Hmm, I thought it was because Poland starts with some of the biggest cities (in a concentrated area) and you wanted to sack them.

There was also the great "Lithuanian army accidentally ambushes Novgorodan one" debacle. Armies in hiding will ambush "neutral" armies and if the ambush is successful you can't flee to avoid troop loss. We were about a turn from getting diplomats to eachother as well.

Quote Originally Posted by Tristan de Castelreng View Post
Poland didn't get stomped for cash but rather for the greater training capacities it offered... The northermost Polish castle offered better unit types than even Marienburg did !!

Lack of coordination among the TO enemies was also of great help in the TO final success... A question of "too little, too late..."