Short Version: I declared war on China while the UK was at war with them. Within a few months the UK intervened on the Chinese side. How can I stop this? Does good relations with the UK help?
In my Dai Nam game I had become civilized and was looking to expand beyond the small area I had access to. I sat on my hands waiting for something to happen that would let me invade China, because making a protectorate out of Brunei or whatever seemed like a waste. I also don't have any naval techs, focusing on tech-making techs and literacy.
Finally I noticed that Venezuela was asking me for military access - so I knew something was up. I looked to see who was at war, and I saw a massive stack of flags on one side (led by UK), and China on the other.
This was my big chance. UK stacks were dueling with Chinese stacks just on the other side of our border, clearing a nice space for me to slide over and set up for a defensive war. Things went well at first, with some big wins giving me almost 10% warscore. China started a battle where they were at a net disadvantage of -5; so even while my tech was not super modern, it was a huge slaughter. I lost a few, but was able to push them back...
Then suddenly I got a huge wave of battle lost popups - the UK, despite military access and etc, had intervened on the chinese side, and their armies returning from the front had declared war, and their navy had sunk my tiny blockade force...
Russia dogpiled on, but was not a big concern.
Is there any way to prevent this sort of thing?
In my Dai Nam game I had become civilized and was looking to expand beyond the small area I had access to. I sat on my hands waiting for something to happen that would let me invade China, because making a protectorate out of Brunei or whatever seemed like a waste. I also don't have any naval techs, focusing on tech-making techs and literacy.
Finally I noticed that Venezuela was asking me for military access - so I knew something was up. I looked to see who was at war, and I saw a massive stack of flags on one side (led by UK), and China on the other.
This was my big chance. UK stacks were dueling with Chinese stacks just on the other side of our border, clearing a nice space for me to slide over and set up for a defensive war. Things went well at first, with some big wins giving me almost 10% warscore. China started a battle where they were at a net disadvantage of -5; so even while my tech was not super modern, it was a huge slaughter. I lost a few, but was able to push them back...
Then suddenly I got a huge wave of battle lost popups - the UK, despite military access and etc, had intervened on the chinese side, and their armies returning from the front had declared war, and their navy had sunk my tiny blockade force...
Russia dogpiled on, but was not a big concern.
Is there any way to prevent this sort of thing?
