Lethargic Allies

[Jon Shafer]

Okay. I'm Brandenburg, and I allied with Wurzburg, Saxony and Magdeburg. Soon after, Poland attacks Prussia and the Teutonic Order. While Poland is busy, I declare war on Poland, and move my troops in. My allies join me in the war, but they never do anything with their troops. They just let them sit there, sometimes not even building more troops. Is there any reason for this, or any way I can make them get moving?

 

[unmerged(7653)]

Weird.
I've never seen any AI's do that with me.
Maybe their lazy.

 

[kurtbrian]

nope thats entirely their choice not to participate in the war.

Haven't you ever honoured your alliance and then just sat there waiting fot the war to end??

 

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by kurtbrian
Haven't you ever honoured your alliance and then just sat there waiting fot the war to end??

I suppose so... it's just odd, being that it's June 1419, and our relations are only +20. The Teutonic alliance all mobilize, even Mecklenburg, Bremen and Holstein... Meanwhile my allies don't do a thing... of course, that is somewhat advantagous in that I get all the war spoils... and yet disturbing in case a large army of 40,000 Polish cav come by.

 

[Faeelin]

The german princedoms in particular have a tendency to just sit there with their armies.

No worries for me. Just makes the nation to get all the territories of victory!

 

[unmerged(9353)]

Well...

Originally posted by Faeelin
The german princedoms in particular have a tendency to just sit there with their armies.

No worries for me. Just makes the nation to get all the territories of victory!

They've got a lot at stake if they rush armies everywhere...they get less conservative as they expand. Bayern at 4 territories is a terror in my current GC.

 

[unmerged(9167)]

Yeah, in my game, sometime, my allies are lazy but bigger they are, less lazy they are.

 

[unmerged(3236)]

Re: Well...

Originally posted by Dirty Frank


They've got a lot at stake if they rush armies everywhere...they get less conservative as they expand. Bayern at 4 territories is a terror in my current GC.

once they get started they cant be stoped.. i saw a 9 province hessen a while ago

 

[unmerged(8739)]

i once saw kleves conquer about half of the hre. i was playing brandenburg, i owned the other half. the klevish inheretince was quite advantageous.

 

[JohnMK]

Hmmm, I can't imagine you didn't help to facilitate such a superstate prior to acquisition.

 

[unmerged(7667)]

Originally posted by Trip
... and yet disturbing in case a large army of 40,000 Polish cav come by.

Yees, now you see why.

 

[unmerged(6816)]

Next time send them a Christmas card. Or of that doesn't work just reload the game.

 

[unmerged(9214)]

Originally posted by Trip
Okay. I'm Brandenburg, and I allied with Wurzburg, Saxony and Magdeburg. Soon after, Poland attacks Prussia and the Teutonic Order. While Poland is busy, I declare war on Poland, and move my troops in. My allies join me in the war, but they never do anything with their troops. They just let them sit there, sometimes not even building more troops. Is there any reason for this, or any way I can make them get moving?

I had almost _excactly_ similar war against Poland as Brandenburg. My "loyal" allies joined the war and failed to do anything to help me. I guess they correctly realised that there would be nothing to gain (for them), Brandenburg would win the war anyway and in order to maintain good relations, they might just as well declare war on Poland.