Quote Originally Posted by BeeSting View Post
That's what I was afraid of: Spain and France being one province each, such nonsense events like Dutch conquering both giants by merely taking their capitals. Such grand decisive affairs were impossible for that time and wars were fought with little impact on national borders. If I see that happen so quick into the campaign, I'm going to lose a lot of interest in this game.
As a matter of fact the Seventh Coalition (Prussia, United Kingdom, United Netherlands, Hanover, Nassau, Brunswick) did conquer France piecemeal after defeating Napoleon in Waterloo and marching into Paris.

Napoleon did re-conquer Spain piecemeal after razing a few forts and villages, winning a few field battles and marching into Madrid.Ditto for Portugal.

True the coalition forces didn't annex France but in the game there always a high probability that a faction re-emerge when you conquer a different culture type.

The root of the problem IMHO is that the AI have problem to position here big armies to use the zone of control. Note: Napoleon actually outmaneuvered a British army to retake Madrid so i see no reason why a the descendant of Maurice of Nassau could not do the same to some half wit, blue-blood French general.

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OT: I really enjoyed this AAR while waiting for ETW to be available in America. It made the waiting time less a burden.