declaration of war question

[unmerged(87653)]

Hey, still fairly new to EU3 - Rome, but long time player of EU3 itself.

I have a mission to capture Macedonia from Macedon, but, when I go to the DOW window the option is greyed out. I scroll to the left and I see that the senate is against the option to DOW Macedon (and incidentally any other nation for that matter). My stability is good (+2) and the consul is the same group as the majority of the senate (senate and consul are all populist).

Anybody know how to 'sway' or 'alter' (without cheating of course so don't give me any tags etc) the senates desire to go to war?

 

[jordanjay29]

Any chance of espionage? Getting a cassus belli against Macedonia might help.

If all else fails, you could try for a Dictatorship, which would be like a monarchy. Then you can declare any action without the Senate's approval.

 

[unmerged(87653)]

I actually have a COB on Macedon (I have a provincial core on Macedon itself due to an earlier mission that I had), and we have serious negative relations already. Thanks for the dictatorial idea, now just have to get a leader that fits the req's to change to that govt.

 

[CJL78]

the consul is the same group as the majority of the senate (senate and consul are all populist).

I believe this is your problem. In a republic, when you move your mouse over the button to the left of an action such as Declare War, it will show you how many senators and from what factions are in favor. Every faction is influenced by several things, such as whether the ruler is a member of the faction, the popularity of the ruler, and whether or not the faction supports that kind of action. As in, the Mercantile faction always supports creating a trade route, the Military faction always supports declaring war, etc.

But Populists are against declaring war. So if they're the majority, you're going to have trouble getting into wars when you want to. #1 thing you will learn about republics is you want to keep the populists down as much as possible. Also when a populist consul is elected, he will randomly change one of your national ideas. You want any faction but populists.

 

[unmerged(87653)]

awesome, thanks for that information, I was not aware oft this. I'll start a new game (populists have 77 seats!) with this knowledge

 

[Hardradi]

Poor populists, they never get any love. There must be some benefit to having them in power.

A populist leader should have an easier road to Dictatorship.

 

[jordanjay29]

5 Tyranny required versus 10? That could be useful. Like a Julius Ceaser-type character, whom the people want as Dictator for Life. Just beware the Ides of March.

 

[Cheexsta]

Check the Unofficial Strategy Guide for information on how to deal with populists