Dismantle forts at the negotiating table

[Riekopo]

I think that we should be able to force our enemies to dismantle their forts at the negotiating table. Anyone else agree? This is a function that is in Victoria 2, but it would also be historical and relevant for the EU4 timeframe.

Edit: I'd like to add another idea to my post. Along with being able to force your enemies to dismantle their forts. I would like to be able to force them to limit their army and navy size through a "disarmament" or "arms treaty".

 

[Wagonlitz]

I like the idea of requiring a minimum level of development for a given fort level. If not as an absolute requirement then at least as a consideration for the AI.

Luxembourg says hi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_of_Luxembourg

 

[Drachenfels]

I would say solution to forts is a bit different. Make them maintenance cheaper but default siege length 20 days. The problem is not sieging but sieging for 3 years in the mountains a single fort. So perhaps make default siege phase 24 days and decrease bonuses from 50% to 10-20%. Basically reassure that undefended fort will surrender in about a year and a bit.

 

[Drachenfels]

Also, remember, in allied provinces WE DON'T LOOT! Rome, Caesar, France, Spain, Austria, England, China, all of them are wrong! Who is right is the guy who truly believes that the farmers would continue planting in Industrial Age scale while the army takes their food for free.

The problem with your example is that you are mixing eras and even campaigns. This is true that napolean was lacking supplies in russia and it's true that tsar ordered to burn down the moscow exactly for that reason. It's also true that napoleon won war in italy by looting farmlands and supporting his soldiers this way.

 

[Wagonlitz]

I would say solution to forts is a bit different. Make them maintenance cheaper but default siege length 20 days. The problem is not sieging but sieging for 3 years in the mountains a single fort. So perhaps make default siege phase 24 days and decrease bonuses from 50% to 10-20%. Basically reassure that undefended fort will surrender in about a year and a bit.

Except some sieges did take years.

 

[kakatua]

The problem with your example is that you are mixing eras and even campaigns. This is true that napolean was lacking supplies in russia and it's true that tsar ordered to burn down the moscow exactly for that reason. It's also true that napoleon won war in italy by looting farmlands and supporting his soldiers this way.

In a war that lasted one year. He looted what had been planted. And in the next year, who would seed the fields?