What is the purpose of the "Secrets in the Alliance" event?

[Northernwwater]

I always just take the 10 spy increase from my ally.

 

[Horn and Ivory]

I always just take the 10 spy increase from my ally.

Totally trivial in SP.

In multiplayer the tipoff that your ally is building a spy network on you can be... handy.

 

[Northernwwater]

Ah, I see. Thanks!

 

[_sigge_]

I've seen that event happen in multiplayer on my ally even without me building a spy network on them

 

[sr999]

I've seen that event happen in multiplayer on my ally even without me building a spy network on them

Sounds like the game is trolling your alliance! Feature or bug?

 

[deathbypie]

For the event:
trigger = {
has_dlc = "Mare Nostrum"
num_of_allies = 1
}

Oddly, it doesn't matter if any spying is actually taking place. You just need at least one ally.

 

[Horn and Ivory]

Hah. Seems that the purpose of the event is to troll you, then.

 

[DarthDanMan]

The event is literally pointless currently.

 

[wingren013]

Its so common too. Happens maybe 5 or 10 times a campaign. It should really just be removed to improve performance.

 

[Zohtun]

I guess it's to intensify paranoia and make you suspect your allies?

It's one way to make you distrust your "friends" and reposition them as the potential threats they actually are...

 

[raikaria]

Totally trivial in SP.

In multiplayer the tipoff that your ally is building a spy network on you can be... handy.

Actually; this is false.

I've had people say in multiplayer that the event fired on them from my country; when I do not have a single diplomat even in their country; let alone building a spy network. Likewise I've had it fire on me from countries who are not using a diplomat in my country at all.

The only requirement for the event to fire is that you have an alliance. No spy networks being built are required.

The event can pop up any time; and it's only purpose is to try and break up alliances with negative opinion modifiers. The +50% chance of +10% spy network should be selected every time; because the vast majority of the time; your ally isn't even actually building a spy network in your country in the first place.

It's a pointless red herring of a 3 year pulse event. But at least it's not a comet.

 

[Badesumofu]

It seems even more pointless now that the get 75 spy network for free on a neighbour with lower prefessionalism event is in the game.

 

[Northernwwater]

It seems even more pointless now that the get 75 spy network for free on a neighbour with lower prefessionalism event is in the game.

That event happens a lot if you have high professionalism.