Need better announcement that ally calls you!

[Savant]

Been playing the demo for 3+ hours and like it a lot. Much more complex and detailed than previous versions.

BUT... I have screwed up several times by not honoring alliances and this has plummeted my relations, of course.

I have no idea where or how the prompt from allies appears that calls you to war. Can someone explain where this occurs? Could there be an audio prompt added for this? Or, is it obvious and I have just been immersed in the game but not attending to such things?

 

[trcanberra]

Been playing the demo for 3+ hours and like it a lot. Much more complex and detailed than previous versions.

BUT... I have screwed up several times by not honoring alliances and this has plummeted my relations, of course.

I have no idea where or how the prompt from allies appears that calls you to war. Can someone explain where this occurs? Could there be an audio prompt added for this? Or, is it obvious and I have just been immersed in the game but not attending to such things?

It seems to be one of the alert flags up in the top left - but you can miss the timing if the game is running near top speed.

There has been some discussion about an auto-pause toggle option for message groups as in CKII - seems a great idea to me.

 

[riknap]

indeed, it's one of the flashing alerts on top left.
like in eu3 however, these are easy to miss if you play at high speed.
since many players usually play at around 2x~4x however, they're usually noticed soon enough.

why does annoy me more though is that there's no way to temporarily "ignore"/minimize the popup once you clicked the icon - you'll either agree or disagree. you can wait to do either for a more opportune time (like wanting to join, but waiting until your awkwardly positioned forces are consolidated first), but you'll have to deal with the semi-transparent window in your line of sight to do so.

 

[Saczva]

I've missed some calls to war from playing too fast, I'd rather the call just appeared as a popup and paused the game than be a small flashing icon in the top left that can be easily missed.

 

[NADster]

why does annoy me more though is that there's no way to temporarily "ignore"/minimize the popup once you clicked the icon - you'll either agree or disagree. you can wait to do either for a more opportune time (like wanting to join, but waiting until your awkwardly positioned forces are consolidated first), but you'll have to deal with the semi-transparent window in your line of sight to do so.

You can check in the diplomacy window of your ally, who he is at war with. In addition to that, you see all ongoing wars in the ledger. You just have to restrain yourself from clicking the banner.
Of course this is not the best solution, but a nice workaround ...

 

[Haresus]

I have never understood why the Call to Arms does not simply pop up like everything else...

 

[Lord Canterbury]

I have never understood why the Call to Arms does not simply pop up like everything else...

Completely agree. It is one of the most important messages you are likely to get... there should at least be an option to make it a pop-up and pause.

 

[Hakko]

Yeah, it should pause the game.