Diplomatic 'Oddities'

[Fisherking]

Glad to see you have it now!

My latest shock was I managed to win a game as Austria without going to war with anyone but the French.

I managed to buy the needed regions off not only the Prussian and the Russians but also from the Ottomans.

Now I won’t say the negotiations were simple or easy but in the end they agreed. Of course the huge armies on the borders might have also been a clue.

[Lucius Verenus]

Glad to see you have it now!

My latest shock was I managed to win a game as Austria without going to war with anyone but the French.

I managed to buy the needed regions off not only the Prussian and the Russians but also from the Ottomans.

Now I won’t say the negotiations were simple or easy but in the end they agreed. Of course the huge armies on the borders might have also been a clue.

Well I got it because all your posts saying it was worth it, so I can blame you if I decide I don't like it

I can't say I was overly thrilled with Napoleon's Italian Campaign, Egypt was a bit better, but I might revisit that at some point and ignore the objectives.

I have now got to Mid-July 1807 in Napoleons's Europe campaign, in clean-up mode after just wiping the Prussians out and 'liberating' Warsaw, now the Russians are after Konigsburg but they don't have enough muscle as I have 4 stacks closing in. Now I got Howitzers (don't like the 'experimental's)
and some armies are getting Young Guard units.

The CAI definitely seems to make better decisions, the Prussians tried outflanking me by taking Budapest (off Italy), but it was their attack on my protectorate Saxony that triggered hostilities.

It took three turns to eliminate them. Attacking from multiple directions at once made it impossible to stop me, but they did put up a good fight - six of my stacks are replenishing, and they did try to negotiate a peace with me which showed that diplomacy is a lot less 'Black Knight' than in ETW

Got a Battle with the Russians about to happen, they have fairly mixed army - BUT they have a reinforcement army of hordes of Cossacks, I have 6 Howitzer batteries, 4 Cav and a mix of line and Volts - this could get insane

Cheers

Lucius