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I find vacilating allies/vassals and their trade would only complicate the issue and the cost of defense against them would outweigh the revenue which they'd generate.

More than one way to skin a cat, which is why these games are fun.

That said, I think at least one campaign you should try it my way. You only need 2 maybe 3 stacks. Remember, my way no one is left behind to guard anything, so no resources militarily are lost no matter how many provinces you take or how fast you take them. I can easily take half a dozen a year this way. And if I'm at all elegant about my planning and leave a vassal an opening, they take provinces too. There's no cost to defense here, this is all offense with trade partners created just as a freebie side benefit.

And there are no bad allies, because really there are no allies in TW in the traditional sense of the word, there are only allies of temporary convenience.

When your ultimate goal is the subjugation of the map, everyone is simply part of my plan