How can one proactively cause country to go to war?

[voelfgar]

It is really about what I can do to raise tensions when the game refuses to give me the popup situations where I can raise tensions. Really don't want to go 6 years between wars as that is what it seems like. I've gone over a year without an opportunity to raise tensions with any country.

[ewaldvonkleist]

Higher espionage levels afaik give more events with + tension, as does having possessions in the same region another nation.
Mobilized fleet should raise trnsions if they are already high.

[voelfgar]

Tried that. Intel on high. Heck, 1925 imperial germany has bermuda, panama, and antilles. I parked 6 BB on east coast of the US, and I couldn't get the US to even complain. It seems like after I fight UK/France, there's like a 4 year lull where I get almost zero events and tensions arbitrarily remain low. Once got France up over the war line, then the next month it randomly dropped 3 spots. I think it has to do with that I kicked England's butt really bad in 1904. Now, no one wants to fight even if they go to war with me. I get so many declines now unless its small cruiser or destroyer engagements.

[dia]

I never confirmed this but the US may be programmed to try avoiding war due to historically isolationist-minded population around that time period. Playing as the US, I've encountered a lot of war scares, but few actual wars. I'd imagine liberal democracies in general are programmed to resist wars as well.

Thinking about it though, the 1920s seem to be the most passive decade in the game even back in RtW2.

[ewaldvonkleist]

Aug 27, 2023 7:40:15 GMT -6 voelfgar said:

Tried that. Intel on high. Heck, 1925 imperial germany has bermuda, panama, and antilles. I parked 6 BB on east coast of the US, and I couldn't get the US to even complain. It seems like after I fight UK/France, there's like a 4 year lull where I get almost zero events and tensions arbitrarily remain low. Once got France up over the war line, then the next month it randomly dropped 3 spots. I think it has to do with that I kicked England's butt really bad in 1904. Now, no one wants to fight even if they go to war with me. I get so many declines now unless its small cruiser or destroyer engagements.

In this case, try going to war with a US ally and drag on the war until they join. E.g. first turn sinking of whole enemy fleet should be avoided, same with high unrest in your country so your gov white peaces too quickly.

[ludovic]

Aug 27, 2023 8:38:52 GMT -6 dia said:

I never confirmed this but the US may be programmed to try avoiding war due to historically isolationist-minded population around that time period. Playing as the US, I've encountered a lot of war scares, but few actual wars. I'd imagine liberal democracies in general are programmed to resist wars as well.

That would fit in with my own theory about the US resisting wars. In Rtw2 when I am playing as the US, the politicians will often override my choice to continue a war, even if I am on the verge of total victory, and let the opponent off with only a token loss or even a neutral truce. That sometimes happens when I'm not the US but happens a lot more as the US. So, if in Rtw3 they also try to avoid going into a war as an AI, that would make sense.

[gamermatt]

Aug 27, 2023 8:38:52 GMT -6 dia said:

I never confirmed this but the US may be programmed to try avoiding war due to historically isolationist-minded population around that time period. Playing as the US, I've encountered a lot of war scares, but few actual wars. I'd imagine liberal democracies in general are programmed to resist wars as well.

Thinking about it though, the 1920s seem to be the most passive decade in the game even back in RtW2.

There must be some random seed that differs because I've found the US to become unplayable by 1930 because of alliances. No one wants to ally with me except the minor powers, and the great powers are all allied with each other. I just had a sudden war happen with Germany that I didn't provoke, that led to the US facing Germany, Britain, France, Russia and Spain within 6 months because of all their alliances bring the rest in. The new political system seems good in theory but in practice it has really soured me on the game to the point that I'm thinking of uninstalling it. There is no way to influence getting allies and without them if you play early start games, you will get to the point where you will be fighting multiple nations alone.