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It might not be the most exciting or sportsmanlike method of playing, but everyone dog piling one guy is a common feature. Hell it happens in no diplo games if people are wise enough to pay attention to the charts, or just have really good scouting.

And honestly, I'm just really starting to notice the effects of Illwinter now. Took some time for it to really drain the heat scales out of everything. And, if you noticed, I attacked you as soon as I had Jomon out of the way, that was because of Illwinter... and I didn't want you to get cofortable with your lands you just took from Pan.

Oh and the last thing, with the summons and SCs, that's what the end game is like unless you're using mods to stop the endgame from being like that. Tartartians, demons, golems, remote summons, that's how it works, or at least that's how the opening shots work. The armies come after you've taken over the provinces to crack the castles.

And if you think you're completely defeated, go out in a blaze of glory. I've done that in several games where I picked one target and threw everything I had at them kamikaze style so that even though I was defeated I had completely crippled the guy in question and he was a pushover for the next guy. Hell, one time I completely tore down every castle I had, pillaged every province and killed off well over half the population in my remaining holdings, plus a few of his, before the end so that the lands that were mine were a wasteland.

So just because you're on the outs doesn't mean you're not still a player. You might not be able to win yourself but you can still stop someone else from winning.