I've not had the opportunity to play as much as I would like since the patch, however as Prussia I was pleased to see that Poland who would simply not ally with me did so as soon as Austria started invading them. Poland gave me military access to get an army to support the town under attack.
All of that is good imo, too late though, the full alliance options do not seem to kick in until the next turn, so Austria took the city without my being able to help. This led to Poland cancelling our trade agreement. I guess due to the loss of the city reducing their trade routes.
Now why on earth was I desperate to ally with Poland? Simply to see if it would make Courland behave like the peon village it is, rather than a rambo packed super power with deployed intercontinental nukes.
Still allied with Poland so we shall see what happens.
I'm not too freaked about small regions declaring war, but I am very interested in seeing if factions will stop being at war with one another, & ally against other threats.
This is very important, historically during this period factions were fighting, then promptly allying against the next perceived big threat. Historically doesn't hold much water which is fine, its a game, but lets face it if the AI did follow this pattern it would make the game vastly more enjoyable.
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