Quote Originally Posted by crazyviking03 View Post
As far as the AI is concerned, I think its much more realistic. Ive noticed that even on hard, your neighbors only engage in a land war if provoked (like in history), while the seas are always an ongoing war zone (like in history). Unlike in the time periods covered in previous titles, once you had the formations of states and sovereign borders, the status quo will be maintained, reinforced by diplomatic alliances. If the AI kept throwing stack after stack at my home regions from all directions like in Rome, it would not make sense at all for this time period.

Well, the problem is, while the AI does not steamroll you, it's much too easy to steamroll them. I played Maratha on VH/VH and in 1728 I am six provinces away from meeting the victory conditions for the long campaign. The military campaign AI is either a programming failure or unfinished (well, I hope it's the latter).