u/Zealousideal-Act8304

As it turns out, some 25k enemies perfectly form the iconic deathball and avoid starvation as they lie siege, but the defending armies of 35k, 40% of which are mine, can't beat them bc the other 60% just runs away and or starves in the desert.

It is OUR land and WE are getting supply-fucked. Tried everything, from defending at river crossing against poor supplies on enemy and good on mine, tried linking army to ally but only resulted in 6 months of desert wandering and starvation and still only fleeing.

It's good to know that Crusades must always rejected, even when on the defensive. Just take my shit, I'll get it back later and execute every single person I capture.

The absolute apes that I have for neighbours and vassals every single time choose the absolutely most horrid cultural innovations to spread to me.

Last time I was playing as Britannia and waiting on them to get something while I started on the high priority for High Medieval Age. 5 innovations remaining in the previous age, I had to wait for all 5 to get the one I needed, as well as wait some 70 years.

Now again. Playing as the french to get HRE + Iberia ending. 8k gold in my pocket but my counties have a single building slots bc they left that innovation for LAST. So I peek at next cultural spread, first of the second age... Armillary Sphere from the Dutch.

Are you fucking kidding me? That's SO... FUCKING... BAD! Is there any way to manipulate this? I'm sick of the AI sabotaging my plans not put of belligerence or greed, but pure incompetence and idiocy.