I took me looong time to read all posts written since yesterday evening.
I heavily regret something went wrong with my EU2 and I couldn't participate in last session. I think I could have done good things for gameplay. I signed alliance with Portugal leaving Austria and Poland alone. That's all what I could do. But my plans were more ambitious. I was thinking about improving relations with Sweden to change a bit balance of powers. I knew Ingermanland is gone for good and if I were playing yesterday, Sweden pobably wouldn't be my attack target. You may say some alliance are too constant, but I believe situation in Eastern Europe is ... natural. From the beginning I supported Austria against OE. Maybe it wasn't much valuable support but at least I tried. I wanted to have strong Austria weakening position of OE, which i found my natural enemy - they were opressing many orthodox men. Really wise response for OE was alliance with Sweden which could keep Russia busy in north. To keep some balance and give Elio some fun from this game I let Poland live in peace. Later the situation changed: I didn't want to hurt them because I knew that if I attack , Swedes would do the same and take much more valuable provinces than I could, so Sweden would strenghten it's position more than I would.
The situation in Western Europe really seems strange. All countries living in peace and quiet. But like Ederon I'm against any strict regulations in this case. If anyone thinks some alliance is uber, he always can try convince one of uber-allies to change position - just a little bit diplomacy.
For me game is unplayable for player, when he can do nothing, no place to expand, being bullied by neighbours. Like SGA I missed a few sessions and my subs not always done their work in way I expected . Russia is weak now , but I enjoy playing it as far as I can reduce my frustration and anger by beating some Manchu or Uzbekistan
. I can understand someone can't have fun from this game more, so maybe we could make voting, who wants to continue ?
What provinves were lost by Russia ? Kexholm and Karelia ?
I heavily regret something went wrong with my EU2 and I couldn't participate in last session. I think I could have done good things for gameplay. I signed alliance with Portugal leaving Austria and Poland alone. That's all what I could do. But my plans were more ambitious. I was thinking about improving relations with Sweden to change a bit balance of powers. I knew Ingermanland is gone for good and if I were playing yesterday, Sweden pobably wouldn't be my attack target. You may say some alliance are too constant, but I believe situation in Eastern Europe is ... natural. From the beginning I supported Austria against OE. Maybe it wasn't much valuable support but at least I tried. I wanted to have strong Austria weakening position of OE, which i found my natural enemy - they were opressing many orthodox men. Really wise response for OE was alliance with Sweden which could keep Russia busy in north. To keep some balance and give Elio some fun from this game I let Poland live in peace. Later the situation changed: I didn't want to hurt them because I knew that if I attack , Swedes would do the same and take much more valuable provinces than I could, so Sweden would strenghten it's position more than I would.
The situation in Western Europe really seems strange. All countries living in peace and quiet. But like Ederon I'm against any strict regulations in this case. If anyone thinks some alliance is uber, he always can try convince one of uber-allies to change position - just a little bit diplomacy.
For me game is unplayable for player, when he can do nothing, no place to expand, being bullied by neighbours. Like SGA I missed a few sessions and my subs not always done their work in way I expected . Russia is weak now , but I enjoy playing it as far as I can reduce my frustration and anger by beating some Manchu or Uzbekistan
. I can understand someone can't have fun from this game more, so maybe we could make voting, who wants to continue ?What provinves were lost by Russia ? Kexholm and Karelia ?
