Faction Home Regions - if taken, the whole faction dies?

**aimlesswanderer** · 04-02-2009, 08:05

I have had different experiences when taking the "Home" province of factions in different games. Some just die (France and UP), others have lived on until their last province is taken (Austria, Prussia, Poland, Russia, Denmark, Mughal and Persia). Why the inconsistency? It seems strange to me, like some factions just give up, while others fight to the last gasp. France had only lost 2 regions (Alsace and France), but their extensive colonial empire went rebel. The Danes were left with just Iceland after I took Denmark, but they lingered on for ages. Does anyone have any ideas?

If Spain and Britain die when I take their home regions (could be soon), in my game as Prussia then there will be hardly any great powers left (France and UP already gone). Certainly no organised navies. Since I have no navy that will be a good thing indeed, but there will be no one powerful left to fight.

**Megas Methuselah** · 04-02-2009, 08:16

Clarification:

If you conquer every region of a particular faction in its home theatre, it will be destroyed. That being so, capitals hardly matter much.

Let's say a European faction has 4 regions in Europe (its home theatre), and other regions in America and India. Now, you suddenly conquer its 4 in Europe, which means it is destroyed. Its regions in both America and India, either of which isn't the faction's home theatre, will simply come under the ownership of the local rebel factions.

So, if you take Great Britain's regions in Europe, its American colonies will automatically emerge as the United States and other rebels in the area.

**Prodigal** · 04-02-2009, 09:12

Playing Prussia, I had 5 regions a rebellion kicked off they took my home region capital & I was indeed wiped out. This does not seem to be the case for the AI as mentioned previously.

Possibly the inconsistencies relate to the happiness/taxation levels? Defeats do have an adverse affect on the governments popularity, so if you trounce a very unpopular gov. then its enough to cause mass rebellion. Where as a popular gov with low taxation levels will survive beyond a few defeats.

**Tsavong** · 04-02-2009, 09:32

If you back a loosing side in a rebellion in your capital then you have indeed lost the game. but my understanding form take out other factions is you have to loose all your regions in you home theatre then your faction is dead but i assume you can loose your capital to an enemy. Just not to a rebellion in your capital.