Damn war resets...

[Shadow86]

So playing as the Emir of Marrakesh, and most of northwestern Africa is mine. I had sworn fealty to the Spanish Sultan to quickly feudalize, and after lots of waiting for the right time, I decide to start a war to regain my independence when my liege's armies are depleted and revolts are erupting.

Problem is, I've been fighting for years on end since the Sultan's crown has changed heads like four times so far. It takes a long while to siege holdings and chase the royal armies around, and just as I'm getting over 70-80% warscore, this or that revolt appears to be effective or subdued and my war seems to reset. It costs me all my taken territories and most of my warscore.

Isn't there any way to improve this? It's really frustrating to have my war progress negated over and over again due to what appears to be a really gamey mechanic. And my current character is almost 60, a lunatic and has gonorrhea, so he'll be kicking the bucket any moment now...

 

[Staxxy]

Sadly I think all of this is hardcoded; i.e. dependent on the engine.
CKII's handling of how to win and lose wars is easily whats prevents me from enjoying it, with or without mods, after 600+ hours.

 

[DorlasAnther]

Declare again, use console, imprison the dude, enforce demands.
CK2 is one of those rare games where using cheats in some situations is actually the right thing to do, because of bugs or some extremely stupid mechanics (Seljuk invasion, victory is close, but then emperor changes and those tens of thousands of Turks just leave peacefully).

 

[Shadow86]

Declare again, use console, imprison the dude, enforce demands.
CK2 is one of those rare games where using cheats in some situations is actually the right thing to do, because of bugs or some extremely stupid mechanics (Seljuk invasion, victory is close, but then emperor changes and those tens of thousands of Turks just leave peacefully).

Didn't think about that. In the end I just loaded as the Sultan, sent the surrender offer, saved and reloaded as my character to accept it. I was worried it'd leave a proverbial bad taste in my mouth, but it didn't: I felt entirely justified having fought that damn war three times over, especially being the underdog.

I wish Paradox would fix this, though. Wars tend to be wrongly considered affairs between characters, but in truth, especially the larger ones should be considered matters between realms. Wars should be "inherited" in full by successors and, if anything, a leader's death should damage their side's war effort, not lead to weird situations like inconclusive white peace or warscore/conquest resets.