recovering cities, forcing us to enter into peace with the weakest enemy to fight against the strongest, so that later the previous one returns with everything to declare war on us. I've been like this for hours of play.
The worst of all is that the other kingdoms are no longer at war. In my game I have Stugia weakened, the southern empire has a city in Sturgia that they got by recruiting a rebel clan and nothing else. Aserai and Kusait are almost unmatched at the beginning and the empire is basically 50-50 between north and west. Out of the 3 that are at war with me, the other kingdoms are in constant peace, basically they are waiting their turn to have a reason to be at war with me.
It is worth mentioning that Aserai went to war with us because we conquered the neighboring castle to Ortysia, because of that I am now in a spiral of war with an enemy that by far should be on my list of problems and the biggest problem that Battania has It is Vladia, a nation that I was never able to reduce because of that mechanism of launching multiple wars at me.
Besides that, it seems that the allied AI tends to lose on purpose, I see allies walking straight into traps, trying to conquer territory that is geographically unfavorable. Even before yesterday, we managed to make peace with Aserai, we were at war with Vladia, who took us 3 cities in no time and the assholes of my allies decided by majority to go to war with the West. Also, since Vladia was not fighting so much, I decided to go to the east of Asherai to loot all her villages to divide her forces. Basically I left a devastated area, a plate served for the southern empire to take advantage of the situation and attack the Aserai, of course that never happened. Aserai came to peace with us and so he stayed.
What I come with all this is that the wars in the game do not have any mechanics, each kingdom does not seem to have a warlike strategic plan or purpose.
The game implies that the Empire was divided after the death of the emperor and a civil war was formed by divergent interests. This means that each Empire should have as its initial purpose to conquer all the imperial territories.
The kusait, sturgia and aserai see in this war an opportunity for expansion. Vladia and Battania too, but geographically it would be obvious that before spreading to imperial lands, these two kingdoms should fight for the dominance of the West, Battania is much weaker than Vladia, but it could be a dangerous enemy in a Vladia that expands beyond from the mountains.
I think the mechanics of war motives should be polished, it is clear that something like this already exists, because Aserai went to war with me because he entered the territory that he wishes to conquer, but this is also the problem. Aserai should have as its first purpose to conquer the territories of the western empire, but preferentially attacking the kingdom that has more territories in this area. Do not go to war with battania for a castle, in any case go to war with them when it becomes an ostacle. It's ridiculous to create new enemies that are currently your allies.
Thus, aserai would initially seek to expand attacking the west, sturgia attacking the south, and kusait the north (invading kingdoms vs. imperial kingdoms). At the same time the 3 empires would be defending themselves from these invasions which at the same time trying to expand their dominance in the empire. Vladia and Battania should initially start a western war between them.
The invading kingdoms should always give preference to their homelands if their wars go wrong. The imperial kingdoms should give preference to maintaining their original properties, secondly expanding over the rest of the empire and finally advancing on their original invader after consecrating themselves the winner of the civil war. In addition, empires, despite being in civil war, are a single nation, therefore they should not attack each other if one of these empires is being strongly attacked by an invading nation, an imperial code, immediate peace to stop invaders.
Regarding the invaders, if Aserai manages to conquer the western territory, except for Lageta, which is in the hands of Battania, because at this point Battania managed to defeat Vladia and is now spreading towards the empire, then if he went to war with Battania, but only To conquer Lageta, after being able to conquer it and not lose any western territory, you should seek peace and jump to your second objective, which should be to conquer the territories of the northern empire, from the hands of whoever they are at that time. All this I put as an example, it should be thought well how each kingdom should advance, but in general, each nation should have a well-planned and not random territorial conquest plan.
With all this and finally, if each nation has a planned expansion objective, the multiple wars would be ended and it would allow a more enjoyable game to be. It would also add more gameplay options because each nation will have a different objective and a different difficulty level, which each player can choose from the beginning, you can go easy and collaborate with an invader or Vladia, or fight fiercely to protect Battania or unify the empire, it will be a decision of the player.
It would also not be bad if the war compensations were for 30 days, that your allies are more prone to peace when they are tearing you apart and that the peace truces were more lasting and not weekly. Thanks