BB wars as a good thing...

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As Turkey I try and annex the marmeluks right of the bat. Try to take the persians as soon as possible after that. Then I build my forces and place them on the border of the country I want. I then declare war on the country that gives me the lowest Stab. loss. Eventually, the country (notice I say country and not province, I love playing turkey) I want to take will declare war on me along with the rest of the world. I pay off the countries I don't want to fight, fight the ones I want. Then, when I start getting hit with revolts, I settle for all the provinces I can. My empire gets huge, quickly, with very little stability loss. I start a war every 5-10 years. I love BB wars. They make the game much more interesting. I just wish I had more diplomats. Question though... To the purists, is profiteering from the BB wars cheating? I do the same thing with England, although generally much later in the game. Also, are there historic precedents of this? I know EU isn't all about conquering, but it makes the game much more interesting (I couldn't play a banker... snooze).
Please don't tell me to go back to playing Civ II... I can't even look at the game after playing EU.

 

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Originally posted by Limey B
Please don't tell me to go back to playing Civ II... I can't even look at the game after playing EU.

Why should you,when you have EU.

 

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Originally posted by Limey B
Question though... To the purists, is profiteering from the BB wars cheating?

To this I answer: not if done with Pskov in a MP game

 

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Hmmm, I see your point,

but if it was a MP game, did you get the BB points off real (human) talent or were you just tidying up a few AI states to get closer to the competition?

Heretic

 

[Nikolai II]

Originally posted by Limey B
Question though... To the purists, is profiteering from the BB wars cheating? I do the same thing with England, although generally much later in the game. Also, are there historic precedents of this? I know EU isn't all about conquering, but it makes the game much more interesting

If you are on conquest mode I think you should only annex, at least as the Turks with their cheap armies.

If you aren't on a conquest mode you should instead force everyone to pay you money for peace (And only take provinces that are CB-shielded or just too cute to pass up on )