OK, I know why I'm such a bad boy now. I just don't know how it started!
I'm playing Spain in the GC (second time through - first time was England). OK, I start by annexing Grenada, so I know that's some bad boy points. Then, France declares war on England (my ally), so I join in the fun, and we whip some French boo-tay, and I take a couple provinces, so I know that's a couple more, but then... I do nothing on the continent except firm up my alliances and build fortifications, etc.
Meanwhile in the New World, I send my conquistadors to mop up the Aztecs, Incas, and Iroqouis. Yes, the Spanish Empire was living large, but I thought annexing those heathens was on the up and up. I didn't get any points for that, right?
Well, anyway, England goes Protestant AND ditches my alliance, and sets up an alliance with OMAN like the next day, so I can't even get them back! So I'm thinking that at least I can take Calais then, and I have a Cassus Belli against them, so no stability hit... Well, while I have my army parked outside the gates of Calais, the Hanseatic League, Hessen, and Saxony decide they want a piece of me, so I rally the troops in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, England isn't giving in, so I decide to light up the New World like a Christmas Tree by burning their trading posts to the ground. Then, I destroy their entire navy, and I see the country go into revolt, so then they want to play nice, and I get Calais.
Now, I'm dealing with the German States. I finally manage to turn the tide against that coalition when France decides they need some too, and they're allied with P-L. I at last call on my allies (Austria, Lorraine, and Milan), and we get a grand old war going. I start hanging some more lights on my New World "Christmas Tree" using the French TPs as fodder, and I flood troops by the thousands up into France from the south. Meanwhile, Kleves and Hannover decide they need some action. Not long after, Portugal and Venice get in the mood too, but I pay them off, and they go away fast. Finally, Helvetia is feeling left out, so they join in the free-for-all.
I make peace with the original coalition by taking over a couple provinces, and then I annex Kleves totally. Then I look to see France with a 50,000 man army seiging the French Compte. They try to assault the fort, and I watch in amazement as the French are given the beat down by the fortress defenders. It takes them almost two years to take the province, and I find myself smiling over how awesome this game is... it actually managed to model the real-life French military incompetence quite well!
So eventually, I pay P-L to abandon France, and Austria is at last able to help out. Between the two of us, we're making Espanol and Deutsch the official languages of France, so they decide they want peace, and I gain THREE provinces off of them. Finally, I'm left with Helvetia. I make quick work of them, and annex them too.
So after all that, I'm left with the New World in absolute chaos (though surprisingly pristine and free from all that English and French filth), and the Dutch are finally acting spunky. It isn't long before they declare independence, thrusting me into another war, and the whole process repeats. Only this time, I knew why my BB rating was so high. I just don't know why a simple act of aggression designed to increase my power base in the north (taking Calais) got turned into such a big deal the first time. Any thoughts? Is annexing Grenada, taking two French provinces, and annexing the three New World nations really that bad?
Btw, after the second round of wars, I annexed Navarre, Baden, and one other German state, and I seized another French province, though not the one I wanted, and three Dutch provinces. Naples did manage to take some of Sicily, though. Now, ten years and two successive wars later with only about one year of peace in there, and I'm exhausted. I figure I need to rest for a century. Oh, my BB is now 62 with my nearest competitor, Russia, at 6, so I really need to make nice.
I'm playing Spain in the GC (second time through - first time was England). OK, I start by annexing Grenada, so I know that's some bad boy points. Then, France declares war on England (my ally), so I join in the fun, and we whip some French boo-tay, and I take a couple provinces, so I know that's a couple more, but then... I do nothing on the continent except firm up my alliances and build fortifications, etc.
Meanwhile in the New World, I send my conquistadors to mop up the Aztecs, Incas, and Iroqouis. Yes, the Spanish Empire was living large, but I thought annexing those heathens was on the up and up. I didn't get any points for that, right?
Well, anyway, England goes Protestant AND ditches my alliance, and sets up an alliance with OMAN like the next day, so I can't even get them back! So I'm thinking that at least I can take Calais then, and I have a Cassus Belli against them, so no stability hit... Well, while I have my army parked outside the gates of Calais, the Hanseatic League, Hessen, and Saxony decide they want a piece of me, so I rally the troops in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, England isn't giving in, so I decide to light up the New World like a Christmas Tree by burning their trading posts to the ground. Then, I destroy their entire navy, and I see the country go into revolt, so then they want to play nice, and I get Calais.
Now, I'm dealing with the German States. I finally manage to turn the tide against that coalition when France decides they need some too, and they're allied with P-L. I at last call on my allies (Austria, Lorraine, and Milan), and we get a grand old war going. I start hanging some more lights on my New World "Christmas Tree" using the French TPs as fodder, and I flood troops by the thousands up into France from the south. Meanwhile, Kleves and Hannover decide they need some action. Not long after, Portugal and Venice get in the mood too, but I pay them off, and they go away fast. Finally, Helvetia is feeling left out, so they join in the free-for-all.
I make peace with the original coalition by taking over a couple provinces, and then I annex Kleves totally. Then I look to see France with a 50,000 man army seiging the French Compte. They try to assault the fort, and I watch in amazement as the French are given the beat down by the fortress defenders. It takes them almost two years to take the province, and I find myself smiling over how awesome this game is... it actually managed to model the real-life French military incompetence quite well!
So eventually, I pay P-L to abandon France, and Austria is at last able to help out. Between the two of us, we're making Espanol and Deutsch the official languages of France, so they decide they want peace, and I gain THREE provinces off of them. Finally, I'm left with Helvetia. I make quick work of them, and annex them too.
So after all that, I'm left with the New World in absolute chaos (though surprisingly pristine and free from all that English and French filth), and the Dutch are finally acting spunky. It isn't long before they declare independence, thrusting me into another war, and the whole process repeats. Only this time, I knew why my BB rating was so high. I just don't know why a simple act of aggression designed to increase my power base in the north (taking Calais) got turned into such a big deal the first time. Any thoughts? Is annexing Grenada, taking two French provinces, and annexing the three New World nations really that bad?
Btw, after the second round of wars, I annexed Navarre, Baden, and one other German state, and I seized another French province, though not the one I wanted, and three Dutch provinces. Naples did manage to take some of Sicily, though. Now, ten years and two successive wars later with only about one year of peace in there, and I'm exhausted. I figure I need to rest for a century. Oh, my BB is now 62 with my nearest competitor, Russia, at 6, so I really need to make nice.
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