colonial war v germany

[claudefrog]

hey guys ive been in a colonial war with germany for probably around 1-3 years as uk. The reason i did the war was simply to get a missionary they had that i need to claim a colony in west africa (think it might be gold coast).
I got it quickly then took some of their cameraroon colony. I asked for a white peace but they refused. They then started to push me back through the gold coast, so even though i still had +5 or +10 war score they still refused a white peace. So i offered to give them a province they still refuse. I am starting to push them back to cameroon but its just annoying. I just want 'peace in our time' . How long does it ussually take in a pretty stalemate colonial' war for a peace deal to work ???
The main reason why its annoying is i havnt updated my navy so the germans are starting to dominate the seas...

 

[Orm]

Well apparently the AI thinks it can win this. You need to show them differently. Capture all their colonies and you should have 100% warscore.

 

[Finnish Dragon]

I would say that not to update a navy while being British is very foolish. Historically, UK´s naval doctrine was that UK should have a larger navy than the next two great power navies. Also, if you play as any other nation and observe how AI UK builds dozens of cruisers, battleships and dreadnoughts then you will find that having a naval race with UK could be very frustrating. I have plenty of experience in this while playing Germany.

However, having a very large and powerful navy is a very good insurance against colonial wars. Also, another insurance against colonial wars is to keep good relations on other great powers.

 

[henryjai]

build one navy, then.


you should be able to build one bigger than him since the AI Ger is dumb.

 

[NikkTheTrick]

The main reason why its annoying is i havnt updated my navy so the germans are starting to dominate the seas...

Which means they should demand more provinces from you

If you want peace, either get their War Exhaustion high by destroying loads of their troops or capture many of their colonies to get warscore much higher.

Otherwise, just wait untill Germans send their terms to you and accept them.

Anyway, UK in human hands is a monster. Build a huge navy (let them occupy colonies for a while if necessary) and show them who rules the waves.

 

[claudefrog]

lol about time they accepted peace!! I had them in a stalemate in the same location (east gold coast) they occupied two of the provinces but i held the one they needed to break through. They tried and tried again (around 35-40divs verse my 18) but kept failing. I started to build my navy up and just as i was about to send them to sea to kill some germans i noticed the french were now at peace with germany and thought why cant i get peace!!?? I noticed the germans were 19% war exhausted. So i just offered a white peace and they have accepted!!! Wooh! Now i build my navy properly and kill them later hahahaha :rofl: . i was also about to mobilise my whole army too . the war went for around 5-6 years.

 

[shasla6]

Don't get in colonial wars. They are bottomless unhistorical quagmires.

 

[Gwalcmai]

hey guys ive been in a colonial war with germany for probably around 1-3 years as uk. The reason i did the war was simply to get a missionary they had that i need to claim a colony in west africa (think it might be gold coast).
I got it quickly then took some of their cameraroon colony. I asked for a white peace but they refused. They then started to push me back through the gold coast, so even though i still had +5 or +10 war score they still refused a white peace. So i offered to give them a province they still refuse. I am starting to push them back to cameroon but its just annoying. I just want 'peace in our time' . How long does it ussually take in a pretty stalemate colonial' war for a peace deal to work ???
The main reason why its annoying is i havnt updated my navy so the germans are starting to dominate the seas...

From your description, it sounds like you were losing the war. So you were rather lucky they took the peace.

Serves you right for starting that war against a country with a better navy and larger army, and it would serve you even righter if the AI had been a bit more stubborn.

Couldn't you just buy the claim, instead?

 

[NikkTheTrick]

Don't get in colonial wars. They are bottomless unhistorical quagmires.

100 % agreed.

"Hi! We are France and we declare Colonial war on you, Germany. Yes, we are perfectly aware that your army will tear us to shreds in a few days, however you have no navy! So, we will just take over your colonies while your troops are prevented from coming to France by invisible wall! All your base are belong to us!"

 

[Gen. Skobelev]

100 % agreed.

"Hi! We are France and we declare Colonial war on you, Germany. Yes, we are perfectly aware that your army will tear us to shreds in a few days, however you have no navy! So, we will just take over your colonies while your troops are prevented from coming to France by invisible wall! All your base are belong to us!"

It would be fun if the more prestigious country or the one with higher overall standing at war could decide to change the war to regular war. That way colonial wars could still be picked to solve purely colonial issues but they would be pretty dangerous adventures to wage against more powerful foes.

Germany: "Oh yeah? Well, I guess this is then no longer colonial war. Onwards to Paris!"

France: "Oh sh*t."

 

[OHgamer]

Don't get in colonial wars. They are bottomless unhistorical quagmires.

amen.

they are the first on my Madame Defarge list of things to change.

 

[NikkTheTrick]

It would be fun if the more prestigious country or the one with higher overall standing at war could decide to change the war to regular war. That way colonial wars could still be picked to solve purely colonial issues but they would be pretty dangerous adventures to wage against more powerful foes.

Germany: "Oh yeah? Well, I guess this is then no longer colonial war. Onwards to Paris!"

France: "Oh sh*t."

I'd say any nation should be able to expand a war into a full one, regardless of strength or prestiege.

Make it cost a prestige hit (say, half of "regular" DoW) if necessary, but everyone should be able to make colonial wars full.

Or remove them completely. I fail to see how a war where dreadnoughts are sunk and divisions are wiped out is so "limited" that mainland cannot be invaded.

 

[The BadgerUK]

I'm with Nikk - it is a shame you can't turn a colonial war into a 'regular' one. It doesn't seem completely out of character, so to speak.

And for what it's worth: Someone set us up the bomb.