<t> I agree, I wish I knew the answer. I have experienced a similar, frustrating problem. Example - - playing Prussia, Sweden declares war. Denmark is a protectorate of Russia. Sweden sends weak army after weak army through Denmark. I keep destroying them, taking huge numbers of captives. But, I ...

<t> Thanks for the responses. I mainly have been trying to use them to change the attitudes of other nations, and to a lesser extent with independent countries. For those functions, the claimed changes of attitude don't seem to translate into any change in action. For example, I'll charm a country ...

I put diplomats in other countries, have them Charm and Goodwill away, I'm told the other countries are +5, +11, +26 toward me, but then I will get attacked anyway. The color of the faces doesn't seem to change either. These attributes don't apper to have any meaningful effect.

<t> Ralegh - - thanks for the responses. Couple follow up:<br/>
1. Don't you mean "Raleigh" for your moniker? I'm unaware of any historical Ralegh.<br/>
2. You should try balanced. In any event, even if you don't like it, the game should perform as advertised, and balanced is advertised as EQUAL ...

<t> Hi, first time here, so apologies if any question has been asked before:<br/>
1. What is "waste" and how do I combat it? Building courts seems to have no moderating effect, which doesn't make sense.<br/>
2. Where do my armies/corps go as Britain? I'll build some, transport them across, and ...