Random Events

[unmerged(6357)]

Hi all,

short question:

Are random events really random? Reason for asking is that I saw hints for a relation to in game processs. Example:

Third attempt to get Poland-Lithuania to fly in GC(Computer aggressive). Decided to proceed in war/economy phases. Worked fine - 4 new provinces early on, restauration and development afterwards. Currently 1535, standing army of 300.000 man, yearly tax income around 270d increasing, 2 COTs, fortesses lvl. 2 nearly everywhere, alliances with Austria, Hungary, Saxonia. Stability 3, no revolt risk with the exception of 2 of the acquired provinces (Memel, West Pommerania).

And then the random (???) event "civil war", costing me nearly half of my provinces (including the one with the highest pop) and - worse - armies with 150.000 men including one high ranked leader.

So - are the random events really random? Or does - for example - a too high number of men in a standing army trigger the event?

Regards

Thorsten

 

[hjarg]

Just your bad luck, that's all

 

[Smiffus]

IIRC, some events are 'hardcoded' in EU, like the time of troubles in Russia and a civil war event in France, but I'm not sure on that. Are you playing the IGC?

 

[hjarg]

Poland didn't have any time of troubles back then iirc.

Even if things are hardcoded, cossack uprising should be around 1650 or so.

 

[unmerged(1609)]

And Cossacks uprising not always happen. Even Chmielnicki. AAAnd even if it happens it's not a civil war (like Cromwell in England or Huguenots in France) as far as I rememeber.

 

[Carolus Rex]

Hey, it's a random event.