A minor rant about Regency Councils

[Ultrix Prime]

I have read quite a bit of commentary about regency councils. I don't mind their limitations, the negative prestige or any of that. I'm even ok with not being able to declare wars.

What I really dislike about regency councils is that they make the game *boring*.

I understand that removing them would not be good or would unbalance the game or be ahistorical or whatever. But Paradox should consider at least spicing things up a bit.

For instance, let me have the option to back a plot to assassinate the heir and overthrow my own government in hopes of getting a more powerful leader. Throw in a risk of civil war if I try this. Do something such that one does not have to sit with the game on speed 5 to get rid of the years until the heir comes of age so that you can finally start playing the game again.

When there's a Regency Council, my first desire is to find someone to sit and stare at the game to make sure nothing big happens while I go get something to eat. Unfortunately, I don't have someone to do that.

So, please consider doing *something* to at least make this incredibly boredom inducing element of the game more action oriented.

 

[unmerged(6509)]

Enforce Peace.

Learn it, love it.

 

[bbqftw]

Enforce Peace.

Learn it, love it.

Ever since the change ensuring you cannot get warleader in such cases, most of the time it's a useless option.

 

[wergy]

Unless you have a core or a claim in which case the leader may be kind enough to give you what you want.

 

[ChildeR]

Unless you have a core or a claim in which case the leader may be kind enough to give you what you want.

IME the problem is more often that they give you too much. You pretty much always get a province you have a claim/core on unless the warleader has a lot of claims/cores themselves or white peaces out ASAP due to low war enthusiasm.

 

[Chimerae]

IME the problem is more often that they give you too much. You pretty much always get a province you have a claim/core on unless the warleader has a lot of claims/cores themselves or white peaces out ASAP due to low war enthusiasm.

If you don't want it you can give occupation to the warleader. I btw almost never get land, even if I have claims on it. Also, the AI does not get the 'was not given cores or claims' relation malus.

 

[wergy]

Yes they do. I lost a PU with Poland because I didn't give them any provinces they wanted and relations dropped due the penalty.

 

[No idea]

I have read quite a bit of commentary about regency councils. I don't mind their limitations, the negative prestige or any of that. I'm even ok with not being able to declare wars.

What I really dislike about regency councils is that they make the game *boring*.

I understand that removing them would not be good or would unbalance the game or be ahistorical or whatever. But Paradox should consider at least spicing things up a bit.

For instance, let me have the option to back a plot to assassinate the heir and overthrow my own government in hopes of getting a more powerful leader. Throw in a risk of civil war if I try this. Do something such that one does not have to sit with the game on speed 5 to get rid of the years until the heir comes of age so that you can finally start playing the game again.

When there's a Regency Council, my first desire is to find someone to sit and stare at the game to make sure nothing big happens while I go get something to eat. Unfortunately, I don't have someone to do that.

So, please consider doing *something* to at least make this incredibly boredom inducing element of the game more action oriented.

Agreed. I have never understood why the hell we cant declare war while in a Regency. It is one of the most "infamous features" of the EU serie.

 

[CaptainChiatrol]

IME the problem is more often that they give you too much. You pretty much always get a province you have a claim/core on unless the warleader has a lot of claims/cores themselves or white peaces out ASAP due to low war enthusiasm.

In my experience they give you a core in the middle of someone elses land that you cannot get to or core.

I think the AI is passive aggressive to me.

Yeah, if I was smart when I'm not in control of a war or planning to leave early I'd do the new AoW thing and change ownership of the counties that aren't on my border away from me.

I also hate being under a regency council. Especially if I don't have any internal infrastructure to work on at the moment. Often I'm expanding so far I use the regency as a chance to look my country over internally.

 

[ChildeR]

If you don't want it you can give occupation to the warleader.

Could, if I bought AoW.