Okay, so I'll have to look into attrition more. I can't remember that problem from EU3 or NA. Was it changed in IN?
There are two easy ways:Zanza said:So does everybody else apparently as most countries that are involved in wars that I participate in have red war exhaustion numbers.
Is there any way to mod war exhaustion so you don't get as much as you currently get?
Zanza said:Okay, so I'll have to look into attrition more. I can't remember that problem from EU3 or NA. Was it changed in IN?
Nexen said:The one historical example I can think of in the EU3 timeframe where the strategy of 'lets let them wear themselves out pillaging our lands, destroying our forts and looting our towns because it causes less internal strife than having soldiers actually fight' seemed to work is Russia's defense against Napoleon in 1812.
Gurag said:not realy sure, but didnt Russia try first to beat Napoleons armies and got slaughtered doing that? if i remember correctly, it was only after having lost a sizeable amount of their current army that the russians resorted to the "let them pillage. loot and later die of cold/short food supply"-strategy. and what did it for them was the large stretch of land they had to retreat into and their famous winter landscapes.
I agree. That's rather strange. I think the high value for dead soldiers is a late 20th century invention. It did not even lead to serious domestic problems during the world wars and I assume it did not earlier either. I am not as good as history as many here, so: Are there any revolts because of war losses in the time frame of EU3?MJAnderson said:The "strive for less attrition" tactic seems wrong to me. When the enemy attacks my country, it's better for to avoid combat and let him take my provinces than to actually battle him to keep him at bay. I think they should up the WE for losing territory and decrease it for losing men.
The whole idea of 'lets let them wear themselves out pillaging our lands, destroying our forts and looting our towns becuase it causes less internal strife than having soldiers actually fight' seems so skewed to me.
I feel exactly the same. I'm very careful as far as WE goes, so most of the time I won't even collect war taxes. BB however is an entirely different matter. I haven't had much luck with my kings' diplo skill lately, and I no longer vassalize minors but have to annex them instead due to the centralization hit.Garak said:Am I the only one who has more trouble with BB than WE? In my current game as Russia, I'm virtually paralyzed for long periods of time due to bad reputation, but my WE is 0.
Yes - in France during the Napoleonic Wars. The later stages of the English Civil War saw towns and counties arming themselves in order to stop recruiters and tax-collectors from either side entering their territory (the 'Clubmen'). There was a similar phenomenon in Germany during the Thirty Years' War.Zanza said:Are there any revolts because of war losses in the time frame of EU3?
StephenT said:Unfortunately, human players tend to approach their own wars from a more 20/21st century total war mindset, and the AI has been programmed to match them...
Nimic said:Exactly. When humans play, either versus the AI or other humans, almost any war is total war, where the object is to win completely to enforce demands. Well, maybe not 'almost any war', but most war, certainly between big nations. I'm afraid there's nothing to do about it; the AI definitely has to be programmed to act in a similar way.
Zanza said:So does everybody else apparently as most countries that are involved in wars that I participate in have red war exhaustion numbers.
Is there any way to mod war exhaustion so you don't get as much as you currently get?