how to get allies to stack?!!?

[Hoshen]

pretty much title just lost a war that i should have won allies will not stack and throw them selves into enemy death stacks, enemy and enemy allies stack but my allies will not stack with my troops what am i missing??

[Ericus1]

Never found a reliable way. Between stealing sieges, feeding WS to the enemy, and starving provinces, I've always found allies to be more a hinderance than a help and try to avoid using them ASAP.

[Hoshen]

than how am i suppose to fight 4 allied nations of similar strength without allies they seriously couldnt added an attach button like CK2

[soontir fel]

there is an attach button. i forget where but if you select your army and look around you should be able to find it. doesnt always work but usually does

[rhys118]

Originally posted by Hoshen:

than how am i suppose to fight 4 allied nations of similar strength without allies they seriously couldnt added an attach button like CK2

this is one of my biggest annoyances, especially if i go a small nation, i cannot expand, because all other small nations around me have two allies, and are in a defensive league with usually 5+ other nations, which means i'd get steamrolled before i can expand.

[Ericus1]

Originally posted by soontir fel:

there is an attach button. i forget where but if you select your army and look around you should be able to find it. doesnt always work but usually does

It's the button on the top right of an army screen, right next to the one that sets your tactic. It's toggles between Attachment Allowed/Not Allowed. If it's on, friendly units can choose to attach to that unit.

However, as I said, it's completely unreliable. I wouldn't say it usually works, I'd say allies more often than not ignore it.

Originally posted by rhys118:

Originally posted by Hoshen:

than how am i suppose to fight 4 allied nations of similar strength without allies they seriously couldnt added an attach button like CK2

this is one of my biggest annoyances, especially if i go a small nation, i cannot expand, because all other small nations around me have two allies, and are in a defensive league with usually 5+ other nations, which means i'd get steamrolled before i can expand.

That's the downside of starting as a tiny nation. You have to wait until other tiny nations are exposed and vulnerable, and eat them when you can until you're large enough to take on bigger fish. So you spend a lot of time just waiting around doing nothing, which then reveals how little else there is to do in the game.

[Dray Prescot]

Try to join in a war with other members of a League (i.e. you have to be a member of a League) against a non league member. If you are lucky you might gain a province or two out it, if the League wins the war.