>>2024771
I played in a Victoria II DoD game, first time playing multiplayer. I thought it would be neat to be rostered as Mughals in a relatively empty India. Sure, I'll have to cede some land to the europeans, but as long as I keep the Hindustani plain, I should be on track to develop into a very strong mid-late game country. Besides, this country only starts with 20% westernization progress and 0 mil techs: I should be in for 3-6 sessions of singleplayer devving before I really interact with world diplomacy.
A last minute addition to the roster is made. Some guy with 5+ years of MP experience. He's rostered on Bengal, who starts with 50% westernization progress and can build artillery. He's immediately, start-of-the-game, sphered by Dual Monarchy, given 500k in free money and Japan commits troops to helping him attack me even though his artillery wipes my stacks.
The peace deal goes straight for my highest population provinces, producing immense bordergore and making me a non-viable country.
I tough it out and show up for the next session. The two chinas are outright cheating, declaring fake wars on one-another that are insta-resolved in a day and transferring back and forth the same 6 provinces so that they can cheese research points from westernization. They DM me saying they're going to support a Mughal Restoration.
We now have genuinely 400k troops in the field, but we can't get artillery. Japan commits his entire army to defending the Bengal player and we're all stackwiped. I get full annexed and both China players are kicked after Japan whines to the host about them research points exploiting.
Wow! Fun time! So glad I played multiplayer!
