forgot to mention but I think sprawl should greatly increase vulnerability to espionage and civil wars unless you actively focus on stability and appeasing different factions.

For an espionage operation I'd say either buff smear campaign into something that can actually start wars/break up federations, a new operation that could start a civil war if theres a disgruntled faction in the target empire, or maybe an operation that can cause a war between the target and one of its rivals. Also I think by default federations should require a majority vote for wars instead of a unanimous vote. In addition I would look at this mod that adds new war goals including one for dismantling federations https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3046031164

Thanks for the feedback - I've been working on an idea either using espionage or another subsystem to force more wars. Any ideas anyone has are welcome!

I'm still seeing a lot of games where the AI forms permanent power blocs that don't do much because they need a unanimous vote to declare war. Haven't seen any federation vs federation wars yet, even with another mod I have that adds more war goals.

Oh and it doesn't look like the AI uses the new operations, is that accurate?

First, all these overhauls are brilliant, thank you for making them, and keeping them separate is lovely to pick and choose.

Second - quick question; how do the AI intervene in wars? Like existing wars somehow? Or am I misunderstanding the phrase?

I apologize for the late reply, thank you for the info. Added to my modlist!

@Bot Brain - good ideas, I will add to the to do list

@Armiseal: There are no AI enhancements in this mod to make the AI smarter or have a better military or economy; all the aggressiveness and war declaration tweaks do is make it more likely for the AI to declare war IF it already feels like it is strong enough to.

In terms of aggressiveness and war declaration, is it like starnet? Because I'd love to see it. This game lacks frequent wars between AIs and AI-player

The "stop atrocity" and "demilitarise" wargoals would be brilliant.

Stellaris vanilla wargoals of "get more land" and "do a magic regime change that doesnt require any long term occupation/nationbuilding" are the weakest aspect of the game imo.

An additional idea would be a megacorp oriented one like "Demand Treaty Ports" - winning would give you cheaper branch offices on them, maybe a consumer goods buff for you and debuff for them, maybe gives you a deal acceptance modifer on them until the treaty wears out.

I think sprawl should not lower diplomatic weight. Being oversized is a good thing to make an impression on others even if you actually can't really maintain it.

Is there any meaning with the "z" on the mod name? is it like "~" and "!" where the mods has to be at the very top/bottom? or is that just what it is as mod load order guides didn't have "z" as one of the symbols to pay attention to.