Well apparently 90% of the CB allow war leader changes, so the issue raised in OP stay intact.
although having the game trace alliance webs for me, would in fact ruin the entire strategy aspects of simply declaring a war for me. Remove the strategy from a strategy game, and what's left?
I like a supprise once in a while... Especially someone who has no allies, signing alliances AFTER I dow and bringing in the big boys. It's fun never being sure.
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All right, so let's say the game does not trace the web, do you agree that it should not KEEP cascading?
And do you agree that the information should be made obviously available in game? (Just like the costs for different war-goals)
Hmm, the Change Government wargoal gets it, is that the one from Revolution and Counter-Revolution, or is it the one that everybody gets against Milan while it's an Ambrosian Republic?
Hah! I'll bet that was popular with the electors.
I am a little curious why you say that declaring with no CB is better than Conquest, if it's available (you take a stab hit, your allies don't want to join and the Emperor will intervene even if you're part of the Empire and he's your ally, you take almost as much AE as getting caught fabricating...).
Say venice is allied with france but only has venizia left. 15 tax base province = 60 warscore. Would you rather, seige venice's one province then annex for the cost of stab then white peace france, or try to get 60 warscore against france....
There is no "cannot make seperate peace with target of wargoal" when there is no wargoal.
well worth the 60 admin points of a single stab hit (which you get plaugued with anyways).
Excellent point. Just note that this is with Stab cost modifiers and the Diplomacy bonus. It's still worth it at 200 ADM for two stab hits.
If you didnt take diplo and religious, yer still playing the game wrong. =P
I do think withdrawing the "no separate peace with someone you have a wargoal on" rule would be nice. That's been a pet peeve of mine...I declare war on X, Y gets involved, and now I can't cut a peace deal with the guy I started with.
I support the suggestions in the original post. Things get too chaotic when the war leader keeps switching and calling in more allies. Sometimes a war without Spain, France, Russia, and the 90k stacks would be refreshing.