How can you not get attacked by six factions in 30 turns?

[Polemists]

So I hadn't played MTW2 in a while, as ETW is coming figure i'd boot it up, man I clearly must have been playing a different game. I recall having won the campaign several times with no great strains.

I tried France and HRE last night, and as both , i am attacked by six to seven factions in 30 turns or less.

I'm only in turn 50, and I am either forced to go to war with all of europe and be excommunicated or die.

I'm on Medium/Medium....do I have to put something on very easy? Campaign Difficulty Maybe?

I like playing the battles at medium but this uber unification of every nation is vexing me greatly...I know i'm playing central nations but Milan, Venice, Silcily Spain, Portugal, England AND Denmark all at one time?

[Octwian]

Yes, at very easy difficult level is unpossible to get attacked by six factions in 30 seconds. So do not play at medium difficult of campaign , but you can play medium difficult battle if you experienced in it.
But did you try to attack them...I have never see that six factions attacking in 30 turns, probably you enforce their to do it.

[YellowMelon]

I found diplomacy to be ugly in M2TW. Either bribe your neighbouring factions or get attacked. Hopefully you have a large foreign policy budget.

[peacemaker]

yeah...seeing as france and the HRE have large amounts of land, they will have many neighbors and therefore many enemies. Use your massive empire to get a nice fat treasury, and use the treasury to make armies and steamroll the factions, one at a time. Since they attacked you, they might get excommunicated and you can call a crusade against one of their towns. You might need to pay the papal states some money, but then you'll get high favor with the pope and you can crusade every last town of your enemies

[Polemists]

Yea, I tried playing Denmark and not nearly as many problems, same difficult M/M and i havn't been attacked yet in 30-40 turns.

I guess it's just a matter of who you play.

I like HRE and France I'm just not so keen on having to wipe out England, Milan, Spain, Portugal, HRE, and Venice at the same time.


Also I probably didn't use alliances right as HRE as those seem to delay wars at least a good 5-10 years

[Sir Beane]

Yea, I tried playing Denmark and not nearly as many problems, same difficult M/M and i havn't been attacked yet in 30-40 turns.

I guess it's just a matter of who you play.

I like HRE and France I'm just not so keen on having to wipe out England, Milan, Spain, Portugal, HRE, and Venice at the same time.


Also I probably didn't use alliances right as HRE as those seem to delay wars at least a good 5-10 years

Other good factions to play as to avoid this are England, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, and (if you can take Italy quickly) one of the Italian states.

If you simply must play as France or the HRE but you want a strong starting position then go and take someone elses! Migration games are fun and challenging, and can give you your favourite faction in a really great place.