Something needs to be done about the AI compulsion to fight the player

[anomanderus]

I'm involved in a war with Naples as Milan because they invaded Urbino

Urbino is unoccupied because Naples decided to get military access from Ferrara and completely ignore Urbino to go attack me

I have also been involved in wars with Austria on behalf of my ally Bavaria where Austria completely avoided occupying anything in Bavaria in the early parts of the war in order to send all their soldiers to attack me, Milan, on the other side of the Alps

In what way does this make sense beyond some strange developer's idea that the AI should prioritize attacking the player over it's target that it actually needs to win the war?

 

[Miravlix]

In non-ironman games you can make the AI more or less likely to start a war with player, but thats not the same thing as what they prioritize after the war is started.

So that has nothing to do with your rant and the default is that the AI doesn't know if it's fighting a player or another AI nation.

 

[Anaeri]

I've also had provinces taken from me which weren't the wargoal (they didn't even take the wargoal...). It gave me a freaking exclave too. You need to be more cautious about who you ally now and which wars you join because you can no longer keep a magical button unpressed which lets the AI not take stuff from you if you aren't the warleader.

 

[GeneralVonGelre]

Which is stupid... cause sometimes the AI surrenders while you still have a plan to win the war