The Art of Bulling Countries to Backdown (Guide)

Опубликовано: 01 Май 2026
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I looked into the game files to better understand how backing down works. With this knowledge, i made this code-based indepth guide to Backing down in diplomatic plays for the game victoria 3 (VIC 3) by paradox interactive. With the presented knowledge, players can maximize the chance so that their enemies will back down. This video was made with the 1.5.12 Patch.

There are the following Chapters:

0:00 Forcing a Backdown
4:20 Boldness
6:24 Confidence
7:48 Phases of Diploplay
9:14 Probabilities

In the beginning i show what a player needs to do so that an enemy country will back down with a high probability. I force New Granada, Mexiko and Brazil to backdown. Afterwards, i explain the ingame mechanics in great detail:
How Boldness is calculated and how it affects the chance for a country to backdown.
What Confidence is and what it does.
How Backing Down during the different phases of a diploplay works.
What are the probabilites for a country to back down?

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