It is 1280 and HRE has long collapsed not even leaving kingdoms after that - most of Central Europe is a collage of duchies and counties in fast changing and ever rebelling configurations. So, playing Poland, I run 5 parrallel small scale wars of conquest in these parts.
The unfortunate count of Nassau (one of the targets) calls what's left of Bohemia to his aid and they oblige. I lay siege to the count and in the mean time clear Prague and Boleslav (which is now 2/3 of the once proud Bohemia) to the ground just for the money, and also to soften them up, as they just might be next ;-) ... Nassau bends the knee after another siege, war with Bohemia is over.
But now! Since I am still at war with Norway, the brave Nords ask the duke of Bohemia to join their defensive war against me, just 3 days after Bohemia finished their Nassau kickup. What does the Bohemian duke do? But of course! He merily joins! I did not even manage to move my doomstacks off his territory, he has no levies to raise, he has just been beaten flat by me. But he joins...
I feel there is something REALLY wrong here.
I can see that he may be reluctant to loose 25 prestige for refusing to join, but he has 828 prestige exactly, so why, why, why get his nose bloody yet again?? And I will have him again in a few weeks, now that he is down to (magically restored in a split second, as they do) garrisons...
Lame...
The unfortunate count of Nassau (one of the targets) calls what's left of Bohemia to his aid and they oblige. I lay siege to the count and in the mean time clear Prague and Boleslav (which is now 2/3 of the once proud Bohemia) to the ground just for the money, and also to soften them up, as they just might be next ;-) ... Nassau bends the knee after another siege, war with Bohemia is over.
But now! Since I am still at war with Norway, the brave Nords ask the duke of Bohemia to join their defensive war against me, just 3 days after Bohemia finished their Nassau kickup. What does the Bohemian duke do? But of course! He merily joins! I did not even manage to move my doomstacks off his territory, he has no levies to raise, he has just been beaten flat by me. But he joins...
I feel there is something REALLY wrong here.
I can see that he may be reluctant to loose 25 prestige for refusing to join, but he has 828 prestige exactly, so why, why, why get his nose bloody yet again?? And I will have him again in a few weeks, now that he is down to (magically restored in a split second, as they do) garrisons...
Lame...