This keeps happening in my games, my vassals break off from me with the reason that I've grown to powerful for them.
This do no seem logical. A vassal should feel secure and comfortable having a master that is one of the most powerful on earth protecting them.
If it was the opposite, that they break of because I've grown to weak too be able to protect them I can understand, but not when I'm so powerful no one will even dare look at my vassals wrong without getting beat down.
In a game I played with 18 ai's there was 3 superpowers, me and 3 others. we each had many vassals and one permanent ally each. I had 5, but all of a sudden they kept breaking off from me almost at the same time saying I had grown to powerfull for them. And they would not accept my defensive pact or vassal offers because it was redded out with the same reason.
So the punishment for betraying me after I had protected them the whole game (and fear that they might become vassals to the 2 other superpowers instead which was my rivals) I invaded them all and annihilated them for good, razing all their cities.
It was pretty bitter seeing as I had fed my 5 vassals with troops, units, given them loads of gold to build them up and given them all my techs , and they had large countries so they where great powers much thanks to me. If I hadnt looked after them they woulda gotten smashed by the other superpowers.
What gives? I dont think a nation should be able to break the vassalage unless the vassal is almost equal to the master, or if the master cant protect the vassal in a war.
This do no seem logical. A vassal should feel secure and comfortable having a master that is one of the most powerful on earth protecting them.
If it was the opposite, that they break of because I've grown to weak too be able to protect them I can understand, but not when I'm so powerful no one will even dare look at my vassals wrong without getting beat down.
In a game I played with 18 ai's there was 3 superpowers, me and 3 others. we each had many vassals and one permanent ally each. I had 5, but all of a sudden they kept breaking off from me almost at the same time saying I had grown to powerfull for them. And they would not accept my defensive pact or vassal offers because it was redded out with the same reason.
So the punishment for betraying me after I had protected them the whole game (and fear that they might become vassals to the 2 other superpowers instead which was my rivals) I invaded them all and annihilated them for good, razing all their cities.
It was pretty bitter seeing as I had fed my 5 vassals with troops, units, given them loads of gold to build them up and given them all my techs , and they had large countries so they where great powers much thanks to me. If I hadnt looked after them they woulda gotten smashed by the other superpowers.
What gives? I dont think a nation should be able to break the vassalage unless the vassal is almost equal to the master, or if the master cant protect the vassal in a war.
