AI "Weighs" Artifact Wars too Highly

[junassa]

I'm putting this in suggestions because I'm assuming it's WAD, but I think artifact wars are too frequent and the AI seems to rather declare them than other wars.

For example: I had a ruler who was Emperor of Britannia and most of Iberia and France. Catholics won crusade for Jerusalem and I was able to put my daughter on the throne. Somehow she loses a duchy (Ardun?), by faction or holy war, I'm not certain. She's allied with me. You'd think her priority would be to declare war for that duchy, but instead she attacks a much stronger realm in the kingdom of Arabia. Fair enough I guess, as she's gaining in domain. But surely her next declared war should be against the relatively weak duchy that is de jure part of her kingdom? No, instead she declares war on a kingdom that is much stronger than she is, for artifacts. This makes no sense IMO. The first order of business any AI ruler should take is to strengthen their realm.

 

[ZBeats]

Agreed, I've been in a constant state of warfare since taking the throne (Brittany), 60% of the wars have been over artifacts.

It's not fun, it's bleed me dry, it's not realistic and now the Vikings have shown up.

 

[Blk82]

Most of the artifacts aren't even worth a war. For the common artifacts, you would spend less resources making new ones than fighting a war over it.

 

[MendoraXII]

Most of the artifacts aren't even worth a war. For the common artifacts, you would spend less resources making new ones than fighting a war over it.

Then why dont just surrender? you don't need to win all the war, as long as you keep your powerbase secure you can always try to get everything else back later : o