malthaussen
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The protectorate issue explains the prisoners thing, since most British armies I've run up against are just about 100% protectorate troops. It's strange, however, that Devins was taken prisoner -- I had thought he defected, because I could attach him to a container unit, but after my recent conquest of Batavia he was "liberated," so he must've been a prisoner after all. This is, needless to say, very unclear and poorly implemented.
Second issue is still unclear, although it's good to know Empire status is computed seasonally, not every month. I reestablished the Empire the next season, even though my points had not changed, and have not seen the problem again. It might be useful, in such a circumstance, for the game to tell you *why* you lost Imperial status.
A couple of new questions have arisen as I've spread out over Europe.
First, a general query: does "conquest" work in the game as intended? For example, France conquered (independent) Switzerland, and when examining Switz you can see the small Swiss flag indicating subjugation, and presumably cause an insurrection there if you so desire. But when Austria took Switzerland from France, the small Swiss flag disappeared, and the province is now considered part of the Austrian homeland. Thus, no possibility of insurrection. This happens whenever a province changes hands in this manner, and does not, on the surface, make much sense. Swiss are Swiss, whether dominated by Frogs or Krauts.:)
I ask that question, because a real weirdness has cropped up. As Turkey, I besieged and conquered Pomerania, which was a Swedish province. But the province was awarded, for some odd reason, to Austria, and now it appears as an Austrian province with a Swedish subflag -- but I cannot cause an insurrection there. This is the only conquered province on the whole map of Europe with a major power subflag, and since there were NO Austrian troops in the province when I took it, I cannot understand how they managed to poach it. They have poached other conquests of mine, in the usual fashion, but always with a military force, however minor, present. It is also unique in that, instead of being "crosshatched" as a conquered province, Pomerania was awarded to Austria outright. What's up? I note that Austria was not even at war with Sweden at the time.
Also, in re poaching provinces: somewhere or other it is stated that when two forces are present in a province that surrenders, the one that "contributed most to the seige" is awarded the province. This turns out not to be the case. I have a Turkish army of some 150,000 troops which has had a crummy little Austrian corps of 30,000 tagging after it wherever it goes. Whenever that army beseiges and conquers a city, the Austrians receive the conquest. There is no way on God's little green earth that 30,000 Austrians are contributing more to the seige -- they don't even have any artillery. Good move by the AI, but bad move by the devs, IMO.
-- Mal
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