Border War – Diplomacy Grievance Tweaks

This mod aims to rebalance how War Justification is accumulated in the game.
It aims to reduce the amount of grievances that are accrued by non-aggressive acts, and force a ‘stalemate’ between bordering neighbours that are expanding but not actively provoking each other.

Almost all grievances have now been capped, generally to a value of 30 points.
This means once a cap is reached, it becomes possible for two factions to reach a stalemate.
Example: Faction A expands into 6 provinces with claims from Faction B. Faction B has expanded into 8 with claims from Faction A. Both will be capped at 30 points, meaning neither faction will have a war justification advantage due to bordering city expansion.

The value of all grievances has been reduced.
This is to limit single grievances creating sudden swings in War Justification.

Most expansion type grievances have much lower values, including:
Anything to do with expanding into ‘claimed sectors’ and vassalizing Independent Cities.

Most aggression type grievances have slightly lower values, including:
Anything to do with War declarations – against Allies and befriended Independent Cities and Dwellings.

Trespassing has a greater grievance value than the base game.

Victory condition grievances have been capped like most other grievances and won’t necessarily provide instant war justification.

Grievances for starting unjust wars are halved.

Fabricated grievances remain unchanged.

Between Fabricated grievances and Declarations of Rivalry, factions should be able to manipulate the scales of War Justification to ensure they can tactically pursue wars with the right investment of resources / time.

*Please note this mod is subject to balancing changes based on feedback and playtesting
*Not all of the following settings are actively used within the game

Diplomacy_CasusBelli_Definitions.rpk
Casus Belli – Trespass
Leader trespassed in my domain
Value: 5 to 10
Casus Belli cap: 20 to 30
Casus Belli – Ignore Sector Claim
Leader ignored claims on provinces
Value: 25 to 5
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Attacked Allied Faction
Leader attacked our allied factions
Value: 10 to 5
Casus Belli cap: 20 to 30
Casus Belli – Invitation to war from faction
Leader declared war on allied factions
Value: 20 to 15
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Falsely Denounced
Leader is falsely denouncing other rulers
Value: 15 to 5
Casus Belli cap: 30 to 30
Casus Belli – War declared upon
Leader declared war on my empire
Value: 5 to 15
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Call to War Accepted
Leader became an enemy through a call to war
Value: 5 to 15
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Attacked Trespasser
Leader attacked a non-hostile army
Value: 10 to 5
Casus Belli cap: 30 to 30
Casus Belli – War was declared on allied House
Leader started a war with our vassalized Independent City
Value: 10 to 15
Casus Belli cap: 20 to 30
Casus Belli – War was declared on befriended dwelling
Leader started a war with our befriended Dwelling
Value: 10 to 15
Casus Belli cap: 20 to 30
Casus Belli – Defeated Allied Player
Leader defeated our ally
Value: 20 to 15
Casus Belli cap: 40 to 30
Casus Belli – Vassalized Friendly House
Leader vassalized our befriended Independent City
Value: 15 to 5
Casus Belli cap: 30 to 30
Casus Belli – Vassalized Nearby House
Leader vassalized our nearby Independent City
Value: 10 to 5
Casus Belli cap: 20 to 30
Casus Belli – Trade Declined
Leader declined our trade
Value: 5 to 5
Casus Belli cap: 10 to 30
Casus Belli – Captured Nearby Landmark
Leader captured a nearby Ancient Wonder
Value: 10 to 5
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Built Nearby Forward Base
Leader built a nearby Outpost
Value: 15 to 10
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Nearby Large City
Leader is claiming a great amount of territory with their city
Value: 10 to 5
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Is Converting Root Nodes
Leader bound a Gold Ancient Wonder
Value: 10 to 10
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Is Building Beacons
Leader obtained a beacon of unity
Value: 10 to 10
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Call to War Declined
Leader declined to answer our call to war
Value: 10 to 10
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Broke Treaty
Leader broke a Treaty
Value: 5 to 5
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Captured House
Leader has captured our friendly Independent City
Value: 10 to 10
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Ignored Node Claim
Leader ignored claims on provinces
Value: 10 to 5
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Attacked Shop
Leader attacked a shop in my domain
Value: 10 to 10
Casus Belli cap: -1 to 30
Casus Belli – Fabricate 1
Leader is reportedly not to be trusted due to their past actions
Value: 20 to 20
Casus Belli cap: 20 to 20
Casus Belli – Fabricate 2
Leader is rumoured to have committed serious atrocities
Value: 20 to 20
Casus Belli cap: 20 to 20
Casus Belli – Fabricate 3
Leader is committing crimes against other Rulers and threatening our empire
Value: 20 to 20
Casus Belli cap: 20 to 20

Diplomacy.rpk

Casus Belli – Declared Completely Unjust War
Leader stared an unjustified war
Value: 40 to 20
Casus Belli cap: -1 to -1
Casus Belli – Declared Very Unjust War
Leader stared an unjustified war
Value: 30 to 15
Casus Belli cap: -1 to -1
Casus Belli – Declared Unjust War
Leader stared an unjustified war
Value: 20 to 10
Casus Belli cap: -1 to -1
Casus Belli – Declared War with no CB
Leader stared an unjustified war
Value: 10 to 5
Casus Belli cap: -1 to -1
Casus Belli – Declared Completely Unjust War – Good vs Evil
Given to player relations when the other player is good and the war declaring player is evil
Value: 80 to 40
Casus Belli cap: -1 to -1
Casus Belli – Declared Very Unjust War – Good vs Evil
Given to player relations when the other player is good and the war declaring player is evil
Value: 60 to 30
Casus Belli cap: -1 to -1
Casus Belli – Declared Unjust War – Good vs Evil
Given to player relations when the other player is good and the war declaring player is evil
Value: 40 to 20
Casus Belli cap: -1 to -1
Casus Belli – Declared War with no CB – Good vs Evil
Given to player relations when the other player is good and the war declaring player is evil
Value: 20 to 10
Casus Belli cap: -1 to -1

Only the base game is required.
This mod is compatible with all base game Languages.
This mod edits multiple ‘Casus Belli’ entries in the Diplomacy_CasusBelli_Definitions.rpk and will not be compatible with any mods that edit the same data.
This mod edits multiple ‘Casus Belli’ entries in the Diplomacy.rpk and will not be compatible with any mods that edit the same data.

This mod is designed to be compatible with other difficulty mods such as:
Difficulty Remastered: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2975631217
Difficulty Enhanced: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3583690638