Will the coalition triggers against me?

[Masquerouge]

I am allied with Austria, who is not in the coalition against me.
They call me to arms against Venice, who is not in the coalition against me, but Venice is allied with Genoa, who IS in the coalition.
If I answer Austria's request, will that triggers the coalition against me?

 

[Xara]

no

 

[unmerged(780209)]

Coalitions are triggered by your aggressive expansion. As you conquer others neighbors get increasingly unhappy, and join a coalition to resist your further expansion.

If you don't gain anything in the war (and usually you don't when called to arms) then you get ZERO aggressive expansion, which means no coalition can form against you.

Even if you aggressively expand, you can do it the smart way -- by releasing vassals, and then feeding provinces to the vassals and then annexing them, rather than simply conquering a lot of provinces directly.

 

[Masquerouge]

Looks like you were right
I just integrated Portugal so the whole world is in a coalition against me, Austria is the last friend I have... It was a tough call.

 

[Masquerouge]

Coalitions are triggered by your aggressive expansion. As you conquer others neighbors get increasingly unhappy, and join a coalition to resist your further expansion.

If you don't gain anything in the war (and usually you don't when called to arms) then you get ZERO aggressive expansion, which means no coalition can form against you.

Even if you aggressively expand, you can do it the smart way -- by releasing vassals, and then feeding provinces to the vassals and then annexing them, rather than simply conquering a lot of provinces directly.

There already is a coalition against me. I was just wondering how it would work in that specific case (I am called to war against an enemy not in the coalition, but allied with someone who is).