pebbles said: You really want UK to invade Burma and China in the beginning of every game, like it was before AHD? Click to expand...

podcat said: All I can say is that we are not done with Victoria 2. It has some of the most dedicated fans and lots of room for new stuff since we have only released one expansion Click to expand...

Did he say that? As it stands now the UK never invades China, which isn't exactly great either. In fact, the First Opium War broke out in 1839, so having the UK invade China at the beginning of the game is hardly far-fetched at all.He does have some very valid points. I would not mind seeing the UK attack for example China, or Zulu. And it would be nice to see France in Indo-China, or trying to puppet Mexico. Or Spain doing some "expeditions" to their former colonies. Speaking of Spain, it would further be nice if the US would try to free/annex some of their colonies. And the Balkans are very quiet - I know I wouldn't mind Austria trying to capture Bosnia once in a while, or Russia getting involved trying to free some nations. One of the main issues seem to be that Russia/Austria and the Ottomans just refuse not to like each other. I tried modding my game to make Austria hate the Ottomans from the start (I even went down to -170 relation) but 30 years into the game they're best buddies with almost +200 relations and an alliance. I am having similar experiences with Russia. The starting relations usually means Russia either grab Kars right away, or they don't. After that, they become friends.And yes, the AI does need to be better at enforcing multiply war goals - or just completing wars - too. Having a new war for each core state in, for example, US-Mexico and Ottomans-Egypt is nothing but ridiculous. And when a nation is using a "free people" CB I almost always only see them use one, and then coming back a couple of years later with a new one. Instead of just adding up three or four and enforcing them all.Then the AI need to stop "spamming" wars. What I mean is, once they have failed in a war against a nation, they shouldn't start exactly the same war as soon as the truce runs out. "The 8th French Liberation of Elsaß-Lothringen" and "The 11th Austrian Liberation of Schleswig-Holstein" springs to mind... And if the first one is actually successful, Germany shouldn't try to take it back again five years later.What the diplomatic AI mostly need though is the ability to call allies after a war has started. The player can do this. I am pretty sure the EU3 AI does this. But the Vicky 2 AI does not, and it should.Finally something that would be nice is the ability to conduct joint operations against certain nations without having to form an official alliance - or, more correct, an alliance for a certain purpose. Perhaps something like the CK2 plot/faction system - where you start a "plot" against a certain country, invite some other countries to join you, and then declare war/send an ultimatum. We got plenty of instances of those: The French intervention in Mexico started as a joint operation by France, the UK and Spain to force Mexico to repay their debts; The Second Opium War involved both Britain and France, with Russia and the US giving support; The Cochinchina Campaign was a Franco-Spanish expedition. Even the Crimean War would probably fall under this.Also, we did get this:So hopefully we can expected something "soonish"*.*I am aware that this could be any amount of time...