Great Power Intervening

[Ghoulfield]

What, why, how come a great power would get involved in a war that doesn't concern it. If it's sphered I understand, or allied and texas is an exception but if it's like GB joining random wars I have a problem, does anyone know how to counter GP's interfering. ( I had no major infamy during these wars either, my heighest being 10 so it's not that)

[WhatWillTheNextDowndateBring?]

Well, I guess there's 2 ways, which are 1: Be a GP yourself and influence war the GP to make sure they don't gain a friendly opinion of the target nation, or 2: Make sure you go to war with enough allies so the GP friendly (or likely to become friendly) to the target nation wouldn't be able to match your alliance in the war if they joined which should deter them from joining also.

As for why they'll join what you see as a random war, free presitge! They also weaken you as a future threat and help keep a possible future sphereling of their's stronger than if they didn't join.

[Lembley42]

Also they have a new friend for near-to-nothing which is, since they got new territory, now also stronger!

Though the AI is just pretty randomly acting I guess. If they weren't, game would pretty much play out the same everytime give or take this or that. Try what richy said but I also had interventions of relatively friendly nations out of nowhere. Happens though I guess he's right that it makes it less likely.

[WhatWillTheNextDowndateBring?]

Originally posted by Lembley42:

Also they have a new friend for near-to-nothing which is, since they got new territory, now also stronger!

What are you even going on about there? In particular the "new territory" part.

Originally posted by Lembley42:

I also had interventions of relatively friendly nations out of nowhere.

GPs can only interveen when they have a friendly opinion (or better as in sphered) of a nation on the losing side of a war with no wargoals other than status quo. So in general, just don't attack nations that are firendly or sphered by GPs, simple.

[Lyxara]

GB World Police, it's called.

[Ghoulfield]

Thanks, would the mexico strategy of letting texas over run you and then they add a war goal work against other nations?

[Lembley42]

@richy
About the territory, yeah I forgot about the thing with status quo and intervention.

The rest was also fairly BS, I dont know, wasnt thinking apparently =/
Apologies for a bit of misinformation I guess

[WhatWillTheNextDowndateBring?]

Originally posted by Agent York:

Thanks, would the mexico strategy of letting texas over run you and then they add a war goal work against other nations?

From what I've seen, that's a Mexico strategy that just doesn't work. But if you're willing to risk it, that's a strategy that could work in terms of keeping GPs from interveening, yes, but the success rate isn't all that high from my experiance.

[WhatWillTheNextDowndateBring?]

Originally posted by Lembley42:

I dont know, wasnt thinking apparently =/

Seems to be more and more common with you as of late.