Yeah I know HoI is generally more complex and there is more to do but it doesn't beat the feeling of waiting around half a century for a war in EU3 and that "here we fucking go" feeling that comes with it.
Oh and Victoria was a game where I'd generally try and avoid war. I remember in my last game as the United Kingdom I was just happily footering around with the government taking turns between Whigs and Tories and later on Liberal and Conservative. The largest wars I'd have would be when I'd pick off the odd underdeveloped Indian, South-East Asian or African state, much like Britain in real life at the time.
To avoid major wars I refused all alliances apart from those with satellite states. Then the newly united Germany and their new friends Austria-Hungary come along and declare war on me and I am fucked.