To All: An early update this week as I am away for the weekend. First, feedback as usual. Just a note to say that the amount of Feedback is staggering, you are all fantastic readers
phargle (1): War exhaustion is the main thing; of course, you need to conquer a province before you can demand it, but if the nation has anywhere between 0.0 - 5% it is unliekly to accept any peace deals apart from white peace. Suggest looking at the wiki for more accurate figures and facts.
Enewald: Well it may look it at first, but I have no idea what Austria holds within it's boundries. We shall just have to probe and find out. Might be hundreds of thousands of men as far as I know... As for an event, that, I think, would be wrong. I must force Russia to accept my demands through building up their war exhaustion, and I won't get an easy way around it.
geek_knight: Welcome, thanks for catching up. If France joined in as well, I might be faced with some problems. My Corps currently holding that border could hold for a while, but French reinforcements, when they came, would end me. And movin troops over the whole of Germany is no easy task, especially when you need them to fight 2 other Great Powers...
ComradeOm, canonized: Unfortunately, the 'Conservative Emprie' event is only triggered if a) you meet the triggers or b) you win a war triggered by the 'Humiliation of Olmutz' event, which triggers in the 1850's if I remember rightly. I am considering triggering that event if I win this war, but I am undecided so far.
phargle (2, AKA the evil twin): Indeed, the Austrians have caught me at almost my strongest, though my manpower is beggining to dip a tad now. Enough to get me to Vienna though
Gallivant was just the word that came to me while I was writing; I have a very sporadic style of writing
Velendesril: Thanks for catching up, and thank you for thd compliment. God knows I am never happy with this...
comagoosie: Well, it was a bit of a backfire for them. Seeing they, in game terms, actually invaded Kraków again and I supported Kraków (although I changed it to fit the story line), I suspect they were under the impression I was an AI who would back out of a war with another Great Power for a little chunk of Poland.
Eöl: But would also have lost a lot of potential conquests, and those regions are surprisingly wealthy. The Carpathian provinces are mainly coal
As one of the leading producers of that first black gold, I am anxious to get my hands on more. If that is what Britain demands of me, they can be without a strong ally in Europe...
Helmold: You ideas on Poland are shared here. I am going to take as much as is feasable while trying to decrease the length of the front, but nothing too outrageous, both for gameplay and storyline reasons.
robw963: Hah, just with the screenshots, I spose it does look quite good. Maybe I should fix up some of those fancy video things you have and get the maps in sequence so the steam of blue can be more flowing and impressive
Hardraade: Again, I don't want to hurt Austria too badly, but I intend to give everyone a very bloody nose whether they like it not. Though, as will be explained later, most of my conquests will be driven my resources.
comagoosie: If you retaliate, you will be shot
update to follow...