Victory stars? And other things...

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I know from the manual that you need two stars for each province you want to demand in peace - do you *earn* two stars for capturing a province?

Also, I noticed yesterday after one war against France that I had red stars, whereas in previous conflicts I had always had yellow (never seen tombstones - I always win my battles... ). Then I got a mix - 5 yellow and two red. This must have some significance - any idea what?

Two other minor questions:

1) I've seen a lot of people on these forums talking about war fatigue - can I look this up anywhere, either in the game or by editing the save file?

2) I just know I'm going to sound dumb when I ask this, but... how do I mark posts on here as read so that I can go to the first unread post?

thanks

james

 

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Red stars are used stars in peace negotiations. IF u have 7 and ask for 2 provinces, 4 stars will turn red.

Hover over the revolt risk in a province to see whether war fatigue is effecting u.

 

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Well I can answer some of these

Red stars indicate when you "use" the stars. You'll see this when you have a series of yellow stars but then select a province to take. At this point, two of the yellow starts turn red indicating how many free stars you have to negotiate with.

If the red stars appear before you even ask for anything then something seems to be wrong.

As for war fatigue, the only place that I know you can find it is on the revolt risk number. Keep an eye on this if your stability is low or religion sliders are such that your revolt risk is "just" 0% - as opposed to 0% with margin. It happened once to me that one of my most stable provinces erupted. When I looked at the revot risk I fount the war exhaustion at +8% and even had to check to remind myself that I was technically still in the English war against Scotland. Easy to forget but can be messy if you do.

 

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Originally posted by actaeon
I know from the manual that you need two stars for each province you want to demand in peace - do you *earn* two stars for capturing a province?

How much each province is "worth" depends on how large the country is. Also the capital gives 4 stars and you can only get to 7 in you have taken ALL enemy cities.

 

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Originally posted by actaeon

2) I just know I'm going to sound dumb when I ask this, but... how do I mark posts on here as read so that I can go to the first unread post?

thanks

james

Go to "User CP" at top right.
Now to "Edit Options".
Now make sure that the second option (Auto login) is "yes".
Now when you go to the frontpage of the forums you will see (at top right) the time now and the last time you visited. Click on the option to read new posts.

You will then be able to read all the posts between these 2 times.
Not dumb - just a cookie problem!