Annexation - through war

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Why not play with force annex on ?

i thought everyone uses that

 

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Some players use force annex off... for some reason.

 

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I remember trying over and over again to get a COT alone in a peace proposal, and the stupid AI kept offering me a COT, and 2 other provinces. Sounds stupid when the AI refuses a good deal (for themselves) only to offer a worse one.

I also remember in mymap when i fought the ottomans... stupid ferocious AI. Kept refusing everything. Ferocious AI is the worse to deal with tbh. Had 99% WS and most of the times had to offer a peace proposal with less then 40%.

But i also remember some other cases where i was often offered more then 8 rich provinces in a row. Cant remember if these offers could get past 100% WS, but if they didnt they were pretty close to.

i suspect that is intended as such. it actually makes perfect sense, from a logical and "balancing" point of view(i do NOT agree with but i can sense what the designers were thinking here):

if only take the cot that provides a NET advantage for u as a player. but if you take the other 2 provinces it could easilly become a disadvantage for u(stability costs and especially tech research) and balance out the ai nation by same manner. and the, 5+ years later, ai is generally in a BETTER shape to counterattack you and have good chances to get the cot back or at least screw your own economy or even stabhit you, etc. but i still think that this has been implemented as an "AI vs AI" scenario first of all...
sounds dumb at first look, but is not

Some players use force annex off... for some reason.

i bet that is becouse they forget to "adjust" settings and remeber that only when they already advanced in their game play.
by the way is any way to MODIFFY that in a save file????

 

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i bet that is becouse they forget to "adjust" settings and remeber that only when they already advanced in their game play.
by the way is any way to MODIFFY that in a save file????

Some do it on purpose.

There is an easy way to fix it if it is a mistake. Modify options after choosing the saved game in the list and before starting it.

 

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How do you turn force annex on?

 

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Force annex on is the default setting.

Before starting a game, click the Options button after selecting the scenario (same way for started game, I suppose) and select corresponding radio button for the option.