Why don't we gain any favors in lost wars?

[Stadhouder]

Is there any point in being a good ally if your called in war and and you look at the participants and you know this is probably not a winnable war? Or maybe it is an winnable war but you know your AI ally will just screw it up by not doing any effort on defending the war goal and instead going for a nice continental tour...

Anyway, it annoys me that if I'm a good ally, I have like 75% participations score and if I wouldn't have done what I did my 'friend' would certainly have lost more than 2 provinces and 68 ducats. My 'friend' took all the war reparations of my our enemy's weaker allies I did kick out of the war, instead of keeping them occupied for a bit to have some counter war score at least. Then it peaces just as the enemy capital is about to fall, and I don't get even a thanks in the form of favors. A prestige and reputation hit is a small price to pay for not having your manpower pool and depleted and being able to go on with own plans. I feel me being a good boy and at least trying to keep the damage minimal should be rewarded and with at leats a: "Hey thanks, here some favors" or something.

 

[Cpt.Cross]

I like to imagine I get a sarcastic "yea thanks" for participating.

If anything its just another reason to consider taking the merits of taking the diplo hit and bailing when your ally has got in over his head.

 

[Stadhouder]

I like to imagine I get a sarcastic "yea thanks" for participating.

If anything its just another reason to consider taking the merits of taking the diplo hit and bailing when your ally has got in over his head.

LOL, yeah I imagine it says something like: "If you were helpful, how come we didn't win?"

But exaclty, there's no gameplay reason to be a good ally. AI Allies are to be abused and thrown away. But even if for roleplaying reasons I would like to some favurs for answering the call to arms and participating, win or lose.

 

[pinetemplar]

I like to imagine I get a sarcastic "yea thanks" for participating.

If anything its just another reason to consider taking the merits of taking the diplo hit and bailing when your ally has got in over his head.

Sad truth of EU4. Abandon idiots when you have to - they will debt spiral anyway and not be useful for the next 100 years anyway.

 

[The_Sound_Of_Violence]

If anything its just another reason to consider taking the merits of taking the diplo hit and bailing when your ally has got in over his head.

I learned it the hard way when I joined an ally in his suicidal offensive war only to have him give my capital province our opponent in the final peace deal.