Annexion Question

[Dinner]

If you have a high enough BB then every nation which has land next to yours will declare war on you every five years like clock work. It really sucks when you've been at war for twenty years staight, your economy is ruined, your armies are in shambles, and the other guys just keep taking turns attacking you.

[Nikolai]

Only if you are playing on a higher difficulity level. But you can get a very mild version if you play on a low difficulity level, and have a small army(I guess what's low is determined by the size of your country).

[thinkingamer]

What's a BB? Sorry, about this lame question, but i just got into EU forums......

By the way, has anyone conquered the whole world, starting with a 1 state (pieces of land) European nation (such as one of the german states) or any other 2 state non-Europeans nations in hardest difficulty? If this is possible how fast? Any reply would be apreatiated

[Nikolai]

I know of several succsessfull attempts, espesially by a man(GOD!) called Proffessor Ebbesen.

BB stands for BadBoy rating, and is a number that shows how "bed" you've been in the eyes of the world.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by thinkingamer
What's a BB? Sorry, about this lame question, but i just got into EU forums......

By the way, has anyone conquered the whole world, starting with a 1 state (pieces of land) European nation (such as one of the german states) or any other 2 state non-Europeans nations in hardest difficulty? If this is possible how fast? Any reply would be apreatiated

At the Paradox site they have several people who've conquered the world while starting with just one impoverished provience. A notable example is conquering the world from Trebizond. Now days people try to see who can conquor the world fastest, starting from a country like Albania, having never taken a loan, not using any cheats or edits or loop holes (like turbo annex), and keeping BB as low as possible.

[Palaiologos]

I always play in normal difficulty and normal AI aggression and BBs have never influenced my actions. The problem lies mainly in the beggining(as Byzantium) when after you annex some of the catholic heathen bordering you you have the Pope ad his string of alliances attacking you(Aragorn and Venice mainly).

At times like this you will have to shallow your pride and pay them 50gold in indemities.


But what i would really like to be implemented in the game is that after you annex a nation you get their treasury as well. It doesn't make sense to assume total control of their lands and don't get their cash.

[Jon Shafer]

BB wars only erupt on Very Hard difficulty. Before that, BB points just hurt your reputation. If you're a smaller country, that can be quite important. As, say, Spain or France, you have little to worry about though.