Philip II said:
Fred, i dont see France, burgundy, or even aragon participating in this war. Dont claim that the uber alliance is attacking the OE when this is so not the case.
You're right, it isn't the whole of the uber alliance that is attacking me, but I am being attacked by the nations with the largest and third largest manpower pools, along with a nation whose navy has been massively expanded through foreign funding. Aragon are thanked for remaining neutral in this pointless war.
And yes, england you are uber and you are the center of attention. You own the wealthiest and majority of cots, placing the rest of europe at your mercy when it comes to trading.
Not so, as a simple reading of the stats would show. Yes, England has the highest trade efficiency and the most CoTs. However, this is a small advantage and nowhere near the stage where it "places the rest of Europe at his mercy". As for claiming England owns a majority of CoTs, five is somewhat less than half of thirty, to say the least.
This would be no big deal, but every time someone tries to expand outside of europe into heathen territory (not the turks in this case), we are contested. France invaded india to acquire wealthy provinces and establish an asian pressence. The turks responded by threatening me with war because india is *theirs*. They then tell me that they will cal upon english aid in the event of a war ~ EVEN THOUGH I SAID I WOULD NOT CALL MY ALLIES < yes owen you did say that you would involve england even though YOU are suppose to be the indian *protector*.
Indeed. That was in response to your claim that I could not take India from you because in order to get enough war score, I would have to prosecute the war in France itself. If I claim to be protector of India it means I am able to invade India, not France.
How is any nation suppose to stand alone when they have to constantly deal with this bullshit. England, Ottomans, you both did this to yourself. Both of you are incredibly large and powerful. Stop trying to make us look like the bad guys.
Austrian threats and other nations' blind acceptance of Austrian propaganda have forced England and OE to help each other. You are confusing cause and effect.
Despite that, at no time have England and the OE co-ordinated their attacks, and in fact I have gone out of my way to avoid doing so.
My number one goal in every game is to maintain balace. While austria is definetly large, it is still exceeded by england and the turks. If the english really wanted to see the break up of this uber alliance then they would make concensions and downsize. Remeber, there was a time when france and even burgundy were english allies, but then the english grew disgustingly large and wealthy, snatching up numerous COTs. England even forced denmark into vassalization. If england was really so intouch with the feelings of europe, they would not need to make the danish a vassal.
Burgundy realised that as long as they remained allied with England, she would be the whipping boy of the continent, since England was unable to help defend her and she lost several provinces. Burgundy left her alliance with England, even after the two had exchanged maps of the far East, not because England was too powerful, but because England was too weak. And yet you insist that England is uber and must be stopped.