Hey folks it's some time since I played but in the past I always tried to trade "respect neutrality of province x" for a long term alliance with, say, Turkey. When Raleigh says make treaties -- this is a part of the game you must not ignore.

Too true, you have to set the glory levels high. I set a very high glory limit or Max glory after Max time (I forget) and obtained a massive empire. Wanted to see what would happen, and how big I could grow.

I'm fine with another country getting first pick of nations. What I hate is when I sign a treaty and another nation gets the provinces I got in my treaty. That has to be fixed.

this would be nice (though ahistorical), making a massively cultured Russia or Turkey or Spain possible.

<t> Not true! What difficulty level are you playing at? At normal, I just set up a massive alliance with Spain and Turkey (and between Spain and Turkey) with a few treaties, using "respect neutrality of" clauses. Roll through Austria, defeat Prussia, take the land bridge to Sweden, and soon you're ...

Strongly agree.

1) Province control -- this (and protectorates) needs to be fixed.

2) Disbanding units -- should be able to disband any unit (except leaders)

3) I really like your POW ideas

depends on what you want to build! I find I always have less labor than I want, so I allocate a lot of labor in provinces that can produce it (and zero in small provinces that don't seem to produce it). I think the rules say that labor is related to population size and number of factories.

raise taxes to the max. As Raleigh says, reduce depots to save money.

I'd like to know how to disband a container unit too.

the rulebook can tell you more, but it's number of people / capacity of province. You use up when you recruit soldiers.

Is Prussia tiny? Perhaps they keep surrendering. Do you own their capital?

<t> I disagree. The game can move slowly enough as it is.<br/>
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Of course, it would be nice to have a map of the world, like Europa Universalis (and like World in Flames will have), but that could really slow the game down. <br/>
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Naval combat worldwide was very important in this era ...

Perhaps this is impossible, but in any game I'd like an option to view the calculations behind the combat, like in Neverwinter Nights, where you can check out the numbers if you feel the result is unfair or incomprehensible.

One thing I've noticed is that artillery is far more vulnerable in a quick battle than in detailed. Also, some special abilities are better than others. I find heavy cav particularly powerful. Oddly, irregular cavalry also seems powerful (but maybe that's only at lower difficulty levels).

re: troops

What happened is that when I conquered Moscow, the computer moved my troops out of Georgia and gave Georgia back to Russia.

what OS are you using? I don't have this problem.

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6) When I defeat Austria for the first time, Spain snaps up the province called Austria. How is this province adjacent to Spain?<br/>
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Hm, interesting--I haven't seen these before. Eric?<br/>
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The AI may allow any nation to acquire a province that's ...

<t> If there are any major rule changes, please keep them optional, with a radio button screen so that you can turn them on or off.<br/>
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I think that neutralizing Turkey would be a nice option -- all Turkish areas are Frozen, but maybe diplomats can enter and do insurrection? Or the only ...

In all games, it would be nice to have a function that allows your troops to earn medals for especially impressive deeds.&nbsp;

Focus isn't on history, but on exploring alternatives. Some of the mod suggestions to the developers concern making the game more historical. I like the ahistorical nature of the game (as France, taking Sardinia from Corsica, as Britain, acquiring all of Italy).