(EU2) Civil war?

[BeBMan]

What kind of event is that, I mean you get the message "civil war" out of nothing, lose dozens of your provinces and armies are changing sides as well without the slightest sign of a crisis before (+stability, high treasury, in peace time)?

Is there anything you can do to prevent such an event from happening or is that also completely random?

[Nikolai]

Have a high stability. It makes the event extremely improbable. But I agree, it's a crap feature as it is now.

[chequita guevara]

The worst part about civil war is losing your generals.

[ravagon]

Wow. I've only ever seen a single one and that was only a few months ago after a few years playing ...
Someone once told me that they were more likely if your empire consisted of a lot of off-culture provinces but I couldn't really confirm this.
Mine triggered at stab 1 or 2 and I didn't really have that many off-culture provinces - maybe a third of them at most.

[Micha]

AFAIK the trigger for civil war is simply a stability lower than +2.
Just load the last autosave as most players consider civil war without "real" reasons as senseless. Depends on your houserules, though.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Micha
AFAIK the trigger for civil war is simply a stability lower than +2.
Just load the last autosave as most players consider civil war without "real" reasons as senseless. Depends on your houserules, though.

I bet they don't reload when it happens to the AI.

Actually, you could probably mod it out if you feel it's "senseless" Personally, I like it. I wish it happened more often. It's a wild card that spices up the game, and shifts the power around.


Keep playing if you get a civil war - only one civil war can inflict a nation once in the game, so take heart in that you won't get one again, later on.

[Nikolai]

In a Byzantium game I had a few months ago, I got a civil war thrice during a time period of some 30-50 years.

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by General Ludd
I wish it happened more often. It's a wild card that spices up the game, and shifts the power around.

Well, I can't say I like it. It is not mainly because of the problems and losses it brings, more the feeling that you are somehow "betrayed" buy the game, and the fact that it is one more element that let's the player only react.

These are the event I don't like much - you get some event, then have to deal with it. It usually seems to happen when you're already strong (I had one civil war with France, one with Spain), so may be the goal is to make life for the big powers a bit harder. I can even understand that, I just think they should use other means to get this result (for example, a better AI that actually presents a real challenge in wars).

For a civil war I think they should have modded it in several interconnected evetns, which drive you into a crisis, but which also open up chances for solving the problems. If you fail then the final result should be civil war.....but enough of the whining, may be it is an idea for EU3....

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by BeBro

For a civil war I think they should have modded it in several interconnected evetns, which drive you into a crisis, but which also open up chances for solving the problems. If you fail then the final result should be civil war.....but enough of the whining, may be it is an idea for EU3....

Yeah, that would definately be better - Crusader Kings has event chains like that, because it was developed with the intention of having non-linear events. Maybe EU3 will take a middle ground between scripted "historical" events and Crusader King style event chains.

[Nikolai]

Hopefully. Both have its strenghts. BTW, as Johan has said that EU3 will come in 2006/2007 at earliest, we might just get to know more after Diplomacy, if we are very lucky.

[chequita guevara]

If there's an EUIII, it will come out at that time, at the earliest.

I'm not waiting. I'm gonna figure out a way to convert Vicky to EUIII.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
If there's an EUIII

Johan has made it pretty clear that he wants to make a EU3. Provided that Paradox doesn't stop making games all together, there almost certainly will be one.

[Dinner]

Johan has a hard on for all things EU though.