Quote Originally Posted by peacemaker View Post
Seeing as 'total war' IS part of the game title, it makes sense to me that you should always be at war with at least a few nations. Now having the nations do something about it would be nice. It would be great if enemy nations were constantly trying to invade you, because that way it lives up to the game's title and having the whole campaign worried about losing and such would be a serious challenge. As it is right now, you are at war with many nations but they don't bother attacking you.

I've had some luck so far; enemy navies seem rather active now and enjoy chasing my fleets around the atlantic when I'm at a slight disadvantage(I'm a terrible admiral)

EDIT:
I've seen a few posts arguing about this 'total war in the title' thing, so:

Main Entry: total war
Part of Speech: n
Definition: a war in which every available weapon is used and the nation's full financial resources are devoted

which means the game is centered around war, and nations need to go and fight with all their resources. Come on CA, you've got the first half finished!

Great, now they just need to eliminate research, get rid of the diplomacy option and stop buggering around with trade. After all, states should be devoting %100 of their resources to war, right?