"Annoying" courtier breaking alliance - a bit too much?

[Arizal]

It happened a few times already in my game. I never had such an event before Reaper's Due, but this one strikes me by its strangeness. It isn't really fun and seems to have no basis in the game mechanics.

So, there is a random guy in my court which is annoying my courtiers. I have the choice to lose 100 prestige or to denounce this random guy to my ally. If I do so, the ally might break the alliance!

This appears as a very weak reason to lose a valuable alliance. I understand that personnal animosities can lead to such an outcome, but then make it a malus in relationship, not a way to directly break the alliance. If the relationships become so sour that two kings cannot see each other in picture, then they could break the alliance as a result of repeated incendiary letters.

At least, this strange event allowed me to steal my aunt's kingdom. The very day she broke the alliance, I declared war on her, so it wasn't really a good idea for her to do so, as I would have been willing to keep the kingdom in a parallel branch of my dynasty before that madness.

 

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

More than usual but not too much, in my opinion.

 

[Arizal]

More than usual but not too much, in my opinion.

Fact is : I never saw this event. And I find it odd and that an alliance can break for such a stupid reason.

 

[thevmag]

Seems pretty logical in my book, as any tourist town can attest to: foreigner being a huge brute or loudmouth, causes a major embarrassment for everyone involved and becomes a huge burden: either you suck it up (prestige hit) or chew out the guest's nation (complaint sent back home). Whether alliance breaks or not depends on whether that foreign country sees you as worth holding onto (take the insult, prestige hit) or doesn't care what embarrasses you (alliance ded).

If you value prestige more, take the broken alliance. This makes you appear strong in the eyes of your nation, as you aren't letting foreigners walk all over you. Most times, unless you've been annoying them anyways, you can restart the alliance right after.

If you value your alliance more, and you're not sure you can restart it for whatever reason, sucking up embarrassments and taking hits to prestige for the greater good is just another part of regional/international diplomacy.

 

[Arizal]

Whether alliance breaks or not depends on whether that foreign country sees you as worth holding onto (take the insult, prestige hit) or doesn't care what embarrasses you (alliance ded).

The only thing is, I hope they really weight their choice like that. Because if it's a 50/50 chance, then its stupid. After losing an alliance that way, I started to take the "lose prestige" option, but the AI might not be bright enough to keep its valuable ally.

 

[TL_]

Yeah, I've seen thing for a while. I believe it's tied to the event where you can form a NAP due to your wife visiting somewhere else (or someone's wife visiting you). I always seem to only get this event in relation to that event.

 

[Arizal]

Yeah, I've seen thing for a while. I believe it's tied to the event where you can form a NAP due to your wife visiting somewhere else (or someone's wife visiting you). I always seem to only get this event in relation to that event.

I don't think I had this event. My Bavarian alliance was due to my aunt, and my English one was indeed due to my wife (I was Austrasia). The alliance with my aunt was destroyed that way.