Maybe if you played as a different faction, you'd find things would be different. Factions that start small, like Denmark (or even Spain) are easy to defend and rarely become targets early on.Originally Posted by [b
For example, in one of my campaigns as the Byzantines/High/Expert, I found myself attacked by enemies on all sides (even before I became large). Just after I had defeated Turkey, the Hungarians launched an unprovoked attack and the Italians destroyed most of my fleet. Then the Mongols came in from the backside and I found myself conducting a desperate defense of Constantinople itself A few years later the huge Egyptian army was attacking from the south, while I was already locked in a land war with Hungary, Italy, and Germany to the West, and trying to build a navy that could match Italy's That was not an easy situation to get out of.
In my English campaign (Early/Expert), Spain had been eliminated as I fought with the Almohads, taking most of Spain (but leaving Navarre held by rebels). While I was locked in a death-struggle with the French, the Spanish suddenly re-emerged in Navarre with a huge, extremely tough army, and within a few years they attacked the surrounding provinces, which I could not defend. Later, when the Aragonese dynasty was eliminated after attacking me, they re-emerged the very next year in a rebel-held territory with another large and tough army, and attacked me straight away I had few allies and many enemies in that campaign, and suffered from excommunications.
Yes, the breaks can go against you. You just have to try a tougher faction - and remember, starting small doesn't necessarily mean the challege will be greater; often, it's the other way around.
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