As a Baron of the Vlandians, I managed to get from a mercenary to the lord of a large strip of territory in 10 in-game years. How? Well, we only managed to get about 2 cumulative years of peace out of 10 total. A strange cycle appears to have been born ever since we broke Battania's back: we fight Battania for a month, in the closing days the council overwhelmingly votes in favor of declaring war on the empire, we peace out Battania and we go on to fight the Western Empire. The war doesn't go as smoothly as it can, Caladog declares war on us, we peace out the Empire and the cicle repeats. The cicle was only broken by the Aserai coming in, with their armies filled with high end troops, which we managed to fight back after a harsh series of battles.
Now, the game probably still needs more peacetime content to make it worth it, but goddamn I'm tired of war. It's not like our regular enemies get back in shape before coming to fight: Battania barely fields tier 2s, Elite Cataphracts are a rare sight confined to major battles, Caladog and GArios both aren't even able to get above 100 men. On our side, Sargot has fallen to 2500 prosperity from 3000 atleast, and has been used so much as a recruitment hub it basically produces nothing but recruits. It appears that, since their lands aren't being constantly destroyed, the Vlandian Lords from the interior are always eager for war, while us border bumpkins just have to suck it up.
I propose some kind of PDX style "war weariness" meter, or at the very least for the AI to consider for how long they've been at war in their calculations
Now, the game probably still needs more peacetime content to make it worth it, but goddamn I'm tired of war. It's not like our regular enemies get back in shape before coming to fight: Battania barely fields tier 2s, Elite Cataphracts are a rare sight confined to major battles, Caladog and GArios both aren't even able to get above 100 men. On our side, Sargot has fallen to 2500 prosperity from 3000 atleast, and has been used so much as a recruitment hub it basically produces nothing but recruits. It appears that, since their lands aren't being constantly destroyed, the Vlandian Lords from the interior are always eager for war, while us border bumpkins just have to suck it up.
I propose some kind of PDX style "war weariness" meter, or at the very least for the AI to consider for how long they've been at war in their calculations