Has anyone encountered this situation?:
Milan VH/VH.
It's past turn 50 and I've only been in one war so far and nobody else wants to start with me. I like to be attacked than counterattack with a vicious blow so my Reputation and Papal rating stay high.
I control only 5 provinces but I'm swimming in money: Milan, Genoa, Florence, Bologna and Venice. And they're all Huge Cities at this point.
I'm allied with the Pope but so is France, they keep sending spies into Genoa but they never attack.
The Holy Roman Empire is busy with the Danes, the Polish and the Venetians.
Speaking of Venice, since I crusaded on Venice and lopped the head off their faction, they've taken Veinna but haven't sent anything my way in a while.
Furthermore, the Sicilians haven't done anything and I usually expect an attack from them.
But perhaps my Reputation, Papal Favor and large idle armies are frightening to these factions.
I'm looking to use these Broken Lancers and Heavy Infantry/Men At Arms units... I'm still at war with Milan and just took Zagreb because I was bored, I hate that settlement and always avoid it.
Do I just continue to wait for an attack or do I teach the French of the Sicilians a lesson?
I've got a feeling that second I enter into a war with either one of those faction, the other will look to
capitalize... which I don't have a problem with militarily, but it will F up my Papal favor and my diplomatic relations with everyone else.
Side note: Spain was excommunicated a while back and I thought about going to Iberia, but this was around turns 35-45 and I was sure one of my bordering countries wanted to get their hands on the best moneymaking cities on the map.
I just thought it was very weird being Milan and nobody wanting to fight me.
Anyways, I think I'm just going to start some sh*t with the Sicilians to get Palermo as I don't have a castle yet, and payoff the Pope to look the other way.
So much for being a respectable, fire when fired upon type nation.
After all, I am American, might as well start playing like it.
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