No Flanders in the HRE working as intended?

[HMatsunaga54]

What I've started to notice is that with Flanders in France, and France not bloodying themselves against their both much more aggressive. They either go against the Muslims in Iberia, first the Balearic islands then later other areas, or in the HRE's case northwards, be it against the Pagans or Denmark's territory in Holstein. As the title says is how the change is supposed to work?

 

[Voy]

The change highlights the ahistorical logic of the AI. The circumstances in history simply aren't there, otherwise it probably make sense for France and HRE to expand in those directions.

 

[HMatsunaga54]

So to bump this France now seems dead set on going to Mallorca, and from fighting any Muslim power it can get it's hands on. Playing a de Hautville game, It's almost 1300 and France and nearly conquered most of Morroco and all of Algiers and turned it French. Since there isn't a nearby power the locals don't have much in the help, I'm gonna have to do it for them. I almost to see if I can enable Sunset Invasion mid-game just to give the French something to fear.

Are there any realms under the A.I that don't see war as the only thing to do? Simply because what France is doing now is what Pisa usually tends do and that is Holy warring in Africa, Since Pisa is basically surrounded by powerful states, with an A.I that likes to fight when it smells blood, but also still within sea of Africa range because of Sardina.

 

[serivahn]

So to bump this France now seems dead set on going to Mallorca

At least your AI France is functional.
In basically every game I have had so far, all of the french armies get stuck on Mallorca in an unending holy war.