how to manage threat level?

[Invicti]

what's the general strategy for keeping threat from skyrocketing to napoleonic level coalitions?

I keep running my threat level so high that countries put aside their differences just to come at me over a de jure duchy war

[Alex]

There's a good compilation on the wiki site:
https://ck2.paradoxwikis.com/Defensive_pact#Decrease
Furthermore, it also has strategies on how to wage war despire defensive pacts.

[Narrowmind]

Are you trying to use it for protection?

If not, I'd turn it off. lol

[Invicti]

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

Are you trying to use it for protection?

If not, I'd turn it off. lol

game wasn't punishing enough with it off lol. And when it reaches over 50ish%, the coalitions just don't make sense or fit the time period

[galadon3]

Main problem is that its more of an annoying mechanic, as you said the coalitions it breads are kinda weird plus you can't really "manage" the threat-level unless you forbid your vassals outside wars, wich then only work on dejure lands too, so even that isn't a 100% safe from vassals gathering threat for you.