My stupifaction can be imagined when, while attacking a enemy town with huge numerical superiority, the enemy sneaked a cavalry around behind me, killing my general!But, the bad must be mentioned.

No more fun to be had with insane princes or rebellious generals

A general with 9 starts can lose to a 1-star general, given the same troops, if you click "autoresolve"11:. .

"We're stupid" in which they send one general with a tiny little force of some cavalry and peasants to pillage my lands, unimpeded for several turns since my forces literally have to CHASE them around the map

First battle I got in the AI killed its own general right at the start with its own cannons

The color and pageantry of warfare in this age lends itself well to gaming (ask any old-time wargamer), and E

The color and pageantry of warfare in this age lends itself well to gaming (ask any old-time wargamer), and E

Alliances are made and then ignored as you sit back and watch a country that just allied with you attack one of your settlements on the very next turn

Allies and protectorates now work together as, in my Prussian campaign, I attacked Saxony and Poland and Courland declared war on me.

In fact you will lose them as they get stuck on everything