Do you maintain specific border armies that are dedicated not to leave the border to go to another border and fight another enemy.
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Not really, I'll either base armies close to a potential target, or as reserve formations towards the centre of my geographical area. Depending on the size of my country I don't mind letting the enemy in, they're not going to get out again!
I base all my armies on my borders, some in recently conquered (revolt prone) provinces and one huge army in my capital. The border armies are there to defend and in case of war, walk straight into the enemy's backyard
But aren't strong border armies nessessary if you wish to have a country full of manufacturies.
Plus I rarely imploy the hold of with cavarly tactic. I don't thinks it's cheating it's just a hustle.
Plus I rarely imploy the hold of with cavarly tactic. I don't thinks it's cheating it's just a hustle.
In provinces I like. Say if I'm France I will put them in Paris, Flanders and Lyon. So not close to the border 
I base armies next to provinces I want to capture in the next war, and also in some of the revolting provinces. Occasionally I defend my borders, but only if the threat can be easily handled. Much easier to take out the enemy capital.
Which is why I build manufactories in my colonial provinces-and I always have colonial provinces!
The Ai sucks at threatening them. Otherwise, consider which provinces are well used invasion corridors-some stand out more than others.
that is true, but I think border patrol is more realistic.
Cause in reality there were no small unexpected invasions. Huge maybe, but any decent country, (it's decent if its full of manufacturies) was able to more or less seal it's borders against an enemy force large enough to pillage.
Cause in reality there were no small unexpected invasions. Huge maybe, but any decent country, (it's decent if its full of manufacturies) was able to more or less seal it's borders against an enemy force large enough to pillage.
You might want to rephrase that in light of the normality of seeing minor German nations with manufactories in each province in EU!
"Border patrol" is roughly equivalent to a "perimeter defense", which is a long way from always being the best strategy-nodal defense is more flexible.