Quote Originally Posted by peacemaker View Post
As for naval invasions, I'm not sure why people care so much about them. If I'm in a war with my neighbor, I would go ahead and march my army right to their capital-not sail halfway around the world to take some small island.
But what if it's not your neighbour by a handy land route? There are plenty of situations where the most important target for you isn't directly in front of you, and that disregards the potential for avoiding a large army or fortress to attack a key spot.

Before the recent changes to the AI, as Great Britain you knew that your home provinces would never be touched by the AI because they needed to jump on a ship. On top of that you had free reign in the Americas because your rivals would never send troops from Europe, and didn't seem that good at recruiting there either. Similarly France and Spain could depend on Great Britain never to get aggressive toward them in Europe.

Now it's a different situation, and that makes the game much more interesting and challenging. There are still a few enhancements that could happen - I'd like to see more border raiding and willingness to retreat if the odds aren't good, and hopefully there will be more progress in 1.5.