Hive,
I had him DOW to avoid the stabhit, but I had no idea he'd go so far as to invade Prussia himself...
Three things contributed to the last session:
A. Sweden was unwilling to fight Russia. Guess why.
B. Either Prussia's diplomacy was severely lacking in comparison to Russia's or the international community was disinterested in her fate (fair enough, but you can't turn around and bitch about it).
C. This is the weakest Germany I think I've ever seen. There is no great military power in central Europe-apart, that is, from the Ottoman Empire and Russia. There is no Greater Austria. There is no German Empire. There is no trans-German Imperial Sweden. There isn't even a Bloated Poland.
In any event, I did not expect to meet as little resistance as I did, and consequently, rather than taking a line of provinces directly to the French border and fortifying them to max support, as planned, I merely vassalized. And not only did I merely vassalize, I sent nine thousand ducats to Berlin, a move that had virtually nothing to do with in-game interests and everything to do with revitalising a country that was left alone and defenseless. Essentially, Elizabeth died and Peter III took over. Prussia was spared.
It was a mistake. But you have absolutely zero ground to criticize me for gutting another player.
(something that has become, in EU II MP, a game, an unfathomable anathema)
