Battle (test) - what's it for?

[lixma]

Right clicking a possession in the possessions tree there is an option to pick a fight with the ruling country.

Weirdly, this has no effect on international relations.

Even more weirdly you can pick a fight with your own nation!

Weirder still it's not merely a simulation - ships sunk really are lost.

Is this a vestigial feature of sorts? A development tool mistakenly left in the finished game? I don't understand.

[Fredrik W]

Yes, that is a testing tool inadvertently left in. Thanks for reporting it.

[lixma]

OK thanks.

I had previously been using it to generate battles during wartime but if it is to be removed does that mean the player can only fight battles that pop up automatically?

[brucesim2003]

It would be nice if there was a steam and iron style battle generator, except using ships in the game world rather than historical ones.

Cheers


Bruce